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Have been a suspect at all. after all does this sound like the behavior of guilty men. garrett kopp 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. >> helpful handy man. by the way, i found another casing. i mean, come on. >> an indication maybe they didn't do it. >> i didn't think so. >> reporter: that's what any good defense attorney is going to point out. >> sure, sure. the casing was underneath something. i don't know how we missed it. we missed it. >> we were a litt...

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...

>> what motive did garrett kopp to go in and attempt to assassinate both of those people? none. what motive did christopher sutton have to want both his parents dead? plenty. >> and what's the story here? they have the statement of garrett kopp. the drug-crazed, little thug, who gives this story to save himself from the death penalty. and the coerced statement of juliet driscoll. where is the evidence in this case? what do they have? nothing. >> reporter: seven men, five women on the jury. and real doubt in the air. >> the when he first started saying his testimony. he put it out of my mind. >...

Personal. here's the judge. >> it's ironic for me. i have a son who was born the exact same day as christopher sutton. when i heard his date during the trial, i remembered the joy of bringing my son home just like mr. sutton had. so at this time, as to count one, mr. sutton, the court poses a sentence of life in prison, without the possibility of parole. >> reporter: that was that. barring a successful appeal. christopher sutton will die in prison. a result he found so shocking he decided he needed to explain that they got it so very wrong. >> reporter: the verdict did seem to be a big surpris...

Four hour period of the murder, five or six different names. and one of those came back to garrett kopp. >> reporter: who were they talking to? >> on the 22nd there was probably, i want to say maybe, 13 phone calls, if memory serves me right. they were made between garrett kopp and chris sutton's phone calls. >> a lot of calls. >> reporter: lots of calls. on the day of the murder. quite probably meant nothing at all, of course. still. garrett kopp was 20. a visitor around the sutton house. didn't seem to hatch a job or any direction in life. but christopher saw some good in him apparently. hir...