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>> 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...

The evidence against christopher was circumstantial. little more than guilt by association. the samoa boot camp may have given christopher a motive. but. >> i certainly needed more than that to make the arrest. i decided it was time to act. we are going to need a confession, i believe. >> reporter: given what they had against kopp, detectives gambled the shooter may roll over on the son. >> reporter: he denied all. wasn't my gun? >> it wasn't my gun. looks like we'll beep here a long time today. >> reporter: and they were. hours and hours. >> do you know how the house was set up. i said i don'...

Barely conscious as he begged the 911 operator for help. he told the operator, blood was gushing from his head wounds. he couldn't see. >> where is she? >> i don't know. >> somehow he made it out the front door on his own. he was met by a paramedic. >> he had holes in his head, in his face. i couldn't believe how mr. sutton made it out of the house walking to us. >> reporter: they stabilized sutton. rushed him off in an ambulance. an hour north of sutton's home, homicide detective, larry belview was getting home. >> i was pulling into nigh driveway. he was critically injured. called 911. he ma...

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. so, as detectives eliminated early suspects like montodo. they went back to the basics of every homicide investigation. >> everyone is somewhat a suspect. you know you start with the family. and you keep working your way out. >> reporter: family. john and susan met on a blind date, were married a year later. from the beginning, made family a very big deal. but even though they were strikingly good looking and financ...

Hours before she was killed. >> we went over, it was me, chris, john, susan, and teddy. we had dinner. >> do you remember that melissa was there? or do you need a minute? >> this may be a good time for a break. >> reporter: that night, whether juliet knew it or not, christopher and his drug dealing hit man, garrett kopp were leaving a trail for detectives. the trail of phone calls. 17 in all. one just an hour after the murder as christopher and juliet left the movie theater that august night. >> the state will call garrett kopp to the stand. >> reporter: here was the man on the end of the phon...