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Of calls detectives found in creech's cell phone from the night gavin vanished. john creech was on the phone a lot. >> he was calling multiple people, very intensely. >> reporter: so like three or four or five calls to the same person over and of? >> exactly. >> reporter: some of the calls were to creech's buddies from the power house gym. >> we did a multi-location search warrant. we hit everybody we believed might have helped on that evening. we hit all those houses all at once. >> reporter: one by one those buddies turned. they told detectives how a frantic creech showed up that night and p...

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 gavin smith? >> we went to him, didn't ask hi...

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. >> 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 gavin smith? >> we went to him. didn't ask him any questions. just put a picture down...

>> that's hardly a surprise? >> no. >> reporter: but other phone calls were surprising. like the record of calls the detectives found in creech's cell phone from the night gavin vanished. john creech was on the phone a lot. >> he was calling multiple people very intensely. >> so like three or four or five calls to the same person over and over. >> exactly. >> reporter: some of those calls were to creech's buddies from the powerhouse gym. >> we did a multi-location search warrant, and we hit everybody that we believed might have helped on that evening. we hit all those houses all at once. >> re...

Her boyfriend, john creech. >> i discovered he had scrapes on his hands and on his arms. >> she didn't think he had a eng to do with the disappearance. >> reporter: but when detective o'brian heard about creech's scrapes, she thought about gavin smith's wounds. he needed to talk to him again. he found him in jamie 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 ask him questions, put a picture down in front of him with the shallow grave. >> reporter: how'd he...