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>> no, you choke me. >> a deputy was sent to the house and noticed jean tan, the wife, was clearly distraught. reporter john hand. of rochesters democrat and chronicle newspaper. >> they found that jean was still upset. she had some red marks on her neck. but that 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. >> correct. >> so a history of abuse, it appeared. if t...

All over again. >> its a murder charge. its not a petty larceny charge or a hung jury where you walk away from it. we realize 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. >> frankly, weve got to face this like a brand-new case starting today. h...

Friends. >> hes one of the most generous and selfless people ive ever met. >> he impressed his teammates and coach. terry cullen coaches the lighter weight players. >> 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 picturesq...

I had to do it. he was going to hurt my mom. >> the father is shot because 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 husband, the father is behind the desk? >> hes behind...

Coachside lane. >> 911. >> just two weeks before the shooting, police records show the wife placed another 911 call. >> yes, my name is jean tan, and my husband just beat me up. i need your protections. >> are you injured? >> yes, he choke me, and im so scared. please. please help. oh, hes coming. no. please come. >> the dispatcher heard what sounded like an ongoing fight between husband and wife. >> hello. sorry. >> no. >> no, no. >> sorry about that. >> help me, help me! >> no, no. >> a deputy...

Met. >> charlie impressed his teammates and his 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. >> big lawns, nice cars in the garage? >> lots of executives from kodak and xerox and lawyers. >...

The gangs all here. 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. >> then he talks about the lack of evidence, that the fingerprints were found on the shells upstairs, but that did...

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 give everything to other people. if somebody needed anything, he would be the one to give it to them. >> reporte...

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. >> frankly, weve got to face this like a brand-new case starting today. hung juries are a case in which you have to reinvent the wheel. >> in november of 2015, weeks ...

Save his mother. hed used a shotgun. >> charlie said, my dads in there. hes dead. i had to do it. he was going to hurt my mom. >> the father is shot because 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 t...