no, it can t be, it can t. the he was so big in my life that the thought that anything bad could ve happened to him. it didn t make sense to me. he glamorous, good-looking, golding. the dashing hollywood movie executive. he was more like a movie star in real life. just show charismatic. perfect southern california family. i he completely dropped off the face of the earth. a baffling disappearance. where was he? not just a missing person. as has three sons, he has a wife. i was very afraid that something terrible had happened. and i got scared. the clues, missing mercedes. a hand prints and blood. and a musical chairs of secret affairs. he had multiple of affairs. there s more women, there s more lovers involved in this whole thing. was his beauty hiding something deadly? i wanted to get away, i was scared. how will this hollywood story? and i just fear for my family. i it hurts to lose my dad. who are these people? i gavin smith was a larger than lif
didn t make sense to me. glamorous, good-looking, golden. the dashing hollywood movie executive. he was more like a movie star in real life. just so charismatic. perfect southern california family. he completely dropped off the face of the earth. a baffling disappearance, where was he? not just a missing person. he has three sons, he has a wife. i was very afraid that something terrible was wrong. and i got scared. the clues, a missing mercedes. a handprint in blood. and a musical chairs of secret affairs. we have multiple of affairs. yes, those were more women, more lovers involved in this whole thing. was this beauty hiding something deadly? i wanted to get away, i was scared. how would this hollywood story and? i was in fear for my family. i don t want to lose my dad. like who are these people? hello and welcome to dateline. gavin smith was a larger than life kind of guy who lived life to the fullest. he was not the type to slip quietly
tara was devastated. there s no going back from that. there s no going back. you accepted it? you know, you re forced. you know, trauma happens to people all of the time. you don t think it s gonna happen to you, but it does. you know, when you already expect the worst, you think you can t be shocked, but you can be. it s all i can say about that. but if gavin was dead, and certainly look that way, where was his body? how did his car end up in the storage locker? and above all, who would ve wanted him dead? rain ellen certainly seemed an unlikely suspect. she told them she had rented the storage unit for someone else. meanwhile, detectives looked further into chandi s affair with gavin. discovering that the two had met in rehab and in december 2010, less than two years after
gavin disappeared, lisa found out about it. i was heartbroken. so, she took an extreme step to save her family. she and two of her sons, then 14 and 20, went to the creatures house to speak to the family. i was really upset when we were driving there. so, i said in the car and i let my sons go in the house. but they didn t meet chandi in there. they met her husband. his name was john. john preach. not pleasant. when they came out, they were both crying. they told their mom creek threatened to kill gavin if he didn t stay away from chandi. 17 months later, he vanishes after calling chandi. lisa had a very bad feeling. everything changed right then for me. detectives were suspicious, to. remember, sandy told them she didn t see gavin that night. but there was evidence to the contrary. we re in the same place that night. a little triangulation narrowed
they met her husband. his name was john. john preach. not pleasant. when they came out, they were both crying. they told their mom creek threatened to kill gavin if he didn t stay away from chandi. 17 months later, he vanishes after calling chandi. lisa had a very bad feeling. everything changed right then for me. detectives were suspicious, to. remember, sandy told them she didn t see gavin that night. but there was evidence to the contrary. we re in the same place that night. a little triangulation narrowed down just where. we came up on the street here. we thought, this is the spot. a likely spot for a trust, that is. parking lot that would be empty at night. yes. yes. this is a pretty lonely spot. it is. so, it seemed that on the night he disappeared, gavin