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Hang himself. but i didn't think he'd go out and try to murder again this soon. and i was shocked. we were shocked. >> yeah. >> reporter: but they still didn't know what happened to kenia. quickly, the lee family called a news conference and delivered a message to travis forbes. >> anybody's going to relay any messages to him, tell him, or if you guys talk to him, tell him we've got just one question. where is kenia? that's it. >> reporter: but travis wasn't talking anymore. so lee offered a radical idea. >> i called assistant d.a. lombardi, and i said make a deal. >> you wanted a deal? >> yea...

So lee offered a radical idea. >> i called assistant d.a. lombardi, and i said make a deal. >> you wanted a deal? >> yeah. i don't care what it is. i said i don't care. you could take it down to manslaughter. i didn't care. just make a deal. let's just -- we just want kenia. >> we really couldn't -- i mean, we were getting there. we were still investigating. what i really wanted was for -- tell us where she was. so we could give closure to this family. >> reporter: but travis was now facing an attempted murder charge for the assault on lydia. and as his case started working its way toward tria...

Verified. jacob anderson was indicted for sexual assault in the family of the victim said there was an enormous amount of evidence and the conviction was almost sure. now two and a half years after living through hell, the d.a. has decided not to bother even trying to get justice. after a deal was cut, jacob anderson agreed to plead no contest to a charge of unlawful restraint and was sentenced by judge ralph strother to three years of deferred probation, he won't spend a day in jail and have to register as a sex offender -- the victim learned about a plea deal by an email from an assistant d....

Talk to him, his defense lawyer ushered him out down the hallway. >> what did you think? did you take all in? i'm not sure he took it all in. >> i'm not sure i took it all in at first. >> that this is over. >> it was super exciting. everyone was so happy. everyone was in tears. >> not quite everyone. assistant d.a. bill gargen was fuming. >> were you willing to get arrested over this. >> absolutely. i was more than willing to have handcuffs placed on me to argue my point because i didn't cross any lines. >> what recourse do you have? >> there's no appeal. that i know of. >> so charlie tan is f...

>> we wish that hadn't happened but the kid deserves a break. >> the community felt that very strongly. >> so when the trial began less than a year after the shooting, the sworn representative of the people with a murder case to prove found herself in an odd spot. >> the biggest problem was the defendant himself, because he did appear to be, you know, an upstanding, nice young man. >> monroe county district attorney sandra dorley. >> from the very beginning, people were disappointed that an indictment was filed against charlie tan and that we're taking this to court. but, you know what? we hav...