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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. 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, s...

Dream. >> reporter: then the dream got worse. teddy was a possible murder suspect. >> one of the homicides detectives related to me there has been a problem with the polygraph. >> reporter: he was actually a suspect. >> i suspect so. anybody that probably was anywhere near me was a suspect. >> reporter: but as sutton was absorbing the news of his wife's apparent betrayal. montodo slipped off the list of top suspects. for one thing he couldn't have been the shooter he was on the phone with susan when it happened. records confirmed he actually called the police before rushing to the sutton house...

Upscale enclave south of miami. his law practice, susan worked as office manager was booming. just that week he received a check for $1 million for a case he had settled. so, was robbery the motive? and if so, how did the killer get into the house? officers saw a curtain blowing in the wind, through a sliding glass door near the rear of the house, near the pool, the door latch showed it had been broken long before the night. >> the killer had gone in through the sliding glass door, had walked all the way through that house, no ransacking. drawers were not opened. and in the master bathroom, on...

>> when i got the phone call and said there was a murder/suicide down in coral gables. we heard that the husband was en route to the trauma center. and in critical condition. >> reporter: en route with two bullet wounds to his head. had sutton killed his wife and turned the gun on himself. no, that theory was quickly dismissed when the paramedic put out a report. >> he can't provide any info. >> he had wounds to his hands which would make it clear like it was defense type wounds that somebody else must have shot him. he put his hands up. >> reporter: obviously. first clue. >> this is not murde...

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...