questioned christopher. i said did you hate your parents that much? and his answer? he said you tell me. he said you just don t know. reporter: but did that answer the question about guilt or motive? or would she? ms. driscoll if you will come forward, stand in front of the clerk here. reporter: when jewel yet, once his fiancee and the love of his life walked by him in the courtroom, christopher s eyes welled up. he hadn t seen her in years. now her testimony could send him away for life. what did the defendant tell you about getting his parents killed or taken care of? same thing i have been hearing for the last six years. which was he could find someone to kill them? find somebody they deserved it. reporter: this wasn t easy for juliet. as she called the last time she saw susan sutton, the night of the birthday celebration, a to hours before she was killed. we went over, it was me, chris, john, susan, and teddy. we had dinner.
personal. here s the judge. it s ironic for me. i have a son who was born the exact same day as christopher sutton. when i heard his date during the trial, i remembered the joy of bringing my son home just like mr. sutton had. so at this time, as to count one, mr. sutton, the court poses a sentence of life in prison, without the possibility of parole. reporter: that was that. barring a successful appeal. christopher sutton will die in prison. a result he found so shocking he decided he needed to explain that they got it so very wrong. reporter: the verdict did seem to be a big surprise. yeah, i definitely wasn t expecting to be found guilty. i was shocked, you know, to know you didn t do something, yet to have people feel you did, you know. reporter: the words fairly gushed from his mouth as if it wasn t time to say everything that needed to be said. a lot of this comes down to there is me and there is garrett
that christopher was behind it all. raise your right hand. she will administer the oath. reporter: for starters, this man once worked with christopher, was an occasional pot customer too, but was shocked he said when christopher asked him a certain question. what did the defendant ask you? he asked me if i knew of any hit men that would kill his parents. what reason or explanation did he give you? he said his parents were worth about $500,000 to $1 million. reporter: a lot more, actually, house, insurance, law practice, christopher stood to inherit millions. so, was money a motive? or was it the stint apt the boot camp in samoa or both? the detective told the jury he tried to find out when he questioned christopher. i said did you hate your parents that much? and his answer? he said you tell me. he said you just don t know. reporter: but did that answer the question about guilt or motive? or would she? ms. driscoll if you will come forward, stand in front of the clerk
christopher. i said did you hate your parents that much? his answer? he said, you tell me. you just don t know. but did that answer guilt or motive or would she? miss driscoll, if you ll come forward, stand in front of our clerk here. when juliet, once his fiance walked by him in the courtroom, christopher s eyes weld up. he hadn t seen her in years. now her testimony could send him away for life. what did the defendant tell you about getting his parents killed or taken care of? same thing i had been hearing for the last six years. which was that he could find someone to kill them. find somebody. they deserved it. this wasn t easy for juliet. as she recalled the last time she saw susan sutton the night of that birthday celebration a few hours before she was killed. we went over it was me, chris, john, susan and teddy.
when i heard his date during the trial, i remembered the joy of bringing my son home just like mr. sutton had. so at this time, as to count one, mr. sutton, the court poses a sentence of life in prison, without the possibility of parole. reporter: that was that. barring a successful appeal. christopher sutton will die in prison. a result he found so shocking he decided he needed to explain that they got it so very wrong. reporter: the verdict did seem to be a big surprise. yeah, i definitely wasn t expecting to be found guilty. i was shocked, you know, to know you didn t do something, yet to have people feel you did, you know. reporter: the words fairly gushed from his mouth as if it wasn t time to say everything that needed to be said. a lot of this comes down to there is me and there is garrett and then everybody else is talking about what i did years before or or maybe after