>> john had gavin pinned down. >> reporter: later, she said, creech wanted her to drive him back to the crime scene, help him take gavin to the hospital. a block and a half away, she refused to go closer and dropped creech off. >> why didn't you take him all the way back to the scene? >> because i was afraid of what i would see. >> reporter: gavin was dead by then. and the prosecutor told the jury creech wasn't going to any hospital. he was setting out to recruit help for his cover-up. >> so the first person he calls is jorge valles. >> reporter: jorge valles was the first of a series of friends who told an incredible tale. >> did you ask any of these people at central a question? what were you ultimately thinking? >> they all ultimately said that they were trying to help johnny. >> because he's such a nice man. >> because he was a nice guy. >> reporter: nice? when creech showed up at jorge's house that night, he was driving gavin's black mercedes, and jorge saw something in the