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>> the gold coast. the sun, the sea, and this million dollar home, a mystery. >> he was talking on the telephone when he heard a loud bang. >> a woman, murdered. her husband went blind. >> are you bleeding? do you see any blood? >> im bleeding all over, yes. >> okay. >> i cant see. >> but who? >> everyone is somewhat of a suspect. >> and why? >> what brings someone to make a decision they are going to do this. >> was it love? >> what we learned was that she was having an affair with th...

John Sutton and his wife Susan are brutally attacked in their million dollar Florida home, but the motive is unknown.

Deal, even though they were strikingly good financially, they were stymied. no matter how much they tried they could not have children. >> she wanted a baby more than anyone in the world. >> but if wishing couldnt make her pregnant, it could make her a mother by adoption she got her wish and it was the happiest day of her life when she brought christopher home christopher sutton was born april 13th 1979 of the day they brought him home he remembers every minute every detail, even the green suit ...

John Sutton and his wife Susan are brutally attacked in their million dollar Florida home, but the motive is unknown.

His parents came to visit they all had a wonderful time together. hardly a dysfunctional family in the story the photos told. >> were you happy to be with your parents? >> i was very, very happy to see my parents. i loved them very much. >> reporter: he had given the jury an alternative. he tried at least to diffuse the samoa motive, enough? not nearly, said prosecutor keagan. >> what motive did garrett kopp to go in and attempt to assassinate both of those people? none. what motive did christop...

>> what happened if anything with your relationship with garrett kopp after he was arrested? >> i didnt speak to him for a while. or he didnt speak to me i should say for a while. >> was he mad at you? >> yes. >> reporter: so was it pay back time, now, yes, says christopher it must have been. thus his theory of the murder. christopher said he had nothing to do with it. told the jury he never asked kopp to kill his parents. kopp made it all up. the police had it all wrong. what really happened he...

Its allowed to have some more privileges. and then -- >> reporter: something in the memories on that island struck a nerve. >> how were you feeling physically during that time? >> i was what they called in denial. >> do you need a break? >> yeah. >> reporter: strange. stoic for the rest of his testimony. yet in the process of trying to dismiss samoa as a murder motive he cried about his experience there. so, revealing? attorney fleisher put the best spin on it he could. >> i think that showed hi...

>> reporter: christopher sutton stood stoned faced as jurors streamed in. were those tears from some members of the jury. >> ladies and gentlemen, i understand you have reached a verdict. >> reporter: judge stanford blake read the verdict. state of florida versus christopher sutton, we the jury in miami-dade, florida, find the defendant christopher patrick sutton, as to count one, guilty of first degree murder as charged in the indictment. >> reporter: guilty. with that christophers head snapped...

Women on the jury. and real doubt in the air. >> the when he first started saying his testimony. he put it out of my mind. >> reporter: coming up, the jury speaks. >> we, the jury -- >> soap does christopher sutton. >> sure, i could have been a better guy. >> reporter: as his father hopes for a miracle.

Trial, i remembered the joy of bringing my son home just like mr. sutton had. so at this time, as to count one, mr. sutton, the court poses a sentence of life in prison, without the possibility of parole. >> reporter: that was that. barring a successful appeal. christopher sutton will die in prison. a result he found so shocking he decided he needed to explain that they got it so very wrong. >> reporter: the verdict did seem to be a big surprise. >> yeah, i definitely wasnt expecting to be found...