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>> but the centerpiece of the defense case against the cops was something else they didn't do. they'd been so busy investigating seth, who'd been behind bars since his arrest two years before, that they never really paid attention to lisa. the new defense team would change all that, starting with her cell phone and the secrets it held. you found out the story told by the phone? that there was this guy -- co-worker? >> right. >> it was a bombshell. lisa was having an affair with a fellow jailer. >> lisa's lover was a married man, a father of four. >> and this is not making out in the back of th...

So when he suddenly vanished without a trace, gavin's sisters wondered why his wife lisa wasn't doing more to find him. overs years forced lisa to reveal and uncover painful things about their marriage.s keith morrison with "dark valley". >> there was a kind of peace here, in her own chosen exile, 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 were wrong than i could imagine. >> reporter: it was the boy who k...

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. aything to do with the disappearance. >> reporter: but when detective o'brien heard about creech's scrapes he immediately thought about gavin smith's wounds. he needed to talk to him again. he found him in jail serving eight years on a cocaine charge, his second conviction for dealing drugs. not exactly an upstanding citizen. could they prove he murdered gavin smith. >> he went to him. didn't a...

Movie executive who always made time for his adoring kids. so when gavin vanished his loved ones were at a loss. at first investigators were, too. unsure if he up and 4re679 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 in southern california's san fernand...

Not after she found herself in the middle of a homicide investigation when police came across her while doing surveillance on john creech. lauren used to work in the pro shop of the powerhouse gym in chatsworth, california. and that's where she first met creech. >> he was beautiful. he was tall, and he was muscular. and a lot of women especially wanted to date him, a lot of men wanted to be him. >> reporter: 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 belligerent and rude. >> r...