christopher sutton. >> 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 that christopher was behind her right hand? >> here's how for starters. >> this man once worked with christopher, was an occasional pot customer, too, but was shocked, he shade, when christopher asked him a certain question. >> what did the defendant ask you? >> he asked me if i knew of any hitman that would kill his plarnts. >> what reason or explanation did he give you? >> he said his parents were worth about $500,000 to a million. >> worth a lot more actually. with the house and insurance, law practice, christopher stood to inherit millions, so was money a motive or was it the stint of the boot camp in samoa or both? the detectives told the jury he tried to find out when he questioned christopher. i said did you hate your parents that much? >> h

obviously there is a tie with christopher sutton and him. >> reporter: as for christopher himself, the detectives had no trouble finding people with an opinion about him. >> the cops should be looking at christopher sutton. because of the lengthy family history of problems that john and susan had had with their son christopher who was a handful from a very early age. >> reporter: a very early age, actually. as john sutton recalled all too clearly. did he get into fights at school? >> i can remember that happening early on in preschool. >> reporter: it got worse as christopher got older. did he get into trouble? >> absolutely. there was vandalism, not only of our own things. there were vandalism of other people's property. >> reporter: they sent him off to boarding schools then. but he didn't last at any of them. failed, got kicked out. of course, the whole family tried, said his sister melissa. the trouble wasn't the lack of love. not at all. was there a sense that christopher was loved? >> oh, no doubt about it. >> reporter: but neither love nor money could prevent christopher from al