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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 rochester's democrat and chronicle 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. >> correct. >> 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, coac...

All over again. >> it's a murder charge. it's 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. 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 today. hung juries are a situation in which you to reinvent the wheel. >> in november of 2015, weeks ...

Friends. >> he's one of the most generous and selfless people i've 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. 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? >> big houses, lots of executives from ko...

I had to do it. he was going to hurt my mom. >> the father is shot because the boy feels his mother's 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? >> he's behind the desk. spent shotgun shells are right there in that doorway area. >> the detective would quick...

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 i'm so scared. please. please help. oh, he's 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 was sent to the house and noticed jean tan, the wife, was clearly rattled. reporter john hand. >>...