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>> reporter: but they didn't meet chandy in there they met her husband his name was john, john creech not pleasant >> when they came out, they were both crying. >> reporter: they told their mom creech threatened to kill gavin if he didn't stay away from chandy so 17 months later, he vanishes after calling chandy lisa had a very bad feeling. >> everything changed right then for me >> reporter: detectives were suspicious too remember, chandy told them she didn't see gavin that night. but there was evidence to the contrary cell phone records showed that gavin's phone and chandy's were in the same...

"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.

Buddy discovered something >> reporter: rocky ramos liked to drive his truck up to the outskirts of the angeles national forest. a place where people tend to toss things like old tvs maybe some furniture rocky liked to poke around up here always with his dog buddy by his side >> he'd be mad if i didn't take him. >> reporter: in october 2014, they were just five minutes into their hike when something curious happened >> we were walking up this little area right here and he runs to a bush. and i go, "buddy, stop." and he's just lookin' at the bush he won't leave it or anything so we go up there,...

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...

And he got the bug >> reporter: the acting bug. first as a body double back on the basketball court in the movie "inside moves" and then as a bartender in "cobb." >> congrats al >> reporter: when he met lisa, he was acting, but also waiting tables >> he twinkled he was just - charming i was thrilled that he asked me for my number. >> reporter: they married. had three sons together. and with a growing family to support, gavin gave up acting and took a job on the business side at twentieth century fox, eventually as a film distribution executive >> fox is a wonderful company to work for and he l...