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A year later, and from the beginning made family a very big deal. but even though they were strikingly good looking, and financially successful and happy, they were stymied. no matter how they tried, and oh, how they tried, they could not have children. she was sure that as much as anybody else wanted a baby, she wanted a baby more than anyone in the world. keith morrison: but if wishing couldnt make susan pregnant, said her sister, mary, it could make her a mother by adoption. she got her wish,...

Garrett kopp was one of his best customers, but had good reason to turn on him. why? because years earlier, christopher said, he turned police informant to get drug charges dropped, and who did he finger? garrett kopp. 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. keith morrison: so was it payback time, now? yes, says christopher, it must hav...

Keith morrison: detectives larry belyeu and art nanni had a theory to explain the shooting of john sutton >> reporter: the detectives had a theory to explain the shooting of john sutton and the murder of his wife susan which was that christopher sutton hired his dope-smoking buddy, garrett kopp to kill his parents. it was really just a theory. while the case against kopp was fairly strong, remember the murder weapon was found in his possession. the evidence against christopher was circumstantial...

Right after the shooting. so now the complexion of the investigation changed. we were trying to think, why would garrett kopp do this? i mean, hes a like, 20-year-old kid. obviously there was a tie with christopher sutton and him. keith morrison: as for christopher himself, the detectives had no trouble finding people with an opinion about him. the cops should be looking at christopher sutton because of the lengthy family history of problems that john and susan had with their son christopher, wh...

All rise for the jury, please. >> not an easy task these people were given. did christopher sutton mastermind a plan to kill his own parents? >> we battled for a while. >> who knew that those 12 were butting heads all day in the jury room and split down the middle after seven hours they went home. it was mostly garrett cop they had the most trouble with. >> hes making his deal because he didnt want the death penalty. >> which would mean what? you cant read what hes saying because hes an opportun...

The hallway? >> proceeded to shoot. >> who did you shoot at first? >> john. >> is that mr. sutton? >> yes. >> where was mr. sutton when you shot at him initially? >> on the bed. >> and what did you see mr. sutton do when you shot him? >> flip off the bed. >> after you fired at mr. sutton, what did you to? >> proceeded to shoot another room. >> who was the person you were in a plan to shoot john and susan sutton. >> christopher sutton. >> what do you remember the defendant telling you how much mo...

Verdict. john and melissa sutton took their seats in the front row. christopher sutton stood stone-faced as jurors filed in. >> thank you, you may be seated. >> were those tears from some members of the jury? >> ladies and gentlemen, i understand you have reached the verdict? >> judge stanford read the verdict. >> christopher sutton, we the jury, the 21st day of july, 2010, find the defendant, christopher patrick sutton, as to count one, guilty of first-degree murder as charged in the indictment...

Garrett cobb and christopher sutton while ripping up bloody carpets actually called detectives to tell them they found new evidence at the crime scene, a bullet casing under the carpet. >> theres a helpful handyman, by the way, i found another casing. come on. >> its an indication maybe they didnt do it, right? >> i didnt think so. >> but thats what any good defense attorneys going to point out? >> sure. the casing was underneath something and i dont know how we all missed it, but we missed it. ...

Death sentence case, both pleaded not guilty. john sutton got busy. he had a mission, two, in fact, one, to seek justice, no matter what that might mean for his son. the other, perhaps even more impossible, to simply see again. coming up, garrett kopps confession should be enough to put him behind bars, but did prosecutors have enough to convict christopher sutton? >> this was a circumstanceal case, extremely circumstantial. >> when "dateline" continues. he does it all with dr. scholls. only d...

Shooting. now the complexion of the investigation changed. >> were trying to think why would garrett cob do this? i mean, he is a 20-year-old kid. obviously theres a tie with christopher sutton and him. >> as for christopher himself, says the detectives had no trouble finding people with an opinion about him. >> the cops should be looking at christopher sutton because of the lengthy family history of problems that john and susan had with their son christopher, who was a handful from a very early...