on the face of it, it looked like a solid case. the phone evidence, the coverup, the truly 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 s sitting here in the courtroom. this became gavin smith s tomb reporter: but what happened wasn t merely an outburst of rage, said prosecutor bobby grace. no, he said, creech had been 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
on the face of it, it looked like a solid case the phone evidence, the cover up the truly 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
your strategy can change day-to-day was your intention to begin with george s mother and finish with his father? no. did you plan to get on that this morning or was that impromptu? the doll? no that was impromptu. sometimes those things come over you. the state has perhaps, discovery, or misconduct. should be sanctioned. where, if any place did their actions hamper youen your p ein opinion? in a lot of ways i could say easily i am still frustrated some of the phone evidence we got so late that we weren t able to do some of the background work that may have otherwise made it more admissible. that is a point of frustration. particularly. we scrapped through it. you know? we took what we got. we kept fighting till we got what we thought we needed. it is more that i wish i would