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STAYAWAKE's Ashley Young Video: A Disappearance, a Discovery, and a Trial
Ashley Young, 31, was last seen in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in late November 2018 after spending time with an old friend. Days later, police made a discovery in the building connected to that friend — and a missing-person search became a murder investigation.
STAYAWAKE - Crime & Psychology, a channel with 765K subscribers, builds this 35-minute documentary from the public record: bodycam footage, police interviews, and the legal proceedings that followed. Published on June 22, 2026, it has drawn 643,805 views.
The structure is deliberately chronological. Rather than opening with the outcome, the video follows the sequence investigators faced — a disappearance, an unhelpful visit to a police station, and then a discovery that changed the direction of the case within hours.
At a Glance
| Video | “Foul Smell Leads Cops To Killer's House Of Horrors” |
|---|---|
| Channel | STAYAWAKE - Crime & Psychology |
| Published | June 22, 2026 |
| Length | 35 minutes |
| Views | 643,805 |
| Subject | The 2018 disappearance and killing of Ashley Young in Grand Rapids, Michigan |
What the Video Covers
The video opens with Young's disappearance in November 2018 and the concern that grew when she could not be reached. It then turns to the friend she had been with, Jared Chance, and to a visit he made to a police station that, in the video's account, did not at first produce the statement he came to give.
Hours later, officers searched the building connected to Chance and made the discovery at the center of the case. The video presents that search in broad terms through the bodycam record, then follows the investigation into interrogation footage and, finally, the courtroom outcome. Chance was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to a lengthy prison term.
Throughout, the focus stays on sequence and evidence — what police knew, when they knew it, and how each step led to the next — rather than on speculation about details the record does not settle.
Strengths
The primary footage carries the account. Bodycam and interview footage let viewers see the investigation unfold in order, instead of relying only on a narrator's summary of it. That makes the turning points in the case easier to follow and to judge.
A clear, contained timeline. At 35 minutes, the video covers a single case from disappearance to verdict without sprawling into unrelated background. For viewers who prefer one case, fully told, that focus is a strength.
It follows the legal fallout. The video does not end at an arrest. It continues into the proceedings that followed, which gives the story a resolution many shorter treatments leave out.
Weaknesses
The title is more sensational than the treatment. The headline framing promises horror; the video itself is a steadier, footage-led account. Viewers put off by the title may miss a more measured documentary underneath it.
Limited wider context. The video stays close to the footage and the proceedings. Viewers who want broader reporting on Young's life, or on how her family has marked the case since, will need other sources.
Psychology is commentary. As with other channels in this genre, the behavioral reading offered alongside the footage is interpretation, not a clinical finding, and is best watched in that light.
Who Should Watch
- Bodycam and interrogation viewers — the case is told largely through the footage itself.
- Viewers who prefer single-case documentaries — one disappearance, one investigation, one verdict, in 35 minutes.
- JCS-style analysis fans — STAYAWAKE works in the same footage-and-commentary tradition.
- True crime viewers who value resolution — the video follows the case through its courtroom outcome.
7/10
A focused, footage-led account of a difficult case — clear on sequence and evidence, and complete through the verdict, even if its title promises more sensation than the video itself delivers.
Source: STAYAWAKE - Crime & Psychology on YouTube (“Foul Smell Leads Cops To Killer's House Of Horrors,” published June 22, 2026); case background via contemporary Michigan reporting on the 2018 Ashley Young case.