In early November of 2006, police in Wake County, North Carolina, were alerted to an upmarket home in a quiet and secluded neighbourhood. Inside, the discovered tiny bloody footprints that had been made by a wandering little girl who informed them that her mother had “boo boos everywhere.” Her chilling words only hinted at the horror they would find upstairs.
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“Jason Young’s testimony played in court”
“Watch: Jason Young’s mistresses testify”
“Jason Young’s ex-fiancee describes attack”
“Jason Young trial: Witness saw car in driveway and work van at 5:20AM”
“Jurors get a look at the Young family’s home”
“Murdered wife’s mom breaks down on the stand”
Sources:
The News & Observer, 6 November, 2006 – “Sister’s 911 Call Released in Slaying”
The News & Observer, 6 November, 2006 – “Police Seek Clues in Slaying”
The News & Observer, 9 November, 2006 – “Husband Ordered to Give Evidence”
The News & Observer, 11 November, 2006 – “Slaying Shakes Sense of Calm”
The News & Observer, 14 November, 2006 – “Help Find Killer, Mother Begs”
The News & Observer, 17 November, 2006 – “Killing Cut Short a Laid-Out Life”
On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, 7 December, 2006 – “Another Woman in Murdered Pregnant Mother Case?”
The News & Observer, 8 December, 2006 – “Slaying Victim’s Husband Linked to Another Woman”
The News & Observer, 6 January, 2007 – “Blood Reported in Husband’s SUV”
Associated Press, 11 January, 2007 – “Husband of Slain Woman Focus of Homicide Probe”
The News & Observer, 12 January, 2007 – “Victim Had Substantial Insurance”
Associated Press, 22 January, 2007 – “Pregnant Wake County Woman Suffered Fractured Skull During Attack”
The News & Observer, 23 January, 2007 – “Autopsy Shows Victim Was Beaten, Strangled”
Associated Press, 12 February, 2007 – “Slain Pregnant Woman Worried About Money”
Newsday, 13 February, 2007 – “New Details in LI Native’s Slay”
The News & Observer, 23 February, 2007 – “Young’s Therapist Must Talk”
The News & Observer, 5 May, 2007 – “Sex Assault Kit Not Done”
The News & Observer, 6 May, 2007 – “Killer is Still at Large After Six Months”
The News & Observer, 19 July, 2007 – “$10,000 Reward in Young Slaying”
Associated Press, 4 November, 2007 – “Police Confident They Will Find Suspect in Year Old Murder Case”
The News & Observer, 30 November, 2007 – “Slain Woman’s Home Gets Another Look”
Associated Press, 18 August, 2008 – “Search Warrants, Affidavits Released in NC Slaying”
The News & Observer, 19 August, 2008 – “Husband’s DNA Found at Fatal Beating Scene”
The News & Observer, 3 November, 2008 – “2 Years Later, a Mother’s Slaying Remains Unsolved”
The News & Observer, 5 November, 2008 – “Lawsuit Seeks to Pin Raleigh Woman’s Slaying on Husband”
The News & Observer, 7 November, 2008 – “Husband’s Computer used to Research Head Trauma Knockout”
The News & Observer, 20 December, 2008 – “Murder Victim’s Kin Want Custody”
Associated Press, 14 December, 2009 – “NC Police Arrest Husband in Wife’s 2006 Murder”
CBA – 17 WNCN, 14 December, 2009 – “Jason Young Makes First Court Appearance”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 7 June, 2011 – “Opening Statements Begin in Jason Young’s Wake County Murder Trial”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 8 June, 2011 – “Jason Young Trial”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 9 June, 2011 – “Weird Night for Friend”
The News & Observer, 10 June, 2011 – “Friend Tells of Troubling Final Visit”
The News & Observer, 10 June, 2011 – “Murder Trial’s Prosecutors Try to Establish Young’s Hotel Timeline”
The News & Observer, 14 June, 2011 – “Young Case Evidence Detailed”
The News & Observer, 14 June, 2011 – “Young’s Lover Testifies about Affair”
The News & Observer, 16 June, 2011 – “Woman Testifies of One Night Stand with Young”
The News & Observer, 16 June, 2011 – “DNA Indicates Other Men in House”
CBA – 17 WNCN, 17 June, 2011 – “Friend Says Jason Was Done with Marriage”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 20 June, 2011 – “Mother Recalls Telling Jason that Michelle Was dead”
The News & Observer, 20 June, 2011 – “Prosecution Rests in Young case”
The News & Observer, 22 June, 2011 – “Relatives Say they saw Young Grieve”
The News & Observer, 22 June, 2011 – “Defense Rests After Young Testifies”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 1 March, 2012 – “Emotional Final Arguments Mark Jason Young Trial”
The News & Observer, 6 March, 2012 – “Young Greets Guilty Verdict with Silence”