melissa sutton, 19 years old, i looked away her new college dorm life and northern florida unaware what had happened to her parents tonight before. and where her mother was dead. unaware that in a miami emergency room, doctors were fighting to save her father s life. who told you and how? i actually got a call from a friend who that i hope your dad is going to be okay, and i went, what? like, maybe a heart attack or something. out of the blue? out of the blue. practically melissa called every never she could back home. called my mom, she didn t answer. i called teddy montoto, my dad s partner, extremely close family friend and he didn t answer. i called my brother, he said he couldn t talk right now. are you frantic? i didn t know what, what level. eventually, melissa reached teddy montoto overlooked utley broke the news to her on the phone you brought her back to miami at the hospital her father was an intensive care. her brother, 26-year-old christopher had already
it was susan sutton s birthday attending their son, his girlfriend, and john s law partner. melissa, off to college in north florida couldn t be there. so she found her mother to say she missed her. were you too close? extremely. that s my best friend. i will ask how old your mom was? 57? no, you can t put that on! she was a nice 45, let s leave it at that. the guests left, the law partner went home, the son christopher and his girlfriend went out to a movie. john settled into watch tv in the master bedroom. susan in another bedroom, talk
made the best of it. and when his parents and melissa came to visit, they all had a wonderful time together. hardly a dysfunctional family. in the story the photos told. we happened with their parents? i was very happy to see my parents. i love them very much. so it given the jury an alternative. he had tried, at least, to defuse asylum mueller mode. enough? not nearly, said prosecutor what motive did garrett koch have to go and attempt to assassinate both of those people? none. what would ve did christopher sutton have to want both his parents dead? plenty. what is the story here? they have the statement of garrett koch, the drug praised the hug who gives this story to save himself from the death penalty. and the core statement of juliette driscoll. where is the evidence in this
the indictment. guilty. with that chris for snap back as if he had been struck. count three, guilty of attempted first degree felony murder. melissa wept. her father, their father, locked his jaw. stared ahead. silas. sentencing would be immediate. john sutton was offered time to speak. and years of stoic resolve crumbled. regardless of the result. this is a bad case. we are now we are now at five years and 11 months. i lost a citizen.
same thing i ve been here for the last six years. which was if he can find someone to kill them? find somebody, they deserve it. this wasn t easy for juliette. this recall, the last time you saw susan sutton, the night of that birthday celebration few hours before she was killed. we went over. it was me, chris, john, susan, and steady. we had dinner. the remember that melissa was her? do you need a minute? this will probably be a good time for a break. that night, whether giuliani would or not, chris friend s drug dealing hitmen garrett copper already leaving a trail for detectives. a trail phone calls. 17 in all. one just an hour after the murder as chris friendly at left the movie theater that august night. the state will call cared