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>> 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 wasn't 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 hadn't heard from charlie in days, and now his phone rang. >> campus police call...

That's the normal protocol. >> the lawyers on both sides shared thought the about doing it all over again. >> it's 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. that's how it will look differently. >> unfortunately for charlie's attorneys, they'd already played their surprise defense, mom really did it. there would be no shock value in a second trial. >> frankly, we've got to face this like a brand-new case starting toda...

Charlie's friends there. myself and roughly four or five other reporters who had covered the trial. the gang's all here. and the judge said we have to address the motion for dismissal by the defense, it's still pending. >> that's 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 did. it's frankly malpractice not to. >> everyone thought this would be an order of business, quickly dispatched. >> then he talks about the lack of evidence regarding the gun, the lack evidence with the fingerprints were fou...

>> he's one of the most generous and selfless people i've ever met. >> he impressed his teammates and coach. terry 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. it's a place called pittsford, new york. and newspaper reporter john hand knows it well. >> it's a very nice community, very picturesque community. >> thick lawns, nice cars in the garage? >> yeah. big houses. lots of executives from kodak and xe...

>> a deputy was sent to the house and noticed jean tan, the wife, was clearly distraught. reporter john hand of rochester's democrat newspaper. >> they found that jean was still upset. she had some red marks on her neck. but that there wasn't 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. up on campus, the coach hadn't heard from charlie in day...