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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 didn't 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 christopher's father home alone. >> she says, well, i have good news and bad news. and the good news is -- that we have arrested the assailant, he has admitted it. the bad news he has inculpated your son and said your son set him up. ...

>> 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 didn't 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 door, walk in, and shoot him. >> reporter: did it upset him to tell you the story. >> not really. no...

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 can't 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 wasn't focused on who did it so much as what she had lost. >> a lot of people chase the killer. i think i chased missing my mom. >> police are looki...

That's 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 own company which -- in retrospect looking at everything he had done from arrests to drugs, you kno...

That's my best friend. >> reporter: i was going to ask how old your mom was? >> 57. no, you can't put that on. she was a nice 45. let's 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 house. i have just been assaulted. >> what happened, sir. >> somebody came in and shot me. >> shot y...