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Latest stories in the Jason Young murder trial
A State Bureau of Investigation probe found no jury misconduct in the second murder trial of Jason Young, a Raleigh man who was convicted in March of killing his pregnant wife, Michelle Young.
The Superior Court judge who ordered an SBI probe into possible juror misconduct in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young said Friday that the investigation is not complete but that, so far, there's been no evidence of any wrongdoing.
Juror misconduct in the lengthy retrial of Jason Young won't necessarily mean a mistrial, a Raleigh attorney said Wednesday, a day after the judge in the high-profile murder case called for an investigation into whether a juror violated his orders during deliberations.
The judge presiding over the murder trial of Jason Young has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into possible misconduct involving a juror who might have talked about the case during deliberations with someone outside the jury.
Jurors in Jason Young's second murder trial in Wake County said Tuesday that the lack of physical evidence in the case pointed to the defendant's guilt rather than his innocence.
A Wake County jury on Monday found Jason Young guilty of first-degree murder more than five years after his pregnant wife Michelle Young's brutal beating death inside their Raleigh home.
A Wake County jury deliberated for more than five hours Friday without reaching a verdict in the retrial of Jason Young, who is accused of first-degree murder in the November 2006 beating death of his wife, Michelle Young.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments Thursday in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young. The case will go to the jury Friday morning.
Defense attorneys rested their case Wednesday afternoon in the retrial of Jason Young without calling him as a witness - a move that likely led to a deadlocked jury in his first trial last summer.
Defense attorneys trying to keep Jason Young from spending life in prison for his pregnant wife's high-profile murder spent Tuesday calling several witnesses aimed at casting reasonable doubt in the state's case.
Defense attorneys on Monday painted a starkly different picture than prosecutors did of Jason Young's reaction to his pregnant wife's beating death more than five years ago.
Wake County prosecutors, trying for a second time to win a conviction in the 5-year-old murder of Michelle Young, have rested their case against her husband after calling nearly 50 witnesses over the past three weeks.
Jason and Michelle Young each had $4 million in life insurance coverage at the time of her beating death five years ago, witnesses testified Thursday in his first-degree murder trial.
An investigator testifying in the retrial of Jason Young on Wednesday went after parts of Young's testimony in an effort to prove that he killed his pregnant wife, Michelle Young, on Nov. 3, 2006.
Wake County prosecutors trying Jason Young for a second time in his pregnant wife's slaying have something this time around that they didn't the first - his account of his troubled marriage and what he says he was doing when Michelle Young was beaten to death inside their home.
Jurors in the retrial of Jason Young heard testimony Monday from two day care teachers who watched his 2-year-old daughter playing with dolls and re-enacting her mother's beating death six days after the crime.
Prosecutors trying Jason Young for a second time in his pregnant wife's slaying asked a judge Friday to allow jurors to hear testimony about the couple's 2-year-old daughter's behavior and statements several days after the crime.
A Texas woman testified Thursday in the retrial of Jason Young that she had a volatile relationship with him when the two were engaged in 1999 and that he became physically violent with her on several occasions.
Jason Young repeatedly made calls to his mother on the morning his pregnant wife was found dead inside their Raleigh home, a Wake County sheriff's investigator testified Wednesday in Young's murder trial.
A crime scene agent testified Tuesday that, despite the bloody crime scene at Jason and Michelle Young's home, he found little blood elsewhere in the house and none whatsoever at other places where the investigation led him.
Testifying Monday in the retrial of Jason Young, a crime scene investigator described for jurors the grisly scene in which he found Michelle Young's body inside the couple's Raleigh home more than five years ago.
Michelle Young sought therapy before her death, and a longtime friend testified that Jason Young reportedly wanted his wife to have an abortion when she became pregnant with their first child.
One of the state's key witnesses in Jason Young's first trial admitted Thursday to having memory problems, but she never wavered when it came to a face-to-face confrontation she had with him on the morning Michelle Young was killed.
The 2-year-old daughter of Jason and Michelle Young talked about her father during a 911 call on the day her mother was found dead in their home, Michelle Young's sister testified Wednesday.
Michelle Young's sister testified in her former brother-in-law's murder trial Tuesday that she went back and forth between him and sheriff's investigators, urging him to speak to them the night his wife's body was found in the couple's Wake County home.
Jurors in the retrial of Jason Young started off Tuesday hearing the full 911 recording from the day Michelle Young's sister found his pregnant wife's body and the couple's little girl hiding in their bed.
Prosecutors getting their second chance Monday to try Jason Young on a first-degree murder charge described his marriage as being in trouble in the weeks and months prior to the brutal beating death of his pregnant wife
With opening statements Monday, Wake County prosecutors have a second chance to prove beyond a reasonable doubt their theory that Jason Young brutally beat his pregnant wife inside their Wake County home more than five years ago - a crime he maintains he didn't commit.
Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in the murder trial of Jason Young, who is accused of killing his pregnant wife more than five years ago.
A Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed a second juror from the high-profile trial of a Wake County man accused of killing his wife.
A Superior Court judge on Thursday dismissed a juror in the retrial of Jason Young for posting on an Internet message board about the case.
Jason Young's defense attorney expressed concerns Wednesday about potential jurors talking about the case on the Internet.
Attorneys in the second trial of a man accused of beating his pregnant wife to death more than five years ago have seated nine jurors in the case, as of Monday morning.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys begin Tuesday what's expected to be a lengthy process of selecting jurors in the second trial for Jason Young, who's accused of killing his pregnant wife more than five years ago.
Defense attorneys for a Wake County man accused of killing his wife want information related to a wrongful death lawsuit that was settled two years ago.
Detectives investigating the beating death of a Wake County woman more than five years ago have sought financial information from accounts she and her husband held according to four search warrants made public Wednesday.
The second trial for Jason Young has been pushed back another week because of an unrelated scheduling issue, the prosecutor trying the case said Wednesday.
A judge has set a Jan. 9 retrial date for Jason Young, charged with first-degree murder in the November 2006 death of his pregnant wife, Michelle Young.
A Superior Court judge has delayed until at least January the retrial of Jason Young, accused of beating to death his pregnant wife inside their Wake County home nearly five years ago.
Jason Young, charged with first-degree murder in his pregnant wife's November 2006 beating death, walked out of the Wake County jail Thursday afternoon after his parents posted a $900,000 secured bond for his release.
Wake County prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will re-try Jason Young, a Raleigh man whose murder trial ended last month with a deadlocked jury.
Wake County prosecutors are expected to announce during a hearing Wednesday whether they will re-try Jason Young, accused of first-degree murder in his pregnant wife's death.
The foreman of the jury who heard testimony in the murder trial of Jason Young says he doesn't plan to speak about the case.
Jurors in the Jason Young murder trial were split 8-4 in favor of acquittal Monday before announcing that they were hopelessly deadlocked, forcing the judge to declare a mistrial.
A deadlocked jury prompted Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens to declare a mistrial Monday in the murder trial of Jason Young, whose pregnant wife, Michelle Young, was killed nearly five years ago in their Raleigh home.
The jury foreman in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young told the court Monday that jurors are split on a verdict but that they owe it to the court to keep deliberating.
The jury deciding the fate of a Raleigh man on trial for killing his pregnant wife spent its first full day Friday deliberating a verdict after 11 days of testimony in the case.
After 48 witnesses over a span of 11 days, a jury of seven men and five women now have the responsibility of determining whether Jason Young killed his pregnant wife more than four years ago.
Closing arguments are slated for Thursday morning in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young, who testified Wednesday that he did not kill his pregnant wife nearly five years ago.
A witness testifying for Jason Young's defense said Tuesday that she saw a minivan pulling out of the driveway of the Youngs' home in the early hours of Nov. 3, 2006.
Testifying for a second day, the mother of a Raleigh man on trial for killing his pregnant wife caused her son to cry when she described the last moment he had with his wife before she was buried.
Jason Young briefly smiled Monday afternoon during his first-degree murder trial as his mother took the witness stand, describing his childhood and his relationship with his wife and daughter.
The lead detective in the homicide investigation of Michelle Young spent the morning Monday testifying in her husband's murder trial as Wake County prosecutors wrapped up their case after nine days of testimony.
"She was defeated. She had so much to offer," Linda Fisher testified Friday in Jason Young's first-degree murder trial. "She loved life, and he just took it away from her."
Emails entered into evidence this week in Jason Young's murder trial substantiated the problems in the couple's marriage that witnesses have described over the past two weeks.
"His eyes were glazed over, and he didn't show any emotion," Genevieve Cargol testified Thursday in the murder trial of her former fiancé, who's accused of beating his pregnant wife to death in 2006.
Authorities were never able to find two pairs of footwear that made shoeprints found in the bedroom where Michelle Young was beaten to death more than four years ago.
Scientists testified Wednesday in the trial of a Raleigh man accused of killing his wife that they were able to find partial DNA matches on evidence collected from the couple's home and other areas relevant to the investigation
A sorority sister and friend of Michelle Young testified Tuesday morning that she had an affair with Young's husband shortly before Young was killed nearly five years ago.
An investigator who detailed Friday the bloody crime scene where a pregnant Raleigh woman was found dead nearly five years ago resumed testimony Monday in her husband's murder trial.
A convenience store clerk from King, N.C., testified Friday that Jason Young cussed and threw money at her on the morning his wife was killed inside their Raleigh home.
Employees at a hotel where Jason Young checked in the night before his wife was found beaten to death testified Thursday afternoon that a security camera had been unplugged and an emergency exit propped open.
Testimony Thursday morning in the murder trial of a man accused of beating his wife centered on the couple's relationship and the events leading up to her death nearly five years ago.
Testimony began Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of a Raleigh man accused of killing his wife nearly five years ago with his sister-in-law detailing the couple's troubled marriage.
A Raleigh man accused of killing his pregnant wife more than four years ago never wanted to be married and planned the crime, a Wake County prosecutor said Tuesday during opening statements of his first-degree murder trial.
Attorneys in the murder trial of a Raleigh man accused of brutally beating his wife to death are finishing up jury selection in the case and are scheduled to deliver opening statements Tuesday afternoon.
Less than a month before the case of a Raleigh woman beaten to death inside her home was to go to trial, detectives asked a judge for permission to obtain data from her husband's laptop.
Michelle Young, 29, was five months' pregnant when she was found dead inside her home on Nov. 3, 2006.
A judge ruled Friday to allow a key witness to testify in the upcoming murder trial of a Raleigh man accused of beating his wife to death nearly five years ago.
A Raleigh man charged in the beating death of his pregnant wife more than four years ago pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge Thursday.
A Raleigh man set to go on trial next month in the beating death of his pregnant wife is expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon in a Wake County courtroom.
Jason Young is set to go to trial next month in the Nov. 3, 2006, beating death of his pregnant wife, Michelle Young.
Prosecutors announced Thursday that they won't seek the death penalty against Jason Young when he goes to trial for the November 2006 beating to death his pregnant wife, Michelle Young.
In an affidavit filed Dec. 30, investigators ask for a warrant to obtain copies of any text messages received and sent from his cellular phone.
There were questions in court Thursday as to whether the 35-year-old, accused of killing his wife, is eligible.
Wake County Public Defender Bryan Collins and Assistant Public Defender Mike Klinkosum have been appointed to handle the case.
A District Court judge on Tuesday denied bond for Jason Young, who is facing a first-degree murder charge in the November 2006 beating death of his wife, Michelle Young.
The husband of Michelle Young, a Wake County woman killed in her home three years ago, has been arrested, authorities say.
Juror misconduct in the retrial of Jason Young won't necessarily mean a mistrial, a Raleigh attorney says.
Jurors in Jason Young's second murder trial in Wake County said Tuesday that the lack of physical evidence in the case pointed to the…
One of the 12 jurors who found Jason Young guilty of killing his wife says he had many sleepless nights during the lengthy trial.
Defense attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the retrial of Jason Young without calling him as a witness.
A recap of testimony on Feb. 29, 2012, the 16th day of the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young.
A recap of testimony on Feb. 28, 2012, the 17th day of the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young.
The judge presiding over the murder trial of Jason Young has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into possible misconduct…
A recap of closing arguments on March 1, 2012, in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments Thursday in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young. The…
Defense attorneys trying to keep Jason Young from spending life in prison for his pregnant wife's high-profile murder spent Tuesday…
A recap of testimony on Feb. 27, 2012, the 16th day of the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young.
Defense attorneys began their presentation of evidence Monday in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young.