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>> from the day we are born we >> reporter: summertime in miami. pounding heat. unavoidable sun. unavoidable except of course inside. >> all rise, please. >> reporter: six years inside a cell in the county jail had produced a doughy christopher sutton by the time his trial finally began. it was july 2010. the son charged with hiring the hit man who murdered his mother, blinded his father. and here he sat apparently confident, highly prepared, ignoring most of the time the surviving members of his family, a scant to feet away. >> you know, we locked eyes, but -- i have nothing to say to him. >>...

Still, christopher demanded the al te spec >> i do recall him as very adamant that -- that my dad be placed under john doe so that who ever did this could not find him. and finish off what they had started. >> reporter: so you were a pretty paranoid guy lying there? >> most certainly. >> reporter: and with good reason. because the killer was still out there. and knew exactly where john sutton was. but unfortunately, police had no idea where the killer was. >> everyone is somewhat a suspect. you start with the family. you keep working your way out. >> reporter: when "blind justice" continues. (...

>> 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. hired him occasionally to do odd jobs. in fact after the murder, christopher had kopp rip up and remove the bloody carpets from the crime scene. >> reporter: what sort of person did he seem like? >> when garrett was in the house, he was always, shall we say at a distance. i honestly cannot recall any conversations whatsoever with g...

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...

>> she got her wish. as i said the happiest day of her life when she brought christopher home. >> reporter: the day they brought him home, john sutton remembers every minute, every detail, even the green suit he was wearing. >> when christopher came to us, about 2 days old, very cute, was a lot of fun. >> reporter: a happy time. >> absolutely. >> reporter: susan equipment her job to be a full time mom. but susan kept trying to get pregnant. after suffering through years of failed fertility treatments and miscarriages. and finally, adopted a sister for christopher, melissa. >> she was and alway...