Superior Court. After Marcus had to dismiss an absent juror and substitute an alternate this morning, the jury of nine women and three men spent about 30 minutes in renewed deliberations before returning to court with the verdict. The year-old studio exec went missing late on the evening of May 1, Smith officially was declared dead a year later in May That locker belonged to one John Creech.
Police declared him the person of interest in the case soon afterward. Convicted in September for his most recent stint behind bars, the suspect was not in jail at the time Smith disappeared. His skull had been crushed from both sides.
He was only identified through dental records. At his trial in , the prosecution stated that John followed Chandrika to a spot where she met Gavin in his car in West Hills. He tracked her using an app on his phone. John then beat Gavin to death with his bare fists. Chandrika, who received immunity in exchange for her testimony, stated that she fled from there as the altercation happened. John testified that he hit Gavin in self-defense only after Gavin allegedly attacked and threatened him first.
John added that he was looking for Chandrika because he was worried about her as she had been drinking that night.
After the altercation with Gavin, he claimed to have come back to the car when he saw Gavin unmoved. When he checked for a pulse, Gavin had none. But as searches turned up empty, they feared the worst. Lisa and Gavin lived in West Hills, California, with their three sons.
By all means, they were the picture of a perfect family. They were dealing with some financial and personal problems. Gavin had a painkiller addiction that he dealt with. He went to a rehabilitation clinic as part of his recovery, where he met Chandrika Cade-Creech. He began an intermittent affair with her in At the time of his disappearance, Gavin had moved out of the family home and was temporarily living with a friend.
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