Michelle Young's Mother Files North Carolina Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Her Son-In-Law
In North Carolina, the mother of a pregnant Wake County woman who was murdered in her house two years ago is suing her daughter’s husband for wrongful death. Michelle Young’s body was discovered in a pool of blood in her Raleigh home on November 3, 2006. Her two-year-old daughter, found by her side, was unharmed.
Police say there were footprints around Michelle’s body. Her daughter made one set of footprints, while other footprints could have belonged to two kinds of shoes that belonged to Michelle’s husband Jason.
Jason maintains that he was not in town on the night that Michelle was murdered, and police say there is video footage showing him leave a hotel in Virginia. Although police are investigating him in connection to her murder, no arrest has been made.
Now, Michelle’s mother, Linda Lee Fisher, wants the Wake Superior Court to say that Jason either killed Michelle or was an accessory to her murder. Fisher also wants Young barred from receiving any assets from her estate as well as her insurance benefits. Fisher is seeking a minimum $10,000 for her daughter’s wrongful death.
According to documents that were made public yesterday, detectives have found records from Jason’s computer indicating that Internet searches were made on the subject of “head trauma knockouts” right before his wife was killed by a violent blow to the head. He was also having an affair and communicated with his lover numerous times on the day Michelle died. Police say that after they told Jason that his wife’s body had been discovered, he refused to come home and did not enquire about his wife’s cause of death or his daughter’s well-being.
In North Carolina, victims of violent crimes are entitled to seek personal injury and wrongful death compensation in civil court. These cases are separate from any criminal proceedings being pursued against criminal suspects or defendants.
Suit claims husband killed Michelle Young, News and Observer, November 4, 2008
Jason Young researched ‘knockout’, News and Observer, November 7, 2008
Related Web Resources:
Young, Pregnant Mother Slain At Home, CBS News, November 13, 2006
