her father knew more. chandy s dad started telling a tale about something his daughter may have seen, and he was distraught and wanted to talk about it. and he said, well, you know reina? i go, yeah, i know the name. reporter: reina lim. she lived with chandy. she took care of chandy s grandmother. chandy s dad said reina knew something, something important. and he goes, i think she knows where the car is. reporter: the elusive mercedes. detective labbe and his partner john o brien drove out to see reina. we just waited till she showed up, and we kind of surprised her. that s what you guys do, right? you know sometimes it works better that way, yeah. she was very nervous and startled and wasn t quite sure what to do. but ultimately she provided us with the paperwork for the storage locker. reporter: reina s storage locker. it was a kbig one. 10 feet by 20. we rolled the door up and the only thing in it was a black mercedes benz with no license plates on it.
plotting for two years ever since he found out about chandy and gavin. after that day back 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 that my dad was not in harm s way. were you sobbing and crying? yes. and what were you saying to the defendant? i was just begging him not to harm my family. reporter: but they testified creech told them that they did the right thing. he ended up saying that we saved his life by coming that day. you saw the statement reporter: but there were rules. that s what chandrika, now divorced from john creech, said when she finally took the witness stand. as long as their father stayed away from me and had no communication whatsoever, their father would be fine. did he say what would happen if he did? that he would kill gavin smith. reporter: the affair ended. but, chandy said, the threat remained. he did not want me to see gavin ever.
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was zraudistraught and wanted t talk about it. you know reina? i said yeah. reina limb? she lived with chandy. she took care of chandy s grandmother. chandy s dad said that reina knew something, something important. and he goes, i think she knows where the car is. the elusive mercedes. detective and his partner drove out to see reina. we waited until she showed up and kind of surprised her. that s what you guys do, right? you know, sometimes it works better that way, yeah. she was very nervous and startled and wasn t quite sure what to do. but ultimately she provided us with the paperwork for the storage locker. reina s storage locker, it was a big one. ten feet by 20. we rolled the door up and the only thing in it was a black mercedes benz with no license plates on it. wow. huge moment. a black myrercedes sedan. had to be gavin smith s. i kissed my partner on the
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