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reporter: jason said he went out a second time to smoke a cigar. but prosecutors contended jason was a fierce anti-smoker and the weather that night was freezing, windy. can you tell me whether or not there was ever any substantial outerwear that the defendant either had in his luggage or was wearing? no, sir. there was a suit jacket. okay. that was the only outerwear that i m aware of. reporter: jason chose not to testify this time. but the defense fought back of course. they argued the gas station attendant s memory couldn t be trusted because of a childhood brain injury. i ve had memory problems since 06 because i ve been through a lot with myself and my kids and my ex-husband. reporter: the defense also argued the case really wasn t solved. that there was no physical evidence to prove jason was the killer. there wasn t one scratch on mr. young. reporter: that he never would have had time to make the trip and commit murder, that he didn t have the mind-set of a ....
reporter: 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 had 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 that 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 he was the last person to talk to michelle that night. and he was also the reason why she was found. he called meredith fisher to go to the house. reporter: jason young s business ....
You have family members there who you ve been working with for 5 1/2 years. and they finally had justice, you know? we have been telling them for years, just trust. just trust that it ll be the right result. reporter: but was it? a year and a half ticked by. and then this. attorneys for jason young demanding a new trial saying the trial that led to his conviction had significant errors. reporter: december 2013. jason young s new attorneys launched his appeal. who is the killer? is jason young the person responsible for ms. young s death? and you know, it seems fundamentally unfair. reporter: what was fundamentally unfair? remember during the trial, the attorney pointed out, 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. ....
And he was also the reason why she was found. he called meredith fisher to go to the house. reporter: jason young s business trip that night was routine. security tape showed him getting gas, 7:30 p.m. as he left raleigh. two hours later seen on tape at a cracker barrel restaurant in greensboro. later checked into the hampton inn in hillsdale, virginia. this is him front desk. 11:00 p.m. and him again at midnight. he also made a phone call around midnight. and that was the last time anybody heard from jason young until he made another call at 7:40 the next morning. a normal person would look at this and say he was 170 miles away. he s got an alibi. that sounds like a great distance, you know? but 170 miles you can get between the crime scene and the hotel in about two and a half hours. reporter: perhaps. but there were curious anomalies at the crime scene. couldn t explain them. a jewelry box was missing two drawers. ....
Who you ve been working with for 5 1/2 years. and they finally had justice, you know? we have been telling them for years, just trust. just trust that it ll be the right result. reporter: but was it? a year and a half ticked by. and then this. attorneys for jason young demanding a new trial saying the trial that led to his conviction had significant errors. reporter: december 2013. jason young s new attorneys launched his appeal. who is the killer? is jason young the person responsible for ms. young s death? and you know, it seems fundamentally unfair. reporter: what was fundamentally unfair? remember during the trial, the attorney pointed out, 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 ....