and and she was empty. and what did she tell you? things weren t working out with jason. reporter: two days before she was murdered, michelle phoned her sister meredith to report yet another blowup with jason. she was just, i ve had it. she said, you know, more than one time, i just can t do this anymore. reporter: jason was telling one of his close friends the same thing. and prosecutors said just days before michelle was murdered, he had indulged in one last transgression. a casual hook-up with an old friend named carol ann sauerby in his own living room. michelle was away at the time. cassidy was put down to bed, and i had a couple drinks. just were talking.
way out of bounds, said the attorney. the jury should not have been allowed to hear about any of that. outside the court, michelle s sister meredith predicted the appeal would be thrown out. the jury came to the right verdict. we are confident it will stay. but she was wrong. a raleigh man is getting a third trial in the death of his pregnant wife. in april, 2014, the north carolina court of appeals granted jason a new trial. in 2017 yet another attempt by jason young to get a third trial, on this time on grounds his defense team was ineffective, was also denied. cassidy has grown. her father, her mother, snatches
with his ex-fiancee, jason had an explanation for it. did you throw her around on the bed like she said? no, sir. what i did was wrong. i did pin her down and i took the ring. okay. what was your level of intoxication at that time? i was very intoxicated. but i don t feel like that is an excuse for what i did. reporter: and they questioned him about the most important woman in his life. did you want to stay married to michelle? yes, i did. i wanted to have have another baby and i wanted the family to grow. reporter: he also explained why he gave up custody of his daughter without a fight. were you able to afford a lawyer for a full-blown custody battle? no, sir, i had due to the media and some of the internet website, the job that i had, i lost it. reporter: his testimony lasted three hours. jason young was a very good witness.
and that cigar, they showed that jason young actually owned a humidor and he once made a purchase at a cigar store. and then it was over again and time for another jury to consider whether jason young would go to jail or walk out of court a free man. coming up the verdict. take two. we the jury by unanimous verdict find the defendant jason young to be when silent witness continues.
they said you don t need to talk to anybody. you need to get a lawyer before you talk to anybody. reporter: and then the explanation for his long silence. the lawyer that i got after talking with him, he actually advised me to not go talk to the police. did you take that advice? yes, sir, i did. did he also tell you not to talk to anybody about it? that s actually exactly what he said. he said don t talk to anybody about anything. reporter: the defense also addressed the motives prosecutors had laid out that jason wanted to escape a bad marriage and keep custody of cassidy and spend time with his new love. did you have any designs in your own mind of leaving michelle young for michelle money? no, sir. describe why not. i think we both knew it was wrong. i don t think either one dreamed that it would ever be found out. pushing me around. as for the violent episode