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Homicide investigation when police came across her while doing surveillance on john creech. lauren used to work at the pro shop of the power house gym in california. and that's where she first met creech. >> he was beautiful. he was tall and muscular and a lot of women especially wanted to date him. a lot of men wanted to be him. >> lauren fell for him. he told her he was separated from his wife chandy. but that didn't stop chandy from calling lauren. >> she texted and called me and was very bow lidge rent and rude, upset that his husband was dating a high schoolgirl. she went to high school w...

Wondered why his wife lisa wasn't doing more to find him. as the months turned into years, the mysterious disappearance would force lisa to reveal and uncover painful secrets about her husband and their marriage. here's keith morrison with dark valley. >> will is kind of peace here in the vast pacific company. what began in southern california in the san ver nondough valley, early may, 2012. >> something was really wrong. a lot more wrong than i could imagine.

Dating a high school girl. in fact, sheer coincidence, lauren went to high school with gavin smith's sons. so she knew when he disappeared in may 2012 but made no connection between that and something she noticed about her boyfriend john creech. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> she didn't think he had anything to do with the disappearance. >> reporter: but when detective o'brien heard about creech's scrapes, he immediately thought of gavin smith's wounds. he needed to talk to john creech again, and he found him in jail serving eight years on a cocaine charge. his...

College. then an actor turned hollywood movie executive who always made time for his adoring kids. when gavin vanished, his loved ones were at a loss. at first, investigators were, too, unsure if he up and left or if gavin was a victim of foul play. soon, his wife revealed that the missing father held dark secrets and all was not as sunny as it might have appeared. here's keith morrison. >> reporter: there is a kind of peace here, here in her own chosen exile. the vast pacific for company. how else to live with what's impossible to understand or forget. what began that sunny afternoon far away...

>> as diego and i landed at a new location, we immediately hit the streets. we would go out that night into the different bars and hotels and clubs to try -- >> not to look like agents. >> exactly. >> they were playing a very dangerous game. and drew was becoming obsessed -- obsessed with tracking down el chapo. drew felt he went as far as he could in the u.s. he needed to immerse himself south of the border. he made a decision to move to mexico city with his young family. >> i had a talk with my wife extensively. shoe knew everything we were getting ourselves into. and she told me what's your...