Comments by "Glamdolly" (@glamdolly30) on ""Fortunate Son" Someone They Knew... with Tamron Hall" video.

  1. 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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  2. John Sutton's final analysis is all about blame and condemnation of his son - who was adopted and raised by him and his late wife from a tiny, days-old baby. Yet there's no self-reflection on what he and his wife possibly did wrong, to mould an innocent infant to become their killer/would-be killer. Clearly Mr Sutton isn't willing to own a single bit of it! They gave that child their name, and promised him a loving, supportive home, and the perfect springboard for a happy and successful life as a productive, well-adjusted citizen. But today Christopher Sutton's life lays in ruins, locked inside the maximum security prison he will only ever leave in a body bag. Considering he started out as the much-wanted, adopted child of a well-to-do, wealthy couple, that's an extraordinary reversal of fortune! Yes, Chris Sutton is an adult, and he bears full legal responsibility for his adult crimes. Many rightly talk of the killer's faults, and the wickedness of his hiring a hit man to kill his parents. But this crime undoubtedly also represents a huge parental failure. John Sutton's narcissism and his total lack of accountability for his train-wreck son, do not reflect well on him. Just because a couple is wealthy, does not mean they will automatically be good parents! What were Christopher's angry teen outbursts about? Did the Suttons really love their adopted children, or were they merely the accoutrements of a successful, respectable lifestyle, 'items' they felt the need to check off a list, along with a beautiful home, nice cars and Barbados vacations? I believe sending their son away to a remote island boot-camp with other disturbed/depressed teens - and extending his stay there by a year - was an unforgivable parental betrayal. Christopher's worst suspicions were correct - he had become an inconvenience to his mom and dad, a problem they wanted rid of. That is not the unconditional love parents should feel for their children. But that 'boot camp' ordeal could be the tip of the iceberg, in a catalogue of poor parenting. One expert interviewed in this documentary, diagnosed Christopher a sociopath. The jury's out on what creates sociopathy. But a leading theory is that it results from abuse or trauma in childhood. There is undoubtedly far more to this true crime story than meets the eye - or than we'll ever know. If the Suttons had only prioritised their two adopted children over a high powered career, material rewards and status, and at least one extra marital affair, there's every chance Christopher could have turned out very differently. You reap what you sow.
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  3. 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.
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  4. 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!
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  5.  @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.
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  6. What do you mean by 'giving'? Children need emotional support and guidance. They need their parents' time, attention, and healthy, consistent boundaries and expectations set down. Because along with rights, come responsibilities. They also need love - real, unconditional love. Despite his adoptive parents' wealth, I believe Christopher Sutton's childhood was a deprived one, during which these fundamental needs were not met. Kids don't need to live in mansions, have lots of money spent on them, or be pressured to live up to the achievements of an unusually successful, high-powered lawyer like John Sutton. Just because the Suttons were rich and privileged, didn't automatically mean they were good parents! Strikes me this wealthy, infertile couple adopted a tiny, days-old baby boy (and later a baby girl), to check 'parenthood' off their lifestyle list, along with living in a beautiful home, owning nice cars and enjoying annual vacations in 5 star resorts. But they were clueless about how to be good parents. When Christopher showed signs of anti-social behaviour/anger in his teens (mysterious conduct that was unexplored in this TV report), the Suttons didn't seek a psychiatrist to counsel him. They sent him away to a remote, tropical boot camp, for literally years. He had become an inconvenience they wanted rid of. They even extended his incarceration overseas, by an additional year - despite knowing he was miserable. That was an unforgiveable parental betrayal, and confirmed Christopher's darkest fears - his mother and father did not love him. I think this experience destroyed any love he had for the couple, and set the stage for the assassination plot. It is astonishing that John Sutton at no point acknowledges his own parental failure. For someone to go from being the much-wanted, adopted baby of rich and successful parents, to living out their days in a maximum security prison, which they will only ever leave in a body bag, is an extraordinary reversal of fortune!
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  7.  @okonkwoifunanya9029  Pray what doesn't happen to me?
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  8.  @laurenmay2098  Of course he re-married - he's rich!
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  9. 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!
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