here s keith morrison with the con kru conclusion of dark valley. how did a friend like john creech? well, said defense attorney, it was all very simple. creech never intended to kill gavin smith. this was a case of self-defense. had to defend himself against this intruder, an intruder into his marriage. and she said only one person could tell that story. who is the first witness that you want to call on behalf of the defense? my client, john creech. his attorney began by asking him about that meeting with gavin s sons. at any point did you tell them that you were going to kill their father? no. that s absurd. and two years later when it all happened, he and chandy were separated, he said, though they still lived in the same house. and he still worried about her, thought she might be drinking and driving. so he and installed an app on his phone that allowed him to
met chandry for sex or comfort or just to talk, something. quite a lot to learn from the phone records. but there was more. a third phone. john creech s phone in the same spot on the same night and this was erie. creech s phone seemed to be moving in sync with gavin s. their phones paralleled each other. together. hitting sometimes off the exact same towers or parallel towers. what was that like? that was an eye opening moment. but when they interviewed john creech he denied ever meeting gavin smith. he said he knew who he was, he was having an fair with his wife in the past. so despite their suspicions, there was not much police could do because one thing we didn t have is gavin smith. that is, they had no body. no way to prove who killed
detectives john o brien and tyler bay had a problem. an important witness that wouldn t talk. chandy creech clammed up. there is more than one way to get a story. they found an associate of john creech s, someone who knew chandy, and convinced him to wear a wire and meet with her. it worked. do you want to know the story? yeah. once chandy felt safe, she spilled it. all of it. how she and gavin met in secret at that secluded cul-de-sac. got close in gavin s car. and then all of a sudden the door opened and johnny just goes like and i just, like, i pushed myself out this way and got out the driver s side. creech burst in like a
sf yes. he allows him to keep the body and car at his house for five to six days. really? yes. that s when creech turned to reina lyn, the in urs who lived with him and took care of chandy s grandmother. creech got her to rent a van. and then he uses the van to drive up to the national forest and he finds a secluded area to bury gavin smith s body. where buddy the dog later found it. but the mercedes benz was still in stan s garage. and did that upset you? very much so. so weeks later, two men arrive with a trailer. and did you watch them take the mercedes out of your garage? yes, i did. that said prosecutor grace is when they moved the mercedes into reina s storage locker where months later detective noticed one crucial little detail that survived the
husband. john. not pleasant. when when they came out, they were both crying. 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. 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 their phone were in the same place that night. a little triangulation narroweded down just where. we came upon this street here. we thought this is a likely spot. unlikely spot for a trist that is. parking lot would be empty at night. yes. so this is pretty lonely spot. it is. so the night he dispaerd, he