brutally murdered. her little girl left to wonder in her mother s blood. police had a suspect and they say that he had a motive. we had an intimate relationship. ended up having sex. could they prove he was the killer? it was a circumstantial case, except for that witness, the girl who left those footprints. they will never know what cassidy saw and what she did not see. maybe she could not tell detectives who the killer was, but maybe she did not have to. the fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to a jury? person who killed the mother cared about cassidy. hello, and welcome to dateline. michelle young was married to her college sweetheart, four months pregnant with their second child when the unthinkable happened. the young mother was beaten to death in her own bedroom. investigation would quickly bowl a troubled marriage. but her husband was away on business. and unraveling this complicated case would take years. here is keith morrison wi
cassidy saw and what she did not see. maybe she could not tell detectives who the killer was, but maybe she did not have to. the fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to a jury? person who killed the mother cared about cassidy. hello and welcome to dateline. michelle young was married to her college sweetheart, four months pregnant with their second child when the unthinkable happened. the young mother was beaten to death in her own bedroom. investigation would quickly bowl a troubled marriage. but her husband was away on business. and unraveling this complicated case would take years. here is keith morrison with silent witness. i think i pause for a second and had to take a deep breath. and just the reality of what was going on sinking in. those who saw the footprints would not forget them. they were tiny and they were bloody. i had to get my composure to finish searching this house to make sure there is nobody else in the house. it was the t
prosecutors pressed her about a life insurance policy that jason had arranged. it did raise a red flag. that she brought up specifically her life insurance. she brought it up several times. 1 million dollars was too much and did they really need? that after michel died, fiona found out the true amount of the policy was actually $4 million. i was just like in total shock. that is incredibly excessive. and prosecutors also told the jury about civil lawsuits against jason, popeye michele s mother and sister. one was a wrongful death case filed in 2008, a year before he was charged with murder. the defenses objection, corker testified about that lawsuit. there is an alleged paragraph, paragraph six
investigator. those of us who work law enforcement, this is our profession, we are also parents, that certainly strikes a different note with you when you see something like that. michele s husband jason, a medical software salesman was 170 miles away on 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 i. and that he was also the reason why she was found. he called meredith that she should go to the house. jason young s business trip that night was routine. security tapes show him getting gas 7:30 pm when he left raleigh. two hours later he was seen on tape at a cracker barrel restaurant in greensboro. later he checked into this hamptons in. this is him at the front desk at about 11 pm. and him again at midnight. he also made a phone call around midnight and that was the last that anyone had heard from jason young, until he made another call at 7:40 the next morning.
again by an admiring group of women. that s friends, buddies. fiona child was her sorority big sister. there s this one picture and it just came out beautiful and we like that because we thought we kind of looked like charlie s angels posed without intentionally doing that. it was sometime in 2001 when friends started hearing about michele s new guy. a fellow student named jason young. heard how he had grown up in the north carolina mountains, i loved to camp, how he was a life of tailgate parties. michelle fell hard and fast. they seemed like a good couple. he was different from other men that he she had dated in the past. was not as serious about a career as she was. he was a little bit less sophisticated than michele was, but seemed to be very happy with him. michelle and jason married in october of 2003.