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welcome back. nearly three years after gavin smith s disappearance john creech was charged with his murder. police ble believe john carried out the killing as revenge with the affair with his wife khanchan c. one person could give the truth to them directly. so they figured out a way to get it. once again, here s keith morrison. reporter: detectives john o brien had a problem. an important witness who wouldn t talk, chandrika creech had clammed up. but there s more than one way to get a story. they found an associate of john creech s, someone who knew chandy. they convinced him to wear a wire and meet with her. it worked. do you want the whole story? yeah.
detectives john o brien and tyler bay had a problem. an important witness that wouldn t talk. chandy creech clammed up. there is more than one way to get a story. they found an associate of john creech s, someone who knew chandy, and convinced him to wear a wire and meet with her. it worked. do you want to know the story? yeah. once chandy felt safe, she spilled it. all of it. how she and gavin met in secret at that secluded cul-de-sac. got close in gavin s car. and then all of a sudden the door opened and johnny just goes like and i just, like, i pushed myself out this way and got out the driver s side. creech burst in like a
welcome back. nearly three years after gavin smith s disappearance, john creech was charged with his murder. police believe john carried out the rage-fueled killing as revenge for gavin s affair with john s wife chandy. several of john s associates admitted they helped john hide evidence. but investigators did not think they had the whole story just yet. and there was one person who could give it to them directly. so they figured out a way to get it. once again, here s keith morrison. reporter: detectives john o brien and ty labbe had a problem. an important witness who wouldn t talk. chandrika creech had clammed up. but there s more than one way to get a story. they found an associate of john creech s, someone who knew chandy. they convinced him to wear a wire and meet with her. it worked. do you want the whole story? yeah.
yes. he didn t want to be in this thing. without a doubt. without a doubt. and then there was the other pizza delivery guy, robert pinetti. pinetti you may recall was found dead of a drug overdose before the cops could question him about the bank robbery. what about pinetti s death, was that a natural overdose? no, she said that they gave him an overdose. yeah, they killed him so he wouldn t talk. the bodies pile up like firewood in this thing, kelly. somebody joked with me once that i was safe because she only killed men. and the motive for the plot, marjorie told kelly she needed $250,000 from the bank to pay ken barnes who would then kill her father so she could get her inheritance. rothstein got involved, said marjorie, because he knew he was dying and wanted to go out with a wang. so rothstein and marjorie put it together? yes. this is amazing because marjorie has never talked about these things to anybody.