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Problem to solve it. >> so sutton told the doctors he would somehow help make it happen. he wrote checks, he joined the board of directors. >> john sutton. >> he offered himself as a voice of hope for desperate patients. even though it may never help him, as long as he lives, hes okay with that? >> theres a chance that we may not be able to restore his vision. there is a chance, on the other hand, that we may, but if he doesnt get behind it he does know that were not going to move it as fast as ...

Murder. he was allowed to see his father, his son, his girlfriend and then taken off to jail. >> so case closeded? >> well, you would think given what kopp toll the detectives in them, but it did not give them what they needed to arrest christopher. theres a feature in florida law which says that things people said in a confession about somebody else could be labeled hear say. they needed more. so they turned to the person closest to christopher, his fiancee, julia driscoll. the two wren gaged t...

>> but in the same picture, i have a mom who passed away, a brother who is in jail. a dad -- thats my family. thats kind of what it is. but at the same time, you know, i believe he did what he did. i have no intention of ever speaking with him again. >> so, life goes on. melissa moved up north and has a career in media services. detectives retiefred from the force. belue adopted a little boy just like john sutton did all those years ago and john sutton pursues his dream to see again. are you pre...

>> bring in the jury, please. >> christopher sutton stood stone faced as jurors filed in. >> were those tears from some members of the jury? >> ladies and gentlemen, i understand you have reached a verdict? >> judge stanford blake read the verdict. >> state of florida versus christopher sutton, we the jury of miami dade florida this 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. >> guilty. with th...

The assailant, and hes admitted had but hes inculcated your son and set him up. and imsaid, man oh, man. that was a bad night. a real bad night. >> what was it like to hear that? was it a shock or did you have at that point 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. >> 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 som...

This is a bad case. we are now -- we are now at five years, 11 months. i lost susan. i lost christopher long before that. >> christopher did not look at his father. had he done so, he would not have seen tears. the bullets that tore into his head left john sutton unable to cry. >> i lost my eyesight. >> how was it in that courtroom? >> here is the judge -- >> its ironic for me that my

John sutton had survived gunshot wounds to his head, the death of his wife and his own sons arrest for murder and to top it off he was blind, apparently permanently. >> it still is unbelievable. i mean. >> yeah? >> i mean, its like a big bad dream. >> a nightmare from which there was no awakening. >> but john, if you hadnt noticed by now is a determined man. he had been a champion swimmer in college. now he swam again. he had been a skier. now he learned to ski blind. he fell in love again. her ...

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 but it was really just a theory and while the case against kopp was really strong, the murder weapon was found in his possession, the evidence against christopher was a little more than circumstantial, a little more than guilt by association. he might have had an association but -- >> i needed more than that to get the arrest. we wer...

Was missing. the child is now okay. a decorated vietnam veteran with ptsd turned away from a v.a. hospital because of his service dog. jack has helped john sutton after three suicide attempts. hes accompanied sutton to his biweekly ptsd sessions at a v.a. clinic in texas until just recently. >> a guard stopped me in the hall way and said you cant come in here with that dog. >> really? goodness, you think at a v.a. clinic they would know better than that. two other area hospitals have welcomed ...

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