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Charges dropped. and who did he finger? garrett kopp. >> what happened if anything with your relationship with garrett kopp after he was arrested? >> i didn't speak to him for a while. or he didn't speak to me i should say for a while. >> was he mad at you? >> yes. >> reporter: so was it pay back time, now, yes, says christopher it must have been. thus his theory of the murder. christopher said he had nothing to do with it. told the jury he never asked kopp to kill his parents. kopp made it all up. the police had it all wrong. what really happened he said, was that kopp stormed into the house ...

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 made his way to the door. >> they didn't want to go in ton ...

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 you? who did it? >> i don't know. i can't see. i need po...

Susan sutton was dead, shot five times by a killer who invaded her home after her birthday party. her husband, john, an attorney, had been shot in the head twice and was in critical condition at a miami hospital, undergoing multiple surgeries to save his life. but soon after the shooting, detectives had a potential suspect, john sutton's good friend and law partner. he had a partner who was on the scene when homicide detectives got there. keith morrison: teddy montoto told police he'd been on the phone with susan, heard the unmistakable sound of gunfire, rushed over to the sutton house with a ...

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 montoto, they went back to the basics at every homicide investigation. everyone is somewhat of a suspect. i mean, you know, you start with the family and you keep working your way out. keith morrison: family-- john and susan met on a blind date, were married a year later, and from the beginning made family a very big deal. but even though they were strikingly good looking, and financially successful and happy, they ...