that he wore. throughout the investigation, jason steadfastly maintained his silence. rather than face a legal battle where he d be asked some tough questions, he even gave michelle s family custody of his daughter. everyone that we spoke with, all of them talked about how much he loved cassidy. and what a great dad he was. to just turn over primary custody, that was very surprising. investigators had heard enough. they believed they had a case. circumstantial, but a case. did you kill your wife? 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 toward jason young, but so far, nothing pointed away. coming up the case against jason young as an alleged killer. and as a cheating husband.
dark portrait of jason young. so, what could the defense attorney do? well, to begin with, as he told the jury, he agreed with the prosecution. jason young was not a good husband. he acted at times like an immature jerk. but that does not make him a killer. the defense was not about to make any more concessions, mind you. that jewelry box in the bedroom, there was dna on it. didn t match either michelle or jason. the suspicious activity at the hot hotel? there was a fingerprint on that camera and it wasn t jason young s. and there wasn t any forensic evidence that tied jason to the crime scene, and there was no blood in his car. there was not a scratch on him. ladies and gentlemen, jason lee young did not murder his wife. he did not murder their unborn son. and this case has not been solved. who better to make that
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 d 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 who 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 that he was the last person to talk to michelle that night, and he was also the reason why she was found.
found out. pushing me around. as for that violent episode 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 s an excuse for what i did. and they questioned him about the most important woman in his life. is did you wadid you want to to michelle? yes, i did. i wanted to have another baby and i wanted the family to grow. 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? that s right. due to the media and some of the internet website, the job that i had, i lost it. his testimony lasted three
good dad. he was a great playmate. he knew how to sit on the floor and play with his daughter, you know. the youngs moved into the big fine house on birchleaf in 2005. both of them worked. he a salesman. she a financial specialist. in the summer of 2006, michelle got pregnant again. they kept the news to themselves, but it was clear something good was happening. the comment he said to me was, he s excited to have another baby. not implying that she was pregnant but he was excited at the prospect of it. but just a few months later, michelle was dead. jason was 170 miles away in virginia on a business trip the night of the murder. he heard the news the next afternoon and returned to raleigh. stasha grossman got word from her mother. my mother called, said, michelle s dead. i said, michelle who? some celebrity?