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. reporter: melissa sat with her father, their father. front row seat. prosecutor karen keagan told the jury a horror story. the state s version of what happened. 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 their son. christopher sutton. reporter: then graphic evidence.
what motive did garrett kopp to go in and attempt to assassinate both of those people? none. what motive did christopher sutton have to want both his parents dead? plenty. and what s the story here? they have the statement of garrett kopp. the drug-crazed, little thug, who gives this story to save himself from the death penalty. and the coerced statement of juliet driscoll. where is the evidence in this case? what do they have? nothing. reporter: seven men, five women on the jury. and real doubt in the air. the when he first started saying his testimony. he put it out of my mind. reporter: coming up, the jury speaks. we, the jury soap does christopher sutton. sure, i could have been a better guy. reporter: as his father hopes for a miracle. today is the day you re going to get motivated.
prosecutor karen keagan told the jury a horror story. the state s version of what happened. 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 their son. christopher sutton. reporter: then graphic evidence. a crime scene soaked in blood and littered with bullet casings. the medical examiner placed knitting needles in a mannequin to show where susan was shot six times. her son took a deep breath, recoiled, dreadful. but, how would the state prove
s.w.a.t. teams cleared the house room by room, entering the bedroom where susan sutton had been on the phone. when they went into the room in which mrs. sutton was. they didn t see anybody. reporter: miami-dade prosecutor karen keagan was on homicide duty that night and called out to the scene. they saw a mound on the bed covered by a blanket. there were bullet holes in the blanket. and they had to yank the blanket down. when they did that they found mrs. sutton in bed with her hands up. she had been holding the blanket and covering herself, literally ducking under the covers for cover. reporter: susan sutton was dead. a bloody phone beside her. she must have dropped it as she pulled up the covers in her vain attempt to hide from her killer. house secured, no shooter around the s.w.a.t. team withdrew. a dispatcher warned the detective this may be the deadly result of a domestic dispute. sutton s 911 call an perhaps an attempt to cover up what he had done.
it. when his parents and melissa and his parents came to visit they all had a wonderful time together. hardly a dysfunctional family in the story the photos told. were you happy to be with your parents? i was very, very happy to see my parents. i loved them very much. reporter: he had given the jury an alternative. he tried at least to diffuse the samoa motive, enough? not nearly, said prosecutor keagan. what motive did garrett kopp to go in and attempt to assassinate both of those people? none. what motive did christopher sutton have to want both his parents dead? plenty. and what s the story here? they have the statement of garrett kopp. the drug-crazed, little thug, who gives this story to save himself from the death penalty. and the coerced statement of juliet driscoll. where is the evidence in this case? what do they have?