talked to a neighbor who lived directly below ashlea. he had heard noises, heavy breathing coming from ashlea s apartment just before 8:00 a.m. a few minutes later the fire alarm started goin off. water started comin down into his apartment. reporter: and that s when the neighbor saw a black infiniti g-35 driving away. armed with this new information, cedillo went back to alexis torres. i asked her if she knew anyone or if ashlea knew anyone that drove a infiniti g-35. i never gave her a color. i simply asked her about a g-35. alexis said, no. after he was done asking the questions, i walked outside and sat down on the brick. and i believe it was chris that was there. reporter: that would be chris cravey, ashlea s boss at american eagle. alexis told him that police were asking about an infiniti sedan. and chris made a beeline for detective cedillo.
ashlea s shift was supposed to be from 7:00 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. and alexis agreed to come over during the time she was working to basically take care of ashlea s dog. reporter: then alexis told the police and later us that she went back one more time after ashlea got home from work. how long did you stay? i stayed for an hour. reporter: that would make it 4:00 a.m. if alexis was telling the truth, the police had the beginning of a timeline. but before they could check her story or anyone else s for that matter, a neighbor gave them even more to work with. an ex-cop named steve lee had noticed something about 6:30 that morning. so you re out here on on the deck having a cigarette. what did you see? saw a vehicle parked there that i d never seen before. reporter: what was that vehicle? it was a black, older infiniti sedan. reporter: to the observant ex-cop that seemed worth noting. did it stay there for a long time? it was there when i left for work at about 7:40.
an ex-cop named steve lee had noticed something about 6:30 that morning. so you re out here on on the deck having a cigarette. what did you see? saw a vehicle parked there that i d never seen before. reporter: what was that vehicle? it was a black, older infiniti sedan. reporter: to the observant ex-cop that seemed worth noting. did it stay there for a long time? it was there when i left for work at about 7:40. reporter: detectives also talked to a neighbor who lived directly below ashlea. he had heard noises, heavy breathing coming from ashlea s apartment just before 8:00 a.m. a few minutes later the fire alarm started goin off. water started comin down into his apartment. reporter: and that s when the neighbor saw a black infiniti g-35 driving away. armed with this new information, cedillo went back to alexis torres. i asked her if she knew anyone or if ashlea knew anyone that drove a infiniti g-35.
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 at central a question? what were you ultimately 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
story or anyone else s for that matter, a neighbor gave them even more to work with. an ex-cop named steve lee had noticed something about 6:30 that morning. so you re out here on on the deck having a cigarette. what did you see? saw a vehicle parked there that i d never seen before. reporter: what was that vehicle? it was a black, older infiniti sedan. reporter: to the observant ex-cop that seemed worth noting. reporter: did it stay there for a long time? it was there when i left for work at about 7:40. reporter: detectives also talked to a neighbor who lived directly below ashlea. he had heard noises, heavy breathing coming from ashlea s apartment just before 8:00 a.m. a few minutes later the fire alarm started going off. water started coming down into his apartment. reporter: and that s when the neighbor saw a black infiniti g-35 driving away. armed with this new information, cedillo went back to alexis torres.