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Type of guy who slipped silently into the night. gavin's sister wondered why his wife lisa wasn't doing more to find him. it would force lisa to reveal and uncover painful secrets about her husband and their marriage. here's keith morrison with "dark valley ". >> there's a kind of peace here, the vast pacific for company. how else to live with what's impossible to understand or forget? what began that sunny afternoon, far away in southern california san fernando valley, early may, 2012. >> something was really wrong but a lot more wrong than i could imagine. snoop it was the boy who knew it fi...

>> i think that's the obvious. >> what'd you see when you opened it? >> i saw the backpack, black backpack just like she described. we found the jewelry taken from the parsons home. we found the jewelry taken from the sears home. it was all there. >> signed, sealed, and delivered. that was it. >> there was nothin' else they could do. >> say goodnight, there was nothin' else to do. >> no, not at all. >> reporter: there would be no trial now. instead, a plea agreement, in may 2012. becky sears and her son chris bowers pleaded guilty to murdering kay parsons. they were spared the death penalty, b...

Murder, was obliterating data. he was doing the digital equivalent of lighting it on fire. >> reporter: that seemed more than coincidental. so in may 2012, 14 months after the murder of rob cantor, the bergen county prosecutor decided it was time to arrest tony tung. >> i answer the door in my boxers, and my tee shirt. detective yank me out of there. gun to my temples. slam me against the wall. what the heck? >> you're mr. mom. and now you're accused of murder. >> yeah. and burning the house down. >> reporter: in the fall of 2015, tony tung finally went on trial for murder.

"dateline" 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." >> 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 in southern california's san fernando valley, early may 2012 >> something was really wrong, but a lot more wrong than i could imagine.

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 second conviction for dealing drugs. not exactly an upstanding citizen. but, could they prove he murdered ga...