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[Pauli]

Slain woman's home gets another look

A warrant says stains and marks in the residence of Michelle Young were not 'analyzed or clarified.'

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Michelle Young was found dead in her home on Nov. 3, 2006.

Marlon A. Walker, Staff Writer
RALEIGH - Wake County investigators scoured Michelle Young's home again last week -- more than a year after the pregnant mother was found dead inside -- because of marks and stains that had not been analyzed.Young, 29, was found dead on Nov. 3, 2006, on her bedroom floor in the spacious home she shared with her husband and then 2-year-old daughter at 5108 Birchleaf Drive, just south of Raleigh near Lake Wheeler. Her daughter was found unharmed near her body.

Jason Young, Michelle Young's husband, has said he was out of town on a business trip when the slaying occurred. No arrests have been made in the case.

A search warrant returned Thursday by Wake County Sheriff's Office investigator R.C. Spivey said investigators went back in the home to re-analyze the scene.

While reviewing video and photographs of the home's initial search last fall, the warrant states, "stains and marks were seen that were not analyzed or clarified by the crime scene investigators."

The warrant also states that in photographs taken in one of the home's upstairs bathrooms, numerous red footprints were visible, but nothing in the photographs shows a scale of measurement to use for future analysis.

The City-County Bureau of Identification traditionally handles the collection of crime scene evidence for the Wake County Sheriff's Office. The warrant states that the State Bureau of Investigation would be conducting the new analysis of the crime scene evidence.

"That's the first thing I've heard of it," CCBI director Sam Pennica said Thursday night of the re-examination of the Birchleaf Drive home.

Wake County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Phyllis Stephens declined to comment on the search warrant.
Since Michelle Young's death, her husband and daughter have taken up residence in Western North Carolina. Their Raleigh home is on the market.

A $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest is being offered by Progress Energy, where Michelle Young worked as a senior tax consultant.




http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/802593.html

[Pauli]

Published: Jan 22, 2007 03:27 PM
Modified: Jan 22, 2007 04:59 PM

Michelle Young suffered brutal beating


http://media.newsobserver.com/smedia/2006/12/08/03/reg-1483061-945949.embedded.prod_affiliate.3.jpg Michelle Young, who was found dead in her home south of Raleigh on Nov. 3, with her husband, Jason.

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By Thomasi McDonald, Staff Writer
Michelle Young’s killer struck her more than 10 times in the head, neck and shoulders and then strangled her, the state Office of The Chief Medical Examiner reported today.Young, 29, a mother who was several months pregnant when she was killed, died of blunt force trauma to her head, according to the preliminary autopsy report.

The blows were so numerous, the medical examiner’s office had to place them in groups based on the region of the body injured, the report shows.

The report indicated that someone fractured Young’s lower left jaw. Blows to her head caused multiple skull fractures. More beating left at least 13 lacerations on the back of her head, which caused extensive swelling. Medical examiners found evidence of hemorrhaging in the brain. Fingernail marks pitted the left side of her neck. Her lips were also extensively bruised and swollen.

Young was found beaten to death Nov. 3 inside the home south of Raleigh that she shared with her husband, Jason Young, and their toddler daughter.

Young was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, T-shirt and black pants at the time of her death. Both her head and clothing were bloodied, according to the report.

The beating Young endured was so severe, several of her teeth had been knocked out. A single strand of hair stuck in blood was found in her left hand. Medical examiners preserved the hair as evidence, the report said.

No arrests have been made in the case, and the Wake County Sheriff’s Office has not named a suspect. From the beginning, much of the sheriff’s investigation of the case has focused on Jason Young. Sheriff Donnie Harrison has described Jason Young as uncooperative in the effort to find his wife’s killer.

According to search warrants made public over the past two months, Jason Young was ordered by a court to submit blood, saliva, fingerprint samples and DNA evidence to compare with evidence left at the scene of his wife’s killing.

Wake investigators also obtained warrants to search Jason Young’s 2004 Ford Explorer after seeing what they described as a possible blood droplet on the floor of the vehicle. Sheriff’s deputies also seized Jason Young’s laptop computer and cell phone records after learning that he was the beneficiary of a “substantial” life insurance policy covering his wife.

Court records also alleged that Jason Young was involved in a romantic relationship with another woman and was in almost daily contact with her in the months leading up to Michelle Young’s death.

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/535009.html

[Pauli]

Stepdad: Murder stunned husband

Slain woman's father-in-law raps police for confiscating his family's luggage


Sarah Ovaska, Staff Writer
Jason Young doubled over when he learned that his 29-year-old wife had been killed in their home south of Raleigh, his stepfather said Monday."I met him in the yard and told him what happened," Gerald McIntyre, the stepfather, said from his home in Brevard. "He went plumb to his knees."

Michelle Marie Young, four months pregnant, was killed by blunt trauma.

She was found Friday afternoon by Meredith Fisher, her sister, who had stopped by the house at 5108 Birchleaf Drive in the Enchanted Oaks subdivision, according to the Wake County Sheriff's Office.

No arrest has been made in the homicide, and investigators do not have a suspect.

"Right now we just don't have a lot," Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said Monday evening. The evidence so far indicates the crime did not occur at random, he said. He declined to discuss the evidence.

In a 911 tape released Monday, Fisher told an emergency dispatcher that Young's 2-year-old daughter was in the house when she found Young, bloody and cold to the touch, lying face down in her bedroom. Young should have been at work at Progress Energy, where she was a senior financial specialist in the tax department.

The house was in disarray, and the dog was "freaking out," Fisher told the dispatcher.

She said there were tiny, bloody footprints all over the house left by the toddler.

The young girl can be heard on the 911 tape mumbling after her aunt asked her: "Do you know what happened to Mommy? Did she fall?"

A dispatcher tried to have Fisher revive Young but had her stop once Fisher said her sister's body was stiff.

"There's probably nothing else you can do," he said before transferring the call to the sheriff's office.

When his wife's body was found, Jason Young was in Brevard visiting his mother, Patricia Young, and McIntyre after a business trip, Harrison said. Young returned to Raleigh with family members and has only briefly spoken to sheriff's investigators, Harrison said.

The 32-year-old salesman is devastated by the death of his wife, who was expecting a boy, McIntyre said.

Luggage confiscated
When Jason Young arrived back in the Raleigh area, the sheriff's office impounded his sport utility vehicle with all of the luggage belonging to him, his mother, sister and brother-in-law, he said.

McIntyre said he told Jason Young to get a lawyer. He said he was afraid that police would pin the death on his stepson, regardless of evidence.

"I do not want my son to be talking to any type of investigators," he said. "They're not going to be trustworthy when they talk to him."

McIntyre criticized the sheriff's office for not immediately returning the belongings, which included medical prescriptions, purses and cell phones.

The items will be returned once investigators are finished with them, said Phyllis Stephens, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office.

Neighbors should not be worried about their own safety, Harrison has said.

He wants neighbors to call his office if they noticed any cars or trucks in the driveway or anything out of the ordinary. Sheriff's investigators can be reached at 856-6800.

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/507222.html

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Arial View of Young's property...
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5108+...81,0.004715&t=h (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=5108+Birchleaf+Drive,+Raleigh,+NC&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=18&ll=35.704212,-78.702412&spn=0.001581,0.004715&t=h)

Link to slide show.. Memorial page. Great Pic's..
http://brownwynne.mem.com/movie/Mov...967&mm=0&bhcp=1 (http://brownwynne.mem.com/movie/MovingMemories.asp?ID=1581967&mm=0&bhcp=1)


Information on the home
http://msweb01.co.wake.nc.us/reales...81818454&page=1 (http://msweb01.co.wake.nc.us/realestate/Building.asp?id=0156150&stype=owner&owner=young%2C+jason&spg=1&cd=01&loc=5108++BIRCHLEAF+DR&des=LO34+ENCHANTED+OAKS+SC2+86%2D1150+PH1&pin=0781818454&page=1)


The Youngs Other property
http://msweb01.co.wake.nc.us/reales...%2C+Jason&spg=1 (http://msweb01.co.wake.nc.us/realestate/Account.asp?id=0246979&stype=owner&owner=Young%2C+Jason&spg=1)


Dan Horowitz comments on the case, Nancy Grace's show
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRI...1/14/ng.01.html (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0611/14/ng.01.html)


Article about obtaining Jason's DNA
http://www.wral.com/news/10273399/detail.html


Article about Michelle, a college friend comments
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/511581.html

Neighbor quoted in article
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?s...ocal&id=4773352 (http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=4773352)

Article on finding of the tooth. LE going to Brevard to take fingerprints of Jasons friends and family.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?s...ocal&id=4811361 (http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=4811361)

Here is the inventory list. Which was taken directly from this link:
http://rdu.news14.com/content/top_s....asp?ArID=95849


Items found in the search warrants:


From Jason and Michelle Young's home:

• Paper writings of identification trace evidence, blood, instruments or items used to cause the death of the victim, fingerprints, palm prints, photographs and body of victim
• Compaq Presario 6000 hard drive, removed from the home office
• Two cell phones, both found inside Jason Young's Ford Explorer
• Voicemail and other service provider information from both cell phones, including missed calls, received calls, text messages and digital photos
• Answering machine, CDs, camcorders, storage media from inside the home
• Nikon Coolpix 4 megapixel camera and SanDisk 256 megabyte SD memory card, found in the upstairs den/office
• US Airways baggage claim ticket for Jason Young
• United Airlines ticket for Jason Young
• US Airways MasterCard statement for Jason Young
• Confirmation for Hampton Inn reservation from early September 2006
• Receipt for the Adam's Mark in Denver, CO
• Wake Co. Public Library key tag
• United Airlines receipt for Jason Young for trip to Denver on October 9, 2006
• Storage box containing miscellaneous papers
• Three (3) wedding photos
• Three (3) manila file folders containing a will, insurance papers and other items
• Small bag containing Fuji brand cassette tape

From Michelle Money's Florida home:

• Dell Inspiron computer, Seagate external hard drive, one Coherent flash card



This article dated Dec. 8, 06', says that Jason's alibi was confirmed according the LE. (Hawthorns find).
http://www.raleighchronicle.com/2006120810~ns4.html (http://www.raleighchronicle.com/2006120810%7Ens4.html)


Archive of Links You can read just about everything on Michelle's story here.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/asset_gallery/1065978/

Sources close to the investigation said the life insurance policy could pay out between $1 million and $2 million
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1133617/

"There are reasonable grounds to suspect" that Jason Young killed his wife because of the couple's financial difficulties and the life insurance policy, states the court order signed by Wake County Deputy Sheriff D. Scott Booth.

The document also says Michelle Young planned to cut back her hours at Progress Energy.
http://www.fayobserver.com/article_ap?id=98183

Monday, January 22, 2007
Autopsy: Slain Woman's Skull Fractured
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1175401/

It's an ongoing investigation and we're making a lot of progress," Harrison said. "We will solve this case. There's stuff we just don't want to talk too much about right now."
http://www.raleighchronicle.com/2007080901.html

Another link (current) to all of the search warrants:
http://www.raleighchannel.com/youngsearchwarrant.pdf

AL keeping Michelle's name out there which is a good thing:

quote:Persistence and a Different Perspective Can Help Solve Cold Cases

Raleigh — When it comes to crime, two kinds of cases stay on people's minds: the ones that are particularly heinous and the ones that do not get solved.

Aspiring dancer and pageant queen Beth Ellen Vinson, pregnant newspaper carrier Jenna Nielsen and Michelle Young, who was found dead in her home with her young daughter unharmed by her side – they are names that resonate because no one has been arrested.
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1808668/

[Pauli]

Efforts Renewed to Find Michelle Young's Killer

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Posted: Oct. 22, 2007
Raleigh — Nearly a year after she was found beaten to death in the bedroom of her South Raleigh home, friends of Michelle Young are renewing their effort to keep the unsolved case alive and in the public eye.

A group that refers to itself as the "Magnet Militia" is distributing magnets (http://www.wral.com/news/local/image/1066008/) reading "Justice for Michelle Young" in an effort to generate new leads in the investigation. One place the magnets are being handed out is the Enchanted Oaks subdivision where Young lived with her husband and daughter.

"I think it's good," Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said. "I think it's something we need to keep reminding the public we're working on this case, and we're working on it every day."

Young's sister found the 29-year-old pregnant mother facedown in the bedroom at her home at 5108 Birchleaf Drive on Nov. 3, 2006. Young's 2-year-old daughter was next to her, unharmed, authorities said.

An autopsy revealed Young died of blunt-force trauma to the head after being hit at least 10 times. Several of her teeth were knocked out, her jaw was broken, and she had bruises on both hands. She had injuries to her neck that showed her killer also tried to strangle her.

The magnets, which come with instructions to post them on vehicles, are something many neighbors said they've put on their cars in an effort to show their hope that the person, or persons, responsible is brought to justice.

"It's a good idea," said Bob Hensley, an Enchanted Oaks resident for nearly two decades. "This was a nice woman who was ready to have another baby, and she was killed in a very unmerciful way – a very tragic way."

Wake County sheriff's investigators spent at least two weeks at Young's home collecting evidence and examining the crime scene, have conducted more than 100 interviews and have followed up on leads in at least three states.

Authorities don't think the crime was random, but they have not named any suspects.

Young was last seen alive at 10:30 p.m. the night before her death, when she had been entertaining friends at her home. Her husband, Jason Young, was out of town on business when his wife's body was found, authorities said.

In search warrants related to the case, he has appeared to be a focus of the investigation, but Wake County authorities have not named him as a suspect.

The case received national attention, including a cover story in "People" magazine.
Shortly after his wife's slaying, Jason Young and his daughter reportedly moved to western North Carolina to be closer to his family. In July, the couple's home was put on the market.

Progress Energy, Young's employer, has also posted fliers (http://www.wral.com/news/local/document/1605746/) advertising a $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the case.

Anyone with information about the case should contact the Wake County Sheriff's Office at 919-856-6800.


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Wolfpack fans join search for Young's killer

Sunday, October 28, 2007 | 7:57 AM
http://abclocal.go.com/static/art/global/icon_wtvd_byline.gif Eyewitness News
(10/28/07 -- RALEIGH) -- This weekend, family and friends of Michelle Young are turning to the football stadium at N.C. State to find her killer.

Someone killed the 29-year-old pregnant mother last November inside her Wake County home. Michelle was a popular N.C. State graduate, so those who knew her are turning to Wolfpack fans for support.

Ann Stevens explains, "Well you know there are a lot of people here and a lot of people from different parts of the country area coming from Greensboro, Greenville, N.C., so it could be someone knows something."

There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of Michelle's killer. Anyone with information is asked to call the Wake Count Sheriff's Office.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=local&id=5729967

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A Year Later, Michelle Young's Grieving Mom Speaks

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Posted: Nov. 1, 2007
Updated: Nov. 2, 2007
Raleigh — A year ago, Linda Fisher lost her daughter and best friend, Michelle Young.


"She and I had this wonderful mother-daughter relationship. We talked every day," Fisher said Thursday, two days before the anniversary of her daughter's death. "And still, until this day, I want to pick up the phone and call her. And I know I can't do that."

On Nov. 3, 2006, Young, 29 – and pregnant with her second child – was found dead inside her Wake County home. Her 2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was at her side, unharmed.

An autopsy revealed Young died of blunt-force trauma to the head after being hit at least 10 times. Several of her teeth were knocked out, her jaw was broken; she had bruises on both hands and injuries to her neck that showed her killer also tried to strangle her.

"Parents should never lose their children, especially in such a tragic way," Fisher said. "It's a loss I don't want anybody else to ever feel."

Fisher lives in New York but is visiting North Carolina to honor her daughter's memory this weekend. When her friends and family asked her how she wanted to spend Nov. 3, all she wanted to do was be with her daughter.

"So, the only way I can do it is to come here (to North Carolina) and to sit by her grave and talk about all the wonderful things about Michelle that I remember," she said.

Cassidy, now 3½ years old, is living with her father, Jason Young, in western North Carolina. The two moved to be closer to his family shortly after his wife's death.

"It makes me very sad to know that Cassidy is going to grow up without her mother, her wonderful mother, who adored her," Fisher said.

"The way she mothered Cassidy was a beautiful thing," she added, recalling how her daughter would sing to the little girl songs, such as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."

Fisher says she hopes to one day be a part of her granddaughter's life again. But for now – this weekend – her focus is on her daughter.

"I think there's going to be moments when we're smiling and talking about happy times about Michelle," she said. "And there's going to be very sad times when we'll cry. That's what I think, but you never know."

Authorities have made no arrests and named no suspects, but they continue to say they are making progress in the case.

Until now, Fisher has remained relatively quiet about her daughter's death and has not spoken publicly, partly because she was concerned what impact, if any, it could have on the investigation.

But she says waiting for a resolution in the case has been tough for her and her family.

"We're having a hard time. There are good days and bad days. We all miss Michelle so very much," Fisher said. "This is the most horrible tragedy, and it's going to change our lives – has changed our lives and will change our lives forever."

Wake County sheriff's investigators do not think the crime was random. Michelle Young was last seen alive at 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 2. Her husband was out of town on business when his wife's body was found.

In search warrants related to the case, he has appeared to be a focus of the investigation. In part, the documents say Jason Young had been having a relationship with a Florida woman and that he had refused to talk with investigators. Authorities, however, have not named him as a suspect.

Fisher says she is ready for a break in the case.

"I would like the case to be solved," Fisher said. "I would like the case to be solved."



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Posted: Today at 11:00 a.m.
Updated: 15 minutes ago

Raleigh — Wake County's sheriff said Monday investigators have searched two homes where a slain pregnant woman's husband has been living since her death.

Sheriff Donnie Harrison said detectives with the sheriff's office and State Bureau of Investigation searched the homes of Jason Young's mother, Pat Young, and sister, Heather McCracken, last Thursday.

Young's wife, Michelle Young, was found beaten to death in the bedroom of her Raleigh home on the morning of Nov. 3, 2006.

"This is an ongoing investigation. We're going over things, we're working together. We've got new eyes on the case," Harrison said. "And things that need to be done when we discover it, we do it."

Harrison would not say what investigators were looking for but did say that whenever officers apply for a search warrant, they have to have a very specific intent to get a warrant.

Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, said she was pleased with the latest developments in her daughter's case and was relieved to know the case is still under investigation.

"I have to tell you, it's very good to know they're still making progress in the investigation," Fisher said. "It's the best thing that I could hear. The only thing I want is for this case to be solved."

Authorities have not named Jason Young a suspect in his wife's death, and Harrison said Monday that last week's search does not mean he is a suspect, now.

"We're turning over every leaf we can," he said. "We're following up on everything we can, and (the latest search) is a part of that."

According to court documents, however, Jason Young has been a focus of the investigation, partly because of his lack of cooperation in the case.

Investigators said he was out of town when his wife's body was discovered with their 2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, at her side, unharmed.

Jason Young and Cassidy moved to western North Carolina after his wife's death, and they have been living with family members since. Their house at 5108 Birchleaf Drive has been up for sale since July.

A man who identified himself as Gerald McIntyre answered the phone at the home of Pat Young in Brevard, and had no comment. A call to McCracken in Etowah was not immediately returned.

Investigators spent more than a week following Young's death collecting evidence from the house. They returned last November to collect data to assist the SBI in analyzing evidence previously collected from the crime scene.

"It just takes time," Harrison said. "There's so much involved in this case – so many things involved in this case – that we just want to take our time, and this is just a part of it."

Harrison said that in no way was the lack of an arrest in the case indicative of how the investigation was going.

"I talked to (Michelle Young's family) sometime back, and told them this was not a cold case, won't be a cold case any time soon, and we're continuing to work very hard on it," he said.

Reporter: Amanda Lamb
Photographer: Chad Flowers
Web Editor: Kelly Gardner

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RALEIGH -- The Wake County Sheriff's Office says it searched the homes where a slain pregnant woman's husband has been living since her murder.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/950630.html

Staff Reports
Wake County sheriff's deputies recently searched residences in Transylvania and Henderson counties in which Jason Young, husband of slain Raleigh resident Michelle Young, has been living.
Michelle Young, 29, was found beaten to death on Nov. 3, 2006, at the couple's home near Lake Wheeler, just south of Raleigh. Jason Young has said he was on a business trip when his wife was killed and has not been named a suspect in his wife's death.

Sheriff's department spokeswoman Phyllis Stephens said the department would not disclose where Jason Young is living. But the department confirmed searches of the residences in Western North Carolina counties on Feb. 14.

Stephens declined to say what, if anything, investigators recovered from those locations.

Search warrants and other documents in the case show that Jason Young was the beneficiary of a substantial life insurance policy in Michelle Young's name. In addition, investigators have said that Jason Young had a romantic relationship with a Florida woman who attended N.C. State at the same time as the couple.

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http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=5964617

Last Thursday Wake Sheriff's investigators made a trip to the mountains - saying they searched "homes" there where Young has lived. They won't say which homes. "We were up there in places where he has been staying. When I say 'him' - Jason Young," Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison explained.
Harrison will only explain that investigators searched home where Jason Young has live since the murder. Sources tell Eyewitness News those homes are of Young's mother and sister in Brevard.
Sheriff Harrison says his investigators would still like to talk with Young, but he has refused. "In one location he was present, but I wasn't there," Harrison when onto explain Young wouldn't speak to investigators there.
Michelle Young's sister is out of town, but did speak with Eyewitness News. Meredith Fisher says she's glad to hear about the latest search and says, "We're happy they are still working on the case and still making progress."
In the Young's old Raleigh subdivision, neighbor Pat Hunnell echoes that sentiment. "I'm glad that the case is active. I'm glad to see that they're continuing to pursue any and all leads in the quest for justice for Michelle and her daughter," Hunnell said.
As for Jason Young, Sheriff Donnie Harrison says Young has not been named a suspect, but observers say this latest search clearly indicates Young is the focus of the investigation. "Certainly it does, but I'm just a layperson, an observer," Pat Hunnell said.



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[Pauli]

Western N.C. homes searched in slaying

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/951291.html) Wake County Briefs: Wake County sheriff's deputies recently searched residences in Transylvania and Henderson counties where Jason Young, husband of slain Raleigh resident Michelle Young, has been living.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2008 2:24 AM | Full story (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/951291.html)


Slain woman's home gets another look

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/802593.html) A warrant says stains and marks in the residence of Michelle Young were not "analyzed or clarified."
Updated: Nov. 30, 2007 6:12 AM | Full story (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/802593.html)


Read more stories about the Michelle Young case. (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young)



As grief persists, so does inquiry

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/760201.html) It's been a year since Michelle Young was found bludgeoned to death. But investigators say that, like the Eric Miller murder, this case can be solved.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2007 1:12 AM | Full story (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/760201.html)



$10,000 reward in Young slaying

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/642021.html) Victim worked at Progress Energy.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2007 2:42 AM | Full story (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/642021.html)


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Killer is still at large after six months

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/571385.html) Six months after Michelle Young was found beaten to death in her home, everyone still wants answers. Investigators want to know why her husband, Jason Young, 32, refuses their interview requests. His family wants to know why the sheriff's office is focusing on him instead of hunting for the killer.
Updated: May. 6, 2007 12:10 PM | Full story (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/571385.html)

Online forums feed fascination with Young case

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/571179.html) The debates rage all day through anonymous postings made mostly by people who have never met Michelle and Jason Young.
Updated: May. 6, 2007 2:23 AM | Full story (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/571179.html)

Sex assault kit not done on Young

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/571083.html) The medical examiner declined to perform the test, the results of which police say can give detectives leads in a case.
Updated: May. 5, 2007 2:45 AM | Full story (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/571083.html)

Mallet found at Michelle Young slaying site

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/569900.html) A mallet found on the lawn of the home where Michelle Young was beaten to death six months ago is being analyzed, but Wake sheriff's officials are skeptical that it is related to the crime.
Updated: May. 2, 2007 8:27 AM | Full story (http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/569900.html)

Authorities seize item from Young home

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/565986.html) Sheriff's office hasn't connected the object to pregnant mother's murder.
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Young's therapist must talk

(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/546207.html) Prosecutors want to know what Michelle Young's therapist discussed with her before the young mother was killed in her home. In a Feb. 16 court order, Wake Superior Court Judge Donald W. Stephens ordered Kimball Jane Sargent to speak with investigators with the District Attorney's Office.
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(http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/535122.html) Michelle Young's killer strangled the young, pregnant mother, broke her jaw and fractured her skull while hitting her repeatedly in the head, face, neck and shoulders, the state medical examiner's office reported Monday.
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RALEIGH - A young pregnant mother found dead in her home on Friday afternoon was the victim of homicide, according to sheriff's investigators.
A family member discovered the body of Michelle Marie Young, 29, on Friday just before 1:30 p.m. in her two-story brick home at 5108 Birchleaf Drive. Her husband was out of town, and their 2-year-old daughter was in the house but unharmed.

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911 recording released...
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"Slain Woman's Mom Seeks Clues"
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- More than three weeks after a young mother was found dead in her home, Wake County's sheriff says investigators are making progress in the case.
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"Tooth Reportedly Found At Young Crime Scene"
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Confirmation of a girlfriend in Florida
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Items taken by search warrant from JY/MY home, truck and from Michelle Money:
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RALEIGH, N.C. - A man whose pregnant wife was found beaten to death in her home last month was in a relationship with another woman in Florida in the months before his wife's death, according to newly released search warrants.

Jason Lynn Young has been uncooperative with investigators from the Wake County Sheriff's Department as they try to determine who killed Michelle Fisher Young, the warrants released Wednesday say....
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In the matter of: Gray Dell Latitude model D620

Michelle's Mother speaks
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JYs Suv returned 1/4/07
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Updated article on SUV and link to warrant for the SUV:
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Blood reported in husband's SUV
Investigators in the slaying of Michelle Young are not close to making an arrest, the sheriff's office says.

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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The November murder of Michelle Young is now on the cover of a national magazine.

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RALEIGH -- Wake County investigators searching for the killer of a slain pregnant woman are focusing on her husband

Court documents made public Thursday cite the couple's financial problems and a "substantial" life insurance policy that Jason Young stood to benefit from upon her death.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Wake County investigators searching for the killer of a slain pregnant woman are focusing on her husband, citing the couple's financial problems and a "substantial" life insurance policy that he stood to benefit from upon her death, according to documents made public Thursday.
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Raleigh — Michelle Young was beaten numerous times and suffered a fractured skull when she was killed in early November, according to the autopsy report, which was released Monday.
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GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: And now in North Carolina, a grizzly and brutal murder — Michelle Young, the pregnant mother bludgeoned in her home two months ago. Well, there's news tonight. You remember the gruesome case? Michelle Young's daughter had tracked her mother's blood throughout the house.
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"Young warrant reveals possible motive"
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N & O article concerning the object found on the lawn at the Young residence. There is more detail in this article:
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"But a piece of evidence that was missed were tests to determine whether Young was sexually assaulted.

According to the autopsy report, the North Carolina medical examiner never performed any, which means investigators cannot rule out sexual assault as a motive for the crime.

http://wral.com/news/local/story/1381989/
evidence not collected

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"Murder On A Quiet Street" from Peoples Magazine, January 9, 2007
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Crime Scene House to go on Sale
(06/02/07 -- RALEIGH) - A Wake County house linked to a brutal crime could go on sale soon.
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http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3365337/

Posted: Aug. 12, 2008

RALEIGH, N.C. — The husband of a pregnant woman found beaten to death in her Raleigh home nearly two years ago refused to help investigators or talk with detectives until he had retained a lawyer, according to new search warrants.

The warrants, unsealed Monday, also show police found DNA evidence belonging to Jason Young in blood spatter and bloody shoe prints on a pillow at the crime scene inside the couple's home at 5108 Birchleaf Drive.

Michelle Young, 29, was found dead in the bedroom Nov. 3, 2006. Her daughter, Cassidy, then 2, was by her mother's side and was unhurt.

Investigators do not think the crime was random. Young was last seen alive at 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 2. Her husband was out of town on business when his wife's body was found, authorities said.

In Feb. 13 search warrant affidavits for the homes of Jason Young's mother and sister, detectives said they had tried enlisting his assistance in the early stages of the investigation but that he refused.

"Due to Jason Young's lack of cooperation, it became necessary for investigators to confirm his whereabouts during the evening of Nov. 2, 2006 and the early-morning hours of Nov. 3, 2006," authorities wrote in the affidavit.

Hotel surveillance video
The next day, Wake sheriff's investigators seized computer records and video from 14 surveillance cameras from the Hillsville Hampton Inn in Virginia – more than 170 miles from Raleigh – where Jason Young claimed to be at the time of his wife's death.

The affidavits stated video shows Jason Young in the lobby of the between 10:49 p.m. and 10:51 p.m. on Nov. 2, 2006, wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved shirt with buttons at the neck. He is visible again on video recorded at 11:59 p.m. wearing a dark, long-sleeved shirt with a light-colored horizontal stripe.

Shortly after his second appearance, he is recorded headed toward a side exit at the hotel, where hotel employees discovered a rock had been placed in the door jam to keep the door from closing and automatically locking, investigators said.

"It also made it unnecessary for anyone to use their keycard when re-entering through this door. This is important because the keycard system records when a keycard is used. It also records to whom the keycard has been assigned."

Jason Young's key card was used on one occasion, approximately six minutes after he checked into the hotel, according to the affidavits.

On the day of Michelle Young's death, Jason Young went to his mother's house in Brevard. His mother, Pat Young, and stepfather, Gerald McIntyre, told investigators that Jason did not remove any luggage from his SUV while at their house, and did not wash, change or throw away any clothing.

After learning of Michelle Young's death, he headed back to Raleigh with his parents, sister and brother-in-law, the warrant states. Upon his arrival, at the home of his sister-in-law, uniformed deputies searched his car and seized the contents. According to the warrant, the dark shirt seen in hotel video was not recovered.

Shoe prints and DNA evidence
Investigators also identified two footprints on a pillow at the crime scene – one made by a Franklin athletic shoe and another made by a Hush Puppies brand shoe. They followed up with DSW Shoe Warehouse, after a purchase card for that store was found in the Young residence.

Similar impressions of shoe prints were found on some stained decking boards during a search of the home more than a year later, investigators said.

Purchase records show that Jason Young purchased four pairs of shoes on July 4, 2005, including Hush Puppies with the same sole style as that found at the crime scene. The warrants, however, did not indicate whether police found the Hush Puppies.

Investigators also found DNA on a closet near where Michelle Young's body was discovered that matched Jason Young. A partial DNA sample found on a jewelry box was a partial match that could not exclude Jason Young.

Cash among missing items
Investigators said that during a May 3, 2007, interview with Jason Young's mother, Pat Young identified several items missing from the crime scene, including a white and yellow gold bracelet, an egg-shaped sterling silver tooth box, a man's platinum wedding ring, a pair of diamond earrings and a pearl necklace.

Approximately $500 in cash was also missing, and, according to the affidavits, investigators were looking for cash gas receipts.

"If Jason Young returned to his residence on the night of Nov. 2, 2006, and/or the morning of Nov. 3, 2006, he would have needed to purchase additional fuel for his car. In order to avoid making a recorded bank and/or credit card transaction, a cash purchase would have been necessary."

Still no suspects
Although the three search warrants focus on Jason Young, he has not been named a suspect in his wife's slaying.

Sheriff Donnie Harrison declined to comment on the case Monday but said in a Feb. 18 interview that detectives were following up on everything they could.

"It just takes time," Harrison said. "There's so much involved in this case – so many things involved in this case – that we just want to take our time, and this is just a part of it."

Jason Young and his daughter moved to the western part of the state and is now living at this mother's home.

The house on Birchleaf Drive was put on the market last July and was recently sold.

Jason Young's attorney could not be reached for comment Monday.

Reporter: Bryan Mims
Photographer: Greg Clark
Web Editors: Jodi Leese Glusco, Kelly Gardner

[Faith]

Michelle Young's slaying remains unsolved


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Flowers surround the headstone on Michelle Young's grave. Friends and family gathered Sunday to remember her.

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CARY - Those who loved Michelle Young gathered Sunday around the two granite hearts that mark her grave -- a large one inscribed for the young mother who died two years ago today, a small one tucked inside and marked "Rylan" for the son she was carrying.

Young's pregnant body was found lying face-down in a pool of blood Nov. 3, 2006, in her home south of Raleigh. Search warrants show that sheriff's investigators have focused on her husband, Jason Young, though no arrests have been made.

The somber anniversary comes just days after the arrest of Brad Cooper on murder charges in the slaying of his wife, Nancy -- the case of another suburban couple with young children and a seemingly bright future shattered by sudden violence.

Cooper was found dead in an empty cul-de-sac near her Cary home July 14. Attention quickly focused on Brad Cooper, who was arrested Oct. 27.

Carol Nelson, a friend and co-worker of Young's at Progress Energy, said she was heartened by the arrest in the Cooper case. Nelson has developed a keen sense in the past two years of how an unsolved murder can weigh on a victim's loved ones.

But she is frustrated that while Brad Cooper faces murder charges, Michelle Young's case remains unsolved.

"It's discouraging," said Nelson, who attended the memorial Sunday at Wake Memorial Park in Cary. "You do start to wonder if they are ever going to make an arrest."

Footprints left behind

After Michelle Young was killed, deputies found tiny footprints in blood left by her 2-year-old daughter, along with bloody footprints left by two types of shoes owned by her husband.

Jason Young has said he was out of town at the time Michelle was killed, though investigators found video footage of him leaving a Virginia hotel the night she died. Efforts to reach his attorney, Roger W. Smith Jr., were unsuccessful Sunday.

Sheriff Donnie Harrison said there are no new suspects in the case, but he hopes to make an arrest "in the near future."

"We talk about this case nearly every day," Harrison said in an interview last week. "It's something that's still fresh."

Wake Detective R.C. Spivey, who has been working on the Young case for more than a year, attended the unveiling of her tombstone Sunday. He has attended other events in the past two years held to keep her memory -- and the investigation into her death -- alive.

"These events really bring home the personal side; they put into perspective what we're working so hard for," Spivey said before the memorial service.

At the memorial Sunday, friends and relatives released about a dozen red and pink balloons bearing messages for Young.

Linda Fisher, Young's mother, released a blue one for the grandson who died before he was born. Between sobs, Fisher told the crowd of about 50 people that she had released one the weekend before with her granddaughter, Cassidy, who now lives with Jason Young.

Fisher unveiled the tombstone that only recently came to rest over her daughter's grave. Placing the headstone was a painful hurdle to recovering from her loss, she said at the memorial.

"They always say, 'It's not etched in stone,' " Fisher said. "Well, in this case, it is."

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UNSOLVED CRIMES

Michelle Young is one of several young Triangle mothers slain or reported missing in recent years whose cases remain unsolved. Among others:

Jennifer Nielsen, who was eight months pregnant, was killed while distributing newspapers early on the morning of June 14, 2007 in Raleigh. Her husband is not a suspect in that crime, which appears to have been committed by a stranger.

Kelly Currin Morris has been missing in Granville County since September, when her home was burned to the ground. Authorities named her husband as a person of interest in that case. She is also the mother of two young children.

MICHELLE YOUNG: A TIMELINE

1997: Jason and Michelle Young meet while out with college friends at the now-defunct Have a Nice Day Cafe off Morgan Street near Charlie Goodnight's.

OCTOBER 2003: Jason and Michelle Young are married.

2005: The Youngs buy a house in the Enchanted Oaks subdivision south of Raleigh for $379,000.

NOV. 3, 2006: Michelle Young is found bludgeoned to death in the house. Her 2-year-old daughter is found unharmed. Young's sister, Meredith, found her after Jason Young asked her to pick up a document from the house. Jason Young was on a business trip to Virginia that included a stop at his parents' home in Brevard.

NOVEMBER 2006: Jason Young returns to Raleigh. Investigators seize his 2004 Ford Explorer and its contents. He is ordered to give samples of his fingerprints and blood for DNA analysis. He hires a lawyer and refuses to talk to police.

NOVEMBER 2006-FEBRUARY 2007: In a series of search warrants, investigators say that they found blood in the Explorer, and that Young had been in nearly constant contact with a Florida woman in the months leading up to his wife's death. Michelle Young was "stressed out over money" and furious about a California vacation her husband took without her, the warrants say.

JANUARY 2007: An autopsy shows that Michelle Young died of blunt force trauma to her head. She was also strangled and hit repeatedly in the head, face, neck and shoulders. Her jaw was broken.

AUGUST 2008: Previously sealed search warrants show that blood matching Jason Young's DNA was found at the scene of the crime, as well as shoe prints in blood that match shoes he owned. A surveillance camera at the Virginia hotel where he said he was staying shows him leaving around midnight. Hotel employees found a rock holding open a door that locks automatically

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Raleigh, N.C. — The husband of a slain Wake County woman has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit, two years after his wife was found beaten to death inside their Raleigh home.

Michelle Young, 29, was five months' pregnant with her second child when her sister found her lying face down on Nov. 3, 2006, inside her home at 5108 Birchleaf Drive. Her then-2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was unharmed at her side.

The lawsuit, filed last Wednesday on behalf of Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, and sealed until Tuesday afternoon, claims Jason Young is liable for her daughter's death and asks that he be barred from collecting any insurance benefits on her life.

It also asks for compensation for the "horror, pain and suffering … caused by the defendant's fatal assault," reasonable funeral expenses and the monetary value to Cassidy for the loss of her mother.

"There's not much more I can say than how much I miss Michelle," Fisher told WRAL News in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon. She referred all other questions to her attorney in Raleigh, Paul Michaels.

A judge ordered the complaint sealed based on the argument that media attention surrounding the case would alert Jason Young before he could be properly served and therefore, allow him to be able to elude being served.

Jason Young told Wake County sheriff's investigators that he was out of town on business when his wife was killed, and authorities have never named him a suspect or person of interest in the case.

Search warrant affidavits indicate he talked with authorities the day his wife's body was found and later gave fingerprints under a court order but has generally been uncooperative with investigators.

Jason Young's Raleigh attorney, Roger Smith Jr., had no comment. Jason Young's mother, Pat Young said she was aware of the lawsuit but also declined to comment.

Since his wife's death, Jason Young has moved with his daughter to western North Carolina to be closer to his family.

Calls to the Wake County District Attorney's Office were not immediately returned.

Phyllis Stephens, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office, said Tuesday afternoon that investigators are "certainly going to be watching what transpires," but she declined to comment further because it is still an active investigation.

Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison said Monday afternoon that investigators are still assigned full-time to solving the case.

"We meet on this almost every day. It is no way a cold case," Harrison said. "Hopefully, we'll make an arrest in the near future."

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Michelle Young's death marked with graveside memorial Posted: Nov. 2, 2008
Updated: Nov. 3, 2008

Raleigh, N.C. — Family and friends gathered Sunday at the grave of a mother found slain in her Raleigh home on the second anniversary of her death.
Michelle Young, 29, was five months' pregnant when her sister found her lying face down on Nov. 3, 2006, inside her home at 5108 Birchleaf Drive. Her then-2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was at her side and unharmed. An autopsy showed she had been beaten to death.
Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, traveled from New York to join several dozen people at the noon service held at Wake Memorial Park in Cary. Those with whom WRAL News spoke with said they want everyone to know that Michelle Young has not been forgotten.

“There are so many things I could say about Michelle, I don't know where to begin,” Fisher said.
For the first time, Michelle Young's mother and sister unveiled the gravestone for her and her unborn child, Rylan.

“There's just not enough room on a headstone to write everything wonderful about Michelle,” Fisher said.
Police have not made any arrests in Michelle Young's death, but search warrants point to her husband, Jason Young, as a focus of the investigation. However, he has never been called a suspect or person of interest and told investigators that he was on a business trip in Virginia when his wife's body was found.
“We're hoping that justice will happen soon (and) that they'll find who murdered her. So we can put at least that part behind us,” friend Carol Nelson said.
Jason Young has since moved with Cassidy to western North Carolina, where his family lives.
Progress Energy, Young's employer, has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the case.

Anyone with information about Young's death should contact the Wake County Sheriff's Office at 919-856-6800.
A memorial fund has also been set up for Cassidy. Contributions can be made at any Bank of America or sent to The Michelle Young Memorial Fund, Bank of America, 1335 E. Broad St., Fuquay-Varina, N.C. 27526.
http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/story/3875169/

[sarahhod]

Lawsuit seeks to pin slaying on husband

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/michelle_young/story/1282877.html


Sarah Ovaska, Staff Writer Comment on this story
RALEIGH - The mother of Michelle Young, a pregnant Wake County woman found dead in a pool of blood two years ago in her home, wants her son-in-law declared a killer or a killer's accomplice and barred from collecting any life insurance, according to a civil lawsuit unsealed late Tuesday afternoon that centers on the unsolved killing.

Linda Lee Fisher, of Sayville, N.Y., also wants a Superior Court judge to stop Jason Young from acquiring any of Michelle Young's assets, according to a copy of the lawsuit.

Fisher "also seeks a determination by this Court declaring that Jason Young willfully and unlawfully killed Michelle Young or was an accessory before the fact in her murder," the lawsuit states.

And she seeks at least $10,000 from Young to compensate for her daughter's death -- the standard minimum threshold for civil lawsuits in Superior Court.

Michelle Young's body was found Nov. 3, 2006, but the killing remains an open case. Wake sheriff's investigators began to focus on Jason Young soon after the killing, and Wake Sheriff Donnie Harrison described the husband as "uncooperative."

A call to Jason Young's attorney, Roger Smith Jr., was not returned.

The civil lawsuit is asking a judge to declare Young a killer, a highly unusual move normally reserved for criminal courts. The Wake County Sheriff's Office has had investigators working on the case every day, and Harrison said recently that he had no new suspects in the two-year-old case but hoped to make an arrest "in the near future."

Howard Cummings, a Wake assistant district attorney working with sheriff's investigators on the case, said Tuesday that he was aware of Fisher's lawsuit but wouldn't speculate on how it might affect the criminal investigation into Michelle Young's death.

"There is no timeline," Cummings said, when asked about the status of the criminal case.

Fisher's lawsuit also comes on the heels of a major break in another high-profile Wake County murder case involving a slain mother of young children. Brad Cooper was indicted last week in the July slaying of his wife, Nancy Cooper. Both Young and Cooper's deaths attracted national attention, and speculation swirled around their husbands from the initial stages of the investigations.

Fisher filed the lawsuit last week, but Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens ordered it kept from public view until a copy was served at the Brevard home where Jason Young is staying.

He lives there with his daughter Cassidy, now 4, and his parents. The lawsuit was served on Pat Young, Jason Young's mother, according to a court affidavit.

Also unsealed Tuesday was an estate filing that includes a copy of Michelle Young's will dated July 24, 2005. It names Jason Young the beneficiary of her life insurance policy and any assets she might have.

Young's pregnant body was found lying face-down in a pool of blood in her home in the Enchanted Oaks subdivision south of Raleigh. Young, an accountant with Progress Energy, had moved to the Raleigh area from New York state when she attended N.C. State University, where she also met her future husband.

After Michelle Young was killed, deputies found tiny footprints left in blood by Cassidy, then 2, along with bloody footprints that might be matches to shoes her husband owned, according to search warrants.

Jason Young has said he was out of town at the time Michelle was killed, and investigators found video footage of him at a Virginia hotel headed for an exit the night she died, according to search warrants.

Michelle Young's family and friends gathered Sunday around the two granite hearts that mark her grave -- a large one inscribed for the young mother, and a small one tucked inside and marked "Rylan" for the son she was carrying.

"She is the love of our life," Fisher said at Sunday's service. "When I am around her, I feel a part of Michelle."

sarah.ovaska@newsobserver.com or 919-829-4622.

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Search warrants released. omg shocking



http://www.wral.com/asset/news/local/2008/11/06/3914018/20081106190923866.pdf

[annalyzer]

http://www.wral.com/

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Search warrants released. omg shocking



http://www.wral.com/asset/news/local/2008/11/06/3914018/20081106190923866.pdf


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[Faith]

Jason Young Loses Executor Status

by NC WANTED Staff

Posted: Nov. 6, 2008
Updated: Nov. 6, 2008

WAKE COUNTY — "In the early morning hours of November 3, 2006, Jason Young brutally murdered Michelle Young at their residence," according to the complaint.

"[Linda Fisher] also seeks a determination by this Court that Jason Young willfully and unlawfully killed Michelle Young or was accessory before the fact in her murder."

The above language is in the initial filing of the wrongful death lawsuit against Jason Young, which was unsealed on election day, Tuesday, November 4, 2008, just one day after the two-year anniversary of Michelle Young's death.

The impact of this lawsuit has resulted in Jason Lynn Young being removed as the executor of Michelle Young's estate.

"The [Wake County] Clerk of Court could see that due to the potential of this lawsuit, on behalf of a 2-year-old child [Cassidy Young] that Jason Young had a conflict," said Jack Michaels, one of Fisher's attorneys.

Linda Fisher was named the executor of Michelle Young's estate last week. Fisher had been listed as the alternate executor, according to Michelle Young's will.

"Our client, Linda Fisher, wants to make sure that her granddaughter, Cassidy, is the sole heir of Michelle's estate," Michaels said.

Fisher's lawyers emphasized that this filing is only the beginning of a legal process that could take up to 18 months before a jury hears the case against Jason Young.

"Linda Fisher will rely heavily on evidence gathered by law enforcement to prove her case, which essentially alleges murder," Michaels added.

Sheriff Donnie Harrison told WRAL News that filing the wrongful death lawsuit against Jason Young was "the right thing to do."

Harrison's investigators have been working on the Michelle Young murder case for over two years, but the Wake County District Attorney's office has not authorized them to arrest Jason Young.

Jason Young was named a suspect in Michelle Young's murder on November 7, 2006 in a non-testimonial identification order. The court order, signed by Judge Donald Stephens of Wake County, has never been disputed or rescinded.

Investigators for the Wake County Sheriff's Office have stated on a consistent basis that they have diligently worked to rule out all possible suspects, but they have not been able to rule out Jason Young.

Sheriff Harrison has cited Jason Young's silence and lack of cooperation as obstacles to solving the case.

In a TV episode devoted entirely to the Michelle Young case, Harrison told NC WANTED that his investigators have needed basic information from Jason Young about his wife's habits and routines, and whether Michelle may have had any enemies.

Investigators also have wanted Jason Young to explain his activities the night of Michelle's murder. "We simply do not know, because Jason Young has refused to speak with us," Harrison told NC WANTED.

Now, after two years of silence, Jason Young may finally be on the verge of talking. He has less than thirty days left to respond to Linda Fisher's complaint. He may also be subject to a face-to-face deposition by her lawyers.

http://www.ncwanted.com/unsolved/story/3905707/

[Faith]

For Jason Young, A Storm is Coming

Posted: Nov. 7, 2008 12:36 p.m.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 12:36 p.m.

The release of the latest search warrant in the Michelle Young murder investigation made public more shocking details. The evidence against her husband, Jason, continues to mount. Facts in the affidavit lay out information that may ultimately be considered by a Wake County jury.

When snow begins sliding down the mountain, the outcome is not difficult to predict. Do you think Jason Young hears the avalanche headed his way?

http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/blogpost/3918406/

[Faith]

Warrant gives new look into Michelle Young murder probe Posted: Nov. 6, 2008
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008

Raleigh, N.C. — Wake County authorities found a number of Internet searches, including "head trauma knockout" and "anatomy of a knockout," were made on one of Jason Young's computers prior to the beating death of his wife, Michelle Young, more than two years ago.

The information comes from affidavits that investigators gave a Superior Court judge to back up a request for a new search warrant (http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/document/3914018/) for the computer that Novo Nordisk had assigned to Jason Young. The executed warrant was returned Thursday after investigators got the computer from the Williams Mullen law firm on behalf of the company.
They show that investigators were focusing on the slain mother-to-be's husband, his phone records, e-mails, conversations and actions before and after his wife was killed.

Michelle Young, 29, was five months' pregnant with her second child when her sister found her lying face down in her bedroom on Nov. 3, 2006. Her then-2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was unharmed in the same room.

Among other searches that investigators told the judge they had found earlier on a computer of Jason Young's were real estate and owner-listing information for the couple's home at the time, 5108 Birchleaf Drive; "ischemia" (a decrease in the blood supply caused by constriction or obstruction to blood vessels); "divorce" and "right posterior parietal occipital region" (back of the head).
Crime-scene search

The warrant's supporting paperwork reveals that a search of the residence conducted by the City-County Bureau of Identification showed a pillow, located in Michelle Young’s bedroom, carried two footwear impressions in what appeared to be blood.

Further analysis of the footprints showed the number “10” in the shoe’s imprint. The FBI footwear database matched the shoe impression to two Hush Puppies brand shoes that had been discontinued, the warrant stated.
A DSW Shoe Warehouse card was found during the crime-scene search of the Young’s residence. Authorities contacted the DSW store in Cary to locate shoe purchases made by Jason and Michelle Young. It was determined that a pair of Hush Puppies Orbital plain-toe, slip on, men’s casual leather shoes, size 12, were purchased along with three other pairs of shoes on July 4, 2005, according to affidavits investigators supplied in requesting the warrant.

Hush Puppies officials told investigators the Hush Puppies Orbital model had the same outsole design as both the discontinued brands. The shoe had also been discontinued.
A search of the crime scene also found bottles of Tylenol Extra Strength adult cold medicine and Pancof-PD, a drug used to treat cough and nasal congestion associated with upper respiratory tract infections and allergies, in daughter Cassidy’s bedroom, according to the affidavits. Pancof-PD has sleep-inducing side effects.

The medications were located on shelves with children’s vitamins and medications. The safety of the Pancof-PD’s components – chlorpheniramine, dihydrocodeine and phenylephrine – for children younger than 2 has not been established, according to the Web site Drugs.com.

Cassidy Young’s medical records, obtained through a May 29, 2008, court order, showed no mention, prescription or reference to Pancof-PD, investigators said. The records did contain notes of children’s medications, ibuprofen, Tylenol and rash creams, the affidavits continued.

Investigators found Jason Young was a pharmaceutical sales representative for Pan American Laboratories, now known as Pamlab, from March 2002 until January 2005. According to the warrant, company representatives told investigators Jason Young was trained about and represented Pancof-PD.
Phone records and e-mails

Investigators also recovered a number of e-mail exchanges between Jason Young and Michelle Money, a Florida woman with whom they say he was having an extramarital relationship.

Phone records from a month prior to Michelle Young's death also indicate approximately 980 phone calls and text messages between him and Money.

There were approximately 207 cell phone contacts between the two over the next two years and at least one face-to-face meeting, the search warrant says.

Further phone calls from Oct. 4, 2006, to Nov. 3, 2006, also are of interest to investigators, the warrant says, including 28 calls to his mother, Pat Young, on the day Michelle Young was found and four calls from her mother, Linda Fisher, on the same day.

Investigators say that calls from Fisher would have been unusual and that Jason Young's "failure to return those calls needs to be placed in context."

"A call from Linda Fisher would be unusual … Jason Young has a pregnant wife at home, and he has called her twice without reaching her (at work)," the warrant says.

He made one phone call prior to arriving at his mother's house on Nov. 3, and that was to Money, the warrant continues.

E-mail conversations between Jason Young and his sister about his wife's death are also mentioned in the warrant.

"I hired a good attorney … and I haven't been arrested even though it's been obvious that the focus has been on me," he writes.
Marital problems

In addition to Jason Young’s relationship with Money, investigators interviewed two of his former co-workers who claimed he was “very flirtatious” and did not appear to be happily married.

The first co-worker interviewed said Jason Young told her, “I’m not getting sex” and “She (Michelle) bribes me for sex,” according to the warrant.

The second co-worker was trained at Sentric Medical by Jason Young. She said he spoke inappropriately with her about sex and said he was sexually frustrated with his wife.

In e-mails, Jason Young also was found to have denied or hidden his marital status. In May 18, 2006, an e-mail to a female who attended Camp Illahee in Brevard, where Jason Young was an instructor during his teens, he wrote “I didn’t end up getting married…," according to the warrant.

Last week, Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, filed a wrongful death lawsuit (http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/document/3893878/) against Jason Young, claiming he murdered his wife.

Jason Young told Wake County sheriff's investigators that he was out of town on business when his wife was killed, and authorities have never said they suspect him.

Since his wife's death, Jason Young has moved with his daughter, now 4, to western North Carolina to be closer to his family.

Neither Sheriff Donnie Harrison, the Wake County District Attorney's Office, nor attorneys representing Fisher would comment on Thursday's warrant and affidavits. Calls to Jason Young's attorney were not immediately returned.

Earlier this week, however, Harrison said the case is still active with investigators assigned to it full-time.

"We meet on this almost every day. It is no way a cold case," Harrison said. "Hopefully, we'll make an arrest in the near future."


http://www.ncwanted.com/wralasset/news/local/2006/11/18/1066008/1066008-1178237775-220x165.jpg (http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/image/1066008/)Michelle Young, seen with her husband Jason Young, was found dead in her Raleigh home on Nov. 3. She was pregnant with her second child.

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http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/story/3912962/

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Slain mom's husband fails to respond to wrongful death suit

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4061834/

[Faith]

Jason Young's Emails Trigger Warrant by NC WANTED Staff
Posted: 27 minutes ago
Updated: 27 minutes ago

WAKE COUNTY — NC WANTED received a tip Wednesday morning that another search warrant was served on murder suspect Jason Young.
The warrant reveals that a major internet company has been pulled into the criminal investigation of Jason Young's online activities while he was using the email address: youngpack@yahoo.com
NC WANTED has now posted this latest warrant in the link next to this article and here "Jason Young Yahoo Email Warrant" (http://www.ncwanted.com/unsolved/document/4073595/)
Much of the 15-page warrant restates evidence as a means to support why investigators need access to Jason Young's email account data stored with Yahoo!, Inc.
Sources tell NC WANTED that the results of this latest warrant may not be available for weeks, because Yahoo!, Inc. needs time to search for the data.
Investigators want Yahoo!, Inc. to provide them with the maximum range of Jason Young's email activities, including time and date headers, content, text, attachments, archived emails, IP numbers and any My Yahoo! content Jason Young viewed using his youngpack@yahoo.com address.
Jason Young and the World Wide Web

The evidence is revealing a pattern of Jason Young's internet exploits.
This summer, NC WANTED reported that Jason Young had uploaded publicly-accessible photos of himself displaying his four-year-old daughter, Cassidy, as part of his attempt to lure a woman via a dating section on www.craigslist.com.
Internet header information obtained by NC WANTED revealed that Jason Young was using youngpack@yahoo.com to seek those online dates this summer.
NC WANTED searched the public section of PhotoBucket.com and found an account titled "PACKYOUNG" where Jason Young had uploaded public photos of himself with Cassidy. But that account is no longer accessible in the public internet section.
After his wife's murder in 2006, an initial search of Jason Young's home computer uncovered Internet searches Jason Young had conducted prior to his wife's murder, including keyword terms: "head trauma knockout," "the anatomy of a knockout," "right posterior parietal occipital region" , "free porn videos", "gay bars," "Eric Rudolf" and "divorce."
More Emails by Jason Young in the Murder Investigation

Jason Young is a suspect in the November 2006 murder of his wife, Michelle Young. The case is back in the headlines after Michelle's mother, Linda Fisher, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Jason last month.

A previous warrant was issued November 6, 2008, to search Jason's former work computer.

In that warrant, investigators cited email exchanges between Jason and his sister and between Jason and Michelle Money, his wife's sorority sister with whom he was allegedly having an extramarital relationship, to establish probable cause that Jason was involved in his wife's death.

In emails to his sister, Kim Young, the November warrant quotes Jason praising his then-attorney, Roger Smith, Jr. of Raleigh.

"His ONLY concern is for me and that hopefully there will NEVER be an arrest," Jason wrote. Later, he added, "I hired a good attorney... and I haven't been arrested even though it's been obvious that the focus has been on me."
His sister then criticizes his ongoing silence after Jason Young moved to the Brevard area, "...you are living in a very naive isolated world. You are very insulated in Brevard... this has gone on for so long with so many things being said by the media and police that neither you nor Roger ever address. As time goes on that only progresses."
Jason Young Ignores the Wrongful Death Lawsuit Deadline

At this time, it is unclear whether Jason Young has hired any legal representation in the wrongful death lawsuit filed against him my Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher.
In 2006, Roger Smith, Jr. had been listed as Jason Young's attorney when Young was forced to comply with a court order that named him a suspect in Michelle's death.

But Jason Young nor any lawyer bothered to respond to the wrongful death lawsuit. Now, Jason Young is in default on the civil case.

In a WRAL News report, one of Fisher's attorneys, Jack Michaels, said Jason Young's silence means that Young has essentially admitted to the claims against him.
At least one of those claims defines Jason Young as a murderer and the person responsible for the death of his wife, Michelle Young.

For over two years, investigators have wanted Jason Young to provide details about his wife's daily habits and routines, but they say he has refused to speak with them to provide any information that would be helpful to the case.

Investigators have also wanted Jason Young to explain his whereabouts the night of his wife's murder.

NC WANTED is following this case and will post the latest details as they become available.

If you have any information about the murder of Michelle Young, [B]call NC WANTED toll free at 1.866.43.WANTED (1.866.439.2683) or click on "Report a Tip" (http://www.ncwanted.com/nc_wanted_root/page/1243336/) Your identity can be kept confidential.


http://www.ncwanted.com/asset/2008/12/03/4073585/Jason-Young-Yahoo-Warrant-Web-Feature-220x82.jpg (http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/image/4073585/)The Latest Warrant Seeks Data from Yahoo!, Inc. Jason Young has used the address youngpack@yahoo.com before and after the murder of his wife, Michelle Young. Now authorities want to discover more about his online activties.

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VIDEO


January 12, 2008: Michelle Young featuring the Exclusive Interview with Pat Young, Mother of Jason Young (http://www.ncwanted.com/episodeguide/video/2059764/)



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http://www.ncwanted.com/ncwanted_home/story/4073105/

[Faith]

Published: Dec 05, 2008 11:51 AM
Modified: Dec 05, 2008 12:28 PM

Warrant: Young's child may have been drugged

RALEIGH - A search warrant made public today shows that investigators suspected the toddler daughter of murder victim Michelle Young was drugged with an over-the-counter medication at the time her mother was killed.

A judge granted the warrant, which allowed investigators to obtain a cheek swab from the child, Cassidy, then 3. Her mother was found dead in their Wake County home more than two years ago.

The swab would have allowed investigators to obtain Cssidy's DNA and determine whether it matched DNA on a medicine dropper at the crime scene. The dropper had residue from liquid extra-strength Tylenol.

The document made public today after a judge unsealed it does not indicate whether investigators obtained a DNA match.

"Due to the location of the Tylenol and the dropper, it is believed that the medication was delivered to Cassidy Young," Wake sheriff's investigators said in an application for the warrant. "It is further believed that the medication was delivered to the child under the mistaken belief that it would cause drowsiness."

"Once the child was asleep, the perpetrator would have been able to commit or continue their attack without worrying about interference from the child," the application said.

The warrant was obtained July 26, 2007 -- more than half a year after Michelle Young was found dead in her bedroom on Nov. 3, 2006.

The same day her mother was discovered, Cassidy was found by her aunt unharmed under the sheets of her mother's bed, the application said.

"This description is in contrast to the small, bloodied footprints that were found on the floor of the child's bathroom," the application said.

No arrests have been made in the case, but Young's husband, Jason Young, has been the subject of intense scrutiny during the criminal investigation of his wife's death.

Records made public this week showed that sheriff's investigators are searching an e-mail account that belongs to Jason Young.

A search warrant gave investigators permission to search Jason Young's e-mail account. Investigators seized items from the Yahoo account, but the details have not been made public.

In an application for the warrant, investigators noted that a Florida woman, Michelle Money, admitted having an extramarital affair with Jason Young that included sexual intercourse on two occasions.

The investigators said that a prior search warrant for Jason Young's e-mail and computers led them to an Oct. 28, 2006, e-mail exchange between Jason Young and Money. In the exchange, Jason Young refers to Michelle Young and her sister, Meredith Fisher. He writes:

"Missing you so much ... got a nice beer buzz ... after hours of 'counseling' with Meredith and debating/arguing with Michelle. Thank God for Meredith is all I can say ... that girl is so level headed and cool ... once again, a 'bigger' girl with a cool personality. I feel lucky just to know you, much less love you, but I do. I don't know why all this happened, but I know how it will end up ... two broken hearts ... but I don't care. I know there is pain in my future, but you are so worth it, even if it's only for a 'blink' in time."

http://www.newsobserver.com/100/story/1322394.html

[Faith]

Judge Rules Jason Young Killed Wife

by NC WANTED Staff

Posted: 52 minutes ago
Updated: 40 minutes ago

WRAL is reporting that a judge ruled that Jason Young "unlawfully and willfully killed his wife" in a court order Friday.

The order is part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, in late October.

Stephens' judgment bars Jason Young from collecting life insurance on his wife.

Michelle Young's bludgeoned body was found in her Raleigh home in November 3, 2006. Jason Young was named a suspect in a non-testimonial identification order issued November 7, 2006, but he has refused to cooperate with the investigation.

If you have any information about the murder of Michelle Young, call NC WANTED toll free at 1.866.43.WANTED (1.866.439.2683) or click on "Report a Tip" Your identity can be kept confidential.

http://www.ncwanted.com/unsolved/story/4088024/

[Faith]

Judge rules Jason Young 'slayer' in death of his wife

http://wwwcache.wral.com/asset/news/local/2007/07/18/1608683/1184796901_progressreward-220x165.jpg
Posted: Today at 9:36 a.m.
Updated: 11 minutes ago
Raleigh, N.C. — In a court order released Friday, Judge Donald Stephens found that Jason Young "willfully and unlawfully killed" his wife, Michelle Young. The order comes as part of a civil wrongful death suit filed by Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, against Jason Young.


"This document says he murdered his wife," Paul Michaels, an attorney for Fisher said Friday.


Fisher called the judgment "a huge development."
The civil case is based, in part, on North Carolina's "slayer statute," which prohibits any person defined as the slayer from benefiting from deaths they allegedly cause.


Stephens' judgment bars Jason Young from collecting life insurance on his wife (http://www.wral.com/news/local/document/4088144/).


For the purposes of the civil suit, the judgment accepts as fact Fisher's allegation that "Jason Young brutally murdered Michelle Young at their residence."


Among the supporting documents in Stephens' judgment was an affidavit from Richard Spivey, a investigator in the criminal case of Michelle Young's murder.


"Investigator Spivey's earlier affidavits detail a significant amount of the evidence gathered during the investigation of Michelle Young's murder," the judgment says. "He ... is familiar with the evidence gathered during the investigation, including evidence not in the public record."


The judgment says, "Investigator Spivey is of the opinion that Jason Young murdered Michelle Young on Nov. 3, 2006."


"It is difficult to take, but it's all in God's hands. Our prayers are answered," Fisher said Friday.


When Jason Young failed to meet a deadline to contest the civil claims (http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4061834/) made by Fisher, her lawyers saw it as an admission that he was responsible for his wife’s death.
Michelle Young murder case remains unsolved

Michelle Young was found beaten to death on the floor inside her bedroom on Nov. 3, 2006. The 29-year-old was five months' pregnant with her second child.


Although authorities have not called her husband a suspect, search warrants returned in the case indicate he has been a focus of their investigation. Sheriff Donnie Harrison had no comment on the case Friday afternoon.


Jason Young told investigators he was out of town on business when his wife was killed, but he has generally been uncooperative with investigators. He spoke to them once and, under a court order, gave DNA samples.

He has since moved to Western North Carolina, where his family lives.
Warrants focus interest on Jason Young

Additional search warrants in the case become public on Friday morning.
In a warrant issued on July 25, 2007, detectives said they had found a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol/Adult Rapid Blast Liquid and a medicine dropper that contained liquid residue on the dresser of the Youngs' 2-year-old daughter.

They believed it was used to medicate the child with the belief that it would have made her drowsy.

"Once the child was asleep, the perpetrator would have been able to commit or continue their attack without worrying about interference from the child," the affidavit said.


Other warrants indicated police interest in Jason Young's text and e-mail messages (http://www.wral.com/news/local/document/4083940/).

Detectives said their investigation led them to believe he had been engaging in detailed e-mail conversations with witnesses and that because he was “an avid cell phone text message sender and receiver,” he might have also been communicating with witnesses that way.

In a warrant executed this week, detectives searching Jason Young's Internet accounts said they found a number of searches for terms such as "head trauma knockout" and "anatomy of a knockout."

Investigators also described e-mail exchanges Jason Young had with his sister about the case, as well as with a Florida woman with whom investigators say he was having an extramarital relationship.


http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4081439/

[KEKI1141]

I have never heard of this case

[KittyMom]

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4081439/

In a warrant issued on July 25, 2007, detectives said they had found a bottle of Extra Strength Tylenol/Adult Rapid Blast Liquid and a medicine dropper that contained liquid residue on the dresser of the Youngs' 2-year-old daughter.

They believed it was used to medicate the child with the belief that it would have made her drowsy.

"Once the child was asleep, the perpetrator would have been able to commit or continue their attack without worrying about interference from the child," the affidavit said.



In a warrant executed this week, detectives searching Jason Young's Internet accounts said they found a number of searches for terms such as "head trauma knockout" and "anatomy of a knockout."