Zachary Youse
Appearances
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
I saw John laying right there. His clothing was drenched in blood. You could see the bloody footprints that went through the hallway and out the back door.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
So I'm walking up to his porch, and I noticed the broken glass on the steps. He had red carpet, so I didn't notice the blood at first. But I noticed that his panel side window on the left was broken. And there was blood kind of smeared a little bit going down the front. He was scared, but he kept going. I put my hand through the window.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Yeah, and John would never do that. John was never that kind of person. He would never do that to somebody. And, you know, my mom was like family to him.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
I unlocked the door, went inside, and I saw John laying right there. How bad was it? He had a slit on his throat. His clothing was drenched in blood.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Yeah, at school, actually, kids would tell me all the time, you know, we heard your dad did it. And I would tell them, like, he did not do it. He did not do it. You know, like, where did you even hear that? And, you know, they're like, oh, my parents said it or, you know, the TV said it or, you know, they said that he was a suspect or whatever. It must have really hurt. It did. It hurt a lot.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Yeah, I run to my porch. He wanted to tell his big brother to come. And I was just like, Craig, Craig, Craig.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
So JJ was deathly afraid, like was screaming, kicking, hooting, hollering. Michelle was, you know, saying, oh, you're scaring him, you're scaring him.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
He would try to make me laugh to open my mouth to check my teeth, but, you know, sometimes it wouldn't work.
Dateline NBC
The Premonition
Yeah, he pulled out a tooth. I remember that day very vividly, and he gave me a toy out of the box.