Yes, I am the one who has been referred to as saying I think JY is guilty and nothing will change my mind. Yes, I lived very close to Birchleaf and yes, I formed an intelligent and educated opinion based on all evidence presented at both trials. Everyone who lived nearby was in shock that something of this magnitude happened so close to home. I think everyone in the Raleigh area was affected in some way by this tragedy. A pregnant mother......a wife.....all the while her little daughter there, walking in her mother's blood. What could possibly be more horrible?
My opinion of guilt was/is based on the TOTALITY of the evidence. Not just the cameras, the doors, the blood splatter and print, the hushpuppy orbital print, Gracie's testimony, the closet and moving of Michelle, Cassidy's bathroom, Cassidy being left there, the hose running, Meredith's call to find her sister, JY's lack of cooperation, JY's lack of communication, etc. I also view Cassidy being kept from the Fishers, the lawsuits and JY being named the one who slaughtered Michelle, Jy handing over custody to avoid psyche exam and questions as VERY damaging to JY. As had been said, how unlucky can one man possibly be? ALL the trial testimony, especially JY's testimony, which he is locked into is what I feel will bring another guilty verdict in a third trial.
As I've stated, of course I read the all news.....most of wake co took the News & Observer. I watched the news, I read any and everything regarding Michelle's slaughter, and I viewed every minute of both trials and have also read everything related to the trials. Yes, I have discussed this case with various contemporaries, especially several attorneys and a judge in my family. Every single one has done as I have regarding the trial evidence and everyone feels as I do. JY, without mercy, slaughtered his pregnant wife and left his little daughter there for hours with her dead mother.
Of course I think JY's behavior is immature, horrendous, shocking, and extremely unpleasant. Does this make him guilty? Of course not, although I do feel his demeaning, degrading, and rude conduct towards Michelle says a lot about who he really is. He obviously had, without exception, no respect for Michelle before their marriage and during their marriage. All the comments defending his reprehensible behavior, both in a public and private setting, is beyond my realm of thinking. The negative comments regarding the Fishers was/is wrong on so many levels. To say Cassidy will grow up with no psychological issues is ludicrous. When the poster said Cassidy should not be with them along with they should just keep their mouths shut absolutely left me speechless. It is appalling and shocking the way Meredith and Mrs. Fisher have been referred to in this forum. They ARE NOT on trial here. JY is the ONLY one on trail.
Again, it is the TOTALITY of the evidence in which I say, without one single doubt, I believe JY took the life of his wife and unborn son. As said by the DA, all the evidence comes together and makes a circle. When you look at this circle of evidence, it is beyond my comprehensin how anyone could feel otherwise. Of course if you focus on one or two pieces of evidence, I can see how someone can view him as innocent. But again, it is the TOTALITY of the evidence that points to guilt. There is SO MUCH evidence and yes, a lot of it is circumstantial, but when all this evidence is viewed in it's totality, I feel it points to guilt.
I agree with "Landonsmom", I am goiing to do the same and just read here for a while. Continued postings has absolutely no effect here any more and is a waste of my time and effort. I don't like the direction this forum has taken and I hope when JY's third trial ensues, those posters who were here in the first two trials will return. There are several I really miss.
RIP Michelle Fisher Young...........