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« Reply #40 on: March 14, 2013, 04:01:25 PM »

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Missing Fox executive Gavin Smith's car found in Simi Valley, homicide suspected
March 14, 2013

LOS ANGELES -- Authorities say they've found the car of a 20th Century Fox executive who vanished nearly a year ago and they now believe he is dead.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a Mercedes-Benz registered to Gavin Smith was found Thursday at a Simi Valley storage facility.

Authorities say that the storage facility was linked to a man who's jailed on an unrelated drug conviction.

A sheriff's statement says detectives are now investigating the case as a homicide, although Gavin's body hasn't been recovered.
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« Reply #41 on: March 14, 2013, 06:13:33 PM »

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Police say they have motive for alleged killing of Gavin Smith
March 14, 2013

Investigators have identified a possible motive in the alleged killing of Fox executive Gavin Smith, sheriff's officials said, but declined to elaborate further because of the ongoing investigation.

On Thursday, authorities announced a major development in Smith's mysterious disappearance. The Sheriff's Department said it had found Smith's Mercedes Benz last month at a Simi Valley storage facility linked to convicted drug dealer John Creech.

The condition of the car and other witness statements led authorities to conclude Smith had been killed. His body has not been found.

Sheriff's Lt. Dave Dolson told The Times that Smith was not believed to be involved in any drug transactions. They declined to disclose the nature of the relationship between Smith and Creech.

Officials have only said Smith and Chandrika Creech knew each other and met in rehab. When asked whether their relationship was romantic in nature, Dolson declined to comment.
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« Reply #42 on: March 15, 2013, 12:50:56 AM »

'This was in fact a murder': Missing movie executive WAS killed, say police, as they find his Mercedes in the garage of his mistress' drug dealing husband
3/14/13

Missing Hollywood executive Gavin Smith was murdered, the Los Angeles sheriff said last night, as they found his car in the garage belonging to a person of interest in the case.

Smith went missing on May 1, 2012, and though investigators had a number of leads, they never found concrete proof of the 20th Century Fox executive's death.

That all changed last night when the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says the Mercedes-Benz registered to Gavin Smith was found at a Simi Valley storage facility that belonged to John Creech.
 
Mr Creech is the husband of Smith's purported mistress, Chandrika Creech, and he is now in jail on unrelated drug charges.

Though Mr Smith's body has not been found, police have officially declared the case a homicide investigation rather than that of a missing person.

'We found the car and the car itself indicates preliminarily, that this was, in fact, a murder,' sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told local station KNBC.

In June, detectives searched the home of one of Gavin’s mistresses, Mrs Creech. They took away an Audi SUV, several cardboard boxes and a computer.
 
Her husband, John, was taken into custody on an unrelated drug matter and faces 10 years jail after admitting he was the middleman in a ring that provided drugs to Hollywood producers.   ::snipping2:: 


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« Reply #43 on: March 15, 2013, 07:13:53 AM »

Missing 20th Century Fox Movie Executive Gavin Smith’s Car Found at Storage Facility Linked to John Creech in Jail on Unrelated Drug Conviction … Police Suspect Homicide

http://scaredmonkeys.com/2013/03/15/missing-20th-century-fox-movie-executive-gavin-smiths-car-found-at-storage-facility-police-suspect-homicide/

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BREAK IN THE CASE OF MISSING GAVIN SMITH …

Gavin Smith, a 20th Century Fox movie executive has been missing since May 1, 2012 when he was last seen leaving a friend’s house in Oak Park, CA. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is saying that the Mercedes-Benz registered to Gavin Smith has been found Thursday, March 14 at a Simi Valley storage facility. The storage facility was linked to John Creech who is currently in-custody at Men’s Central Jail on an unrelated narcotics conviction. Authorities believe now that Gavin Smith is dead and a victim of a homicide.
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The following is a Recipe for disaster and to go missing ... Add one part drugs, one part drug dealer and two parts alleged affair with a drug dealers wife.
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« Reply #44 on: March 16, 2013, 03:08:10 PM »

Fox executive homicide investigation progressing 'vigorously'
2/16/13

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said it's likely to take some time before they close the homicide probe of Fox executive Gavin Smith.
 
Officials declared Smith's disappearance a homicide case earlier this week. But they said it's unclear when detectives will present evidence to prosecutors for possible charges.
 
Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said additional evidence still needs to be examined. More than two dozen search warrants have been served in connection with the case, he added.
 
"So there is still evidence that needs [to be] processed and analyzed," he said. "They are not putting a time frame on that, but it's moving forward vigorously."
 
Their person of interest remains behind bars on an unrelated drug conviction. John Creech — whose wife, authorities said, had a relationship with Smith after meeting him in rehab — is serving an eight-year sentence.
 
Even if Creech were to be released early for "good-time, work-time" credit, Whitmore said Friday, he would still spend four years in jail — a place "where he can be interviewed at any time."
 
"He's a captive audience," Whitmore said.
 
Creech has not spoken to investigators while in jail, sheriff's Lt. Dave Dolson said, but his wife has talked to detectives on multiple occasions. Dolson declined to elaborate on what Chandrika Creech said or what the nature of her relationship with Smith was.
 

Smith, a former UCLA basketball player who worked in Fox's movie distribution department, was last seen leaving a friend's home in Ventura County's Oak Park neighborhood the night of May 1. Wearing purple athletic pants belonging to one of his sons, Smith drove away in his Mercedes, leaving behind his cellphone charger, shaving kit and other items.
 
In the months after Smith was last seen, officials insisted the case remained a missing person investigation, even as Creech's home and vehicle were searched. But Thursday, they announced they believed Smith had been killed, though no body has been found.
 
Officials also revealed that Smith's Mercedes Benz, missing since his disappearance, was found last month in a Simi Valley storage locker linked to Creech.
 

"The condition of the vehicle in conjunction with cooperating witness statements indicates he was killed," Dolson said. "At this time the evidence leads us to believe he was murdered."
 
Dolson said investigators received a tip leading them to the storage facility where Smith’s car was recovered. The locker wasn’t registered to Creech, Dolson said, but to someone close to him.
 
Creech was picked up by Glendale police in a February 2010 drug bust, when he allegedly sold bricks of cocaine to a man whose car contained more than 2,500 oxycodone tablets. Subsequent searches of Creech’s home and business yielded drugs, cash and other items.
 
Creech later admitted to police that he was a middle-man between drug producers and lower-level street dealers, and pleaded no contest last year to one count of selling and transporting cocaine.
 
In January, authorities searched his Hummer after it was found at a marijuana grow house in Granada Hills. Creech’s West Hills home was also searched at least twice last summer.
 
Dolson said officials do not think that Smith was involved in any drug transactions.
 
Investigators believe Smith had already been killed by the time his Mercedes-Benz was moved from Porter Ranch to the storage facility about a week after his disappearance, but have not said why the car was in Porter Ranch.   ::snipping2:: 

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« Reply #45 on: May 02, 2014, 12:24:49 AM »

Possible Homicide Charges Imminent in Fox Executive's Death
5/1/14

In the sunshine of Southern California, where so many aspire to stand-out, a San Fernando Valley native, never even had to try.

"He had a million-dollar smile," said Tara Addeo, the sister of Gavin Smith, a father and hoopster on John Wooden’s 1975 national championship team.

Gavin Smith, a hoopster on John Wooden’s 1975 national championship team. Gavin Smith, a father of three boys.

I knew how much he loved them," said Addeo, his sister.

   

But Smith, a former movie actor turned movie executive, suddenly and completely vanished.

"He was a striking individual, tall, fit and, I think the idea of a person that goes missing out of nowhere is intriguing and tragic," said Lt. Dave Dolson, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The 57 year old is long-believed to be dead. Now, the Sheriff’s Department reveals for the first time that it’s official.


"A judge has ruled a death certificate for Gavin," Dolson said.

NBC4 has learned this murder mystery may finally be solved.

"He died on the night of his disappearance," Dolson said.

Smith's sister believes she knows who it is.

In Minden, Nevada, one of Smith's three siblings, Tara Addeo, his only sister, braces for May 1.

"Just talking about it, I know, helps," she said, through tears. "That's the day two years ago when Gavin disappeared.

"But you can't ever be prepared for something like that because it just doesn't seem real."

Smith was last seen that night in Oak Park. From then on the 6 foot 6 20th Century Fox film distributor and his Mercedes-Benz were nowhere to be found. Until last year when detectives caught a break.

"That was probably the worst day," Addeo said.

In February 2013, Smith's Mercedes was found tucked away in a storage facility in Simi Valley.

Back in Nevada, Addeo's phone rang. It was a detective.

"He said I don't know how to tell you this but Gavin isn't coming back," Addeo said. "There was enough biological evidence to prove that Gavin was killed."

Dolson said the evidence found was a "major piece of the puzzle" without elaborating.

The man linked to the storage facility is named John Creech.

"He is a person that we are looking at," Dolson said.    

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Fox-Executives-Death-Could-Be-Solved-257450521.html
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« Reply #46 on: November 06, 2014, 10:11:11 AM »

http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/06/missing-fox-execs-remains-found-death-remains-mystery/18587471/

Missing Fox exec’s remains found, but death remains mystery
Richard Winton and Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times (TNS) 10:14 a.m. EST November 6, 2014

The case has all the makings of a movie: Drugs, a shallow grave and a possible affair

LOS ANGELES – Authorities may never know how 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith was killed or how his remains turned up in the desert outside Palmdale, Los Angeles County coroner’s officials said today.

“It could be months, if ever, worst-case scenario,” Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. David Smith said.

People familiar with the case said the hikers who came across the remains Oct. 26 found a shallow grave, some bones and a skull. the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said in a statement that the remains were found near Palmdale in the rural desert area of Antelope Valley in Southern California. The coroner’s office confirmed late Wednesday that the remains were positively identified.

Gavin Smith, 57, who disappeared more than two years ago, was with Fox’s movie distribution department for nearly 18 years and was a branch manager for several theaters. He had not been seen since May 1, 2012, and was legally declared dead on May 1, 2014.
 
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« Reply #47 on: November 06, 2014, 10:45:50 AM »

http://www.freep.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/06/missing-fox-execs-remains-found-death-remains-mystery/18587471/

Missing Fox exec’s remains found, but death remains mystery
Richard Winton and Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times (TNS) 10:14 a.m. EST November 6, 2014

The case has all the makings of a movie: Drugs, a shallow grave and a possible affair

LOS ANGELES – Authorities may never know how 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith was killed or how his remains turned up in the desert outside Palmdale, Los Angeles County coroner’s officials said today.

“It could be months, if ever, worst-case scenario,” Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. David Smith said.

People familiar with the case said the hikers who came across the remains Oct. 26 found a shallow grave, some bones and a skull. the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said in a statement that the remains were found near Palmdale in the rural desert area of Antelope Valley in Southern California. The coroner’s office confirmed late Wednesday that the remains were positively identified.

Gavin Smith, 57, who disappeared more than two years ago, was with Fox’s movie distribution department for nearly 18 years and was a branch manager for several theaters. He had not been seen since May 1, 2012, and was legally declared dead on May 1, 2014.
 

I would think John Creech or his wife know a lot more than they're saying.

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« Reply #48 on: November 06, 2014, 02:02:53 PM »

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Remains found of missing Fox movie executive
November 6, 2014


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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The remains of a 20th Century Fox executive who disappeared more than two years ago have been found in a rural desert area of Southern California, authorities said.

Lt. Larry Dietz of the Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed early Thursday that the remains of Gavin Smith have been positively identified.


Smith, 57, was last seen May 1, 2012, in Ventura County's Oak Park neighborhood after leaving a friend's home, and his disappearance has been investigated as a murder.


Hikers discovered the remains near Palmdale in the Antelope Valley on Oct. 26, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office said in a statement.


Results of an autopsy have not been finalized. Sheriff's officials planned to discuss the case further during a news conference Thursday.


Authorities said earlier they had found his Mercedes-Benz at a Simi Valley storage facility, and its condition and witness statements led them to believe Smith was killed.


The storage facility was linked to John Creech, a man who was serving an eight-year prison sentence for sales or transport of narcotics, sheriff's Lt. Dave Dolson said last year. Creech was named a person of interest but has not been charged with Smith's murder.


Dolson said then that Smith had "some kind of relationship" with Creech's wife, Chandrika, after meeting her in rehab several years previously. Dolson declined to provide details.
 
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« Reply #49 on: November 06, 2014, 09:32:47 PM »

http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article3595449.html
Remains of missing Fox movie executive found
November 6, 2014
 
Authorities said earlier they had found Smith's Mercedes-Benz at a Simi Valley storage facility nine months after his disappearance. Its condition along with witness statements led them to believe Smith was killed.

A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said Thursday the car contained Smith's blood and body tissue, including skin stuck to a seat.


The official was not authorized to speak publicly about the case and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

Sheriff's Lt. Dave Dolson said investigators are optimistic they will solve the case.

"We believe we know what happened" and why, he said without elaboration.

Dolson said the remains were crucial to the case and were found in an area where investigators believed they would be located.

Forensic examination of the remains may help provide critical details that help detectives fill in the blanks and strengthen their case, said Capt. Rod Kusch.

"Even if we have the how and why part ... there's other evidence that can come to surface with forensic examination of the remains," Kusch said.

A previous search had been unsuccessful, and authorities discouraged Smith's family and friends from conducting a search for him for their own safety, Dolson said.

The storage facility where Smith's car was found was linked to John Creech, a man who is serving an eight-year prison sentence for sales or transport of narcotics, Dolson said previously. Creech was named a person of interest but has not been charged with Smith's killing.

Police have said Smith had "some kind of relationship" with Creech's wife, Chandrika, after meeting her in drug rehabilitation several years earlier. Dolson declined to provide details.

The official who spoke anonymously said the relationship was believed to be romantic.

Investigators served dozens of search warrants mainly in locations around the San Fernando Valley and involving Creech's home and Hummer.

Detectives believe Smith's car was in the Porter Ranch area of the San Fernando Valley about a week after his disappearance and it was eventually moved — possibly by multiple people — to the Simi Valley storage facility, Dolson said previously.

"We think we know an area in which he was at, or where the murder may have taken place," Dolson told the AP earlier this year. He declined to elaborate further.
 
"This case is complex," said sheriff's Chief of Detectives Bill McSweeney. "We've kind of known what happened for a long time ... many, many months."

The body, he added, "gives us proof that he was killed."
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« Reply #50 on: November 07, 2014, 01:58:48 AM »

RIP Gavin...you can go home now.
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« Reply #51 on: November 11, 2014, 08:08:35 AM »

RIP Gavin...you can go home now.

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