hospital. he was setting out to recruit help for his cover-up. so first person he calls is jorge. he was the first of a series of friend who told an incredible tale. did you ask any of these people at central question, what were you 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. nice? when creech showed up at jorge s house that night, he was driving gavin s black mercedes and jorge saw something in the passenger seat. it looked like a body. pt just stiff. like a stick, you know, a long stick. you said it was wrapped up. ? wrapped up in a blanket. eventually he got rid of gavin s cell phone but that very night said the prosecutor, creech called a friend from the power house gym, stan mcqua. he asked if he could come over and if he could park his car in my garage. was the body still it in?
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
not guilty of first-degree murder. but the jury wasn t done. guilty of the crime of voluntary manslaughter. the verdict, guilty of voluntary manslaughter. in other words, they believe john creech killed gavin smith in a moment of blind 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, hire and stan who helped creech cover up the killing? they both had significant criminal liability. so why weren t they charged sf sfwh. because we needed them to tell the story about how this man was killed and what happened to him. so they both got immunity. same thing with chandy who helped burn bloody clothing and never called the police. it seems to me that everybody got deals and everybody got off. and i think gavin was a victim long after he was murdered.