murder of gavin smith. reporter: not guilty of first degree murder! but the jury wasn t done. guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter. reporter: the verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. in other words, they believed john creech killed gavin smith in a moment of blind passion. i was devastated by the verdict. i am still devastated by the verdict because he did absolutely plan on murdering my husband and thought about it for years and did it. reporter: what about creech s friends jorge and stan, who helped creech cover up the killing? they both had significant criminal liability. so why weren t they charged? because we needed them to be able to tell the story about how this man was killed and what happened to him. reporter: so they both got immunity. same thing with chandrika, who helped burn bloody clothing and never called the police. it seems to me that everybody got deals and everybody got off.
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
drove away, she looked back. 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 a central question, what were you 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
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reporter: jury deliberations stretched across two days. then, the verdict. we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant john creech not guilty of the crime of first degree murder of gavin smith. reporter: not guilty of first degree murder! but the jury wasn t done guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter reporter: the verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. in other words, they believed john creech killed gavin smith in a moment of blind passion i was devastated by the verdict. i am still devastated by the verdict because he did absolutely plan on murdering my husband and thought about it for years and did it reporter: what about creech s friends jorge and stan, who helped creech cover up the killing? they both had significant criminal liability so why weren t they charged because we needed them to be able to tell the story about how this man was killed and what happened to him.