no, it can t be, it can t. the he was so big in my life that the thought that anything bad could ve happened to him. it didn t make sense to me. he glamorous, good-looking, golding. the dashing hollywood movie executive. he was more like a movie star in real life. just show charismatic. perfect southern california family. i he completely dropped off the face of the earth. a baffling disappearance. where was he? not just a missing person. as has three sons, he has a wife. i was very afraid that something terrible had happened. and i got scared. the clues, missing mercedes. a hand prints and blood. and a musical chairs of secret affairs. he had multiple of affairs. there s more women, there s more lovers involved in this whole thing. was his beauty hiding something deadly? i wanted to get away, i was scared. how will this hollywood story? and i just fear for my family. i it hurts to lose my dad. who are these people? i gavin smith was a larger than lif
didn t make sense to me. glamorous, good-looking, golden. the dashing hollywood movie executive. he was more like a movie star in real life. just so charismatic. perfect southern california family. he completely dropped off the face of the earth. a baffling disappearance, where was he? not just a missing person. he has three sons, he has a wife. i was very afraid that something terrible was wrong. and i got scared. the clues, a missing mercedes. a handprint in blood. and a musical chairs of secret affairs. we have multiple of affairs. yes, those were more women, more lovers involved in this whole thing. was this beauty hiding something deadly? i wanted to get away, i was scared. how would this hollywood story and? i was in fear for my family. i don t want to lose my dad. like who are these people? hello and welcome to dateline. gavin smith was a larger than life kind of guy who lived life to the fullest. he was not the type to slip quietly
we waited until she showed up. we kind of surprised her. that s what you guys do, right? sometimes it works better that way. she was very nervous, startled. wasn t quite sure what to do. ultimately, provided us with the paperwork for the storage locker. rain as storage locker. it was a big one. ten feet by 20. we rolled the door. villa thing and it was a black mercedes benz with no license plates. wow. huge moment. a black mercedes sedan. had to be gavin smith s. i kiss my partner on the cheek. it s a shoe store. it is a big piece of evidence. and we were able to get closer and saw our entire crime scene was inside that car. crime scene? yes. suddenly, all other theories seem to fall away. passenger seat was completely covered in blood. and at one point, it was very eerie when you looked at the blood and you could see the hand mark of gavin smith as he died in that seat. soon, the news reached gabby s family.
tale about something s daughter may have seen, she was distraught and wanted to talk about. it he said, well, you know? i.r.e.n.a. yeah. i know the name. rain a land? she lived with chandi. she took care of her grandmother. her dad said his she knew something. something important. he goes, i think she knows where the cars. the elusive mercedes. detective and his partner drove out to sea rain a. we waited until she showed up. we kind of surprised her. that s what you guys do, right? sometimes it works better that way. she was very nervous, startled. wasn t quite sure what to do. ultimately, provided us with the paperwork for the storage locker. rain as storage locker. it was a big one. ten feet by 20. we rolled the door. villa thing and it was a black mercedes benz with no license plates. wow. huge moment. a black mercedes sedan. had to be gavin smith s.
wow. huge moment. reporter: a black mercedes sedan. had to be gavin smith s. i kissed my partner on the cheek. that s a true story. it was a big piece of evidence. and we were able to get closer and able to see that our entire crime scene, in our opinion, was inside that car. reporter: crime scene? yes. suddenly all other theories seemed to fall away. the passenger s seat was completely covered in blood. and at one point it was very eerie when you looked at the blood and you could see a handmark of gavin smith as he died in that seat. reporter: soon the news reached gavin s family. tara was devastated. there s no going back from that. there is no going back. you accepted it? you know, you re forced. you know, trauma happens to people all the time. you don t think it s going to happen to you, but it does. you know when you already expect the worst, you think that you can t be shocked, but you