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Michelle Young Home Is for Sale


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Jason and Michelle Young
Jason and Michelle Young

The home where a Raleigh woman was beaten to death is up for sale.

5108 Birchleaf Drive, the 11-room home of Jason and Michelle Young, was listed this week on the Triangle real estate market at $424,900.

Described in the listing as a "beautiful, all-brick home on a large 1.8-acre lot," it has four bedrooms, 2½ baths, a bonus room and French doors "leading to a back deck overlooking a large fenced-in back yard."

Five-months-pregnant, Michelle Young, 29, was found dead face down in her bedroom on Nov. 3, 2006. Her 2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was unharmed at her side.

Michelle Young was last seen alive at about 10:30 p.m. the night before her body was found. Authorities said she had been entertaining some friends at her home.

According to an autopsy report, Michelle Young was beaten numerous times and suffered a fractured skull. Several of her teeth were knocked out, and her jaw was broken. She also had bruises on both hands and a cut on her left thumb, the report said.

Jason Young was out of town at the time.

According to search warrants sworn out by Wake County sheriff's investigators, he allegedly had a relationship with a Florida woman for several months before his wife's death. The Youngs also had financial difficulties, and Michelle Young had a sizable life insurance policy, according to the warrants.

Authorities have not, however, called him a suspect.

Jason Young and his daughter have moved to western North Carolina to be closer to his family.

Last month, some of his relatives were moving items from the residence, but they would not comment on why they were at the house.

Local real estate experts told WRAL there is no law requiring sellers to disclose information about crimes that might have occurred in homes up for sale.

However, Sara Matyiko, a real estate agent with RE/MAX United in North Raleigh, said that a buyer's agent – a real estate agent hired by a prospective homeowner – is obliged to find out as much as possible about a property and share it with clients.

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Lets just sit back and watch and wait. Believe me, he's being watched and doesn't even know when or where.

When are they going to arrest the husband? Did he even really leave town that day? If he was gone on business, does he have a receipt for where he stayed? None of that was answered. And he just happens to get Michelle's sister to go to the house to get a fax about a gift he was going to surprise Michelle with. Yeah, right. He did that so she could find Michelle and not leave their 2 year-old alone. And if someone else killed my wife, I would be all over the news trying to get help to find the killer. Did Jason ever come on TV? No. He won't even talk to the police. I guess it's harder having enough evidence when the killer lives in the same home. But it seems if she was not robbed or raped, and there is no other physical evidence that a stranger was in the home, then it only points to the husband. The same thing with the Janet Abaroa case.

Good attorneys don't come cheap, J.

Too spooky for me.. It's not about the price. LOL

Wakecoparent wrote: "WRAL got the square footage wrong though it's not 3338 it's only 2876 and that is big difference."

WABRS, a REALTOR, responds: "I looked into this, after reading your comment. WRAL has the same figure used in the Multiple Listing Service datasheet. If you were consulting a source such as tax records, please be aware that the square footage is not calculated and reported in the same way. Real estate agents must use the same techniques and standards employed by appraisers. Guidelines and forumlas are spelled out in a booklet written by the NC Real Estate Commission. There is no legal requirement to report square footage, but when it is reported, the NCREC expects it to be accurate."

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