the gold coast. the sun, the sea, and this million dollar home, a mystery. he was talking on the telephone when he heard a loud bang. a woman, murdered. her husband went blind. are you bleeding? do you see any blood? i m bleeding all over, yes. okay. i can t see. but who? everyone is somewhat of a suspect. and why? what brings someone to make a decision they are going to do this. was it love? what we learned was that she was having an affair with the sun. was that money? nobody knows what happened except for him and garrett. what was the truth, hidden here on this tropical paradise? it was an assassination, a hit, no question. it was august, hot in coral gables. the air was short sticking thick as night fell. the small debris pushed the palms. and the artificial pool of attorney john sutton house was a party already known early. it was susan sutton s birthday attending their son, his girlfriend, and john s law partner. melissa,
she said this went on for years. she interjected and said i knew was going to happen i just did not know when. that night they put julia, who s living with christopher under protective custody. the next day i prepared an arrest warrant for christopher sutton. a female officer paid a visit to christopher s father, home alone. she says, well i ve got good news and bad news. the good news is that we have arrested the assailant. he has admitted it. the bad news is he is implicated your son, and said your sunset him up. i go man oh man. that was a bad night. a real bad night. what was it like? was it a shock? it was 50 emotions, all of the same time. one of which is, well, i finally know. too was, i can t believe this. john, everyday attorney,
at the front row seat. the prosecutor told the jury a horror story. the states version of what happened during the murder. the man for whom the gunman had signed on to commit a double murder. a man who was intimately familiar with john and susan sutton. that man was their son, christopher sutton. then graphic as vince. a crime scene soaked in blood and littered with bullet casings. medical examiner place nickel to show where susan was shot six times christopher to the breath and recoiled. but how the state prove that christopher was behind it all? raise your right hand to administer the oath. here s how it started. this man once worked with christopher. was an occasional pop customer to. but was shocked, he said, when christopher asked them certain questions. what did the defendant ask you? he asked me if i knew of any hitmen that would kill his
wanted to know what the evidence was the reports read to him. and he was convinced. i think that i was somewhere in between being completely outraged and upset. somewhere where i knew that he had done it. melissa, so grief-stricken. was not focused on who did it, so much as what she had lost. a lot of people chase the killer. and i think i chased missing my mom. police are looking for a 25-year-old, christopher patrick. christopher was nowhere to be found. they after day, displaced look for him, john sutton had time to think, remember. one event in particular was perhaps something he suppressed. it happened nine years earlier when christopher was just 16. it was the deciding factor and sending him off to samoa. susan was going through christopher s room and found a handwritten note planning our murder. what did it say? it s talked about killing us
case? what did they have? nothing. seven men, five women on the jury. and real doubts in the air. purcell saying his testimony he had forgotten aligned. coming up the jury speaks. and sodas christopher sutton. i could ve been a better guy. as his father hopes for a miracle. when dateline continues. when dateline continues. helps lower a1c, and it s covered by medicare. before using the dexcom g7, i was really frustrated. all of that finger pricking and all that pain, my a1c was still stuck. before dexcom g7, i couldn t enjoy a single meal. i was always trying to outguess my glucose, and it was awful. before dexcom g7, my diabetes was out of control because i was tired, not having the energy to do the things that i wanted to do. (female announcer) dexcom g7 is a small, easy-to-use wearable that sends your glucose numbers to your phone or dexcom receiver