in Meddling, Raleigh

Michelle Young jury deadlocked

It looks like the jury in the Michelle Young murder case is stuck. I saw the Tweets on a note the jury passed to the judge and figured the jury has not been able to reach a verdict.

I thought at first that Jason Young was probably guilty. After seeing the route that Jason Young was supposed to have traveled between Raleigh and central Virginia were he were the murderer and the lack of any blood evidence in his vehicle, I have a difficult time believing he did the deed. Could he have done it? Maybe, but it seems unlikely he could’ve pulled it off.

But who killed Michelle Young? I’m not sure. I don’t know who else other than Jason Young might have had the anger to do this. But Jason Young can’t be in two places at once (or time travel). So I’m not surprised that the jury is hung.

I feel for the family of all involved, especially little Cassidy who has lost her mother.

The jury foreman in the first-degree murder trial of Jason Young sent a note to the judge Monday morning, telling him that the jury is "immovably hung."

But Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens instructed jurors to return to the jury room to continue deliberating.

“I want you to continue to deliberate, and if you find yourself unable to resolve the matter unanimously, then you will advise me,” Stephens said.

Jurors spent about two hours Monday morning before sending the note to Stephens.

via Jury ‘immovably hung’ in Jason Young murder trial :: WRAL.com.