appalling crime scene in gavin s car. but did it add up to first degree murder? gavin smith had been dead five years. he was killed in his mercedes benz in an act of almost stunning brutality by the defendant john creech who is sitting here in the courtroom. this game became gavin smith s tomb. reporter: what happened wasn t merely an outburst of rage, said the prosecutor, no, creech had been plotting for two years, ever since he found out about chandy and gavin. ever since that day in december, 2010, when at their mother s request, gavin s sons met with john creech at his house. we just wanted to make sure my dad was not in harm s way. were you sobbing and crying? yes. and what were you saying to the defendant? i was begging him not to harm my family. reporter: but, they
yes. did that include kissing? yes. and while you were kissing gavin, did something happen that caught your attention? yeah. what happened? just something popped up, like appeared. was that something the defendant john creech? yes. yes. reporter: gavin didn t have a chance, she said. he repeatedly punched him in the face. reporter: so then she ran back to her car terrified. i wanted to get away. i was scared. reporter: but before she 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, to take a block-and-a-half away, she refused to go further. refuse and dropped him off. why didn t you take him all the way in. i was afraid of what i was going to see. reporter: gavin wasn t going
reporter: then gavin got out of the mercedes, said creech, there was something in his happened. test a ten or 12 inch stainless steel thing, i thought it was a knife. we went at it. at some point, did you get that weapon? i kept punching him. what did you do with it? i threw it over the back wall of my company. reporter: such a weapon was never involved. he insisted it was one and gavin promoted the fight, i was defending my life. i didn t go there to promote a fight. i was protecting mine. i think he lied for everything. reporter: on cross examination, the prosecutor went for that so-called multi purpose tool. so tell us why in the world would you get rid of this weapon that gavin smith had used to attack you with? why would you get rid of that? i didn t get rid of it. i threw it mind my house where i knew it would be all right. why would do you that?
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: a verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter, in other words, they believe john creech killed gavin smith in a moment of blinded 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. what about creech s friends, jorge and stan who helped creech cover up the killing is this. they both had significant criminal liability. reporter: so why weren t they called? because we needed them to tell the story about how this man was killed and what happened to him. reporter: though they both got immunity. same thing with chandrika, who helped burn bloody clothing and neff called the police. it seems to me that everybody got deals and everybody got of
to the hospital. he was setting up recruits for his cover up. first he called was jorge. reporter: did you ask any of these people what were you thinking in. they all ultimately said they were trying to help johnny. because he s such a nice man? because he was a nice guy. reporter: nice, when he showed up at jorge s, he was driving the black mercedes and jorge saw something in the passenger s seat. he had a body, he was stiff, like a long stick. reporter: he said it was wrapped up? wrapped up in a blanket. reporter: eventually jorge got rid of gavin s cell phone. that very night said a prosecutor, creech called a friend from the power house gym. he asked if he can come over