From WRAL.com

Posted: Dec 2, 2008
Updated: Dec 2, 2008

The husband of a slain Wake County mother found dead in her home more than two years ago is not contesting claims that he is responsible for her death.

According to an order entered Tuesday morning in Wake County Superior Court, Jason Young is defaulting on his right to answer claims in the lawsuit, filed in late October by Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher.

According to one of Fisher's attorneys, Jack Michaels, that means he is essentially admitting to the claims.

"We were prepared for this to go either way," Michaels said. "And we're just not really privy to his thinking, his finances, and I'll admit it was somewhat a surprise for us."

Michelle Young, 29, was five months' pregnant with her second child when her sister found her lying face down on Nov. 3, 2006, inside her home at 5108 Birchleaf Drive. Her then-2-year-old daughter, Cassidy, was unharmed at her side.

In her claim, Fisher asks that Jason Young be barred from collecting any insurance benefits on his wife's life and also for compensation for pain and suffering, funeral expenses and the monetary value to Cassidy of the loss of her mother.

Jason Young told Wake County sheriff's investigators that he was out of town on business when his wife was killed, and authorities have never named him a suspect or person of interest in the case.

Affidavits indicate he talked with investigators the day his wife's body was found and later gave fingerprints under a court order, but has generally been uncooperative.

Since his wife's death, Jason Young has moved with his daughter to western North Carolina to be closer to his family.

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