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.infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Gavin Smith</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gavin_Smith.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A blond man with sunglasses around his neck, smiling" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Gavin_Smith.JPG" decoding="async" width="195" height="193" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="193" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Picture distributed by LA County Sheriff's Department to help find Smith</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">December 10, 1954<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley" title="San Fernando Valley">San Fernando Valley</a>, California, US</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disappeared</th><td class="infobox-data">May 1, 2012 (aged 57)<br /><a href="/wiki/Oak_Park,_California" title="Oak Park, California">Oak Park, California</a>, US</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Originally <a href="/wiki/Presumption_of_death" title="Presumption of death">declared dead <i>in absentia</i></a> until Smith's body was discovered on October 26, 2014</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Body discovered</th><td class="infobox-data">October 26, 2014<br /><a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data">UCLA, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Hawaii">Hawaii</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Executive at <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Member of <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1974–75 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">1975 NCAA champion men's basketball team</a>; single-season scoring record at <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Rainbow_Warriors_basketball" title="Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball">Hawaii</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">198 cm (6 ft 6 in)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gavin Smith</b> (December 10, 1954 – May 2012) was an American <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">college basketball</a> star, <a href="/wiki/Actor" title="Actor">actor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stuntman" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuntman">stuntman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Film_studio" title="Film studio">film studio</a> executive, formerly a regional manager of <a href="/wiki/Film_distributor" title="Film distributor">distribution</a> for <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_reporter_body_discovery_story_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_reporter_body_discovery_story-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to his eighteen years in that position he played <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">basketball at UCLA</a>, where he was part of the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1974–75 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">1975 team</a> that won <a href="/wiki/1975_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">that year's NCAA championship</a>, the last for coach <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">John Wooden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UCLA_championship_team_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UCLA_championship_team-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later played at <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Rainbow_Warriors_basketball" title="Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball">Hawaii</a>, where he set the school's still-standing single-season scoring record of 23.4 <a href="/wiki/Points_per_game" title="Points per game">points per game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KHON_Hawaii_record_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KHON_Hawaii_record-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had a small role as a bartender in <i><a href="/wiki/Cobb_(film)" title="Cobb (film)">Cobb</a></i>, the 1994 biopic of baseball player <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>. </p><p>On the night of May 1, 2012, Smith left a friend's house in <a href="/wiki/Oak_Park,_California" title="Oak Park, California">Oak Park</a>, where he had been staying due to reported marital difficulties. It does not appear he planned to be away long. When he failed to pick up one of his sons for school the next morning, his family reported him <a href="/wiki/Missing_person" title="Missing person">missing</a>. Two years later, with Smith still missing and no evidence of his presence anywhere past the night of his disappearance, he was retroactively <a href="/wiki/Declared_death_in_absentia" class="mw-redirect" title="Declared death in absentia">declared legally dead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_2014_story_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety_2014_story-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several months later, on October 26, 2014, hikers chanced upon Smith's remains near <a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Antelope_Valley" title="Antelope Valley">Antelope Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_body_discovery_blog_post_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT_body_discovery_blog_post-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2015, John Lenzie Creech, a convicted drug dealer who had begun an eight-year prison sentence on that charge shortly after Smith disappeared, was arrested again and charged with the murder. His wife, Chandrika Cade-Creech, had reportedly been romantically involved with Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_Creech_story_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times_Creech_story-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Creech's attorney said the death was a "tragic accident".<sup id="cite_ref-NBC_Creech_story_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC_Creech_story-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to testimony before the <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> that <a href="/wiki/Indictment" title="Indictment">indicted</a> Creech on the murder charge, he allegedly beat Smith to death after catching him and his wife together.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_indictment_excerpts_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times_indictment_excerpts-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Creech was convicted of <a href="/wiki/Voluntary_manslaughter" title="Voluntary manslaughter">voluntary manslaughter</a> on July 3, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_jury_verdict_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times_jury_verdict-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith was from the <a href="/wiki/San_Fernando_Valley" title="San Fernando Valley">San Fernando Valley</a>. He was a star player on the <a href="/wiki/Van_Nuys_High_School" title="Van Nuys High School">Van Nuys High School</a> boys' <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> team in the early 1970s. He was named a second-team All-American by <a href="/wiki/Parade_(magazine)" title="Parade (magazine)">Parade magazine</a> as a senior in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith went on to attend the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_at_Los_Angeles" class="mw-redirect" title="University of California at Los Angeles">University of California at Los Angeles</a> (UCLA) and <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball" title="UCLA Bruins men's basketball">play there</a> for coach <a href="/wiki/John_Wooden" title="John Wooden">John Wooden</a>. In his sophomore year he was a <a href="/wiki/Forward_(basketball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward (basketball)">forward</a> on the <a href="/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375_UCLA_Bruins_men%27s_basketball_team" title="1974–75 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team">1975 team</a> which won <a href="/wiki/1975_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1975 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">that year's NCAA championship</a>, Wooden's tenth and last.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith did not play in UCLA's 92–85 title-game defeat of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball" title="Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball">Kentucky</a>. The next season was his best at UCLA, as he appeared in all but two games, averaging 5.9 <a href="/wiki/Points_per_game" title="Points per game">points per game</a> (ppg). In the <a href="/wiki/1976_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="1976 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament">1976 Final Four</a>, he appeared twice. Against <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Hoosiers_men%27s_basketball" title="Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball">Indiana</a>, the eventual champs, he scored six points, adding eight points and four <a href="/wiki/Rebound_(basketball)" title="Rebound (basketball)">rebounds</a> in the third-place game victory over <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_men%27s_basketball" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball">Rutgers</a>. After the season, he <a href="/wiki/Academic_transfer" class="mw-redirect" title="Academic transfer">transferred</a> to <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hawaii" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Hawaii">University of Hawaii</a> for a season and finished his playing career with <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Rainbow_Warriors_basketball" title="Hawaii Rainbow Warriors basketball">the Rainbow Warriors basketball team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Smith set the school's single-season scoring record of 23.4 ppg, a mark that stands despite the subsequent introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" title="Three-point field goal">three-point field goal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KHON_Hawaii_record_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KHON_Hawaii_record-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While at Hawaii, Smith became recognizable for complementing his then long hair with a <a href="/wiki/Bandana" class="mw-redirect" title="Bandana">bandana</a>, and bringing his dog to practice. Former Rainbow Warriors coach <a href="/wiki/Riley_Wallace" title="Riley Wallace">Riley Wallace</a>, who coached against Smith at the time, remembered him as a formidable opponent. "He frustrated me as a coach," Wallace recalls. "He could score from anywhere on the floor ... [he was] probably one of the best shooters in the history of Hawaii."<sup id="cite_ref-KHON_Hawaii_record_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KHON_Hawaii_record-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith eventually began a career in the film industry, at first in front of the camera. He made his acting debut playing a <a href="/wiki/Bodyguard" title="Bodyguard">bodyguard</a> in a televised adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Elmore_Leonard" title="Elmore Leonard">Elmore Leonard</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Glitz_(novel)" title="Glitz (novel)">Glitz</a></i>. The following year, he had a small role in <a href="/wiki/Greg_Mottola" title="Greg Mottola">Greg Mottola</a>'s debut <a href="/wiki/Short_film" title="Short film">short</a>, "Swingin' in the Painter's Room." </p><p>After playing a bartender in the 1994 film <i><a href="/wiki/Cobb_(film)" title="Cobb (film)">Cobb</a></i>, a biopic of <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> player <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>, Smith went into the business side of the industry as an executive. He took a job in <a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Fox" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Century Fox">20th Century Fox</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Film_distributor" title="Film distributor">distribution</a> department, making sure that films got to the theaters they were scheduled to appear in.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While he was not involved with the creative aspect of the business, he has been credited with helping films such as <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Avatar_(2009_film)" title="Avatar (2009 film)">Avatar</a></i> and the rereleases of the <a href="/wiki/Original_trilogy" class="mw-redirect" title="Original trilogy">original <i>Star Wars</i> trilogy</a> succeed.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_news_story_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_news_story-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2012 he was Fox's regional branch manager for theaters in the <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City</a> areas, working out of the company's <a href="/wiki/Calabasas,_California" title="Calabasas, California">Calabasas</a> offices.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_reporter_followup_story_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_reporter_followup_story-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to friends, he had talked about returning to acting when he retired from Fox as he expected to within a few years.<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Beast_story_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Beast_story-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He had settled in the <a href="/wiki/West_Hills,_Los_Angeles" title="West Hills, Los Angeles">West Hills</a> area of the Valley with his wife, Lisa, and their three sons. One of his sons, Evan, played basketball for <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans_men%27s_basketball" title="USC Trojans men's basketball">University of Southern California</a>, and was later featured on the reality show <a href="/wiki/Temptation_Island_(TV_series)" title="Temptation Island (TV series)"><i>Temptation Island</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the meantime, his success was offset by marital, financial and substance abuse difficulties.<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Beast_story_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Beast_story-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent time in <a href="/wiki/Drug_rehab" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug rehab">drug rehab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Regarding the Smiths' financial problems, they had bought their house when the market was booming and prices were high. "Upside-down" as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Recession" title="Great Recession">Panic of 2008</a>, the market value of his home plunged to less than the balance owed on the <a href="/wiki/Mortgage" title="Mortgage">mortgage</a>, leaving him under significant pressure, steeped in a <a href="/wiki/Negative_equity" title="Negative equity">negative equity</a> position. They were trying to sell the house.<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Beast_story_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Beast_story-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disappearance">Disappearance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Disappearance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Smith attended CinemaCon, the annual convention of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Theatre_Owners" title="National Association of Theatre Owners">National Association of Theatre Owners</a> in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a>. Upon his return to the Los Angeles area, he went not to his West Hills home but, due to recent problems in his marriage,<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Beast_story_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Beast_story-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that of a female colleague and family friend who lived on Kellwood Court<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Weekly_story_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Weekly_story-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in nearby <a href="/wiki/Oak_Park,_California" title="Oak Park, California">Oak Park</a>. The Smith family says the overnight stay at Gavin's friend's home was planned. Recent marital problems had led Smith's son, Evan, to criticize his father for "leaving the family" in a since-deleted <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">tweet</a> two weeks earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reportedly stopped speaking to his father as well.<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Beast_story_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Beast_story-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evan later denied his parents were <a href="/wiki/Legal_separation" title="Legal separation">separating</a>, saying "they were just going through normal stuff couples go through."<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_reporter_followup_story_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_reporter_followup_story-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the friend whom Smith was staying with, the two were up watching television until sometime after 9 pm. When the friend went to bed, Smith told her he would be following shortly. Instead, around 10 pm, he apparently got into his black 2000 <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W210" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz W210">Mercedes-Benz E420</a> with California <a href="/wiki/License_plate" class="mw-redirect" title="License plate">license plate</a> 6EKT044 and left.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_news_story_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_news_story-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One report claims someone on the street actually saw the car as it departed.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Weekly_story_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Weekly_story-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lisa Smith, who had been busy attending to her ill mother, says she spoke with Gavin during the day to arrange for him to pick up one of their other sons from school the morning of May 2. </p><p>His family agreed it was unlike Smith to leave the house in the late evening without plans to do so or at least giving notice that the trip was unplanned. Their family friend reported that when she last saw Smith he was wearing the purple workout pants he had borrowed from Evan with the intent of wearing them off to bed.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Weekly_story_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Weekly_story-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This choice of clothing, they believe, makes it unlikely Smith's sudden departure was expected or that he was going somewhere he anticipated being seen. Furthermore, since he had left his cellphone charger, a shaving kit and other personal belongings at the Oak Park residence, likelihood loomed large that Smith didn’t expect anything beyond an immediate return.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_news_story_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_news_story-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2014, two years after Smith was last seen, law enforcement officials declared Smith dead with a judge issuing a death certificate. His date of death was declared to have been the night he disappeared. "I think the idea of a person who goes missing out of nowhere is intriguing and tragic," said a spokesman for the LACSD.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_2014_story_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety_2014_story-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Investigation">Investigation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When Smith didn’t show up the next morning at work nor to pick up his son, his family and coworkers reported him missing. Among the personal belongings he did take with him when he left the Oak Park house were his cell phone and credit cards. Neither had been used since his disappearance. They couldn’t identify anyone who might have had a reason to harm him but believed that his fate or whereabouts were known. "We know someone knows something. There's no doubt that someone knows something," Smith's wife said. They believed his clothing and general appearance would not go unnoticed or unremembered.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_news_story_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_news_story-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Sheriff%27s_Department" title="Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department">Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department</a> (LACSD) lead the investigation. They had suggested that they had <a href="/wiki/Ping_(networking_utility)" title="Ping (networking utility)">pings</a> from Smith's cell phone after 10 pm the night he disappeared, although they didn’t make the specifics public. "He was bouncing around the Valley or at least his phone was," said LACSD Sgt. John O'Brien. "We are talking about after bars close."<sup id="cite_ref-Daily_Beast_story_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daily_Beast_story-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 8, a male body was found in the <a href="/wiki/Angeles_National_Forest" title="Angeles National Forest">Angeles National Forest</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Angeles_Crest_Highway" title="Angeles Crest Highway">Angeles Crest Highway</a> above <a href="/wiki/La_Ca%C3%B1ada_Flintridge,_California" title="La Cañada Flintridge, California">La Cañada Flintridge</a> but it was not Smith's.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_Reporter_body_find-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Smiths and their friends had been looking in ravines in the area or other places where his car might have gone off the road without success.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_news_story_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC_news_story-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A volunteer search of remote areas planned for the weekend of May 19–20 was called off due to the lack of "a specific area of defined interest" in which to search. Flyers were distributed and the LACSD had a special hotline number which, it said, received "lots of tips".<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_blog_post_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT_blog_post-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_reporter_search_calloff_story_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_reporter_search_calloff_story-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The family had put up a blog dedicated to the search and was offering a $20,000 reward.<sup id="cite_ref-family_blog_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-family_blog-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evan Smith had been using his <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> feed to spread the word on the search as well.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Weekly_story_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Weekly_story-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A possible sighting of Smith after his disappearance was reported at the end of the month. David Brill of <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison, Wisconsin</a>, who had been traveling to Southern California on business around the time Smith disappeared, told a TV station in his hometown that he had seen Smith with a woman at a restaurant in <a href="/wiki/Morro_Bay,_California" title="Morro Bay, California">Morro Bay</a> on May 7. The next morning he read the story online and identified Smith as the man. The waitress who served the man also believed him to be Smith and said he paid in cash and told her that he and his companion would be staying in town for a few days then continuing north up the Pacific coast. The restaurant claimed to have a <a href="/wiki/Security_camera" class="mw-redirect" title="Security camera">security camera</a> tape but would not release it to the media.<sup id="cite_ref-May_7_sighting_report_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-May_7_sighting_report-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 8, police, accompanied by a <a href="/wiki/SWAT" title="SWAT">SWAT</a> team, executed a <a href="/wiki/Search_warrant" title="Search warrant">search warrant</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Canoga_Park,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Canoga Park, California">Canoga Park</a> home belonging to a couple identified as John and Chandrika Creech in connection with the case. After five hours, they emerged with several boxes and a computer and towed away a black <a href="/wiki/Audi" title="Audi">Audi</a> sport-utility vehicle. Although searches like this are unusual in a missing-persons case and homicide detectives were reportedly among the investigators present, the LACSD emphasized that it was still a missing-persons case and no evidence of foul play had yet been discovered. A lawyer for the Creeches who spoke with reporters at the scene said it was the second search of their house in the past month but refused to comment further.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_search_story_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times_search_story-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, it was reported that more than 20 search warrants had been issued so far and police had seized cellphones and other files from the Creech house.<sup id="cite_ref-E!_Online_search_story_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E!_Online_search_story-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two weeks later, more details about why the Creeches' house may have been searched were reported. <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Sheriff%27s_Department" title="Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department">Los Angeles County Sheriff</a>'s Lt. Dave Dolson said Smith met Chandrika Creech while they were both in <a href="/wiki/Drug_rehab" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug rehab">drug rehab</a> and that they were in a romantic relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the affair had begun in 2008, she had broken it off at the request of her husband John Creech, a convicted drug dealer who was facing new charges at the time of the search and had reportedly had no contact with Smith other than an email exchange in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-E!_Online_search_story_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-E!_Online_search_story-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith's family and friends spent the second weekend of July distributing fliers and putting up posters in <a href="/wiki/Sylmar,_Los_Angeles" title="Sylmar, Los Angeles">Sylmar</a>, the city's northernmost neighborhood. According to them, the detectives investigating Smith's disappearance said his last cellphone ping had come from the area. "The police have led us specifically to this area," she said to reporters.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_Sylmar_story_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times_Sylmar_story-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the search of the Creeches, the LACSD had not made any more public moves related to the case. John Creech pleaded guilty to the drug charges<sup id="cite_ref-Creech_sentencing_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Creech_sentencing-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was sentenced to eight years in prison<sup id="cite_ref-Gavin_Smith_Case_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gavin_Smith_Case-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in September 2012. <i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Most_Wanted" title="America's Most Wanted">America's Most Wanted</a></i> did a segment on the case in October.<sup id="cite_ref-AMW_doing_case_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMW_doing_case-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Confronted by his wife, Smith initially broke off the affair with Creech. In 2010 however, Smith and Creech resumed their relationship and had begun exchanging romantic messages. Smith's wife discovered them and in an impulsive decision, drove her two sons to Creech’s home where they told John Creech of the affair. He initially indicated his intent to kill their father but later relented, telling the sons, "... you just saved your father's life by coming here today." In 2012, when the romance rekindled yet again, Creech allegedly made good on his threat, stalking Chandrika Creech using a cell phone GPS tracking application to follow her to the point of the rendezvous. Creech then allegedly pummeled Smith to his death, temporarily ditched his car and body at an accomplice's garage near Porter Ranch after the killing and returned later to retrieve the body and tow Smith's car to a secluded, clandestine location.<sup id="cite_ref-AV_Times_Article_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AV_Times_Article-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August, Fox cleaned out Smith's office and sent anything the police did not need for their investigation to the Smiths' home.<sup id="cite_ref-September_2012_THR_story_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-September_2012_THR_story-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Smith's sister Tara Addeo and John Creech's lawyer, Daniel Teola, told <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> that the LACSD's search of the Creech residence had not yielded anything of use. She had nevertheless come to believe that he had become the victim of a crime. "I know that Gavin would not hurt himself and I have a hard time believing that Gavin would ever walk away from his sons," she said. "The only other alternative is that there would have been foul play."<sup id="cite_ref-September_2012_THR_story_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-September_2012_THR_story-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A month later Lisa Smith told the <i>Reporter</i> that she had reached a similar conclusion. "I just don't picture him walking in and saying, 'I'm sorry; I just needed a breather.' I'm prepared for the worst."<sup id="cite_ref-October_2012_THR_story_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-October_2012_THR_story-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 23, 2013, a vehicle seized at an unrelated <a href="/wiki/Granada_Hills,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Granada Hills, California">Granada Hills</a> drug bust turned out to belong to Creech.<sup id="cite_ref-January_2013_lead_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-January_2013_lead-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It led investigators to Smith's missing Mercedes, found a month later at a <a href="/wiki/Simi_Valley,_California" title="Simi Valley, California">Simi Valley</a> storage facility, also connected with Creech, whom police continued to describe as a <a href="/wiki/Person_of_interest" title="Person of interest">person of interest</a>. Blood and body tissue, including skin stuck to the car seat, was found inside, later identified as belonging to Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2013, a sheriff's statement said detectives were now investigating the case as a homicide, although Smith's body had not been found.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officials also revealed that they believed they had identified the motive in the alleged crime. However, citing the ongoing investigation, they declined to elaborate on the possible motive or any other details of the case.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Discovery_of_remains">Discovery of remains</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Discovery of remains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On October 26, 2014, Smith's remains were found in <a href="/wiki/Palmdale,_California" title="Palmdale, California">Palmdale, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A hiker's dog found a shallow grave containing a skull, some bones and clothing in a rural area between Palmdale and <a href="/wiki/Acton,_California" title="Acton, California">Acton</a> just outside the <a href="/wiki/Angeles_National_Forest" title="Angeles National Forest">Angeles National Forest</a>. Authorities announced the body's discovery 11 days later, after it had been positively identified as Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cause of his death was not initially known as the county coroner's office was working to establish it. Investigators said it might take some time to do so if indeed they could. "It could be months, if ever, worst-case scenario," said a spokesman for the coroner. Nevertheless, the <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i> quoted anonymous sources as saying that investigators believe that Smith was killed at the direction of one person by others with experience in violent crime.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_story_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times_story-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At a press conference held the day the body's discovery was announced, investigators shared more information. Their theory was that Smith was killed in his car shortly after he disappeared. Based on that evidence, they had "confidently labeled Smith's death a homicide" after finding the car in 2013. They believed the death would prove to be the result of <a href="/wiki/Blunt_force_trauma" class="mw-redirect" title="Blunt force trauma">blunt force trauma</a> and although they could not yet rule out gunshot wounds, they didn’t believe there would be any.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_reporter_body_discovery_story_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood_reporter_body_discovery_story-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Arrest">Arrest</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Arrest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2015, three months after Smith's remains were discovered, Creech, two years into an eight-year sentence, was arrested and charged with his murder.<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_Creech_story_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times_Creech_story-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Arraignment" title="Arraignment">arraignment</a> was postponed for a month. Creech's attorney called Smith's death a "tragic accident", saying his client was innocent of the murder charge. "There may have been a fight but I can tell you there was no criminal intent," said Alex Kessel.<sup id="cite_ref-NBC_Creech_story_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC_Creech_story-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May of that year, the prosecution released transcripts of testimony before the <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> that indicted Creech on murder charges. According to witnesses, on the night of May 1 he borrowed a van and went to where Smith had parked his Mercedes with Chandrika Creech. Surprising them there, he beat Smith severely while Chandrika, who believed she would be next, escaped and screamed for help. Later Creech, who did not initially believe Smith had been fatally injured, drove Smith's car to <a href="/wiki/Stan_McQuay" title="Stan McQuay">Stan McQuay</a>'s home in <a href="/wiki/Porter_Ranch" class="mw-redirect" title="Porter Ranch">Porter Ranch</a>. He and McQuay then extracted Smith's body and disposed of it, wrapped in a bloodied sheet and buried it in a shallow grave east of <a href="/wiki/Acton,_California" title="Acton, California">Acton</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Antelope_Valley" title="Antelope Valley">Antelope Valley</a> off <a href="/wiki/Angeles_Forest_Highway" title="Angeles Forest Highway">Angeles Forest Highway</a>. McQuay temporarily stored Smith's missing vehicle in his garage one week from the night of Smith's murder, affording Creech sufficient time to make clandestine arrangements for its long-term concealment and was then parked in a car-sized room at a public storage facility just west of McQuay's Porter Ranch residence in <a href="/wiki/Simi_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Simi Valley">Simi Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Los_Angeles_Times_Article_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Los_Angeles_Times_Article-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trial_and_conviction">Trial and conviction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Trial and conviction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Creech was accused by prosecutors of first-degree murder. They said he tracked his wife Chandrika and Smith with hidden GPS and made good on his earlier threat to kill Smith if the affair continued.<sup id="cite_ref-nbclosangeles.com_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbclosangeles.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Creech testified in his own defense, saying he had been attacked by Smith and fought to save himself.<sup id="cite_ref-nbclosangeles.com_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbclosangeles.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He admitted that he should have called 911 to administer to Smith afterward. </p><p>Faced with a choice of first-degree murder, second-degree murder or voluntary manslaughter, the jury took only one hour to acquit Creech on the first two charges and to convict him on voluntary manslaughter. </p><p>Two months after the July 2017 verdict, the judge sentenced Creech to the maximum sentence allowed by law: 11 years incarcerated.<sup id="cite_ref-nbclosangeles.com_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbclosangeles.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All the others involved in helping Creech dispose of the evidence were given plea deals by the prosecution in exchange for their testimony against Creech but none served jail time.<sup id="cite_ref-nbclosangeles.com_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbclosangeles.com-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gavin_Smith_(film_studio_executive)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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