Murder on Birchleaf Drive by Steven B. Epstein

Murder on Birchleaf Drive by Steven B. Epstein

Author:Steven B. Epstein [Epstein, Steven B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781934912867
Publisher: Black Lyon Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-06-01T04:00:00+00:00


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Jason’s stepfather, Gerald McIntyre, was the next witness for the defense. He testified he and Pat were devastated by the news of Michelle’s death—especially considering she was pregnant with their grandson. “Jason was excited over it. And it just took something out of us. Even this breath I’m taking now, I haven’t got over it because part of him died that day,” he told jurors.

McIntyre recounted how when he shared the news with his stepson, “he just about went to the ground. If I hadn’t have caught him, he would have went plum on the ground.”

Though Holt’s cross-examination wasn’t long, she did elicit a couple of noteworthy admissions. When Sheriff’s officers came to Brevard in February 2008 to execute their search warrant, McIntyre acknowledged, he called Jason just before the officers arrived at the park to meet with him.

“And you told him … to keep his mouth shut?” Holt asked.

“I told him not to speak of the situation unless he had representation with him,” McIntyre told the Assistant DA.

“Do you remember stating several times that you would stick with your family to the death?” she probed.

“That’s what I meant. It’s what I said,” McIntyre agreed.

Jason’s younger sister Heather testified next. She described Jason’s relationship with Michelle during their courting days as “playful. You know, they flirted a lot and were sweet to each other. It was kind of nice because Jason teased me often, but now that Michelle was part of his life, she got that teasing as well, so it wasn’t as much on me.”

Heather recalled the scene at Meredith’s home the evening of Michelle’s death. “It was just very quiet, very sad,” she told the jury. “Jason and Meredith embraced. And they stood there and cried quietly with one another.”

When she and her husband Joe went outside to retrieve their luggage, as Joe was opening the trunk of Jason’s Explorer and placing his hand on a suitcase, Heather recounted, “The police cars came in quickly and stopped. And the officers got out and they told Joe to put the luggage back and that they had a search warrant for the vehicle and that we were not to take anything out of the car.”

She testified she “was just in disbelief. And the police officer asked us who we were. And I said, ‘I’m Jason Young’s younger sister.’ … And he said, ‘Where is your brother now?’ I said, ‘He’s inside with his daughter.’ He said, ‘Is there any way he can leave or escape from the back?’ I said, ‘He’s with his daughter.’ And I couldn’t believe he was asking me that question.”



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