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
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 jorge saw something in the passenger seat it looked like a body it was just stiff, like a stick, you know a long stick and you said it was wrapped up wrapped up in a blanket reporter: eventually jorge got rid of gavin s cell phone, but that very night, said the