friends, best friends, buddies. fiona childs was her sorority big sister. >> there's this one picture and it's like -- it just came out beautiful and we liked it because we thought we kind of looked likeht charlie's angels posed without intentionally doing that. >> it was sometime in 2001 when friends started hearing about michelle's new guy, a fellow student named jason young, heard how he'd grown up in the north carolina mountains, how he loved to camp, how he was the life of tailgatee parties. michelle fell hard and fast.t. >> they seemed like a good couple. he was different from other men that she'd dated in the past. he wasn't as serious about a career as she was. he was a little bit less sophisticated than michelle was. but she seemed to be very happy with him. >> michelle and jason married in october 2003. the day after the wedding they a shared their big secret, michelle was pregnant. their daughter cassidy was born early the next year. >> i love you, mommy. >> i love you,...

>> ladies and gentlemen, jason lynn young did not murder his wife. he did not murder their unborn son. and this case has not been solved. >> who better to make that argument than jason young himself? but so far, remember, he had never said a word to anyone about that november night, an almost five-year silence. >> it's always a big decision for defense attorneys whether or not to call their client. >> beth karas is a former prosecutor and legal analyst. she covered the trial. >> this is a case that really begged for jason young to testify. >> why after all of this time? >> right. and if he's truly innocent get on the stand and tell the story. >> we call jason young. >> with his mother sitting in the front row, jason young prepared to do just that. defense attorney brian collins hit it hard off the top. >> did you kill your wife, michelle? >> no, sir. >> were you there when it happened? >> no, sir. >> but what about jason's missing hush puppies that matched the partial shoe print? he...