Devin: WHERE WERE THE PARENTS? IT'S HAD EVERYONE TALKING IN THE 24 HOURS SINCE THIS GRANDMOTHER WAS CONVICTED OF MURDERING HER GRANDSON. IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SIT BACK AND JUDGE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FULL FACTS. Devin: JONATHAN HOFFMAN'S FATHER IS EXPLAINING PARENTING DECISIONS THAT DREW CRITICISM FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SO MANY HAVE WONDERED WHY HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. Carmen: HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR HIS SON BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED A WAVE OF CRITICISM AGAINST MICHAEL AND HIS EX-WIFE AND HE SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY TODAY TO OUR ROGER WEBER AND SAID, DON'T BE SO QUICK TO JUDGE. Roger: ALTHOUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING JUST THAT. I'M OUTSIDE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN FARMINGTON WHERE JONATHAN HOFFMAN RETURNED FROM ARIZONA TO FINISH SCHOOL AND LIVE WITH SANDRA LAYNE. HE SAID THIS ARRANGEMENT HAD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR ANOTHER CRISIS IN HIS FAMILY. MICHAEL HOFFMAN IS ANSWERING A TORRENT OF CRITICISM ABOUT WHY HIS SON JONATHAN WAS LIVING WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, SANDRA LAYNE. THOSE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WRITE THESE COMMENTS SHOULD NOT JUDGE UNLESS HE WANT TO BE JUDGED. Roger: HE AND HIS WIFE DIVORCED THE SIX YEARS AGO AND LIVED A BLOCK AWAY. I WANTED THEM TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THEIR MOTHER AND A FAMILY SITUATION. Roger: FOR YEARS, THEY VACATIONED IN ARIZONA. HIS 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER JESSICA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOR. WE HAD TO DONATE OUR ATTENTION EXCLUSIVELY TO JESS KACHLT NEFS A NEW SCHOOL, A NEW STATE, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED. AND HE PUSHED TO GO BACK TO MICHIGAN. Roger: BACK TO FINISH HIS SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, BE WITH HIS FRIENDS AND LIVE WITH SANDRA LAYNE. Roger: WHAT DID YOU THINK? I WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. Roger: HIS EX-WIFE SUPPORTED THE MOVE. I WENT IN EVERY MONTH FOR TEN DAYS. WHEN YOU HAVE A SICK CHILD WITH A BRAIN TUMOR AND SHE'S TAKING UP SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT HER BACK TOGETHER AS BEST AS YOU CAN WITH THERAPY AND SURGERY, I THINK PEOPLE SHOULDN'T JUDGE UNTIL MAYBE THEY'VE BEEN IN MY SHOES. Roger: HE HAD NO INDICATION OF JONATHAN USING DRUGS IN ARIZONA. IN MICHIGAN, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR DRUG POSSESSION AND HOSPITALIZED AFTER USING MUSHROOMS. Roger: WHY DIDN'T YOU COME BACK WHEN HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL? I WAS BUSY TAKING CARE OF JESSICA. I MEAN, WE HAD A REGIMEN OF PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK AFTER HER DISCHARGE. Roger: THESE ARE COMMENTS: I HOPE... HE WAS NOT DUMPED. HIS GRANDMOTHER OPENED UP HER HOUSE TO HIM. Roger: DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT HE AND HIS GRANDMOTHER WERE HAVING A DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIP? NO IDEA. Roger: ON MAY 18, SANDRA LAYNE SHOT HIM SIX TIMES, 17 YEARS OLD. THESE THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE. IN THIS CASE, IT HAPPENED TO US. Roger: DO YOU HAVE ANY REGRETS AS A FATHER WITH JONATHAN? NO, HE WAS A WONDERFUL SON. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL MAN IF HE WAS GIVEN THE CHANCE. Roger: HE SAID HIS EX-WIFE WAS PLANNING TO MOVE BACK TO OAKLAND COUNTY IN JUNE OF 2012 TO SEE JONATHAN THROUGH HIS PROBATION AND THEN THE GOAL WAS TO HAVE THE FAMILY BACK IN ARIZONA. HE WAS SHOT TO DEATH IN MAY. SANDRA LAYNE WILL BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH AND MICHAEL SAID HE WILL BE THERE TO ADDRESS THE COURT. LIVE IN FARMINGTON, ROGER WEBER, LOCAL 4. Carmen: WE SAW THE PARENTS IN THE COURTROOM ONLY IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE SANDRA LAYNE TRIAL. DID YOU ASK HIM WHY THEY WEREN'T THERE EARLIER? Roger: THEY WERE POTENTIAL WITNESSES IN THIS TRIAL, SO THEY HAD TO BE SEQUESTERED. HE WANTED TO TESTIFY AS A