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Crazy. i had no clue what was going to happen. >> you threw out there on the net. >> i put out the page and told my friends i did it. people i hadnt even heard of were supporting him. people from the community, everyone was doing it. >> how much money did you raise? >> around $50,000, yeah. >> why did people come out of the wood work to support charlie? >> he has been one of the nicest guys ever, and everybody knew that and they wanted to do anything they could to give back to him. charlie would...

Shared thought the about doing it all over again. >> its a murder charge, not a petty larceny charge. with a hung jury where you walk away from it. we recognize the d.a.s office is not going to walk away from a homici homicide. >> how will it look differently? >> better for me. thats how it will look differently. >> unfortunately for charlies attorneys, theyd already played their surprise defense, mom really did it. there would be no shock value in a second trial. >> frankly, weve got to face th...

People from the community, everyone was doing it. >> how much money did you raise? >> around $50,000, yeah. >> why did people come out of the wood work to support charlie? >> he has been one of the nicest guys ever, and everybody knew that and they wanted to do anything they could to give back to him. charlie would give everything to other people. if somebody needed anything, he would be the one to give it to them. >> reporter john hand was working on one of the biggest stories they had seen in ...

The boy feels his mothers in jeopardy. >> yes. >> it was getting late on a frigid february night. the deputies put the son and mother in a patrol car. >> they asked him where the shotgun was. there was some mention of it being in the garage. >> reporter: after securing the weapon, they made their way to the second floor. in the home office they found the victim. >> the father is behind the desk? >> spent shotgun shells are right there in that doorway area. >> the detective would quickly learn mo...

And the judge said we have to address the motion for dismissal by the defense, its still pending. >> thats a common motion made by most defense attorneys when they ask a judge to throw out a case, especially due to a lack of evidence. >> you always do it. its frankly malpractice not to. >> everyone thought this would be an order of business, quickly dispatched. the judge would move on to setting a new trial date. >> then he talks about the lack of evidence regarding possession of the gun, lack o...

>> a deputy was sent to the house and noticed jean tan, the wife, was clearly rattled. reporter john hand. >> they found that jean was still upset. she had some red marks on her neck, but there wasnt enough there to charge jim tan with a crime. >> so incident over? >> that night. >> he tried to kill me, but nothing results in charges or makes it into the paperwork. >> right. >> so a history of abuse, it appeared. if that were the case, charlie had told no one in his circle at cornell university....

Just teammates but great friends. >> hes one of the most generous and selfless people ive ever met. >> he impressed his teammates and coach. >> good football player, always quiet, always got a smile, never late, good worker, good kid, solid. >> go back to the handsome house in the rochester suburbs where charlie grew up in his teenage years. its a place called pittsford, new york. and newspaper reporter john hand knows it well. >> its a very nice community, very picturesque community. >> thick l...

Everyone was doing it. >> how much money did you raise? >> around $50,000, yeah. >> why did people come out of the wood work to support charlie? >> he has been one of the nicest guys ever, and everybody knew that and they wanted to do anything they could to give back to him. charlie would give everything to other people. if somebody needed anything he would be the one to give it to them. >> reporter john hand was working on one of the biggest stories they had seen in years. so now its an investi...

>> hes one of the most generous and selfless people ive ever met. >> he impressed his teammates and coach. >> good football player, always quiet, always got a smile, never late, good worker, good kid, solid. >> go back to the handsome house in the rochester suburbs where charlie grew up in his teenage years. its a place called pittsford, new york. and newspaper reporter john hand knows it well. >> its a very nice community, very picturesque community. >> thick lawns, nice cars in the garage? >> ...

>> the lawyers on both sides shared thoughts about doing it all over again. >> its a murder charge, not a petty larceny charge. with a hung jury where you walk away from it. we understand that the d.a.s office is not going to walk away from a homicide. >> how will it look differently? >> better for me. thats how it will look differently. >> unfortunately for charlies attorneys, theyd already played their surprise defense, mom really did it. there would be no shock value in a second trial. >> fra...