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>> way out of bounds, said the attorney. the jury should not have been allowed to hear about any of that. outside the court, michelles sister meredith predicted the appeal would be thrown out. >> the jury came to the right verdict. we are confident it will stay. >> but she was wrong. >> a raleigh man is getting a third trial in the death of his pregnant wife. >> in april, 2014, the north carolina court of appeals granted jason a new trial. in 2017 yet another attempt by jason young to get a thir...

Surprise. a surprise to michelle means so much more than anything. >> reporter: around noon, november 3rd, he called his sister-in-law, meredith, from the car and asked if she would go to the house and get those ebay papers. >> friday, november 3rd. >> reporter: he left meredith a voice mail. >> if you could do me a huge favor and see if you can find its. >> reporter: then he headed to his mothers place in the mountains nearby. and it was there he testified, hours later that he learned michelle ...

Made sure the jury heard just who signed that ruling. >> im reading from this judgment, which is signed actually by judge stevens. >> reporter: judge stevens, the very judge sitting before them in this trial. >> the jury hearing that, it is just something that is going to carry a lot of weight. >> this is the complaint that was filed in december seeking custody of cassidy. >> reporter: prosecutors also called the attorney involved in that custody case over daughter cassidy, and those same allega...

Folks, hello. you know? >> and the prosecutor made sure the jury heard just who signed that ruling. >> im reading from this judgment which is signed actually by judge stevens. >> judge stevens, the very judge sitting before them in this trial. >> the jury hearing that, it is just something that is going to carry a lot of weight. >> this is the complaint that was filed in december seeking custody of cassidy. >> prosecutors also called the attorney involved in that custody case over daughter cassi...

And -- and she was empty. >> what did she tell you? >> things werent working out with jason. >> two days before she was murdered, michelle phoned her sister meredith to report yet another blowup with jason. >> she was just, "ive had it." she said, "you know, more than one time, i just cant do this anymore." >> jason was telling one of his close friends the same thing. and prosecutors said just days before michelle was murdered, he had indulged in one last transgression. a casual hook-up with an ...

You said theres blood everywhere? listen to me. is she breathing? >> i dont think so. >> have you checked? >> michelle? shes cold. >> as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, feet from where her mother lay. cassidys voice chattering to her aunt. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? >> you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway ...

Young. >> way out of bounds, said the attorney. the jury should not have been allowed to hear about any of that. outside the court, michelles sister meredith predicted the appeal would be thrown out. >> the jury came to the right verdict. we are confident it will stay. >> but she was wrong. >> a raleigh man is getting a third trial in the death of his pregnant wife. >> in april, 2014, the judges yet another attempt by jason young to get a third trial, this time on grounds his defense team was in...

Belated anniversary presents. >> i realize i didnt bring the papers. >> why was it important to you somebody get the papers? >> because i wanted it to be a surprise. a surprise to michelle means so much more. >> noon, november 3rd. he called his sister-in-law, meredith, from the car and asked if she would go to the house and get the e-bay papers. he left meredith a voicemail. then he headed to his mothers place in the mountains nearby. and it was there he testified, hours later that he learned m...

To sundown, plus. we were there through the night in the cold and all the searchers. but if anyone could survive, it was meredith. and if anybody could fight somebody like that, it was meredith. >> merediths parents are flown in from colorado and joined the searchers. peggy bailey, a family friend, was their spokeswoman. >> let me tell you something, meredith emerson can do anything. i have any hope -- she can run those mountains. she is a strong person. if anybody can survive this, she can. >> ...

Rangers, anybody that may have seen her or her car. then a friend of hers called her car, called us and said, i found it. there was snow on it p. >> the car was in a parking area at the base of blood mountain. >> we just drove as fast as we could. we knew, just that sinking feeling when we first saw it. >> the friends raced up the blood mountain feeder path to the appalachian trail, but no trace of meredith or ella. so by night itfall the search became all the more urgent as a cold front moved i...