. >> both his mom and dad no longer are alive and his son is in juve right now. >> we are looking atotentially a third generation. >> very close, depending on which path the son ends up going. >> narrator: though his 15-year-old son is only a doesn't away in the juvenile facility, he can only communicate with him through letters. they write to each other frequently. >> he's saying, what's up, dad, hey, working out. they teach me exercises. they're helping me. he requested some leg, some arms. i think these weights, probably gives him a workout. >> narrator: he says he hopes jesse will follow his workout routine, not his life as a gang banger. >> everyone wants their children to be success. you want to succeed in life. you want to be somebody, but, you know, he's young, he's a teenager. sometimes you don't make the best decisions. you can bring the horse to the water. you can't make it drink you know, ultimately, they're going to make their own decision. >> narrator: they he has never been charged for murder, he made it clear when he was jesse's age, some of his decision ended in viol