That kid was mess up from day one he most be the son of meth head alcoholic Got so much anger went he lives in a million dollar house with a father is a lawyer what a i….diot His girlfriend should be in prison too bc she knew all about his plan to killed his parents and she didn’t said anything
I’m a first responder and we can’t enter the scene till it’s safe. If we go in and get shot we can’t help the person. It’s common sense. I’ve been doing this for 20 years
It's similar to when there's an armed person where there are also injured victims. Law enforcement will not permit the EMT's to enter, for their safety. In this case, they didn't know if the shooter was still on the scene. They didn't want to be ambushed.
John Sutton is now Saint John. Son tried to kill him, Wife cheated on him, Partner sleeping with his wife...AND he lost his sight. The level of betrayal, pain, and despair he has had to process and come to grips with is otherworldly. I pray he has found some type of Peace out of this. 🥺🤧🙏🏽
John Sutton is a terrible father; saw his son's adoption as a transaction- "gave him everything" - sure, except love- you don't send the kids you love away into the hands of strangers-
@Claire White his son was a terrible son. And when someone can not control a grown child beating on his mom when his dad was working and threatened to kill them. What would you do? Let your child continue on, I assume or spank his grown butt?? Mmmhh?? Or would you just talk to him and hopes he comes out of his bad behavior?
Poor guy. Almost got killed by his adopted son, grieving for his wife when it became known that she was cheating on him. He was successful at work but his family life is so bad. I hope he is happier now
I’ll never understand how a person can be aware of a murder plot and not tell someone who could prevent it. I think they are just as guilty as those two creeps!
I remember watching this trial on Court TV. Sad beyond words......John had so much to deal with while trying to heal physically and emotionally. Glad he had their daughter there to help him.
prayers and blessings???? wtf that gonna do. your fictional god allowed all that evil to happen in the first place. just like your fictional god watches and allows rape and many other evil acts, he watches them all and does nothing but you choose to worship his evilness. why are people so dumb?
John sutton: He was cautious not to threaten me. John sutton: I let them know ( police) what an inconvenience it was for me coming out...( After been shot!) Like seriously??? I love this guy,sounds like a great lawyer,so strong n well spoken. This story hurts,but glad his alive n well !
Christopher is an ungrateful piece of crap. I hope he rots in jail. My heart goes out to his father. To lose your partner (and almost your life) at the hands of the child you loved is tragic.
I have seen this case before. For someone to be filled with so much hate because all they did was send you off to some place where they hoped you would pull it together and come back and start being a productive person. I am glad John lived to find out the outcome and may his wife RIP.
Families are complex structures, and hide many secrets. We only know a fraction of this story. It's absurd that people assume the Suttons were wonderful parents, and entirely blameless in the destruction of their family, simply because they are rich and successful. In truth, the established facts of this case point to the opposite conclusion. Christopher Sutton's fate, residing in a maximum security prison he will only leave in a body bag, did not come about due to good parenting!
You get shot 2x in the head, your wife was murdered but in the process u find out she was having a affair with your business partner who was at her bday dinner the same night. In the end the son that you raised from 2 days old is the master behind the murder😩😩😩
I heard about this case years ago, and I remember thinking that the Suttons should have left Chris in Samoa. John Sutton has walked through fire, and I wish him well.
Do some research on adoption and trauma. No amount of money can buy good mental health if it’s not worked on and adoption trauma is very real. I’m sure being sent away didn’t help this kid at all.
I hate how people point to the fact that the person is adopted as some kind of explanation for their behavior when the majority of killers were not adopted.
When they said John survived being shot in the head twice, I assumed he was shot with a.22. The fact that he survived two head shots from a 9mm is extremely shocking.
Oh wow. John went through a lot. He was betrayed by his wife and law partner and ultimate betrayal by his son who he tried to steer clear into being a productive law abiding citizen. He was blind before actually becoming blind. But he saw the light in a sad horrible way and he demonstrates strong character. It seems he's doing good for himself despite. He's amazing!
Their (edit: birth parents) abandonment may have created this monster. 😢 Not to mention whatever was happening during pregnancy - stress, poverty, drugs. Not that I'm blaming them, just acknowledging how forced birth and adoption doesn't always work.
He was adopted at just a few days old - newborn babies are not 'monsters'. As a tiny baby, he had the potential to develop well. It is beyond ironic John Sutton refuses to take any responsibility for the way his son turned out, the fact he hated him and his late wife so much he sent a hit man to kill them, and finally, the dire situation he's in now - locked in a high security prison, with no hope of parole.
I dont believe babies can be born monsters. I think the feeling being abandoned at birth can be the trigger for their acts later on in life. That has not much to do with their upbringing by their adoption parents. Just a thought…
@@elsedutch4972 Good point, that could well have been a factor here. But I suspect if the adoptive parents had handled it sensitively, it needed have become an issue.
@@glamdolly30 of course, that’s a possible factor. And not every adopted child turns into a murderer, but the gravity of being rejected by your birthmother apparently weighs heavy (sorry for my english… it’s not my native language)
This is the - THIRD - case I have seen just on this channel where somone has been murdered and they live in - Coral Gabels - If I EVER make any kind of money .... Remind me NOT to go n live in - Coral Gabels
I’ve seen a few stories of these kids being adopted into good, rich families and they still not happy. This is why I will never adopt any child, never ever😳
Yea, Chris got what he deserved, but putting your kid in a "behavioral camp" 7000 miles away for years, where you have no oversight of what is actually going on, is a baaaad idea, to say the least. Keeping him there for another year after he turned 18 is outright false imprisonment. Plain and simple.
I don’t think they should have sent him there, but his mother found something in Christopher’s room saying he wanted to kill both of them. This was why they sent him there. Can’t say this for sure is true, but I did hear this on another youtube video.
This man worked hard to give his wife and son a good life. And although the son is guilty for what he did, this man was screwed over by both that son AND the wife. Very low of her for what she was doing. Smh. His spirit does not sound broken. I hope he will be truly happy again 💓
The fact is, none of us knows if John Sutton is a good man, as so many here assume. The established facts of this case do not suggest he was a wonderful husband or father. His wife sought a romantic relationship outside of the marriage, and his son will die in prison for trying to kill him, and for actually killing his mother, after a troubled childhood. So John Sutton's track record as both partner and parent, represents abject failure! But Hey - he's rich and successful, so he must be a good guy, right??? Wrong!
@@ChooseU4ever I understand reluctance to adopt. We fostered with the hope of adopting, but it didn't work out. The child was older and very troubled. I was blessed with one daughter in 1991. After 2 ectopic pregnancies, we tried IVF. I found out that I had perimenapause. After that news, our only option was egg donation. I thank God every single day for the beautiful baby boy I had in 1998. He's the best son I could have ever hoped for. Good luck to you.
@@TAGMZs63 hi Susan. That's what I am looking into now - egg donation. I'm glad things have worked out for you and you have your son. I'm praying for the same. Thank you for sharing your story.
Idk, I’m only 28 minutes in but there is just something missing in this story. I’d like to hear from the sister. I think her perspective of growing up in that household will give me a clearer picture. With that being said, the parents did not deserve what happened to them.
I agree! They didn't deserve what he did and he should pay for it. With that being said, there is part of the story not being told. Sending you teenager 7000 miles away is not the norm. That facility looked sketchy as f*ck. Turning 18 and being forced to stay another year broke this kid. I am not making excuses for what he did! He had a whole year to let that disappointment and helplessness fester into hate and rage and then he did the unthinkable. Makes me wonder if things could have been differently with another outcome 😔
He was angry he was sent away because he was getting out of control and violent. Any parent would do anything to straighten their kid up. This kid was so entitled as he was given everything so he felt like he didn't need rules. He was angry he had to be disciplined ignoring the fact his behavior was the reason he was there.
@@hayden823 A local inpatient psychiatric facility and intense therapy would have been better. He could have had his parents included in therapy too. Not some sketchy "camp" halfway around the world!!!
The dad did say that the mom was scared of him and given the outcome I’m sure he had deep seeded issues. But I think the camp/school contributed to the man he turned out to be. He said that he was kidnapped not “sent away to boarding school”. Which is very reminiscent of what Paris Hilton said about that “boarding school” she was sent to too. Adopted children need years of counseling and therapy from a very young age. Not a “boarding school” (in a different country, no less). I think it just made him feel abandoned all over again. There is definitely some fuckery afoot - either from that home or that “boarding school”. I just want the whole picture, ijs 🤷♀️
@@hayden823 exactly! Why are people blaming the parents? The son wanted his parents killed because they were correcting him to go away from the bad path he was threading. He was a monster before he was sent anywhere.
I watched this case on Dateline, and it's still so hard to believe. This kid was a bad apple from the get-go; stuff like this definitely discourages adoption 😐. Adultery ALWAYS brings bad karma to your doorstep.
Please try to keep your morals out of it when looking at this case. Look at the many factors that contributed to the crime. Like his innate anger stemming maybe from separation from his parents? Or maybe just anger at having to follow the rules both in the home and socially. To me it looks like a spoiled kid who has what is known as EAD. Explosive Disorder. And probably some other kind of mental issue. Please don’t get me wrong, this kid deserves whatever punishment he ended up getting, but he also needs treatment for whatever is going on there. And Karma can have him as far as I’m concerned. I only took issue with the word *adultery*, because it implies religion. Which is fine as long as you apply those standards to every other crime that’s similar to this one. There are plenty of these where the victims are innocent of any wrongdoing. What about them? By your standards, they must have done something wrong to deserve it. You can’t blame the victims or victim this includes the perpetrator. Sorry for the rant, but so many times I’ve seen in my field of employment (sergeant of sizable city in the Midwest not too far from Chicago 23 years yea). Obviously this is just my humble sort of educated lol opinion. Have a good day everyone and stay safe out there! Edit * I completely forgot to mention GREED as a factor.
@@nuwon8154 agree. People get killed by their biological children, too. Some of those biological children are well into adulthood when it happens so you can’t even blame immaturity.
Yes. And if you adopt them when babies, never reveal they are adopted until they are married and possibly with children. This new fanged notion, you should tell them as soon as is possible (like 8 years old) hardly ever bodes well.
It's hilarious everyone automatically assumes the Suttons were wonderful parents, and entirely blameless in the destruction of their family - just because they are rich and successful. The evidence does not point to them being good parents, but the polar opposite. Their son's fate, residing in a maximum security prison he will only ever leave in a body bag, did not come about as a result of good parenting!
Setting aside all the horror, what a legend John is. Sure, there's some luck involved, but how many people survive getting shot in the head with no evident brain damage?
Can't even imagine being given the silver spoon lifestyle as an adoptee and then being such an ungrateful, entitled piece of crap. That family went through hell for that kid and then the ultimate betrayal. Such a sad part of human beings.
I never forget them. I haven't eaten at Denny's since 1992-ish, whenever the lawsuits came out. I'll NEVER eat there and hope we, as a community, cut them off completely.
Horrible thing to say. I know numerous adopted children and they're all wonderful. Some bio children have been known to kill their parents. Don't put all children in one basket
As someone who was in Casa By The Sea, another WWASP program along with Paradise Cove, I can totally understand some hurt and anger towards your parents. What I can't understand is having them murdered for it. I belive he used Paradise Cove as a more "justified" or "noble" reason for him to orchestrate parents execution. Possibly even to himself in his own mind. What he really wanted was his inheritance. Money to fund his lifestyle. He was a spoiled brat used to getting what he wanted and his parents were about to cut him off. I remember watching this trial on TV live and thinking the same thing. Oh and P.S. what the heck was this lawyer thinking by letting his client testify in their own murder case? Especially a client so abrasive and hard to like as this clown! Just ridiculous. I mean he was gonna be found guilty anyways but damn, the defense didn't need to make it that easy for the prosecution haha.
Perhaps he insisted on testifying. It’s the client’s decision ultimately, and look how often the narcissistic defendants demand to testify! They always think they’re so much more intelligent & persuasive than they really are!
I hate when these defense lawyers try to say you have no physical proof. My client was not there. Of course they weren't that's why they promised to pay someone else to do it for them. That makes them more culpable because those that do it wouldn't have even known these people except for the person that hired them. Oh horrors of horrors.. being sent to a beautiful serene tropical island for correction of your bad behavior. What an arrogant, self centered, ungrateful little ****** !!!!!!!
They should've gotten the son psychological help instead of sending him away which only triggered and enforced his trauma. Some people shouldn't be parents. I understand why he did what he did, but he still needs to be held accountable. Tragic story all around.
When I saw and heard Chris, I immediatly thought of Anthony Todt when he was on the stand. Their Self-centered, arrogant cold behavior. Even their facial expressions match. Their nostrils tightened, protruding lips, raised eyebrows etc. are the same. Their dry tears flow only for themselves. Parricide and Familicide. Creepy
He was trouble from the start. His parents had to get him away from them for their safety and to discipline him. They gave him everything and like any spoiled brat he was angry he had to be disciplined🙄 like rules don't apply to him. They were still financially supporting him even when he's an adult. It shows how ungrateful he was and only thought he was wronged. They didn't have to send him anywhere if he wasn't acting up and a danger to them. Poor dad. He was betrayed by his wife and son.
Those places are incentivized to encourage parents to lengthen their children's stay, because they make money hand over fist whilst kids are in their care. They should be illegal.
I understand the source of his rage. He was abandoned by both his biological and adoptive parents. Still, he could have made better choices and now he must suffer the consequences of his actions.
He was a very disturbed young man. I get the feeling that there was something disturbing about the entire family. Like maybe their values and priorities were off. Being wealthy doesnt = good parents. Also, biological children commit these types of crimes too. There are ppl in the comments stating how they provided him with everything and he was just spoiled, greedy and ungrateful but these character traits are usually mirrored from within the environment that fosters it. In no way did his parents deserve this. Chis is exactly where he belongs. However, sometimes there are many factors at play that lead up to such a horror. Teens behave badly and act out usually as a cry for attention . It's too easy to just blame it on the fact that there was something wrong with Chis from the beginning bcus he was adopted. He was only 2 days old when adopted. His adopted parents had more of an influence over him than anyone in his life.
He wanted to kill his parents over having to stay in Samoa ONE more year and his greed. Now he gets NOTHING and a LIFETIME of being trapped in a cage. What an absolute idiot! I would have taken door #1.
This always makes me feel so weird about adoption! I always believe its a great thing but when stuff like this happens it definitely makes me question this...
Goodness, I know a few adopted children/adults, who, of course had a wonderful childhood.... Sociopath tendencies could be in your own blood children...so please don't think sweeping statements about one case.
@@LadyLsound I know you're totally right! and I really hate that my mind even goes there sometimes. But I'm sure there are plenty of adopted kids who turn out amazing just like there's a fair share of biological kids who commit heinous crimes against their families.
Adopted children have a huge probability of crime and deviant behavior over natural born children. This is fact. I’m guessing it’s mainly genetic from their psycho bio-parents / bio-parents using drugs or drinking while pregnant, combined with the psychological effects of not being wanted from their bio-parents. Adopted children are a genetic Pandora’s box, you don’t truly know what you’re getting until puberty and by then it’s too late.
This forensic phsycoligist Dr. Silverman is the first one that makes absolute sense to me. He explains Chris character and reasoning for the crime very accurate. Poor John, I wish him luck for the rest of his days, he`s such a good man.
I've heard independent stories about this paradise cove place I feel they're brushing over the abuses that went on there. (Obviously not an excuse for murder, but it was far worse than theyre making it out to be)
He broke the law and should be punished. His father should have been knowledgeable about the place they sent him to. The child abuse there was horrific! The State Dept told parents they should Not send their children there. The Samoan Government shut it down because of horrendous things were happening to these teens. Im sure he could have afford to send his son to a place that he wouldn't be tortured.
When you adopt you don`t know the back ground of the childrens. the father or mother blood is in those childrens whether good or bad. you never know what you`re getting.
I’ve worked EMS for 20 years and everyone saying we should of entered when the gun man is NOT IN CUSTODY. IF WE GET SHOT THEN IT IS POINTLESS COMMON SENSE PEOPLE.
WTF ... This guy was totally blinded ..I thought he still had the use of his left eye - John is a truely remarkable man ...he has suffered so much .....Unfaithful wife ....cheat scum of a business partner ....and a vile lame excuse of a son .... I hope John finds some peace and happiness in his life
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This man is a strong man in every way. I pray that God blesses him needs as well as wants thereafter living a comfortable life in peace.
@@lisabradford8180 hey Lisa what show is it on or website
@@blondien6072 it's an episode of someone they knew. It seems they've shown all episodes but that one.
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How many of us would have loved to be brought up in a successful, loving, wanted environment. 🙋
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How many of us want to kill there dad?🤫
The kid probably was from a bad back round family, your DNA comes from them. Some people, with love will be good in life, other won’t.
That kid was mess up from day one he most be the son of meth head alcoholic
Got so much anger went he lives in a million dollar house with a father is a lawyer what a i….diot
His girlfriend should be in prison too bc she knew all about his plan to killed his parents and she didn’t said anything
Saying to EMS dispatcher "it's really inconvenient to walk outside" after being shot multiple times is the understatement of the century!
How could they have even asked him to walk outside though? Isn't that strange?
Yeah, that got me too. I know this happened in the early 2000s but I'm hoping they've changed the way they deal with phone calls like that, damn.
I’m a first responder and we can’t enter the scene till it’s safe. If we go in and get shot we can’t help the person. It’s common sense. I’ve been doing this for 20 years
@@bellestar777Yeah but if the 911 caller described he had been shot,i would assumed first responders would have come with the police..don't they?
Why did the police expect this horribly injured man to walk out to the ambulance?????
Yes! really! they should have been brought to court! putting a victim in great danger!
Exactly!!!! He could have died from that alone being that injured. I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard that. Wow!
It's similar to when there's an armed person where there are also injured victims. Law enforcement will not permit the EMT's to enter, for their safety.
In this case, they didn't know if the shooter was still on the scene. They didn't want to be ambushed.
Its his response for me. The inconvenience it will be,
He speaks like a GREAT LAWYER 😅😅🚶
@@Ancespiration
I understand about the EMTs
But what's up with the cops?????
John Sutton is now Saint John. Son tried to kill him, Wife cheated on him, Partner sleeping with his wife...AND he lost his sight. The level of betrayal, pain, and despair he has had to process and come to grips with is otherworldly. I pray he has found some type of Peace out of this. 🥺🤧🙏🏽
@@heatherbowlan1961 --It's not a contest. Each case is individual to those involved.
John Sutton is a terrible father; saw his son's adoption as a transaction- "gave him everything" - sure, except love- you don't send the kids you love away into the hands of strangers-
@Claire White his son was a terrible son. And when someone can not control a grown child beating on his mom when his dad was working and threatened to kill them. What would you do? Let your child continue on, I assume or spank his grown butt?? Mmmhh?? Or would you just talk to him and hopes he comes out of his bad behavior?
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Poor guy. Almost got killed by his adopted son, grieving for his wife when it became known that she was cheating on him. He was successful at work but his family life is so bad. I hope he is happier now
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I’ll never understand how a person can be aware of a murder plot and not tell someone who could prevent it. I think they are just as guilty as those two creeps!
AGREED!!
Riiiiight!!!! how can someone prove that? I'll tell you how by telling them what they want to hear, yet she's free... God is watching!
Many times they just don't believe them. They think they are bluffing.
I agree, they didn’t mention any charges against her…
I remember watching this trial on Court TV. Sad beyond words......John had so much to deal with while trying to heal physically and emotionally. Glad he had their daughter there to help him.
Prayers and blessings to John. He was betrayed on all sides.
prayers and blessings???? wtf that gonna do. your fictional god allowed all that evil to happen in the first place. just like your fictional god watches and allows rape and many other evil acts, he watches them all and does nothing but you choose to worship his evilness. why are people so dumb?
I wonder how his daughter is doing
@@beckypetersen2680 Yes, I wonder too.
He's a damn creep IMO
John sutton: He was cautious not to threaten me.
John sutton: I let them know ( police) what an inconvenience it was for me coming out...( After been shot!) Like seriously???
I love this guy,sounds like a great lawyer,so strong n well spoken.
This story hurts,but glad his alive n well !
Betrayed by his wife, law partner and son.😔
the trifecta
Yup wife banging his partner and the son trying to kill you 😡 but it's too bad that he lost his eyesight!
Right! Poor guy! 😔
right! he was surrounded by people who didn’t have his best interest at heart
Pushing forward every day to get justice for the woman that betrayed him.
What a shocking case. I feel heartbroken for the father, what a dreadful thing for anybody to do to two loving parents.
Christopher is an ungrateful piece of crap. I hope he rots in jail. My heart goes out to his father. To lose your partner (and almost your life) at the hands of the child you loved is tragic.
Im so happy that Mr. Sutton survived. Peace and blessings to you. 🙏❤️
21:22 the female lawyer was so great at describing things for the jury. Proof that law is also art.
I have seen this case before. For someone to be filled with so much hate because all they did was send you off to some place where they hoped you would pull it together and come back and start being a productive person. I am glad John lived to find out the outcome and may his wife RIP.
That’s just an excuse. The son is trash! I once heard it said that most children aren’t worth the effort it takes to raise them.
I know!! What a POS!!! A great example of nature vs nurture. I’m glad he’s where he belongs!!!
Families are complex structures, and hide many secrets. We only know a fraction of this story. It's absurd that people assume the Suttons were wonderful parents, and entirely blameless in the destruction of their family, simply because they are rich and successful.
In truth, the established facts of this case point to the opposite conclusion. Christopher Sutton's fate, residing in a maximum security prison he will only leave in a body bag, did not come about due to good parenting!
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The father actually lived with the son when he got out of the hospital, before he learned what Chris had done
Wow! That’s crazy!
You get shot 2x in the head, your wife was murdered but in the process u find out she was having a affair with your business partner who was at her bday dinner the same night. In the end the son that you raised from 2 days old is the master behind the murder😩😩😩
I heard about this case years ago, and I remember thinking that the Suttons should have left Chris in Samoa. John Sutton has walked through fire, and I wish him well.
U r so adorable!
@@tinawindham6958 Thank you so much!
I truly believe that giving your kids too much is worse than not giving them enough.
I feel the same way.
I agree, after reading your comment I couldn’t help but think of Britney Spears and how entitled her kids sound.
I agree
Absolutely! I’ve seen it.
Agreed
This was a BIG case in Miami at the time. John Sutton is a strong, courageous man. His adopted son is a monster. RIP Mrs. Sutton.
So very true.
Wife cheating, adopted son tries to kill you………..smh.
@@carpediem4512 Yea, what an unlucky man, and he seemes to be real nice and upright, surely didn`t deserve non of this....
She was an adulteress. I'm not too sure about how peaceful her rest might be.
Do some research on adoption and trauma. No amount of money can buy good mental health if it’s not worked on and adoption trauma is very real. I’m sure being sent away didn’t help this kid at all.
I hate how people point to the fact that the person is adopted as some kind of explanation for their behavior when the majority of killers were not adopted.
When they said John survived being shot in the head twice, I assumed he was shot with a.22. The fact that he survived two head shots from a 9mm is extremely shocking.
What exactly is the difference?
I know nothing about guns.
If Christopher hated Paradise Cove that much, I wonder how he likes prison🙁
That poor man. 😢 Betrayed by family in the worst possible way. 💔
What a treat!! Two episodes in two days running 😁 tnx for the upload xx
A treat? These are not movies. Real Life Incidents.
He cried becoz he was caught but most importantly he cried heavily becoz his plan to kill his father failed.
I bet Samoa looks like paradise compared to where he is now. I bet he'd love to be there now.
I google paradise cove abuse. Pretty intense stuff.
I just hope the bastard is miserable...What a cry baby piece of work!
Poor mr Sutton his wife cheating his son wanted him dead I’m glad he survived 👍
I feel the same way.
I’m glad he survived but I’m just applaud at he’s wife having with he’s business partner she nasty and her son is a monster 👿
Oh wow. John went through a lot. He was betrayed by his wife and law partner and ultimate betrayal by his son who he tried to steer clear into being a productive law abiding citizen. He was blind before actually becoming blind. But he saw the light in a sad horrible way and he demonstrates strong character. It seems he's doing good for himself despite. He's amazing!
The cops told them he had to come outside after being shot 6 times? You kidding me?
Look at the son feeling sorry for himself. And he throws his girlfriend under the bus.
Yea poor little Christopher! I couldn't do what I wanted and when I wanted to do :( Boo-hoo little toddler)
They adopted him and this is how he repaid them!! I am sure his bio parents were lucky and beyond relief to get rid of this monster!!
Their (edit: birth parents) abandonment may have created this monster. 😢 Not to mention whatever was happening during pregnancy - stress, poverty, drugs. Not that I'm blaming them, just acknowledging how forced birth and adoption doesn't always work.
He was adopted at just a few days old - newborn babies are not 'monsters'. As a tiny baby, he had the potential to develop well.
It is beyond ironic John Sutton refuses to take any responsibility for the way his son turned out, the fact he hated him and his late wife so much he sent a hit man to kill them, and finally, the dire situation he's in now - locked in a high security prison, with no hope of parole.
I dont believe babies can be born monsters. I think the feeling being abandoned at birth can be the trigger for their acts later on in life. That has not much to do with their upbringing by their adoption parents. Just a thought…
@@elsedutch4972 Good point, that could well have been a factor here. But I suspect if the adoptive parents had handled it sensitively, it needed have become an issue.
@@glamdolly30 of course, that’s a possible factor. And not every adopted child turns into a murderer, but the gravity of being rejected by your birthmother apparently weighs heavy (sorry for my english… it’s not my native language)
Sometimes you adopt someone else's problem! In this case they sure did!
Correctly correct.
So who paid for this high price lawyer Chris had defending him
Love this show, nice quality. Tamron is a wonderful host. ✿
Absolutely.
This is the - THIRD - case I have seen just on this channel where somone has been murdered and they live in - Coral Gabels - If I EVER make any kind of money .... Remind me NOT to go n live in - Coral Gabels
I’ve seen a few stories of these kids being adopted into good, rich families and they still not happy. This is why I will never adopt any child, never ever😳
What about the thousands of biological kids killing of parents cases ? ignorant look up some statistics
Silly comment.
@@mydogsioux silly my ass!!!
Me too. Too many adopted kids seem to turn out wrong.
Yea, Chris got what he deserved, but putting your kid in a "behavioral camp" 7000 miles away for years, where you have no oversight of what is actually going on, is a baaaad idea, to say the least. Keeping him there for another year after he turned 18 is outright false imprisonment. Plain and simple.
I don’t think they should have sent him there, but his mother found something in Christopher’s room saying he wanted to kill both of them. This was why they sent him there. Can’t say this for sure is true, but I did hear this on another youtube video.
Chris has loaded anger and hatred in his eyes .. its visible
why did he have to walk out of the house? dont they usually stretcher patients out?
I'm pretty sure it's because of officer safety since there was a gun involved and they were unsure who was in home
This man worked hard to give his wife and son a good life. And although the son is guilty for what he did, this man was screwed over by both that son AND the wife. Very low of her for what she was doing. Smh. His spirit does not sound broken. I hope he will be truly happy again 💓
I don’t think either of these people would win parent of the year award. Just saying
He remarried with a beautiful woman, he did find happiness.
What about his business partner??? He came over for dinner that night and was speaking on the phone with her when she was murdered.
@@laurenmay2098 Of course he re-married - he's rich!
The fact is, none of us knows if John Sutton is a good man, as so many here assume. The established facts of this case do not suggest he was a wonderful husband or father.
His wife sought a romantic relationship outside of the marriage, and his son will die in prison for trying to kill him, and for actually killing his mother, after a troubled childhood. So John Sutton's track record as both partner and parent, represents abject failure!
But Hey - he's rich and successful, so he must be a good guy, right??? Wrong!
Wow finding out your wife was having a affair with your law partner. And you had to know that because she is dead is just so sad
There are so many of these stories that an adopted child murders his parents. It makes you wonder about the genetics of a violent person?
Yes! That adopted son who took an axe to his mother floored me!
This has put me off adoption. I have infertility issues.
@@ChooseU4ever I understand reluctance to adopt. We fostered with the hope of adopting, but it didn't work out. The child was older and very troubled. I was blessed with one daughter in 1991. After 2 ectopic pregnancies, we tried IVF. I found out that I had perimenapause. After that news, our only option was egg donation. I thank God every single day for the beautiful baby boy I had in 1998. He's the best son I could have ever hoped for. Good luck to you.
@@TAGMZs63 hi Susan. That's what I am looking into now - egg donation. I'm glad things have worked out for you and you have your son. I'm praying for the same. Thank you for sharing your story.
Omg yes!!!
I wonder how Chris was able to pay for the services of a high priced defence attorney?
Some lawyers take pro-bono cases to receive publicity.
greed & selfishness as well as refusal to accept responsibility of this ungrateful kid is just incredible.
A psycho.
Idk, I’m only 28 minutes in but there is just something missing in this story. I’d like to hear from the sister. I think her perspective of growing up in that household will give me a clearer picture.
With that being said, the parents did not deserve what happened to them.
I agree! They didn't deserve what he did and he should pay for it.
With that being said, there is part of the story not being told.
Sending you teenager 7000 miles away is not the norm. That facility looked sketchy as f*ck.
Turning 18 and being forced to stay another year broke this kid.
I am not making excuses for what he did! He had a whole year to let that disappointment and helplessness fester into hate and rage and then he did the unthinkable.
Makes me wonder if things could have been differently with another outcome 😔
He was angry he was sent away because he was getting out of control and violent. Any parent would do anything to straighten their kid up. This kid was so entitled as he was given everything so he felt like he didn't need rules. He was angry he had to be disciplined ignoring the fact his behavior was the reason he was there.
@@hayden823 A local inpatient psychiatric facility and intense therapy would have been better. He could have had his parents included in therapy too.
Not some sketchy "camp" halfway around the world!!!
The dad did say that the mom was scared of him and given the outcome I’m sure he had deep seeded issues.
But I think the camp/school contributed to the man he turned out to be. He said that he was kidnapped not “sent away to boarding school”. Which is very reminiscent of what Paris Hilton said about that “boarding school” she was sent to too.
Adopted children need years of counseling and therapy from a very young age. Not a “boarding school” (in a different country, no less). I think it just made him feel abandoned all over again.
There is definitely some fuckery afoot - either from that home or that “boarding school”. I just want the whole picture, ijs 🤷♀️
@@hayden823 exactly! Why are people blaming the parents? The son wanted his parents killed because they were correcting him to go away from the bad path he was threading. He was a monster before he was sent anywhere.
OMG !! That poor man ! To be shot, blinded, and widowed, then to be told that your dead wife was having an affair with your partner.
I watched this case on Dateline, and it's still so hard to believe. This kid was a bad apple from the get-go; stuff like this definitely discourages adoption 😐. Adultery ALWAYS brings bad karma to your doorstep.
From what I understand about us humans, it’s a ‘perfect’ storm of nurture n nature that creates a bad apple.
Please try to keep your morals out of it when looking at this case. Look at the many factors that contributed to the crime. Like his innate anger stemming maybe from separation from his parents? Or maybe just anger at having to follow the rules both in the home and socially. To me it looks like a spoiled kid who has what is known as EAD. Explosive Disorder. And probably some other kind of mental issue. Please don’t get me wrong, this kid deserves whatever punishment he ended up getting, but he also needs treatment for whatever is going on there. And Karma can have him as far as I’m concerned. I only took issue with the word *adultery*, because it implies religion. Which is fine as long as you apply those standards to every other crime that’s similar to this one. There are plenty of these where the victims are innocent of any wrongdoing. What about them? By your standards, they must have done something wrong to deserve it. You can’t blame the victims or victim this includes the perpetrator. Sorry for the rant, but so many times I’ve seen in my field of employment (sergeant of sizable city in the Midwest not too far from Chicago 23 years yea). Obviously this is just my humble sort of educated lol opinion. Have a good day everyone and stay safe out there!
Edit * I completely forgot to mention GREED as a factor.
The word adoption should be banned from the English language
The fact that he was adopted had NOTHING to do with this. Any person can make bad choices and betray someone. Just saying
@@nuwon8154 agree. People get killed by their biological children, too. Some of those biological children are well into adulthood when it happens so you can’t even blame immaturity.
God Bless Sir, God Bless. Very very sad. Justice served rings.
I can’t believe they made him walk to the ambulance!!! Who does that when you’re in a profession to HELP people???😢
Adopted the boy when he was a couple days old! No good deed goes unpunished. 😢
Yes. And if you adopt them when babies, never reveal they are adopted until they are married and possibly with children. This new fanged notion, you should tell them as soon as is possible (like 8 years old) hardly ever bodes well.
@@Ngozika-ye9nq Yeah, it sure doesn’t seem to does it?
It's hilarious everyone automatically assumes the Suttons were wonderful parents, and entirely blameless in the destruction of their family - just because they are rich and successful. The evidence does not point to them being good parents, but the polar opposite.
Their son's fate, residing in a maximum security prison he will only ever leave in a body bag, did not come about as a result of good parenting!
@@glamdolly30 victim blaming is pretty sick 🤢
God bless John Sutton. Poor man has been through too much. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
What about the daughter?
She’s a victim too.
This man is a gem!!!!
I would love to meet this man! This man is a survivor!
So sad for this dad. Wife cheated on him? Partner cheated him and son betrayed him.
Imagine repaying the ppl that adopted you (at 3 days old) by killing them. He deserves the woodchipper foot first.
30 years? We’re all screwed.
Setting aside all the horror, what a legend John is. Sure, there's some luck involved, but how many people survive getting shot in the head with no evident brain damage?
God has the final say on who lives or dies.
Can't even imagine being given the silver spoon lifestyle as an adoptee and then being such an ungrateful, entitled piece of crap. That family went through hell for that kid and then the ultimate betrayal. Such a sad part of human beings.
His birth parents dodged a few bullets literally when they signed him over!
Adopted too. If he was angry, he should have been angry at the people who gave him up for adoption and not those who adopted him.
God bless him. Losing your eyesight. Life can change in an instant. Bless us all.
I never forget them. I haven't eaten at Denny's since 1992-ish, whenever the lawsuits came out. I'll NEVER eat there and hope we, as a community, cut them off completely.
Boot camp is now looking like a spa.👀
I bet he didn't think his father would survive
Adopting a child is like adopting a stray dog, unfortunately you never know what kind of character you are going to get.
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This exactly. It’s a genetic Pandora’s box. Also the possibility of fetal alcohol syndrome effect on the child’s brain that nobody knows about.
This is why I truly believe nature wins out over nurture😞
Horrible thing to say. I know numerous adopted children and they're all wonderful. Some bio children have been known to kill their parents. Don't put all children in one basket
As someone who was in Casa By The Sea, another WWASP program along with Paradise Cove, I can totally understand some hurt and anger towards your parents. What I can't understand is having them murdered for it. I belive he used Paradise Cove as a more "justified" or "noble" reason for him to orchestrate parents execution. Possibly even to himself in his own mind. What he really wanted was his inheritance. Money to fund his lifestyle. He was a spoiled brat used to getting what he wanted and his parents were about to cut him off. I remember watching this trial on TV live and thinking the same thing. Oh and P.S. what the heck was this lawyer thinking by letting his client testify in their own murder case? Especially a client so abrasive and hard to like as this clown! Just ridiculous. I mean he was gonna be found guilty anyways but damn, the defense didn't need to make it that easy for the prosecution haha.
Perhaps he insisted on testifying. It’s the client’s decision ultimately, and look how often the narcissistic defendants demand to testify! They always think they’re so much more intelligent & persuasive than they really are!
I hate when these defense lawyers try to say you have no physical proof. My client was not there.
Of course they weren't that's why they promised to pay someone else to do it for them. That makes them more culpable because those that do it wouldn't have even known these people except for the person that hired them.
Oh horrors of horrors..
being sent to a beautiful serene tropical island for correction of your bad behavior.
What an arrogant, self centered, ungrateful little ****** !!!!!!!
Made him walk out to get himself help while he’s been shot twice in the head and multiple other places?? What cowards!
Christopher won the lottery with the Sutton’s and that’s how he repaid them. He got what he deserved and he should never see the light of day again.
They should have given the shooter
life w/o parole, not just 30 years.
Getting out of the death penalty
is enough for a plea.
The irony Christopher hated the camp, I hope that he's enjoying being with the big bad boys now.
They should've gotten the son psychological help instead of sending him away which only triggered and enforced his trauma. Some people shouldn't be parents.
I understand why he did what he did, but he still needs to be held accountable.
Tragic story all around.
John, you have a special purpose on this earth.
When I saw and heard Chris, I immediatly thought of Anthony Todt when he was on the stand. Their Self-centered, arrogant cold behavior. Even their facial expressions match. Their nostrils tightened, protruding lips, raised eyebrows etc. are the same. Their dry tears flow only for themselves.
Parricide and Familicide. Creepy
He was trouble from the start. His parents
had to get him away from them for their safety and to discipline him. They gave him everything and like any spoiled brat he was angry he had to be disciplined🙄 like rules don't apply to him. They were still financially supporting him even when he's an adult. It shows how ungrateful he was and only thought he was wronged. They didn't have to send him anywhere if he wasn't acting up and a danger to them. Poor dad. He was betrayed by his wife and son.
Why you say by his wife?
@@flesh8595 She was having an affair with his law-partner when she was shot.
I loved it when the lawyer said,” p’dowpow!!!!”
P'dowdow is what I heard ha ha 😂 still funny 😁 😂!
Haha me too
There's no excuse for attempted murder and murdering your kind parents for money condolences Susan husband John and son behind prison walls
Goes to show money isn't everything
John is a G. Glad he survived.
Those places are incentivized to encourage parents to lengthen their children's stay, because they make money hand over fist whilst kids are in their care. They should be illegal.
The people nearest to this man betrayed him, both wife and son
This man is lucky to be alive..
I understand the source of his rage. He was abandoned by both his biological and adoptive parents. Still, he could have made better choices and now he must suffer the consequences of his actions.
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He was a very disturbed young man. I get the feeling that there was something disturbing about the entire family. Like maybe their values and priorities were off. Being wealthy doesnt = good parents. Also, biological children commit these types of crimes too. There are ppl in the comments stating how they provided him with everything and he was just spoiled, greedy and ungrateful but these character traits are usually mirrored from within the environment that fosters it. In no way did his parents deserve this. Chis is exactly where he belongs. However, sometimes there are many factors at play that lead up to such a horror. Teens behave badly and act out usually as a cry for attention . It's too easy to just blame it on the fact that there was something wrong with Chis from the beginning bcus he was adopted. He was only 2 days old when adopted. His adopted parents had more of an influence over him than anyone in his life.
Yeah being raised in the lap of luxury would make anyone full of rage
They didn’t abandon him/they were trying to help him. He was a
Threat to their safety.
What a tremendously sad story.
He wanted to kill his parents over having to stay in Samoa ONE more year and his greed. Now he gets NOTHING and a LIFETIME of being trapped in a cage. What an absolute idiot! I would have taken door #1.
This always makes me feel so weird about adoption! I always believe its a great thing but when stuff like this happens it definitely makes me question this...
Goodness, I know a few adopted children/adults, who, of course had a wonderful childhood.... Sociopath tendencies could be in your own blood children...so please don't think sweeping statements about one case.
@@LadyLsound I know you're totally right! and I really hate that my mind even goes there sometimes. But I'm sure there are plenty of adopted kids who turn out amazing just like there's a fair share of biological kids who commit heinous crimes against their families.
its genetics. the psychopathic genes are often passed on. that's why despite good home environments they turn out the way they do.
Lots of children kill their biological parents as well
Adopted children have a huge probability of crime and deviant behavior over natural born children. This is fact. I’m guessing it’s mainly genetic from their psycho bio-parents / bio-parents using drugs or drinking while pregnant, combined with the psychological effects of not being wanted from their bio-parents.
Adopted children are a genetic Pandora’s box, you don’t truly know what you’re getting until puberty and by then it’s too late.
This forensic phsycoligist Dr. Silverman is the first one that makes absolute sense to me. He explains Chris character and reasoning for the crime very accurate. Poor John, I wish him luck for the rest of his days, he`s such a good man.
*psychologist 🙄
@@marycampbell1576 Who are you - The spelling police or what? 🤣
@@rachelcallahan2612 There’s always one.
The Light of Heaven to John...kept the sense of humour & all !!
They should have postmark his A$$. RETURN TO SENDER, the minute he started acting up.
The nerve, they adopt you and this is how u pay them back
My heart breaks for Mr Sutton. Such betrayal.
That female lawyer was the bomb!!
I've heard independent stories about this paradise cove place I feel they're brushing over the abuses that went on there. (Obviously not an excuse for murder, but it was far worse than theyre making it out to be)
Agreed.
He could have ended up in prison instead for plotting to kill his parents.
He broke the law and should be punished. His father should have been knowledgeable about the place they sent him to. The child abuse there was horrific! The State Dept told parents they should Not send their children there. The Samoan Government shut it down because of horrendous things were happening to these teens. Im sure he could have afford to send his son to a place that he wouldn't be tortured.
Sad.
Wtf is wrong with the cops that they made him walk outside?
When you adopt you don`t know the back ground of the childrens. the father or mother blood is in those childrens whether good or bad. you never know what you`re getting.
I’ve worked EMS for 20 years and everyone saying we should of entered when the gun man is NOT IN CUSTODY. IF WE GET SHOT THEN IT IS POINTLESS COMMON SENSE PEOPLE.
WTF ... This guy was totally blinded ..I thought he still had the use of his left eye - John is a truely remarkable man ...he has suffered so much .....Unfaithful wife ....cheat scum of a business partner ....and a vile lame excuse of a son .... I hope John finds some peace and happiness in his life