Husbands' Arrests Kick off 2010

What a year 2010 is shaping up to be. We’ve already seen two major developments involving unsolved murders in our area: the arrests of Jason Young and now Raven Abaroa. Both cases involve husbands accused of murdering their pregnant wives.

While the legal process has a long way to go in both cases, the arrests of these two men bring an enormous amount of satisfaction to the victims’ friends and families. Speculation swirled about these two men from the start, and everyone with a computer was offering their opinions in chat rooms and web logs since the crimes. Talk of the crimes took on a life of its own. News of the arrests has done the same.

The deaths of Michelle Young and Janet Abaroa now go from NC Wanted unsolved mysteries to news coverage on WRAL. Look for the same dogged pursuit of the whole story, fair and balanced, from arraignment to verdict. We’ll close the chapter on these stories at that point. Unfortunately, history tells us once we’re done with those cases, there will eventually be more of the same.