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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. and the judge would quickly move on to setting a new trial date. >> then he talks about the lack of evidence, that the fingerprints were found on the shells upstairs, but that didn't indicate that he'd ever shot it. i looked at another reporter who i know and i said what's going on here? >> charlie's lawyers had a glimme...

>> 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. up on campus, coach cullen had not heard from charlie in days. and now his phone rang. >> ...

They ask a judge to throw out a case, especially due to a lack of evidence. >> you always do it. it is frankly malpractice if you don't. >> 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 didn't indicate that he'd ever shot it. i looked at another reporter who i know and i said what's going on here? >> charlie's lawyers had a glimmer about where this was going. >> i leaned into charlie's ear, and i told him something good is about to happen. >> the assembled p...

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. >> reporter john hand was working nonstop on one of the sto stories that the biggest that county had seen in years. so now it's an investigation for you, news st...

Deputies heard the son tell a story that sound like self-defense. he had to shoot, he said, to save his mother. he'd used a shotgun. >> charlie said, my dad's in there. he's dead. 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 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 second floor. in the home offi...