Arizona woman charged with killing boyfriend tells jurors she had abusive childhood, contemplated suicide
PHOENIX – A woman charged in the savage stabbing and shooting death of her lover told jurors Monday how she endured an abusive childhood at the hands of her parents and planned to commit suicide after she killed her on-again, off-again boyfriend.
Jodi Arias' testimony was a surprise move by defense attorneys in a sensational murder trial in Phoenix that has become a daily fixture on cable news with its lurid stories of sex, lies, religion, betrayal and violence. Arias, 32, could become just the fourth woman on Arizona's death row if convicted.
Arias' testimony aimed to portray her as a childhood abuse victim and naive teenager who stayed with boyfriends even after they cheated on her and became violent at times.
Defense attorneys claim it was a similar scenario throughout her relationship with Travis Alexander, a successful businessman and motivational speaker, who Arias killed in June 2008, she says, in self-defense.
She is charged with killing the 30-year-old man in what prosecutors describe as a fit of jealous rage after she found out he'd planned to take a trip to Mexico with another woman. Authorities say she stabbed and slashed him 27 times, slit his throat from ear to ear and shot him in the forehead, leaving his bloody body in the bathroom of his suburban Phoenix home to be found five days later by friends.
Arias claims it was self-defense as Alexander attacked her after inviting her to his home for sex on the day of the killing.
Her trial began in early January with a series of salacious details about a torrid romance between Arias and Alexander after they met at a Las Vegas conference in late 2006. She claims they dated for about five months, then broke up but continued to see each other for sex up until the day of his death. She initially told police she knew nothing of the killing, then later blamed it on masked intruders. She finally admitted her involvement, but claimed self-defense -- kill or be killed by the enraged man.
She testified Monday that she lied early in the investigation about not being at the scene of the crime because she planned to commit suicide so there would never be a trial.
"At the time, I had plans to commit suicide. So I was extremely confident that no jury would convict me because I didn't expect any of you to be here," Arias told jurors. "I planned to be dead."
In a soft-spoken voice, Arias calmly described how an idyllic childhood in California turned abusive when she was about 7 years old. She said her parents beat her with belts and wooden spoons, and the abuse later escalated into shoving her into furniture and slapping her in the face for misdeeds such as sneaking out of the house.
Her mother sat in the front row of the courtroom and showed no emotion as Arias described her childhood.
Arias then went on to recount other stories from her youth that sometimes turned bizarre. She described meeting a high school boyfriend at a carnival when she was 15 and he was 18. Arias said the two dated for a while, but she broke it off because "he had all kinds of wild ideas."
"He entertained the belief in vampires," she said, adding that he wanted the pair to move to San Francisco to hunt them.
She said a few months after she broke up with the boy, she learned he was so distraught over the relationship's demise that he had slit both his wrists and tried to kill himself.
Arias said she reconnected with him about "19 months" later after a man she met in her father's restaurant had told her that the "second coming" of Jesus Christ would occur in late 1997.
"I was really naive and I kind of believed him," Arias testified. She wanted to warn her former boyfriend, she said.
But she said it wasn't long until the relationship turned stormy. She discovered he had been exchanging romantic emails with another woman, but she continued to date him.
Later, she said he tried to strangle her and told her "how he would kill each member of my family."
Throughout the trial, defense attorneys have tried to depict Alexander as a liar and cheat who told Arias and other girlfriends he was a devout Mormon saving sex for marriage, while in reality he was having sex with multiple women, cheating on some with others. Prosecutors have portrayed Arias as a jealous ex-girlfriend who couldn't let go of Alexander and stalked him for months after their breakup until finally snapping and killing him.
Authorities say they found her hair and bloody palm print at the scene of the killing, along with time-stamped photographs on a camera discovered inside Alexander's washing machine that place Arias there on the day he died. The photos included one of Arias nude on his bed, one of Alexander alive in the shower, then one of his body on the bathroom floor.
Defense attorneys have yet to explain why Arias apparently attempted to clean the scene and what happened to the weapons.
Authorities say Alexander was shot in the head with a .25 caliber gun, the same caliber Arias' grandparents reported stolen from their Northern California home about a week before the killing
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OT- I fonaly got the nerve, from nanna fran and my school friend to call child services on my soon-to-be-step-sons mom..thanks to you all for hearing my issues...<3 Sella
..err finally..sorry ms there
So...anyone believe a word of Jodi's tales? Naa didn't think so. She is so full of it.. rivals kc in the bs dept.
Why tell the truth when a lie will do? Right Jodi? Bet she has lied all her life, she's smooth and well versed. Her parents must be so proud! Perhaps they weren't hard enough on her, judging on how she turned out! Good grief that girl is something else..yikes..
27 stab wounds, a bullet to the head, and a slit throat - how dead can you make one person. The only thing she missed was poisoning him.
@sella
It's the right thing to do if you have concerns..
Authorities say she stabbed and slashed him 27 times, slit his throat from ear to ear and shot him in the forehead, leaving his bloody body in the bathroom of his suburban Phoenix home to be found five days later by friends.
This type of attack is quite rare in spousal abuse especially coming from the female in a relationship,the usual way is poisoning which is passive.This is attack is up close and personal.
If she was abused as a child by her parents and was physically abused by men in other relationships i can see why she snapped,this attack was pure rage.
she isn't "accused", she has freely admitted that yes, she killed him, but it wasn't murder
I think she is lying about killing him... strange but thats the feeling I am getting.
She stabbed him 29 times.
whether she gets off or not she is guilty 100%.
even absent the fact she stalked him. entered his house w/out permission.
slashed tires.
hacked bank, facebook accounts.
was obsessed/possessive.
sent emails to his dates.
followed hin when he was on dates.
drove over 1000 miles to his house, carrying stolen gun, a knife. put gasoline in cans to avoid detection.
bought hair dye, and dyed hair enroute to his house.
took photos as a ruse, to catch him off guard, (50 seconds between photos of him alive then dead in shower),
killed him 3 times over.
he told her he was leaving for vacation w/another woman.
this is the act of a cold blooded, premeditated killer.
if it were an unattractive or attractive man who killed a woman it would be a slam dunk.
there is absolutely no possibility that what she is saying is true.
i believe motives; jealousy
having to eradicate him from existence in order for her to move on.
i also believe there may be a sexual element.
i believe she may have been getting off killing him.
most noted in pedifile,or serial killers.
whether she gets off or not she is guilty 100%.
even absent the fact she stalked him. entered his house w/out permission.
slashed tires.
hacked bank, facebook accounts.
was obsessed/possessive.
sent emails to his dates.
followed hin when he was on dates.
drove over 1000 miles to his house, carrying stolen gun, a knife. put gasoline in cans to avoid detection.
bought hair dye, and dyed hair enroute to his house.
took photos as a ruse, to catch him off guard, (50 seconds between photos of him alive then dead in shower),
killed him 3 times over.
he told her he was leaving for vacation w/another woman.
this is the act of a cold blooded, premeditated killer.
if it were an unattractive or attractive man who killed a woman it would be a slam dunk.
there is absolutely no possibility that what she is saying is true.
i believe motives; jealousy
having to eradicate him from existence in order for her to move on.
i also believe there may be a sexual element.
i believe she may have been getting off killing him.
most noted in pedifile,or serial killers.
I tried watching her testimony on YT last night, there is a woman who uploaded, Jodi (on the stand). There is many vids in consecutive order.
She dawned a new set of eye wear. A spin of old school, old man's glasses. Her bangs appeared cut neatly yet severe too short, they were longer days ago. Her crown hair pulled up and ponied over to the side, showing her face wide open for all to see.
I believe this look via the Defense, was to make her view to the jury as lost, unstable, a teenager. She first glance, she looks like actress Sally Field, in the 70's movie, " Sybil". She to be portrayed as Sybil? multiple personalities? Jodi does not look her age, 32.
link to uploaded vids:
https://www.youtube.com/user/croakerqueen123
I agree. I think this was just one rejection. An verbal abuse too many after it all building up for years. A person needs counseling...you can't beat it into them the things they need to change. Get them in church where someone strong in the Lord will take them under their wing and help them. Using them for sex using the church as a cover was wrong on Travis' part...however he did not deserve what he got. He took the brunt of all her pain and rage. She felt she gave him everything and did everything he wanted and was rewarded by his cheating then rejecting her. She thought she found a good guy for once then when he did this she snapped. Enough was just too much for her fragile emotions and state of mind.
Vita,
I think her hair would be snatched back in a pony tony tail if they wanted to portray a more stern looking face,however it has a small pony to the side,and her fringe is whispy softening her face with the rest of her hair draped forward over her shoulder which also gives the illusion of face softening.
It is interesting the way she holds her hands by her waste,this is a defensive gesture,it is also mixed with a self comforting gesture of stroking which is used to try to keep her calm.
I agree. I think this was just one rejection. An verbal abuse too many after it all building up for years. A person needs counseling...you can't beat it into them the things they need to change. Get them in church where someone strong in the Lord will take them under their wing and help them. Using them for sex using the church as a cover was wrong on Travis' part...however he did not deserve what he got. He took the brunt of all her pain and rage. She felt she gave him everything and did everything he wanted and was rewarded by his cheating then rejecting her. She thought she found a good guy for once then when he did this she snapped. Enough was just too much for her fragile emotions and state of mind.
I don't believe a word she is saying. If having boyfriends/relationships was so painful for her, live without it. Since she has turned lesbian in jail, maybe that was the answer for her. This is no excuse for what she has done.
I think she saw her 'catch' getting away. No more working at Denny's for her. She could see herself as queen of the 5 bedroom house, traveling with Travis, living the good life.
And mama with the wooden spoon, I bet CPS will get involved in the case now.
Last month, reading on a forum, of the trial. A person posted a link to the unedited photos: Travis and Jodi. No black boxes.
The photos prior ? the sequence of the photos besides the one of Travis laying bleeding beyond, we would believe near the end taken.
The photo of Travis laying on the bed with his arm hand up. He looks like death. He does not view as a guy who had his jollies with a chic, worn out, no. His hand is darkened bruised bluish (cyanotic) deprived of blood flow?, which his hands are 500 times worse in autopsy photos. His mouth as in lip color is deepened red, his facial skin pale, he to have duct tape on his upper arm. Makes you wonder when the torture truly began and how. He told to raise his hand? Travis raise your hand if you can hear me, are still with me?
The shower, he to be forced in? taken out, and then put back in? she to tell him to get into the water as some purification religious ceremony? He bought into it? he thinking if I do what she says she will retreat? he appears exhausted standing, having a hard time breathing. His arms in the one photo, holding his wrists crossed, tight to his chest, he to me views as he is praying. She to tell him Travis pray for mercy? The one shot he has blood running down, the side of his face, ear. His head direction tilted up, he was or was not allowed to speak, while in the shower.
The photo of Arias, naked on the bed, her eyes view odd. Two black pits, almost vulnerable, that she was somewhere else, in mindset. She setting him up? Travis go get your camera? this the beginning of his end, once the camera brought out? She wanted his torture documented, she took the photos of him. She does not appear to be a woman romancing the camera, nor Travis holding it.
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The one thing that stands out, that I cannot conceive is that his dog, nor his room mates could not smell him, nor detect the odor the gross amount of blood. 5 days?
Wondering if she poured bleach or something near the doorway, on the floor. She did attempt wiping up in some areas. Makes me want to dry heave thinking about it. If you have ever smelled decomp, you would know what I mean. I entered my father's apt, he had a heart attack, he died trying to dial 911. I went in his apt, the day after he was removed. He was found, coroner felt was 3, 4 days he had been passed on, he found via welfare check. The odor permeates, does not leave your nasal cavity for days. It remains on any object that can absorb odor for weeks. An odor only to itself, cannot be compared to anything. And yes it travels :X
Her testimony of her abuse, her parents being the culpable. Her mother shown, as she spoke on the stand. Right before Jodi took the stand, or she when she began her answers, they camera panned to her Mother, and (her Aunt ?) woman sitting to her left.
The Aunt (?) grabbed Mother's hand as you can do this, affirming this was coming? The defensive told Mother, Jodi is going to throw you and your husband under the bus. He prepared her, that she was instructed to hold back any reactions (?). I watched her medallion on her chest, her breathing was viewable, it to escalate, yet she made no faces of any sort. Her face remained flat, and the Aunt to have a almost smirk the entire time. She to think what? no one could figure this out? they were winning with this? that no one would conceive Mother was forewarned of the testimony coming.
Her mother willing as her daughters life is on the line. It's only words, and majority of viewers of the trial, do not believe her anyway.
We were educated watching Slore Anthony's trial. A lot of copy catting going on within Arias's trial. Her chair, her hair, her pad and pen, she to appear a part of the defense team. She to look like a frail little thing, vs the monster she had to be, to kill Travis. As she admitted out right, short answer, Yes I killed him, he attacked me, it was self defense.
Self Defense is kicking a man in the groin, gouging at his eyes, punching him in the throat along the lines of. Then fleeing him once he is down, calling 911 at some point, during or after the altercation. Her father she said was into Martial Arts, they watched MA movies her youth years. He was a body builder, went to the gym often. She then is aware what Martial Arts consists of, at the very least, her knowledge would be viable.
Stabbing, bludgeoning, slitting a mans throat and then shooting him in the head, after he is dead, is not self defense. It is Murder. Bringing the weapons with you, leaving with them is what is deemed a premeditated act. I don't recall Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee getting stabby as " their choice" to disarm a villain.
Whatever was the catalyst of her actions upon Travis, it built itself up. This was not a whim, not a planned, in a few days, thought process. The tryst of them with their sexual relationship that continued, post their break up. Did she progress the degradation? Empowering her in some sick way? Engrossing herself, continuing to be sexual with him, that his murder to be would be validated, stamped approved by Jodi herself. She absolved herself to herself by killing him.
Makes you wonder as in where is the sanity? to pursue and remain. The said of him, that he would only have backdoor sex with her. That his religion was he wasn't to touch her girl parts. The said that he did treat other woman well, as good girls, chosen possible as wife material. His own friends to admit this, his, their said, Jodi wasn't wife material.
She said to be his 3 hole wonder.
The truth is between she and Travis, doubtful it will come from her, as it won't set her free within the system.
Jodi was really mad! She is one cold person, no matter what her excuses for doing this are. So vicious!
How long did it take her to inflict all those injuries?
"At the time, I had plans to commit suicide. So I was extremely confident that no jury would convict me because I didn't expect any of you to be here," Arias told jurors. "I planned to be dead."
From My Peter Hyatt Notes:
When the subject tells "why" something happened, it shows a great deal of sensitivity and is given the color "blue" as the most sensitive of all. Where there are two or more "blues" in a statement, the material that comes in between the "blues" is critical, just as the material located at a "cluster" of blues is critical.
What is inbetween: I was extremely confident that no jury would convict me.
"He entertained the belief in vampires," she said, adding that he wanted the pair to move to San Francisco to hunt them.
-- She didn’t say he believed in vampires, but that he entertained the belief in vampires.
"I was really naive and I kind of believed him," Arias testified. She wanted to warn her former boyfriend, she said.
- She didn’t say she believed the religious man that would come to the restaurant, but that she “kind of” believed him.
Are you psycho! I find it hard to believe that people have the gall to say oh I don't think she really killed him... Or she is lying to protect someone.....or she had help.....or she had valid reason! Yes she had valid reason......she is a crazy narcissus psycho delusional murderer! Only reason I can think of....ifind it insulting that they think anyone is believing anything she utters!
Hi Peter ~ Thank you so much for posting and analyzing on this EXTREMELY disturbing case!
I look forward to reading after work!
Most Sincerely,
Meag
I would like to see the real pics!..... I think!
Link to the photos - no black boxes
***extremely graphic****
fair warning
Many photos in this library mixed in, the trial, it's continuing to be updated. The actual photos found on the camera, are here, nothing is blocked.
http://s1352.beta.photobucket.com/user/tabularasa6/library/
live stream of the trial, to begin 12:30 eastern
http://wildabouttrial.com/videos/jodi-arias-live-stream.html
I am a survivor of abuse,(real abuse) since I can remember.I have had abusive relationships wiith my ex husband, (including his cheating),and etc. I'm sorry,but I have NEVER thought if,or been close to snapping! I have had enough hate and abuse in my life,to know its wrong,and I CHOOSE not to let it rule me. Furthermore, abuse,although
Mentally and physically hurtful, should not be an excuse fir her obvious overkill! She knows right from wrong,hence the reason she CHOSE to lie about her involvement in this horrendous murder. When her lies didn't pan out, she is suddenly an "abused "woman who was "defending " herself?!?! My ass! Spare me your pathetic excuses! She is not so abused and beat down as she would like us all to believe! She is a vengeful, egotistical, sociopath, who was trying to hold on to something that was not there. Her inability to accept the "ending"of this, and other relationships,was HER OWN undoing. Should Travis of continued tohave sexual relations with her? Probably not. Should Travis of strung it out with her? No..but she, herself, (and again I will use this obvious word) CHOSE to continue on as well. It takes 2 to tango people.
The photo of Travis laying on the bed, his hand up, doesn't his hand look " bluish"? His hand doesn't look right. His face, he looks 1/2 dead, drained. Note the duct tape on his upper arm. This pic is not graphic, in comparison to the others. The time stamp says 1:47. If you have seen the autopsy photos his hands are beyond discolored and destroyed.
The blue though, it's there, present in this pic or am I seeing things?
http://s1352.beta.photobucket.com/user/tabularasa6/media/ja39_zpsb2506c1a.jpg.html?sort=3&o=69
Karentha and others
This is what does not compute. Her and he to continue with their sexual relationship. If it was as bad as it has been portrayed why would any woman or man feed the monster. Knowing that it displeased both of them in the end result. You are so right it takes two to tango.
Two young persons, not teens, with the ability and power to cease the nonsense. For what reason they did not cease it, they maintained it in exchange for what? It seems so messed up.
That he Travis, was dependent upon WHO he was for his income. He to stand and speak to others to influence them into a more prosperous living. Why would he put his self into the high risk zone continually over and over with keeping Jodi around? she proved herself as vindictive by her actions of hacking etc.
I cannot fathom that sex booty calls(alone) would be this strong of a bond, him at risk of losing everything personal to him. She proven to be jeopardizing his security, home, personal life, his banking, his livelihood. Doesn't add. Was he that naive? I don't know. He obviously cannot speak for himself. What tactic was the magic that broke him, that he continued to allow her into his life?
I think of my brother at Travis's age and he wasn't into women or a woman that were/was a booty call. Too draining and empty, he attempting to establish his career. He working many hours, he didn't have time to waste on an empty relationship. He wanted, he had a goal, that was to have a real relationship, stability some day. He lived his cat-o-nine tales with his romping, in his earlier years. This when he didn't have, nor did the women have anything to lose. Was being young and just that, being free.
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Trial has begun live stream in the last seconds.
http://wildabouttrial.com/videos/jodi-arias-live-stream.html
Thanks for the link Vita.
This last guy, the first she spoke of, she had a relationship with, they broke up. Not Brewer. She to say that he introduced her to a man who was of, or in, Martial Arts.
Her atty squashed her. He interrupted her. She has said this of her father, he was into Martial Arts.
Did she have a more than an introduction with the " man" of Martial Arts, her atty cut her off, from continuing to speak.
She had little to no wounds on her, after Travis's savage deadly attack. Was she at one point trained in Martial Arts in her 20's? What is one spectrum of training in Martial Arts? pressure points to make a person drop in seconds once hand contact is applied. One too can take on a person at any size, twice their size if they're skilled.
Four times I have counted her say Martial Arts. Maybe more, that I missed.
She is very clever,when answering questions she addresses the majority of her answers to the Jury or the judge and makes very good eye contact, i dont know who is sitting for this case.
When talking about the house and buying it she uses (we)and then changes to (I)when it comes to seeing themselves living there.
I see myself living there,not i see us living there.Mmmm
John, from what I have heard on In-Sessions she is facing the Jury head on. The jury I believe is who she is speaking directly to as she sits on the stand.
The court room set up isn't as normal from what I heard. That it is staged to suit this case. Placement of the Jurors being the indifference.
A slideshow of the court room, showing how and where the jurors sit. Wow, talk about up front and in your face. The monitors for them to see All, including the photos, directly in front of each individual. I believe this is the courtroom they are in. This courtroom for criminal cases.
http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/SuperiorCourt/E-Courtroom/slideshow/eCourt2.asp
Reading the above comments (without looking at the pictures yet)
Could she have brought the gun to his house, checked to be sure roommates not there, and,
at gunpoint,
forced him to pose for the camera, forced him to photo her, forced sex, forced him into shower where her abuse of him continued????
He might not respond knowing how proficient in martial arts she was, not knowing how lethal she would be? Did he know of her WICA membership???
And I agree, all of her attention and grooming is now directed to HER jury. Unless, the prosecution does a better job than the Florida one.
Jodi Arias is a sociopath. She keeps people dangling on a thread for her own use. Right now she needs the jury, and that is who she is playing up to.
My impression overall is that this girl wanted to leave her empty life behind and made every effort to use her appearance for upward mobility, even getting breast implants (do waitress jobs pay enough for those?), and she saw Travis as hers, to provide that new life for her.
But, he wasn't satisfied with her, she couldn't handle it, finis.
Sociopaths are narcissistic. The overkill of Travis was a narcissistic rage...probably because he was leaving on a vacation with another woman. That would cause a tear in her hold over him and cause a narcissistic injury to her, an unforgivable one.
Sidewalk,
There is two photos of Arias and she is freely open laying herself out that Travis (?) took her photos. Why I add the question mark is there is no time stamp on either one, her nudes.
She has her hands so, no way she could have psychically snapped either photo. Doesn't mean though the camera wasn't set up, (by her) on auto that she laid and waited for it to take the photo. This camera very expensive and high tech. She got into his house? waited for him? He entered his house or private bedroom to find her ? don't know.
This is the one, was removed from the photo bucket link, more than likely bec it was so explicit. Her V shown, little to no carpet.
This link to the photo, her parts blocked.
http://20104.swagster.com/swagster/20104/images/4d50e2_jodi_arias_naked_nude_private_leaked_2.jpg
The angle of it taken is ? not flattering.
I think that Travis Alexander knew that he was playing with fire when he continued to have sex with Jodi.
I do think that he toyed with her and used her, thinking that she would get mad and dump him when he told her about his new lover.
I believe that Jodi was abused by her former boyfriends and by Travis. She decided that somebody had to pay for her suffering so she planned a revenge killing.
I think that she became obsessed with killing Travis because she saw him as her property and that entitled her to punish him for his philandering.
Jodi is an empty person. She tells us over and over in her testimony, she was going with the "flow," working low end jobs.
Her rudderless,empty existence, she believed took a huge turn for the better when she met Travis. Being empty she wanted his inner light. Rather than let go when it was over - like she did eventually with the others - she stalked him. If this was a man, there would be not excuses made for empty, ghoulish Jodi's stalking Travis. She couldn't imagine her empty life without Travis and the promise he held - a better life than she had ever hoped for or known. She wasn't seeking God, she was seeking to get her hooks into Travis, thus she "converted."
Travis should have steered clear of this nut job. Someone mentioned Travis sad relationship with his mom. He would turn his back knowing his Mom was going to strike, and she would beat him on his back. So sad. Travis wasn't perfect, but he was a truly good soul who overcome a toxic childhood. Think it was eyes for lies who said something about Jodi threatening suicide and Travis continuing to talk with her, continuing to excuse her sad existence in his life. Jodi was way experienced sexually and enticed him with that to get her claws into him. That didn't work so she used the knife - a very personal type of weapon in killings.
Jodi words "We (meaning she and Jeff) were HIGH talking about the house we were going to buy."
Hmmm. Interesting choice of words, even her lawyer changed her direction, prosecutor was taking notes here.
Day 14 testimony UT.
They didn't buy "that" house, because Darryl's wife put a kabash on it, she needed "their son" to be closer to her, not where Jodi wanted to go.
Was Jodi feeling "HIGH" the day she murdered Travis?
Opps that should have been Darryl, not Jeff on the HIGH about buying the house.
Jodi went from one guy to the next, using them like rungs on a ladder. She thought Travis was the top rung she was seeking, but he didn't feel the same way.
Jodi wasn't about to let him get away with ruining her Plan.
Extreme narcissist + Jealous motive = Bloody murder.
Premeditated murder, she's probably going to be on death row.
I am afraid that this jury has been shipped in from Florida and she is going to get off!!! It seems that the jury is buying her "abused child" & "battered woman syndrome" story. (From news articles that I have read re: questions &/or reactions of the jury).
Another murderer going to get set free????! We shall see. SHE IS 100% GUILTY OF FIRST DEGREE (PREMEDITATED) MURDER.
Most Sincerely,
Meag
Defense, by pointing out all her previous relationships, and her perspective of how she was treated, then moving on to the next man in line..only points out that she is a sexual and emotional mercenary.
She portrayed herself as pure, wanting to change her life..all a lie to suck him in.
Even if Jodi was 'abused' by parents trying to raise an awful, lying daughter..and she felt mistreated by all the men she sought out to fill her void and support her, Travis did nothing to merit her actions.
I, too, fear the jury will fall for this. Out of sheer boredom and information overload. No one remembers as much detail, yet forgets the important parts.
If only the defense and their client could be charged with abuse for what they are making the jury listen to.
She recalls mundane details, of incidents that were everyday happenings. Most other witnesses said they didn't recall, that it was years ago. This "we parted ways, I stopped for gas..it was a Monday..I called while traveling North..bla bla bla.." blather..blather..lie..lie
He met her at a Starbucks, drinking Latte and 'Chinese tea'. Chai is Indian, and has lots of caffeine. He would not have been drinking, as he was a Temple Mormon.
(because after all her searching, she didn't know anything at all about the Mormon church) to give her a Book of Mormon. Seriously??? They spoke about their scriptures, then went to the car for sex??? Come on...
I need an aspirin..
Dadgum,
Excellent points. I do feel so for the jury. I'm a type B with type A sprinkled in. After 5 minutes I want to pull all my hair out and scream hurry the hell up with the story!!!
A traumatized individual remembers key events and not all the minute details. What about the type A's on the jury, will they just see she is so full of it, dragging out unimportant details to make herself look like such an honest, sweet, caring soul. A honest person doesn't need to speak in the manner she does. It's so obvious this chameleon has played a lot of people.
I scream LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR at the computer screen so I turn her off until the end of the day, when I can see her testimony on UTube & speed it along.
She is a danger to society. She never planned on killing herself, NEVER! She sure had plenty of opportunity before the arrest and being she is so "popular" in jail, she not likely to kill herself.
She reminds me of my "mother."
- they act coy, demure, weak, they are cunning.
- they manipulate, use others without concern for other. They lie without the least bit remorseful
- they are narcissist
- they hurt, manipulate, do damage to those around them without the least remorse or concern for those they hurt.
- their concern for others is only in regards to what they can get from others, what others can do for their narcissistic personality - make them look good.
- no matter what damage their do, they turns the facts around so they look like the abused party.
As a child, my mom made me lie for her numerous occasions. When I left home, I never got involved in her schemes and never again would I lie for her. Found her ways repulsive.
Her defensive lawyers would not want me on the jury, I comprehend this type. The prosecutor sees through her act through and through. Very much await his cross examination. All her lies will blow up in her liar face.
excuse my typos in previous post. result of multitasking.
She is recounting every detail of every time they kissed, and had sex. Complete with tiny, halting voice. His family must be sick, hearing 'erection' over and over..
She is a complete waste of oxygen..
She says she didn't expect anal sex.."not that night". So why are we hearing all this, because she has done it before.
She has tripped up a lot, if one is listening carefully. I hope they are.
I hope they are listening too - Dadgum....and they (the jury) do have access to the media, as they are not sequestered. (!!!)
Should be interesting to get the verdict of this one.
I do feel for Travis' family - Travis didn't deserve this - they didn't deserve this.
Most Sincerely,
Meag
Anon-She reminds me of my " mother".
I want to say, I am glad u are on this earth, stay just the way u are! You are a trustworthy person, not many around. Stand proud and smile.:-)
You describe from ur heart, what u know and what u went thru, not some textbook.. You pinned the tail on the donkey! Yup, yup.....
VITA,
I looked at photos, think he was stabbed most while on his bed because of all the knifing to his ankles and lower legs. He would have been crawling away when she did that. Duct tape shows how she might have immobilized him to attack.
Apparently the bleed out occurred on carpet in front of bedroom. I think she next dragged him to shower, dying, then all those photos we see of beseeching eyes while he's attempting to clutch at himself to stop bleeding. All the shower pictures show blood if you look carefully.
Somehow I don't believe she had any kind of romantic or sexual time with him, it's a lie like all her other lies. Coverup.
I'm even more convinced she arrived on his doorstep unannounced and went right to work duct taping and attacking.
Has anyone ever looked at his car tires from this day?
And he's not that much, 4 or 6 inches, taller than she is, altho heavier. I am having so much trouble believing anything Jodi is saying....and I'm seeing a smile/smirk as she's elaborating on her sexual misadventures with Travis....she is attempting to seduce jury?
I'm surprised ppl don't "believe her"-she lied about the murder- but she is not known as a liar like CA. I think everything she is saying in court now is true- no reason not to believe it- makes sence- fits with his personality- and if she was going to make it up- why not making it interesting or physically abusive. I just don't get how she did it tho- even stuffing his body into shower- i'm about her size- my hubby about his size- tho taller- I could not move my husband 1 foot- no way- in addition- men are very strong- I don't care if she stabbed him in chest first- he could have disabled her- altho he would have died anyhow- but he could have fought back- punched her. I'm convienced she shot him first- thats the only way it makes any sence- and the coroner is just wrong about him being totally incapasitated- physicians are wrong WAY more than they are right- he was able to get to sink and then down hall- she kept stabbing him coz he was making noise and she thought he wasn't going to die- the cutting throat was for same reason- I bet he was yelling- she was trying to shut him up.
Been too busy to her persoanlity profile but will this weekend- I can tell you this much tho- she is more of an internalizng histrionic and he an externalizing one- and both have serious narcissistic qualities- he more than her- he was truely traumatized- devalued and depersonalized by his parent-child relationship- he was disabled emotionally- he replaced his true self with a false self- thus his motivational speaker job- hewas dead inside too.
duct tape
Adrenaline, adrenaline, adrenaline. Never underestimate it. Why in emergencies someone most unlikely to have the strength to life a vehicle, several tons, will be able to do so.
Really, try going into the shower, soaping yourself, ask your husband to come in and attach you with weapons and see how you fare!?
People from horrible childhoods can actually do good things in the world. Travis was doing that, so what he wasn't perfect?
It isn't about perfection it is about DECENCY. No decent person would butcher another human the way the admitted killer Jodi did! Her x boyfriend already said she was aggressive in sex, they had anal sex. Why the demure act now? Hmmmm, it's obvious. Liars come in varying degrees. Chameleons are liars of sorts.
Vita, the way you write makes what you have to say so hard to follow. Not just your response o this post but all of your responses are written weird like that...all the she to's and he to's...what is up w that? I can't figure out if you're foreign or is a style you adapted from somewhere as your own but either way I never get past the 2nd sentence before I become to aggravated and skip the rest
JerseyJane,
Your words are truly kind! Thank you for them.
My paternal grandmother will always be my mother. Sadly, she wasn't around long enough before she left this earth. She taught me another way to be and live. I thank God for having her in my life, and for herjj love and concern for my well being.
My saying is "would not wish my "mother" on an enemy." Speaking of mothers, one can only hope Jodi never has the opportunity to have a child. Why is it those who would make wonderful parents can't have child, and others who are deeply lacking in empathy and parenting skills do!
Peter -
Hope you see this. True survivors of sexual and physical abuse - females- are saying they know Jodi is a downright liar. She is not a survivor of sexual and physical abuse with Travis.
True, he had sex with her, was not in love with her, and after being stalked likely used some very strong words so she would get the message - hit the road. She flipped and killed him. She was hoping for a better life and Travis was her ticket, or so she thought. Her words, lies, tall tales, all show she lies with much ease.
Justice would be Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias sharing a 10x10 cells for the rest of their natural lives, or until one does the other in. Battle of the dark princesses.
Jodi borrowed money a day before her road trip to Travis's house from a patron at a local bar near where she worked. She told him, she desperately needed to see Travis as they were breaking up & needed to borrow money. The man loaned it to her. Hopefully, the defense will call this man to the stand. Forgot his name but he was on Dr. Drew or one of those shows.
Everything shows premeditation, the trip, the red gas cans borrowed from her old boyfriend, changing her hair color on this trip, renting a car 90 miles away from her home, gun stolen from grandparents weeks before, etc etc etc. It's as plain as the nose on anyone's face. Premeditation.
Finally someone with some sense! Well said Richard !
It's clear on the nose on anyone's face, Jodi planned this crime, it's clearly premeditated.
Hope the courtroom gets super sanitized after her endless testimonial. I can tell you this, Jodi Arias would never become a friend of mine. Psycho is written all over her.
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