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>> reporter: but christopher could not break so easily. and paradise cove was no paradise. in fact, there were many reports of physical abuse and restraints used on those who were uncooperative. something christopher learned when he first arrived. >> we knew that christopher sutton had complained that he had been hogtied, beaten. >> reporter: when his family was allowed to visit him a year later they did seem to beep a distinct change. a huge improvement. they found the buff, cleaned up young ma...

>> he was my moms best friend. i call him my godfather pretty much. like a relative. >> reporter: police were suspicious. why had montodo arrived so quickly after the shooting? why was he armed with a handgun? they had a to questions and perhaps more importantly, some testing to do. >> we interviewed him extensively. we did take gunshot residue from his hands. >> he was given a polygraph wasnt he? >> yes. >> reporter: how did he do? >> he passed on certain information but showed he was deceptive...

Murder, the neighbor heard a boat roaring down the canal behind johns boat over here and it turned out that that woman owned such a boat. >> she was interviewed down the line also, and she was not the person responsible. >> reporter: what about the phone call susan was on when she was shot to death. detectives found the bloodstained handset susan dropped when the gunman opened fire. who was she talking to? had that person heard something? detectives got their answer almost right away. john sutto...

Him for murder. >> his parents deserve to die for taking years out of his life. she said this went for years. she interjected i knew it was going to happen. i just didnt know when. >> reporter: that night they put juliet into protective custody. >> the next day i prepared an arrest warrant for christopher sutton. >> reporter: and a female officer paid a visit to christophers father home alone. >> she says, well, i have good news and bad news. and the good news is -- that we have arrested the ass...

>> heap basically said look, you have to look out for me and my family because i am afraid of him. >> reporter: chris is going to kill him. >> if he didnt do this. >> reporter: having given himself an excuse. kopp confessed. said christopher was behind it all. gave him the gun. money to buy the black clothes. hired him as the a hit man. >> did he formulate this plan or combined effort between the two of you? >> he did. >> what plan did he tell you? what did he want you to do. >> go in the back d...

Was it a shock or did you have some kind of an idea? >> it was 50 emotions all at the same time. one of which is -- well, i finally know. two was, i cant believe this. >> reporter: john ever the attorney wanted to know what the evidence was. had the reports read to him and was convinced. >> i think -- that i was some where in between being c completely outraged and upset and some where i knew he had done it. >> reporter: melissa so grief stricken wasnt focused on who did it so much as what she h...

Tell police christopher talked about killing his parents? >> they eventually tell her if you dont tell us, what we want to know, youre going to be arrested in this murder conspiracy. and what does she do? she tells them what they want to know. >> please have a seat over here. >> reporter: in fact, the defense attorney got juliet to admit the state wouldnt even have had that if detectives hadnt intimidated and threatened her. >> they told me if they didnt hear what they wanted to hear that they w...

Thats where he met his future fiancee, a young woman from boston, jewel yet driscoll. juliette moved and became a member of the family. john sutton got her a job at his law firm. >> she was what i would imagine if somebody was going to marry into the family. my mother embraced her. she was a great influence on my brother and the family. >> reporter: christopher got his act together. enrolled in college. started working. his parents helped out by buying him a $300,000 condo. >> he started up his ...

Thats my best friend. >> reporter: i was going to ask how old your mom was? >> 57. no, you cant put that on. she was a nice 45. lets put it, leave it at that. >> reporter: the guests laughed. the law partner went home. son christopher and his girlfriend went to a movie. john settled in to watch tv in the master bedroom. susan in another bedroom talked on the phone with a close friend. a quiet end to a pleasant evening. quiet. but not for long. >> coral gables, 911. >> i need the police at my hou...

>> he was going to take the lives of his parents, why would you stay with him and why would you marry him? >> i cant think of how many times i have heard somebody say, oh, my god i hate this person so much i could kill them right now. when you hear it for six straight years, you just dont believe it. >> reporter: finally, juliet testified that detectives lied when she told them i knew it would happen i just didnt know when. >> i never believed he was going to do it. thats why the whole thing wit...