morning, this football coach knew he d been upset. i asked him to call me when he got home, just so i knew he was okay. in that very evening, back in new york, charlie spent time in an old friends house where he seemed to his pale, deeply despondent, sad, possibly distressed. not the charlie known since childhood. after charlie, left the friend in his mother were so concerned, they called 9-1-1. was charlie suicidal? he didn t give us a lot of details. i m just worried that he might do something at his house. i don t know if anything s gonna happen, but i just can t take a chance. okay well i m going to have them go to the house and check on him. in a deputy just that. this detective of the monroe county sheriff s office. charlie told the deputy that he was upset over some things. he had come home to talk to people. and that he was just working out some things in he would be okay. it was now late thursday night almost the weekend,
move on to setting a new trial day. then he starts talking about the lack of evidence, regarding the possession of the gun, and surely ever having the gun. lack of evidence that the fingerprints were found on the shelves upstairs but that didn t indicate that he ever shot it. i looked at another reported, who i know and i said what s going on? here charlie s lawyers had a glimmer about where this was going. i leaned in detail easier and i told him, something good is about to happen. the assembled press could not believe where the judge was setting. you re holding your breath and you re going, he s about to dismiss this case, the biggest case we ve had in years and years, a case that jurors deliberate and on for 50 hours. the second degree murder. case the assistant prosecutor saw the train wreck ahead it wasn t at all pleased, he grabbed the mic. can i speak? and the judge said very quickly know you may not. he continued to speak. and the judge said, i ll put you in handc
cornell. the store had surveillance video of charlie s friend and fellow fraternity brother buying the shotgun, video that was shown to the jury. the frat brother was never accused of having anything to do with the killing.charlie had apparently convinced him to help buy a gun. friends say that whitney was told by charlie that he was going to go on a hunting trip so he asked whitney to help him. of course the prosecution says there was no hunting trip, charlie was planning a murder. in fact, before he got the friend to buy the weapon, surveillance footage showed just how intent he was on getting one. hours earlier, there s charlie. charlie s on video going into the walmart, attempting to purchase the shotgun. he is unable to. why is he turned down? why can t he buy the shotgun? he s a canadian citizen. which would require a waiting period, time he didn t have. so he gets the friend to
charlie did not go back to school friday morning come monday he wasn t at practice. wasn t really much i could do, other than text him. he didn t respond. and then, it was monday night. something awful. 9-1-1. center what is the address of the emergency? yes, high. the color so distraught, confuse the dispatcher. my name is jeanne ten. i just i heard an argument in my my son was, talk to my husband. ma am i can t understand anything you re saying. does anyone needed? ambulance it was charlie s mother. did you say years her to? shot. this someone in the house have a gun? now the story was coming into focus. shots fired. the husband. the man of the house was dead. he s already dead. my husband. your who? my husband. are you in a safe spot?
justifiable homicides made some sense. but the detective was no rookie. his investigation into charlie tan, and what happened inside the home, was just getting started. one of the investigators found would appear to be newly taken passport photos. along with a list of prominent local defense attorneys. that s interesting. yes sir. his story, is i had to do. it we are not taking that at face value right. correct. coming up, a discovery of jim tans computer, triggers suspicions about his time of death. so how many days prior is the last? email for. that was really a big thing for me. when dateline continues. when dateline continues when dateline continues where everything just seems to go your way. you re in good hands with allstate. click or call for a lower auto rate today. charlie s my little sidekick when it you re in good hands comes to projects around the house. but, she disappears on me. i can t see everything she gets into,