attacked in her bedroom and brutally beaten to death. her body discovered the next day by her sister meredith along with her 2 1/2-year-old daughter cassidy, who had been left to wander in her blood. for the investigators who set out to find her killer, no way to get those little footprints out of their minds. sergeant richard spivey, lead investigator. those of us that work in law enforcement, this is our profession, but we re also parents. that certainly strikes a different note with you when you see something like that. michelle s husband jason, a medical software salesman, was 170 miles away the night of the murder. even so, investigators had to look at him. we know he was the last person to talk to michelle that night. and he was also the reason why she was found. he called meredith fisher to go to the house. reporter: jason young s business trip that night was routine. security tape showed him getting gas, 7:30 p.m. as he left raleigh. two hours later seen on tape at a cr
reporter: the facts were stark and ugly. one night in november, 2006, while her husband was away on business, michelle young was attacked in her own bedroom and brutally beaten to death. her body discovered the next day by her sister meredith along with her 2 1/2-year-old daughter cassidy, who had been left to wander in her blood. for the investigators who set out to find her killer, no way to get those little footprints out of their minds. sergeant richard spivey, lead investigator. those of us that work in law enforcement, this is our profession, but we re also parents. that certainly strikes a different note with you when you see something like that. michelle s husband jason, a medical software salesman, was 170 miles away the night of the murder. even so, investigators had to look at him. we know he was the last person to talk to michelle that night. and he was also the reason why she was found. he called meredith fisher to go to the house. reporter: jason young s busines
the facts were stark and ugly. one night in november, 2006, while her husband was away on business, michelle young was attacked in her bedroom and brutally beaten to death. her body discovered the next day by her sister meredith along with her 2 1/2-year-old daughter cassidy, who had been left to wander in her blood. for the investigators who set out to find her killer, no way to get those little footprints out of their minds. sergeant richard spivey, lead investigator. those of us that work in law enforcement, this is our profession, but we re also parents. that certainly strikes a different note with you when you see something like that. michelle s husband jason, a medical software salesman, was 170 miles away the night of the murder. even so, investigators had to look at him. we know he was the last person to talk to michelle that night. and he was also the reason why she was found. he called meredith fisher to go to the house. jason young s business trip
one night in november, 2006, while her husband was away on business, michelle young was attacked in her bedroom and brutally beaten to death. her body discovered the next day by her sister meredith along with her 2 1/2-year-old daughter cassidy, who had been left to wander in her blood. for the investigators who set out to find her killer, no way to get those little footprints out of their minds. sergeant richard spivey, lead investigator. those of us that work in law enforcement, this is our profession, but we re also parents. that certainly strikes a different note with you when you see something like that. michelle s husband jason, a medical software salesman, was 170 miles away the night of the murder. even so, investigators had to look at him. we know he was the last person to talk to michelle that night. and he was also the reason why she was found. he called meredith fisher to go to the house.
so was it a bungled burglary? then there were footprints near the body that seemed to eliminate jason. an obvious print on the pillow was a size 10. but jason wore a size 12. but this was weird. there was another partial footprint. it defied easy identification, so they began calling in shoe experts. and now they wondered were there two attackers? of course, investigators discovered early on michelle and jason s marriage was strained. and in the last weeks of michelle s life, things were not good. at our friend shelley s wedding he was so drunk. just really out of it. when we got to the wedding, our friends were letting us know michelle and jason were fighting and they were referring to it as world war iii. jennifer powers told investigators about another fight that october. michelle wanted her mother to stay with them for the holidays. and jason, who had a tense and