The Raleigh News & Observer reports that there are new details in the investigation into the death of Michelle Young, the pregnant mother found beaten to death on Nov. 3, 2006. WLOS reported a while back that the woman’s husband, Jason Young, and his daughter moved to the mountains — Brevard, I think.
Here’s part of the story:
Wake County deputies have been investigating whether on the night Michelle Young was killed, her husband checked into a Virginia hotel and then drove back to Raleigh, where DNA and bloody footprints linked to him were found at the crime scene.
Sealed search warrants made public Monday revealed new details in the fatal beating of Michelle Young on Nov. 3, 2006. The pregnant mother, 29, was found dead in the Enchanted Oaks subdivision home she shared with Jason Young, lying facedown on her bed in a pool of blood. Footprints from her 2-year-old daughter, who was unharmed, trailed across the carpet.
The warrants, filed at the Wake County Clerk of Courts Office, say investigators found two footprints in blood on a pillow in the Youngs’ bedroom. One impression was similar to the design of a pair of Hush Puppies that Jason Young owned. The other footprint was from an athletic shoe. The search warrant noted that Jason Young bought Hush Puppies and two pairs of athletic shoes in July 2005 from a store in Cary.
They also found a blood splatter that might have been a print on the bedroom wall near the body of Michelle Young. The State Bureau of Investigation found that DNA taken from the stain matched Jason Young’s DNA, according to the warrant. DNA was also collected from a jewelry box in the bedroom after it appeared several drawers were taken.
Jason Young, 34, has not been charged in the case, even though the documents make clear the investigation has focused on him. The sheriff’s office declined comment Monday on the evidence cited in the search warrants.
Young has told investigators he was on a business trip at the time his wife was killed.