them all. his mother, again, a mother saying. my son did it! and charlie saying, he had to do it. but did he have to do it? that was the key question. and the prosecution said no. this was no justifiable homicide. this was an execution! in fact, the weapon, the 12 gauge shotgun had been purchased just before the killing, said the prosecuted. deputies found it leading against a garbage can in the garage. and when they traced it, they discovered it had just been bought from a walmart near cornell. so he sent investigators down. and as they began to look at it, they found out the gun had been purchased by a young man from whitney knickerbockers. newly-? purchase yes. it was purchased in 2013, the same day charlie left cornell. and even better, the store had surveillance video of charlie s
a new trial date. but then he starts talking about a lack of evidence regarding the possession of the gun that charlie lack of evidence that the fingerprints were found on the shelves upstairs, but they did indicate that he never shot it. i look at another reporter, i said, what s going on here? charlie s lawyers had a glimmer about where this was going. it landed in charles s era, i told him, something good s about to happen. the assembled price couldn t believe where the judge was headed. you re holding your breath and you re going, he s about to dismiss this case, the biggest case we ve had in years. a case that jury deliberated on for 50 hours a, second degree murder case. assistant prosecutor saw the train wreck ahead and wasn t at all pleased. he grabbed the mic can i speak? the judge very quickly said, no, you may not. he continued to speak. the judge said, i ll put you in handcuffs the judge to the district attorney? i ve never seen that before.
was this unintentional killing? or justifiable homicide? here again is dennis murphy with house of secrets. anna valentine was in a state of disbelief as she learned that her close friend, charlie ten, had been arrested. did you have a chance to talk to charlie himself? he called me on the phone from jail. so i talk to him a couple of times. anna did not sit around, she was going to do whatever she could to defend her friend. because she knew, there was no way that charlie did anything wrong. you did something remarkable, anna, you pull together a whole community behind charlie. yeah. anna started a defense fund support page for charlie. it spread like crazy. i had no crew weather is gonna happen. i just put up the page and told my friends. people i hadn t even heard of was supporting him. everyone was doing it. how much money did you raise? around $50,000. why have people to support charlie? he has been one of the
a muffling blanket, covering the home, was something awful was about to happen. why did charlie need to rush home? the first son of trouble came from a friends mom, who called 9-1-1. coming up, he didn t give us the last details. i m just worried that he might do something. when dateline continues. whe .free your gut. and your mood will follow. i m the latest hashtag challenge. and everyone on social media is trying me. i m trending so hard that “hashtag common sense” can t keep up. this is going to get tens and tens of views. to insurance coverage, you could be left to pay for this. yourself. get allstate and be better protected from mayhem
rather, says the prosecutor, they got passports and fled the country. jeanne tan, and charlie ten, left the country and went to canada. came back on monday before the 9-1-1 call was placed. so i come back and tell a lie? the prosecution did not know. i guess, perhaps, someone had to run the business. and this last tidbit. creepy, implied the state. before that for days late 9-1-1 call was placed. charlie took the time to send a warning email to his college buddies. they would soon hear things in the news. the defendant sends an email to his fraternity brothers called showtime. you re gonna be hearing from law enforcement? yes. yes. you will be surprised. showtime! no jurors, don t buy self-to friends, said the prosecutor. this was no crime of passion. it was a planned murder. so this is not an assassination. he walks in, and bows that away. the prosecution rested.