Honestly, none of this stuff about the affairs or life insurance make a bit of difference. We could talk all day about motive, cheating and insurance but it's the evidence that matters. Did the State prove their case? The answer is no.
The evidence points away from Jason's involvement and simply can't be dismissed. The gas mileage worked perfectly for the timeline that has him spending the night in Hillsville and continuing on with his business appointments. They just don't add up when you have him driving another round trip to Raleigh and back. How can that be ignored?
No scratches on his body
No blood or DNA in his vehicle
Common sense - one doesn't premeditate a brutal beating murder. That was a rage killing. If he had planned it in advance, there are clearly much cleaner ways to achieve this.
Common sense 2 - What an enormous risk to his alibi to be dependent on two propped open doors remaining open all night, risk of his neighbors seeing him, risk of a flat tire, risk of breaking down, risk of a speeding ticket. Any of of those things and it's game over - guilty of murder. It's a ridiculous theory.
Witnesses - We can't ignore the fact that three people saw a light colored SUV at the foot of the driveway between 3:30 and 6:15. It was there early that morning. Again, the timing doesn't work here with the State's theory. If he's in the house (with all lights on, how stupid) and he carelessly decides to park at the foot of the driveway so everyone can see his vehicle, he's not making it two hours away by 5:27AM to cuss at Gracie. Best case, he's out of there at 4, he's not going to make it in 90 minutes, 117 miles. No, it's more likely that someone else - the real killer had that SUV parked there with all house lights on -someone stupid and on drugs most likely. Two people are even seen in the SUV at 5:20 - male and female. The description of the female matches that of Meredith. It is a fact that can't be dismissed.
Common sense 3 - Why does he plan a trip to Brevard when he knows his 2 year old is alone in a house with a dead body? What if Meredith is out of town and can't stop by to get that print-out? He's just going to leave her there alone overnight? Why work the Brevard stop into the plan at all? Drive home just to be safe. So he "finds" the body - okay, so what? That doesn't make him guilty. Meredith found the body and no one wants to consider that she could have had involvement.
Gracie's story - as a juror I would have had to ignore it as she didn't even know what he looked like. I can only conclude that this was manufactured evidence.
What else? Meredith - keys on the hood of Michelle's Lexus, no explanation. She's out partying or doing who knows what from 9PM until 3:37 when she's seen on the Sheetz video. After that, again, whereabouts unknown, unverified. Three different stories about how she found C. Lied about the dog being in the house, 911 call - she doesn't even demand that they get there as soon as possible, no urgency. She's more concerned with shielding the child from the gruesome scene than checking for a pulse on the victim. She had no blood on her clothing or shoes. How is that even possible if she's squatting next to the body in an attempt to find a pulse? Isn't it logical that she is the only one who really could have cleaned and kept C. clean during that time? No diaper, child couldn't dress herself, 10 hours alone? Impossible. What is the explanation? Simple - Meredith cared for her, fed her, and made sure she was clean. This makes more sense than someone cleaned her 10 hours ago and she's in the scene, doll next to her mom, hanging out in the murder bed but not a spec of blood.
How about how she "attempted" the key to the front door and then "attempted" to get in through that side garage door with all of that stuff blocking it! Surely she knew it was blocked from entering, surely she knew the garage door was busted? Why the story about the attempts to enter those ways? She didn't want to be considered a suspect as someone who knew the garage door was busted.
Clueless jurors from trial 2 - "Where are the shoes? Where is the shirt?" Police didn't take photos or even an inventory list of items from the Explorer. It is wrong to hold anyone accountable for items when there is no accountability! Show me the inventory log and photo of the items and then you can say "Where are these items?!" Otherwise, no way. Police didn't even get a search warrant for the items until 27 months after the murder. I suppose at that point they "lost" a few things. So easy to do when you want to win a conviction and have no evidence. Why no evidence? Maybe because you focused on the wrong person.
