circumstantial, but a case. and three years after michelle young s body was found on the bedroom floor, jason young was charged with her murder. investigators and prosecutors knew that very little pointed directly towards jason young, but so far nothing pointed away. coming up, the case against jason young as an alleged killer. and as a cheating husband. we had an intimate relationship for the two days that he was there. we ended up having sex. he never settled down. when dateline continues. she gets exactly what she wants, and only pays for what she needs. she picks only the perks she wants, and saves on every one. all with an incredible new iphone. act now and get iphone 14 pro max on us when you switch. it s your verizon. i m kareem abdul jabbar. i was diagnosed with afib. the first inkling that something was wrong
stranger. that is a mad, domestic abuse are. soon that jury was behind closed doors in the wake county superior court. after today s, they were back with a verdict. we the jury by unanimous verdict on the defendant jason young to be guilty of first degree murder. guilty, first degree murder. jason young did not flinch. behind him his mother was equally stoic. on the other side of the court, michelle young s bereaved mother and sister wept. fiona at home got the news for my friend. said he s guilty. i was like, what? what? jason young received a life sentence. chose not to address the court, even as the bailiffs led him away, remained expressionless.
unfair? remember during the trial, the attorney pointed out that the prosecution introduced testimony about those civil cases against jason brought by michelle s family. they accused jason of murder. jason young brutally murdered michelle young. the defendant brutally murdered michelle fischer young. 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 that the appeal would be thrown out. the jury came to the right verdict and we are confident it would stay. but she was wrong. a raleigh man is getting a third trial in the death of his pregnant wife. in april 2014, the judges ruled unanimously that testimony about those civil cases prejudiced the jury. and he took particular exception to the fact that the prosecutor was allowed to tell the jury that it was their trial judge who signed the civil judgment against jason. which said that he had killed his wife. in fact, s
at our friend shelly s wedding he was so drunk. what s really out of it. when we got to the wedding, our friends were letting us know that 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 him for the holidays and jason, who had a tense relationship with his mother-in-law, wanted to limit her stay. said so in an email. along with another nugget. he wrote that our marriage has seen better days and i don t see it trending up. and i remember that really struck a chord with me, because i did not know that their marriage had seen better days. so of course investigators wanted to interview jason young. maybe he could tell him something. but he refused to talk to them. he talked to the lawyer and then under the advice of