I learned that he was arrested. I was shocked. I was just so confused. I didn't think it was real.

In the rarefied world of the Ivy League, he was the total package, star student, gifted athlete, wildly popular.

He is one of the nicest guys ever.

No one could understand how a weekend visit to his parents' house.

Did you say you heard a shot?

Ended in gunfire.

Who's already dead?

Charlie told the officers outside.

He was going to kill my mom. I had to do it.

Yes.

A brave son, protecting his mom a harrowing story but was it true?

He seated behind a desk.

Yeah, yeah, defenseless really. This seems to be an execution.

Was this campus hero actually a cold-hearted killer?

The defendant sends an email to his fraternity brothers called Showtime.

Or was the truth something completely different?

One of the things that was always a question

was, was Charlie covering up for someone else?

A trial where nothing went by the book.

Three of the jurors were crying really hard.

They're turning around in their seats, they're getting emotional, they see what's coming.

He was becoming unhinged. I'm Lester Holt and this is Dateline.

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