keeper of secrets, and quite possibly something much worse. but before all that, charlie was as deserving a kid as ever got an ivy league acceptance letter. he was really excited. when he got admitted. that was awesome. ivy league. yeah, he was super excited, super happy. so in the fall of 2013 charlie tan left his parents home near rochester, new york, and drove the few hours to cornell. his exciting new chapter in a life already filled with early achievements. he pledged a frat. he wasn t big enough for cornell s varsity football team, so at 165 pounds he was directed toward what they call a sprint football team. i met charlie the first day, freshman year, actually. i had just gotten my locker and charlie was one of the first people i met. quarterback rob pinola. he was one of the most encouraging team players we have. he was a leader on the team, both by example and his words. rob and charlie became not just teammates but great friends. he s one of the most genero
charlie tan admitting that he d shot his father to death. i think it was probably disbelief more than and shock that this occurred. we had a team meeting about it, but immediately after, there was so much support for him. and everyone was amazed by the support. from the get-go, there was no debate. the entire frat and team had charlie s back. not just the football team, but everybody on cornell campus that he knew well was showing support for him. everyone was always trying to help him and ask if there s anything we could do for him. to his friends at home, there was shock there of course too. and yet the heartbreaking story of charlie tan protecting his mom by any means necessary made some kind of weird sense. he was, after all, the kid who was always trying hard to help. people talk about him being selfless. yeah.
we had a team meeting about it, but immediately after, there was so much support for him. and everyone was amazed by the support. from the get-go, there was no debate. the entire frat and team had charlie s back. not just the football team, but everybody on cornell campus that he knew well was showing support for him. everyone was always trying to help him and ask if there s anything we could do for him. to his friends at home, there was shock there of course too. and yet the heartbreaking story of charlie tan protecting his mom by any means necessary made some kind of weird sense. he was, after all, the kid who was always trying hard to help. people talk about him being selfless. yeah. lives to help other people. yeah. he would do anything for people. close friend, anna, had a hard time wrapping her head around charlie doing anything violent. the charlie she knew was a
charlie. and what little forensic evidence was at the scene was according to the defense inconclusive. there was a fingerprint on one of the shell casings and the box of ammunition. at one point in time, charlie could have loaded the gun, but it doesn t make him pulling the trigger. as the defense saw, the mom did it theory even explained that odd e-mail that charlie sent to his frat brothers, it implied that the story to come might not be the real one. the real truth will come out one day, and you ll know what happened. one of the concerns was charlie covering up for someone else. the prosecutor seemed caught off guard when he raised to present his closing argument. he addressed charlie directly. he said something to the effect of, charlie, your lawyer is calling your mother a liar. and he picked up the shotgun. and he approached the jury very, very closely with it.
he d shot his father to death. i think it was probably disbelief more than and shock that this occurred. we had a team meeting about it, but immediately after, there was so much support for him. and everyone was amazed by the support. from the get-go, there was no debate. the entire frat and team had charlie s back. not just the football team, but everybody on cornell campus that he knew well was showing support for him. everyone was always trying to help him and ask if there s anything we could do for him. to his friends at home, there was shock there of course too. and yet the heartbreaking story of charlie tan protecting his mom by any means necessary made some kind of weird sense. he was, after all, the kid who was always trying hard to help. people talk about him being selfless. yeah. lives to help other people. yeah. he would do anything for people. close friend, anna, had a hard time wrapping her head around charlie doing anything