My mother called and said michelle is dead. How is that possible . Reporter a young mother found brutally murdered. Her little girl left to wander in her mothers blood. Police had a suspect and they say he had a motive. But could they prove he was the killer . It was a circle case. Reporter except for that witness. The girl who left those footprints. We will never know what cassidy saw and what she didnt see. Maybe she couldnt tell detectives who the killer was, but maybe, she didnt have to. The fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to the jury . The person that killed the mother killed about cassidy. Hello, welcome to dateline. Michelle young was married to her College Sweetheart four months pregnant with their second child. The young mother was beaten to death in her own bedroom. The investigation revealed a troubled marriage. But the husband was away on business and unraveling this case would take years. Here is Keith Morrison with Silent Witness. I think i paused f
friends had been waiting for answers. who killed their pretty pregnant michelle? many thought they knew. it was him. you know, i didn t know all the evidence. i didn t know half the things i know now, but i felt that way. one jury failed to decide, and now attorneys were making their final arguments to a second jury. be mad at him. hate him if you want to. but when you look at the physical evidence in this case, it does not match up. it does not match up to jason having killed his wife and unborn son. 30 blows? that s not from a stranger. that is a mad, mad domestic abuser. soon that jury was behind closed doors in the wake county superior court. after two days, they were back with a verdict. we, the jury, by unanimous verdict find the deft jason lee young to be guilty of first-degree murder of michelle
you know, i didn t know all the evidence. i didn t know half the things i know now. but i felt that way. one jury failed to decide. and now attorneys were making their final arguments to a second jury. be mad at him. hate him if you want to. but when you look at the physical evidence in this case, it does not match up. it does not match up to jason having killed his wife and unborn son. 30 blows? that s not from a stranger. that is a mad, mad domestic abuser. reporter: soon that jury was behind closed doors in the wake county superior court. after two days, they were back with a verdict. we the jury by unanimous verdict find the defendant jason lynn young to be guilty of the first degree murder of michelle reporter: guilty. first-degree murder. jason young didn t flinch. behind him his mother was equally stoic.
and friends had been waiting for answers. who killed their pretty pregnant michelle? many thought they knew. it was him. you know, i didn t know all the evidence. i didn t know half the things i know now. but i felt that way. one jury failed to decide. and now attorneys were making their final arguments to a second jury. be mad at him. hate him if you want to. but when you look at the physical evidence in this case, it does not match up. it does not match up to jason having killed his wife and unborn son. 30 blows? that s not from a stranger. that is a mad, mad domestic abuser. reporter: soon that jury was behind closed doors in the wake county superior court. after two days, they were back with a verdict. we the jury by unanimous verdict find the defendant jason lynn young to be guilty of the first degree murder of michelle reporter: guilty. first-degree murder. jason young didn t flinch. behind him his mother was equally stoic.
called multiple witnesses to attack his credibility. did the jury believe then? turns out this case was far from over. here with the conclusion of our story is keith morrison. reporter: for more than five years michelle young s family and friends had been waiting for answers. who killed their pretty pregnant michelle? many thought they knew. it was him. you know, i didn t know all the evidence. i didn t know half the things i know now. but i felt that way. one jury failed to decide. and now attorneys were making their final arguments to a second jury. be mad at him. hate him if you want to. but when you look at the physical evidence in this case, it does not match up. it does not match up to jason having killed his wife and unborn son. 30 blows? that s not from a stranger. that is a mad, mad domestic