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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...

For their son. thats where he met his future fiancee, a young woman from boston named juliette driscoll. juliette moved to miami and quickly became a member of the family. john sutton even got her a job at his law firm. she was, you know, what i would imagine if someone was going to marry into the family. my mother embraced her. juliette was a great influence on my brother and on the family, you know? keith morrison: christopher got his act together, enrolled in college, started working. his par...

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...

Pretty intimately. absolutely. keith morrison: but detectives did not rush out and arrest kopp, for a simple but very important reason. there was a bigger question that needed to be answered. did his friend christopher know anything? was he even, perhaps, involved? shocking question, of course. this was suttons son, the son who devoted himself to nursing his father back to health. but something about christopher bothered them, and had ever since he was interviewed the morning after the murder. h...

All she knew about her brother was that he was a little bit rebellious, as most teenagers are at that age. i think i said something along the lines of, no, i dont know any reason why he would want to do this. keith morrison: a believe her father shared. i asked him early on when he was able to talk at jackson hospital. could your son have something to do with this? and he says, i dont believe so. keith morrison: so perhaps garrett kopp acted alone after all. but detectives were convinced christo...

>> there is a chance that -- that we may not be able to restore his vision. there is a chance -- on the other hand, we may. if he doesnt get behind it. he does know that were not going to move it as fast as we could. >> well it is my pleasure to be here today. as you will hear i almost didnt make it here today. sutton traveled the country speaking at fundraisers using his shock and awe presentation to tell his story. complete with his 911 call and news footage. >> the body of susan sutton. >> i ...

Goods according to the prosecutor kathleen hogue. >> is wasnt just drug deals. they hung around a lot. doing drugs. playing video games. whatever. >> reporter: in the months after the murder, phone records showed a spike in the volume of calls between the two. 300 calls in three months. >> the that is an awful lot of drugs to be dealing in three months if you have 300 some phone calls. >> reporter: could they have been talking murder? speculation of course. but -- then after the murder when kopp...

Keith morrison: the doctors let him go home finally, but since home was not exactly livable, he moved in with christopher at his townhouse. my house was a mess because it was a crime scene. the most logical place for me to go was not where the incident occurred, because we didnt know who was responsible, but this townhouse. and thats where i went. keith morrison: a full time nurse looked after him during the day. christopher and his girlfriend, juliette driscoll, were there for him the rest of t...

He does know that were not going to move it as fast as we could. >> well it is my pleasure to be here today. as you will hear i almost didnt make it here today. sutton traveled the country speaking at fundraisers using his shock and awe presentation to tell his story. complete with his 911 call and news footage. >> the body of susan sutton. >> i want to flip this tragedy, this catastrophe into a positive. >> reporter: meanwhile in miami it was decision time. the alleged shooter, garrett kopp, ha...

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