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>> 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 more about jim tan, father, husband and b...

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. the coach hadnt heard from charlie in days, and now his pho...

He had to shoot, he said, to 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 the patrol car. >> they asked him where the shotgun was. there was some mention of it be being in the garage. >> reporter: after securing the weapon, they made their way to the ...

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 its a brand new case starting today. hung juries are a case in which you have to reinvent the wheel. >> in november of 2015, weeks after the trial ended, both sides were ...

Of evidence. >> you always do it. its frankly malpractice not to. >> everyone thought this would be an order of business, quickly dispatched, and the judge would move on to setting a new trial date. >> but then he starts talking about the lack of evidence and possession of the gun and charlie ever having a gun. lack of evidence that the fingerprints were found on the shells upstairs, but that didnt indicate that hed ever shot it. i looked at another reporter who i know and i said whats going on ...

>> 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 give everything to other people. if somebody n...

>> help me. please. >> a deputy was sent to the house and noticed jean tan, the wife, was clearly distraught. reporter john hand. >> 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. >> right. >> so a history of abuse, it appeared. if that were the case, charlie had told no one in his c...

Story that sounded like self-defense. he had to shoot, he said, to 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 the patrol car. >> they asked him where the shotgun was. there was some mention of it be being in the garage. >> reporter: after securing t...

>> around $50,000, yeah. >> why did people come out of the wood work to support charlie? >> he has just 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 investigation for you, news story. great ivy league kid bl...

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 its a brand-new case starting today. hung juries are a case in which you have to reinvent the wheel. >> in november of 2015, weeks after the trial ended, both sides were ...