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But -- >> we just had enough. what else could be do? >> reporter: the suttons knew there was no way christopher would agree to go on his own. attorney sutton did what attorneys do best -- and got a court order to have christopher forcibly sent to samoa. >> he was kidnapped in the middle of the night. 17 years old. >> reporter: they kidnapped him. put him on a plane. he was sent to samoa. >> 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 chri...

Pool. how he made a sketch of the house to guide garrett down a hallway that john to john and susan's bed rooms. >> what did you do at the end of the hallway? >> proceed to shoot. >> who did you shoot at first? >> john. >> 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 do? >> proceeded to shoot in the other room. >> and who was the person with whom you were in a plan to shoot john and susan sutton? >> chris sutton. >> and what ...

Funding we can get, how many scientists we can put behind the problem to solve it. >> reporter: sutton told the doctors he would somehow help make it happen. he wrote checks. he joined the board of directors. >> john sutton. >> reporter: he offered himself as a voice of hope for desperate patients. >> reporter: even though it may never help him, as long as he lives. he is okay with that? >> 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 doesn't get behind it. he does know that we're not going to move it as fast as ...

Samoa, there was a place called paradise cove. a so-called boot camp for troubled kids. behavior modification their specialty. it is a long way away, samoa. was that part of it? that it would be a good idea to have him far away for a while? >> we weren't focused on finding the farthest place we could send him. we were very hesitant about samoa. we investigated it rather thoroughly. >> reporter: it was expensive. paradise cove charged $25,000 a year. but -- >> we just had enough. what else could be do? >> reporter: the suttons knew there was no way christopher would agree to go on his own. atto...

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, had finally agreed to plead guilty and testify against sutton's son christopher. in exchange for a 30-year sentence and no death penalty. sutton confronted the killer the day he entered a plea. >> during the next days, months, years, 20 years, 30 years, i want you to think about what you planned and what you did that night, you can be assured that wi...