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« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2009, 09:00:56 AM » |
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Still no arrest in Michelle Young murderWednesday, February 11, 2009 | 8:39 By Ed CrumpRALEIGH (WTVD) -- Investigators have made little secret of the fact that Jason Young is their main suspect in the murder of his wife Michelle. The pregnant woman was found beaten to death in her home south of Raleigh in November 2006. In the two years in between, lots of evidence gathered by detectives has been made public in court documents. They show detectives apparently trying to build a case against Jason Young. Throughout that time, Karl Knudsen, a former prosecutor and long-time defense attorney, has analyzed the documents for Eyewitness News. We had him look at search warrants in the case that were released Tuesday. The first thing that caught his eye was that the DNA of the then 2-year-old Cassidy Young was found on a dropper for an adult medicine that causes drowsiness. The little girl was found next to her mother's body. "It would probably be the state's conclusion that the child was drugged at or about the time of the commission of the offense," offered Knudsen. The medication, found in Cassidy's room, is apparently a sample of a drug that Jason Young sold as a pharmaceutical rep. Knudsen says that is just one example of important evidence that took a long time to ferret out. He says this investigation is one of the most thorough he's ever seen and that prosecutors and detectives have time on their side. "It just seems to me that the longer the investigation goes on, the more little things that they get," he said. "This is how you classically built a circumstantial evidence case." Another thing mentioned in the warrants released Tuesday was that size 10 footprints were found at the crime scene. Jason Young apparently wears a size 12, but detectives state in the warrants that Young's feet were photographed right after the murder and he had blisters that appeared to show he had been wearing shoes that were too small for him. For the record, the Wake prosecutor handling the case says there's still physical and financial evidence that's being evaluated and reports that have not yet been completed. Michelle Young's family has sued Jason Young in civil court. He did not show up for the case, and a judge ruled he was responsible for his wife's death. It means he cannot collect on her life insurance.They also challenged his custody of daughter Cassidy and he agreed to sign over primary custody to Michelle's sister. By not fighting in both cases, Jason Young avoided having to answer questions on the witness stand about his wife's death. "He made what was obviously, or would obviously be, an extremely difficult decision to make - to give up custody of your only child to avoid answering questions," Knudsen explained. Knudsen says while that may convict Young in the court of public opinion, a judge might not allow a jury to hear that evidence. It's more reason, he believes, it may still be at least a little longer before an arrest is made in Michelle Young's murder. After a transition period of the next few months, Cassidy Young, who is now 4-years-old, is scheduled to be turned over to her aunt on August 1.(Copyright ©2009 WTVD-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6653529 |
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« Reply #22 on: March 12, 2009, 11:15:31 AM » |
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Warrants describe 'volatile' relationship between Jason, Michelle Young http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4712532/Posted: Mar. 11, 2009 Updated: Mar. 11 1:07 p.m. Raleigh, N.C. — Search warrants returned Tuesday paint a negative picture of the relationship between a slain Wake County mother and her husband, who is a suspect in the case. Jason Young and his wife, Michelle Young, had a "volatile" relationship that included violent arguments and infidelity on his part, according to affidavits that Wake County sheriff's investigators filed to support their request to get access to e-mail accounts registered to Jason Young.Warrants focus on Jason Young's relationship with slain wife Michelle Young, who was five months' pregnant at the time, was found beaten to death in her Wake County home on Nov. 3, 2006. In the new warrants, dated March 10, investigator R.C. Spivey says witnesses told detectives that the Youngs "notoriously didn't get along" and that they had witnessed loud fights between the couple that would sometimes last for hours.
A friend described how on one occasion, Jason Young "punched holes in the walls" and "ripped the door off" its hinges, Spivey wrote.
Another friend told investigators Jason Young told them he was "sick of" his wife, that she was "driving him crazy."
Investigators were also informed by another friend that "it was pretty well known that Jason was not real faithful" to his wife and that Michelle Young might have been planning to divorce him.
Michelle Young also found women's underwear that did not belong to her in the couple's bed, another friend told investigators.
"Jason made up some story about the maid. She was not sure exactly what," the warrant states.
The warrants also contains a July 12, 2006, e-mail Jason Young sent to his wife on a day when he was home with their daughter, Cassidy. It describes him as being frustrated because he was not able to get any yard work done because the power was out and Cassidy was unable to watch TV.
"I am taking beer and her to pool. I am in a mood that makes our trip to myrtle [sic] seem mild, pray the beer kicks in," the e-mail states. "I could kill u [sic] for not letting me finish the yard work this morning."
The latest warrants are among nearly two dozen in the case that indicated Jason Young has been a focus of the criminal investigation.
No criminal charges have been issued, and authorities generally have declined to comment on the case.
Jason Young told investigators he was out of town on business when his wife was killed, but he has otherwise been uncooperative with investigators. He spoke to them once and, under a court order, gave DNA samples.
He has since moved with his daughter to Western North Carolina, where his family lives.
In January, a judge ruled in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, that Jason Young was responsible for Michelle Young's death. Young missed a deadline to respond to that lawsuit, so the judge ruled for Fisher by default.
Legal experts say the ruling has nothing to do with guilt or innocence, but it means Young won't be able to collect benefits from his wife's life insurance policy.
Last month, Young and Linda Fisher reached a settlement in a custody dispute over Cassidy. He and Michelle Young's sister, Meredith Fisher, will share custody. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4712532/
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« Reply #23 on: March 12, 2009, 11:16:57 AM » |
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« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2009, 12:01:59 PM » |
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N.C. Husband Owes $15.6M in Wife's Murder Michelle Young's Family Trying to Keep Money, Child Away From Her Husband By SARAH NETTER and DEAN SCHABNER March 17,2009 14 comments FONT SIZE EMAIL PRINT RSS DIGG SHARE The family of a murdered young mother from North Carolina was awarded $15.6 million in damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against her husband, notching a victory in their quest to hold him responsible for her death. Jason Young has not been charged in the criminal investigation into the 2006 bludgeoning death of his wife, Michelle Young, although her family and the lead investigator testified in civil court that they believe he killed her. The civil suit was filed by Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher. "The pretty obvious point was, this is not the way to end a marriage," Jack Michaels, Fisher's attorney in Raleigh, told ABCNews.com today. "There are divorce courts for that." A heart-wrenching video played during the trial in Wake County showed Michelle Young with daughter Cassidy, who, at the end, speaks up saying, "I love you Mommy." "I love you too Cassidy," Michelle Young responded, smiling. Though the family had asked for $36 million, they were awarded Monday $3.9 million in compensatory damages and $11.7 in punitive damages. "We're probably never going to collect any of this," Michaels said. But if they do, "virtually every dime would go to Cassidy," he said, and the rest to pay for Michelle Young's funeral expenses. The money doesn't mean anything," Michelle Young's best friend Jennifer Powers told ABCNews.com. "It's all about justice for Michelle." Michelle Young's sister, Meredith Fisher, was awarded primary custody of the couple's nearly 5-year-old daughter last month, with visitation rights for Jason Young on weekends, holidays and other occasions. As expected, neither Jason Young nor his attorney appeared in court for the wrongful death ruling. He was deemed responsible for his wife's death in civil court by default last year when he failed to respond to the suit. "The focus there is on escaping criminal testimony," lawyer Michaels said of Jason Young's absence. According to WTVD, Young has repeatedly proclaimed his innocence. Messages left today with his attorney, Roger Smith Jr. of Raleigh, were not returned and attempts to reach Jason Young or his family were unsuccessful. Though Wake County Sheriff's Office has told local media that Jason Young is the prime suspect in his wife's death, a spokeswoman referred all questions from ABCNews.com to the local District Attorney's Office. Wake County Assistant District Attorney Howard Cummings told ABCNews.com today that he couldn't comment on when or whether charges would be filed in Michelle Young's death. "There's still physical evidence that's being analyzed" and collected, he said. He said that the civil ruling would have no bearing on the criminal investigation, but added, "I think it's important that Linda and Meredith [Fisher] will be able to share in the raising of Cassidy." 'Something Had to Be Done' Michelle Young, described by friends and family as the quintessential American girl, was found beaten to death on the floor of her bedroom in her home outside Raleigh Nov. 3, 2006. Cassidy, then 2, who police believe may have been drugged, was found in bed near her mother's body with clean feet despite child-size bloody footprints found elsewhere in the house. Michelle Young was five months pregnant with the couple's child, a son to have been named Rylan. Paul Michaels, Linda Fisher's other lawyer, said in December that they hoped the civil court ruling would spur the criminal probe of the case. "Something had to be done," Michaels told ABCNews.com. "The main reason this was done was Linda Fisher believed Jason killed Michelle." Included as evidence in Fisher's lawsuit was an affidavit from Wake County Sheriff's Office investigator R.C. Spivey III, who also testified in court that Michelle Young's beating was among the worst he'd ever seen.Spivey wrote in the affidavit: "I am familiar with other items of fact developed during this investigation that have not been placed in the public record to support a search warrant and, in my opinion, this evidence ... indicates that Jason Young was the perpetrator." During the civil court trial, Meredith Fisher, who went about a year without seeing Cassidy, described how the little girl asked her, "How did my mommy used to hold me?" "I just grabbed her real tight and told her that her mom loved her so much and that she would squeeze her and hug her like this every chance she could," Meredith Fisher said through tears. Search warrants and affidavits in the case detail damning circumstantial evidence against Jason Young, including alleged extramarital affairs and a bottle of extra-strength adult Tylenol police believe was given to Cassidy to make her drowsy during her mother's murder. Police also noticed an adult print that they said was from a size 12 Hush Puppies Orbital shoe, which was left in the bloodstains. Police later found through store records that Jason Young had purchased a pair of size 12 Hush Puppies Orbital shoes more than a year before his wife's death, according to investigators' reports. Records seized from Jason Young's computer turned up search queries on "anatomy of a knockout," "head trauma knockout," "divorce" and "gay bars in New York City," according to police affidavits. There were also searches for "right posterior parietal occipital region" -- the occipital region is in the back of the head -- and "ischemia," the decrease in the blood supply to parts of the body caused by constriction or obstruction of blood vessels, according to the affidavit. According to police affidavits dated Feb. 13, 2008 and Nov. 6, 2008, Jason Young checked into a Hampton Inn in Virginia the night before his wife's body was found, and he had allegedly been having an affair. He was seen on hotel security cameras the night before his wife's body was discovered wearing two different sets of clothing within a few hours, authorities said. http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7102646&page=3 |
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« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2009, 11:28:28 AM » |
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NC Wanted camera, spots Jason YoungBy NC WANTED Posted: Aug. 6, 2009 Updated: Aug. 7, 2009 Jason Young, the primary suspect in his wife's 2006 murder, was playing basketball at a Transylvania County gym, when NC Wanted producers approached. Young's wife, Michelle Young, was five months pregnant when she was beaten to death inside the couple's Wake County home on November 3, 2006. Search warrants and other documents related to the investigation have pointed to one suspect – Jason Young. Investigators say that to this day, Jason Young refuses to speak with them about his wife’s murder. Thanks to a tip from a viewer, NC Wanted learned that Young would be playing basketball at the Transylvania County Activities Center. The NC Wanted camera captured footage of Young playing in the first half of his basketball game. During halftime, Young entered the gym lobby and initiated a conversation with the NC Wanted producer. “Whatcha shooting for?” Young asked. WATCH VIDEO, NC WANTED talks to Jason Young"I'm shooting with NC Wanted, and I wanted to know if I could have a couple of words with you," the producer said. "About what?" Young said. "The murder in Raleigh? Michelle Young?" "You came here for that?" Young said. “Sure. It’s a big deal,” the producer said. “Talk to this guy; he’s the gym manager,” Young said as he walked inside the gym behind one of his teammates. “It’s kind of bush for you to put the camera in somebody’s face,” the teammate said. “But this is not a normal situation. This guy is the primary suspect in a high-profile murder investigation,” the producer said. “Yeah, he’s a suspect, but has he been convicted of anything?” the teammate said. During this interaction, Young walked from the gym to the lobby then to the gym manager’s office. The NC Wanted producer walked with him. “Why won’t you talk to investigators? It’s just a simple act to talk to them about your murdered wife,” the producer said. Jason Young did not respond. Young and the gym manager eventually emerged to play the second half of the basketball game. As play got underway, tensions rose when one of the players threw the basketball directly at our producer, hitting him in the face. The gym manager then blew the whistle, stopping play. “All right, no cameras in the gym. I checked with my boss. Out of the building!” the gym manager said. The Transylvania County Activities Center is a public place, and the NC Wanted camera was permitted to be there. The Michelle Young murder case has received national attention, and NC Wanted's footage is the first time Jason has been captured on camera since his wife's funeral. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5744766/
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« Reply #26 on: November 04, 2009, 03:08:00 PM » |
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No arrests 3 years later RALEIGH -- Michelle Young was found slain, lying face down in a pool of blood in her home Nov. 3, 2006. Three years have passed, but no criminal charges have been filed, and no one has been arrested. "We have an investigator working on it every week," Sheriff Donnie Harrison said Monday afternoon. "We have an investigator working on it as we speak." Harrison said his office is working in tandem with the SBI and Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby to bring Young's killer to justice. Harrison said his investigators met last week with Willoughby, and he will meet with Willoughby next week to review the evidence that has been collected throughout the investigation. The sheriff said he expects to wind up the investigation "very soon," but he stopped short of saying that an arrest will be made. At some point in time, some decisions have to be made," Harrison said. The day Meredith Fisher discovered her sister strangled and bludgeoned to death, she also found her 2-year-old niece, Cassidy. The child was unharmed, but had tracked her mother's blood throughout the couple's home at the Enchanted Oaks subdivision.Earlier this year, a civil court judge ruled her husband, Jason Young, was responsible for his wife's death and ordered him to pay his wife's family more than $15million. Jason Young also has been the central focus of the criminal investigation. Detectives seized his 2004 Ford Explorer and its contents. He was ordered to submit a DNA sample. A series of search warrants in the months that followed indicated that investigators found blood in Young's Explorer. They also learned that he was involved in an extramarital affair with a woman living in Florida. More recent search warrants indicated the Young marriage was a volatile union riddled with "huge" and "loud" fights that would go on for hours. But Jason Young told sheriff's detectives that he was away on a business trip the night his wife was strangled and bludgeoned to death. Jason Young's lawyer, Roger Smith Jr., was unavailable for comment Monday. Wake sheriff's detective R.C. Spivey III said at the March civil trial that Michelle Young's body looked as if it had been in a serious traffic accident. Her jaw was broken. On March 16, a judge ordered Jason Young to pay $3.89 million in actual damages - including loss of income and companionship, pain and suffering and funeral expenses to his late wife's family. Young, who was not present at the proceeding, also was ordered to pay $11.6million in punitive damages. Jason Young had been the custodial parent of Cassidy, now 5, since her mother's death, but the Fishers initiated the process in February to take over primary custody. Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher of Sayville, N.Y., said Monday that Cassidy is living with her. "She's doing beautifully. She's healing me. She's healing Meredith, and being here with us is healing her as well." Although the Fishers were responsible for filing the civil suit on behalf of Michelle Young's estate, Linda Fisher declined to comment Monday on whether she felt Jason Young murdered her daughter. Meanwhile, Harrison said his office does not check on Jason Young each day, but the sheriff said his investigators "know that he's out there." "I'm sure if he went out of the country, somebody would tell us." thomasi.mcdonald@newsobserver.com or 919-829-4533 http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_state/story/172280.html |
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« Reply #27 on: December 14, 2009, 02:42:59 PM » |
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Husband charged in Wake County mother's slaying Posted: 47 minutes ago Updated: 5 minutes ago Raleigh, N.C. — Jason Young, the husband of Michelle Young, a pregnant Wake County woman killed in her home more than three years ago, was charged Monday in her slaying. Wake County sheriff's deputies arrested Jason Young in Brevard, N.C., at 1:30 p.m., after a Wake County grand jury indicted him on a charge of first-degree murder, according to the sheriff's office. Michelle Young, 29, was five months' pregnant when she was found beaten to death in her home on Nov. 3, 2006. Her then-2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was found unharmed in the home. Jason Young has long been a suspect in his wife's death, and in March, a Wake County judge awarded her family $15.5 million in damages in a wrongful death suit against him. According to court documents in the case, he told investigators he was out of town on business when his wife was killed. Testifying during a hearing regarding the wrongful death lawsuit, sheriff's investigator R.C. Spivey called the slaying "particularly brutal." "(It was) the most severe physical beating I've ever seen someone encounter," he said. "This [was] pretty extreme, a pretty vicious attack that she underwent." An autopsy found Michelle Young died from blunt force trauma to the head after being hit at least 10 times. The report also suggests that her killer tried to strangle her before beating her to death. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6613146/ |
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« Reply #28 on: December 14, 2009, 04:07:38 PM » |
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Husband charged in Wake County mother's slaying Posted: Today at 1:51 p.m. Updated: 41 minutes ago Raleigh, N.C. — Jason Young, the husband of Michelle Young, a pregnant Wake County woman killed in her home more than three years ago, was charged Monday in her slaying. Authorities arrested Jason Young in Brevard, N.C., after a grand jury indicted him on a charge of first-degree murder, Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said. Michelle Young, 29, was five months' pregnant when she was found beaten to death in her home on Nov. 3, 2006. Her then-2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was found unharmed in the home. Harrison said Transylvania County and Wake County deputies pulled Jason Young over at about 1:30 p.m., while he was driving and detained him without incident. He is expected to arrive in Wake County early Monday evening for booking. Jason Young has long been a suspect in his wife's death, and in March, a Wake County judge awarded her family $15.5 million in damages in a wrongful death suit against him. According to court documents in the case, he told investigators he was out of town on business when his wife was killed. Testifying during a hearing regarding the wrongful death lawsuit, sheriff's investigator R.C. Spivey called the slaying "particularly brutal." "(It was) the most severe physical beating I've ever seen someone encounter," he said. "This [was] pretty extreme, a pretty vicious attack that she underwent." An autopsy found Michelle Young died from blunt force trauma to the head after being hit at least 10 times. The report also suggests that her killer tried to strangle her before beating her to death. Harrison said investigators have worked hard on the case over the past three years and that "everything had to be just right" before they could make the arrest. Calls to Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, and sister, Meredith Fisher, were not immediately returned Monday afternoon. Calls to Jason Young's attorney, Roger Smith Jr., also went unreturned. In February, Jason Young and Linda Fisher reached an agreement that placed Cassidy, now 5, in the primary custody of Meredith Fisher. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6613146/
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« Reply #29 on: December 15, 2009, 11:15:22 AM » |
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Husband charged in pregnant wife's killing Jason Young stands before a magistrate at the Wake County jail Monday evening after a grand jury indicted him on a charge of first-degree murder three years after his wife, Michelle, was found beaten to death. RALEIGH -- Wake County investigators spent more than three years building their case against Jason Young, a husband and father who long had been a prime suspect in the bludgeoning death of his pregnant wife, Michelle. They collected DNA samples early. They uncovered an extramarital affair with a woman in Florida and a $1 million life insurance policy that listed Jason Young as the sole beneficiary. They attended custody hearings about the couple's young child. They gathered information from a wrongful death suit that awarded $15.5 million to the victim's family in March. Then Monday, it took only one investigator a little more than 20 minutes to persuade a Wake County grand jury to bring a first-degree murder charge against Jason Lynn Young, a 35-year-old medical-software salesman. Young, arrested in Brevard, where he has lived near his parents for the past several years, arrived in Raleigh about 7:15 p.m., riding in the back seat of a law enforcement Ford Expedition. Wearing a baseball cap pulled down over his eyes, he was flanked by an SBI agent and a Wake County sheriff's detective as he was led, wrists and ankles shackled, into the downtown public safety building to be booked into the Wake County jail. No bond was set, but Young was scheduled to appear before a judge today. Roger W. Smith Jr., his lawyer, declined to comment Monday. Colon Willoughby, the Wake County district attorney, would not discuss the details of the state's case, nor would he divulge what prompted him to seek an indictment from the grand jury when he did. But he said several court proceedings had helped investigators. "There was an issue about insurance proceeds," Willoughby told reporters late Monday afternoon. "There was also a wrongful death civil suit that was initiated against him. There was a custody matter that was initiated against him, and in each of those there was information gathered that was helpful in this case." Found in her home The indictment came 37 months after Michelle Young, 29 and several months pregnant, was found by her sister lifeless and crumpled in a pool of blood in the master bedroom of the family's house in the Enchanted Oaks neighborhood south of Raleigh. Cassidy, the Youngs' 2-year-old daughter, had not been physically harmed but had tracked tiny bloody footprints throughout the house. The case drew national interest. Cable talk show hosts broadcast the early twists and turns. People magazine assigned several writers to the story. Willoughby said Monday that building a forensic case in domestic homicides can be difficult. Hairs and DNA evidence that might be telling in other cases might not have as much significance when two people share a home. Nevertheless, investigators turned their attention to Jason Young early in the investigation, despite his claims that he was out of town on a business trip when the homicide occurred. Building a case On Nov. 3, 2006, the day his wife was found, Young was ordered to submit DNA samples. Search warrants over the years revealed that detectives also seized the 2004 Ford Explorer that Young drove and discovered blood in the SUV. Investigators also learned that he was involved in an extramarital affair with a woman living in Florida, court documents show. More recent search warrants described the Young marriage as a volatile union with "huge" and "loud" fights that would go on for hours. Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison has repeatedly described Jason Young as "uncooperative" with investigators since the discovery of his wife's body. Young did not show up for the court proceedings in February when a judge awarded the custody of Cassidy to Linda Fisher of Sayville, N.Y., the maternal grandmother of the now 5-year-old girl. Nor was he present for the legal proceedings in March when a judge declared him civilly responsible for his wife's death. Today, though, Wake County deputies will take Jason Young from his cell and, three years and one month after his wife was killed, escort him into a courtroom. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/241347.html |
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« Reply #30 on: December 15, 2009, 03:22:30 PM » |
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Jason Young asks for public defenderUpdated at 02:38 PM today RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Jason Young appeared in court Tuesday afternoon to face a first-degree murder charge in the 2006 death of his wife Michelle. He was deniedf bond and was assigned a public defender after he told the judge he could not afford an attorney. Young was arrested in Brevard Monday - just over three years after Michelle Young was found beaten to death in her Wake County home. "He was stopped on the road in a traffic stop and was placed under arrest," Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby said. Young was driven to Raleigh by investigators from the Wake County Sheriff's Office and the SBI who have been working the case for years. Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison wouldn't say if Young said anything to investigators on the hours-long ride to the Triangle. Court documents state that "on or about November 3, 2006 ... (Young) unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did of malice aforethought kill and murder Michelle Fisher Young." Michelle was pregnant with the couple's second child at the time of her death. Jason Young refused to talk with investigators in the years since the murder, and he refused to respond to civil lawsuits. He lost all of his assets to Michelle's mother and was declared his wife's murderer in a wrongful death case. And he lost his daughter, Cassidy, who was 2-years-old at the time of the murder. The toddler was found unharmed inside the house near her mother's body. "What she went through and no telling what that child saw, uh, yes, it's weighed heavily on my mind and our investigators' minds," Harrison said. Legal experts suggest Young didn't contest the civil cases filed against him so as to avoid talking about the murder in court, but investigators say they watched those cases closely to see if Jason would try to collect his wife's life insurance money. There was an issue about insurance proceeds," Willoughby said. "There was also a wrongful death civil suit that was initiated against him. There was a custody matter that was initiated against him. And in each of those there was information that was gathered that was helpful in this case." And there was much, much more circumstantial evidence laid out in search warrants and other court documents. They indicated the Young's were having serious financial and marital problems and that Jason was cheating on Michelle. Just last month Harrison promised an arrest in the case soon. "We hate to see anything like this," Harrison said. "It's two families just torn apart and it will never be repaired. But we definitely need some closure in this and we definitely need to go in this direction and I feel good about it." Since the murder, Jason Young was a person of interest, but police never named him a suspect. People who live in subdivision where Michelle has killed say they're not surprised that Jason Young is charged, and they're glad authorities never forgot about the case. "There's a great sense of relief that the case is on its way to being solved," neighbor Pat Hunnell said. Hunnell says initially, neighbors were on edge. "The unknown, I think, had people much more concerned than the actual who did it," she said. "After those initial few days, people really took a deep breath and heard what law enforcement was saying and realized that it was a really awful, but unique incident." Hunnell says Young was around for a while after the murder, but he eventually emptied out the house and moved away. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7171784 |
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« Reply #31 on: December 16, 2009, 12:34:38 PM » |
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Jason Young appointed public defender Posted: Dec. 15, 2009 Updated: Dec. 15 7:40 p.m. Raleigh, N.C. — A District Court judge on Tuesday denied bond for a man facing a first-degree murder charge in the beating death of his wife more than three years ago. Wake County sheriff's deputies arrested Jason Lynn Young, 35, Monday in Brevard, where he has been living since his wife's death. Michelle Young was found dead inside the couple's Wake County home on Nov. 3, 2006. Their then-2-year-old daughter, also inside, was unharmed. Dressed in an orange and white jumpsuit, Young appeared calm during his first court appearance and spoke politely and with a soft voice before Judge Jane Gray. Young told Gray that he could not afford his attorney, whom he retained three years ago following his wife's death. At his request, Gray appointed him a public defender. Monday's arrest, immediately after a Wake County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment, was a shock to many who have waited for years for some resolution in the case. "None of us could figure out why it was taking so long," said Cathy Buckey, a cheerleading coach at North Carolina State University, where Michelle Young attended college and was on her team. Buckey said news of Jason Young's arrest flooded her with emotions. "I was happy. I was sad. I cried," she said. "It was so bittersweet." Carol Nelson, Michelle Young's manager at Progress Energy, where she worked as a financial specialist, said the news brought her relief and sadness. "It's tragic, because Michelle's daughter has lost her mother and her father is in jail," she said. Investigators haven't offered a motive for Michelle Young's death, but search warrants suggest the couple had a "volatile" marriage that included violent arguments and infidelity on his part. "It's been a long time coming," Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said Monday of Young's arrest. "But cases like this, it takes time." Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby said it was important for the state to have a strong case to take before the grand jury. "Domestic homicides present unusual challenges in gathering information," he said. "It could have been easier if things had taken a different course, but the investigators were committed to the case." Calles to Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, have gone unanswered. Meredith Fisher, Michelle Young's sister, was at Tuesday's court appearance but also declined to comment. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/6618244/
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« Reply #32 on: December 16, 2009, 02:12:22 PM » |
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A child's loss By Amanda Lamb Posted: Dec. 15 5:46 p.m. Michelle Young was just 29 years old when she was beaten to death in her own home just outside of Raleigh. At the time, her 2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was in the house with her. Many times, I have imagined the panic of a mother who, with every blow, feared not only for her little girl but was trying to protect the unborn child she was carrying. Monday night, as I stood in the Wake County Public Safety Center, waiting for her husband, Jason Young, to appear in front of a Wake County magistrate on a first-degree murder charge, my phone rang. It was my oldest daughter telling me she had lost another tooth – the second one in less than two weeks. She gave me a play-by-play as I kept my eyes fixed on the glass partition, where the accused husband would soon stand before the court. I marveled at the contrast between the sterile, cold setting and the sweet tone of my daughter's voice. I was momentarily saddened that I was not at home where I was supposed to be at that hour, but then, suddenly, it occurred to me that Michelle Young would never have the opportunity to get a call like this from her daughter. She would not be there when Cassidy lost a tooth. She would not be there to see Cassidy ride a bike without training wheels. She would not be there when Cassidy tried ice skating for the first time, baked Christmas cookies or learned how to tie her shoes. The murder had robbed the mother and the child of these precious moments that most of us take for granted. Michelle Young's family and friends waited for three years, one month, and 11 days for an arrest in this case. They pray justice will be served. While Cassidy Young is now in the loving and nurturing arms of her mother's family, no matter what happens in the justice system, she has been cheated of what every child deserves – her mother. http://www.wral.com/news/local/blogpost/6624729/ |
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« Reply #33 on: January 06, 2010, 01:34:25 PM » |
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 Authorities seek Jason Young's text messages By Anne Blythe - Staff writer RALEIGH -- Wake County investigators want to search text messages from the cell phone of Jason Lynn Young, the man accused of murdering his pregnant wife in 2006 in their home south of Raleigh. In search warrant documents filed in Wake County court this week, investigators said evidence gathered over the three-year investigation of the Michelle Young homicide showed numerous calls and texts from Jason Young's cell phone in the hours before his wife's lifeless body was found. Michelle Young was 29 and several months pregnant when her sister found her body in a pool of blood in the master bedroom of the family's house in the Enchanted Oaks neighborhood south of Raleigh. Cassidy, the Youngs' 2-year-old daughter, was on her father's side of the bed in the master bedroom. She had not been physically harmed, according to investigators, but had tracked tiny bloody footprints throughout the house. Although Jason Young was a prime suspect for many years in the homicide case, he was not arrested and charged with murder until Dec. 14. While he awaits trial in the Wake County jail without bond, Wake County and state law enforcement officers are continuing their investigation. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/263555.html
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« Reply #34 on: March 17, 2010, 09:35:13 AM » |
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March 18 hearing is set for Young RALEIGH -- Jason Young won't find out until March whetherWake prosecutors will seek the death penalty against him. Young, 35, has been in the Wake County jail since Monday, when a grand jury indicted him on a charge of murdering his pregnant wife, Michelle Young. Her body was found in November 2006 by her sister. Michelle Young had been bludgeoned to death. Cassidy, the couple's daughter, was found in the home unharmed. She had tracked tiny, bloody footprints around the family's home in an affluent subdivision south of Raleigh. Jason Young had retained Raleigh lawyer Roger Smith Jr. but Thursday he was appointed two attorneys, Wake Public Defender Bryan Collins and Mike Klinkosum. Young would be unable to afford his own attorney after he had a large civil judgment filed against him after his wife's parents successfully sued him for causing the death of their daughter. At a hearing March18 Wake prosecutors will announce whether they plan to seek the death penalty. Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2009/12/18/246520/march-18-hearing-is-set-for-young.html#ixzz0iRd1ApaV |
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« Reply #35 on: August 26, 2010, 11:43:43 AM » |
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A child's loss By Amanda Lamb Posted: December 15, 2009 Michelle Young was just 29 years old when she was beaten to death in her own home just outside of Raleigh. At the time, her 2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was in the house with her. Many times, I have imagined the panic of a mother who, with every blow, feared not only for her little girl but was trying to protect the unborn child she was carrying. Monday night, as I stood in the Wake County Public Safety Center, waiting for her husband, Jason Young, to appear in front of a Wake County magistrate on a first-degree murder charge, my phone rang. It was my oldest daughter telling me she had lost another tooth – the second one in less than two weeks. She gave me a play-by-play as I kept my eyes fixed on the glass partition, where the accused husband would soon stand before the court. I marveled at the contrast between the sterile, cold setting and the sweet tone of my daughter's voice. I was momentarily saddened that I was not at home where I was supposed to be at that hour, but then, suddenly, it occurred to me that Michelle Young would never have the opportunity to get a call like this from her daughter. She would not be there when Cassidy lost a tooth. She would not be there to see Cassidy ride a bike without training wheels. She would not be there when Cassidy tried ice skating for the first time, baked Christmas cookies or learned how to tie her shoes. The murder had robbed the mother and the child of these precious moments that most of us take for granted. Michelle Young's family and friends waited for three years, one month, and 11 days for an arrest in this case. They pray justice will be served. While Cassidy Young is now in the loving and nurturing arms of her mother's family, no matter what happens in the justice system, she has been cheated of what every child deserves – her mother. http://www.wral.com/news/local/blogpost/6624729/ |
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