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Jennifer Willmott – Opening Statements from Jan 2nd

Published on April 1, 2013

Juror Questions from Day 28

Published on March 7, 2013

Here are the juror questions Jodi answered from Day 28 (March 6th). Thanks to Patty for putting the list together!

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1. Did TA pay for a majority of your trips?
2. If he did pay, was that a factor in you questioning his choices, ie sleeping arrangements?
3. Was it his money, his choices?
4. Why did you put the camera in the washer?
5. Did you ever take pics of yourself after he hit you?
6. Why did you call cops on ex who shook you but not on Travis?
7. Why would you continue to sleep w/TA after you learned of his child porn issues?
8. Why didn’t you just change your gmail password so TA couldn’t get into it anymore?
9. Did TA’s closet doors have locks on them?
10. If no, how did you have time to get the gun down if he was right behind you?
11. Did you record other phone sex convos?
12. Bryan Burns testified that he met you at a PPL event in April 08 and you had blonde hair. How is that possible if you dyed your hair in March 08?
13. Why did you feel so uncomfortable about anal w/TA if you’d previously tried it?
14. You took pics of shirt/shorts. Did you take pics of spideys? If no, why not?
15. You told Daryl you wanted to abstain from sex til marriage. Why’d you have sex w/TA?
16. TA said on the phone that he didn’t like spiderman. Why did he buy you underwear with spiderman if he didn’t like that character?
17. Why would you tell Leslie you wanted TA’s kids to play w/yours if you knew he was into young children?
18. If you had bruises prior to Jan 28 incident (?), why didn’t anyone ask you about them?
19. If you were so near sighted, how were you able to drive?
20. In TA’s text to Jodi, ex.444, he talks about mysterious man. Who’s this man and why’s he bringing it up?
21. Did TA think it was someone you lied about?
22. You took pic of tshirt/shorts and not boys underwear. Why did you take them so much later (in July)?
23. You testified TA gave you book of Mormon @ Starbucks. Did you read it, if so, when?
24. Does the book of Mormon go into detail regarding the law of chastity?
25. Who initiated contact after various break ups? Start w/Bobby.
26. How far is Crater Lake from Ashland?
27. How far is Medford from Crater Lake?
28. How far is Medford from Ashland?
29. How did you know Victor’s family?
30. Please explain the events again that led up to your dad slapping you earlier.
31. What is your relationship with your mother like today?
32. What is your relationship with your father like today?
33. Would it be possible to have Jodi run through the attack on 6/4/08 using the floorplan in exhibit #–?
34. Regarding the 9MM gun in 7/08, you mentioned the purpose having to do w/a camping trip. Who was going to be going on the camping trip?
35. Why were you planning on going if you were scared?
36. Were you paid for the interview w/48 hours?
37. Were you paid for the interview w/Inside Edition?
38. Inter an interview w/Flores, you talk to him about taking pics of TA while shaving. You said he must’ve liked it because he used it on his MySpace page. Can you explain what he used?
39. You stated that you tried to call Matt and Daryl about your change in plans about going to Mesa but said they didn’t answer. Why didn’t you leave a VM or text them?
40. You testified that you reported your cell phone lost in May 08. When and where was it found?
41. Have you taken long trips by yourself like the one 6/08 in the past?
42. How often did you take such trips?
43. During those trips, did you take extra gas cans with you?
44. If you took gas cans with you, where did you get them?
45. During your testimony, you mentioned (sorry, my internet refreshed! Missed this one. Think it had to do with heavy traffic and Travis’ frustration w/it)
46. Why did you confront Travis after seeing him w/another woman through his back window if was not due to jealousy?
47. If you simply wanted to know where you stood because you thought he was still courting you, why were you so upset that you needed to call your father the next day?
48. You mentioned an earlier failed attempt at using rope during sexual encounter. Can you tell us what happened that day it occurred and how TA handled that failure?
49. Did Travis’ dog usually bark when someone came into the house?
50. Did the dog usually bark with loud unexplained noises?
51. Why would you continue to stay w/someone who had sex w/you while you were sleeping?
52. When did you find out that TA had a gun?
53. To your knowledge, did the police ever find your grandfather’s gun that was stolen?
54. Why did you place TA’s body back in the shower?
55. Do you know what time you left TA’s house on 6/4/08?
56. What happened to the clothes you were wearing 6/4/08?
57. You say TA had attacked you before 6/4/08 but would apologize, so why was 6/4/08 so different?
58. You & TA continued to talk on the phone after you moved. Would it be fair to say you were upset he was taking another woman to Cancun?
59. Why did you send his grandmother flowers?
60. Why did you take the rope and gun w/you?
61. Did you lock TA’s bedroom door when you left on 6/4/08?
62. Did you try to clean up the scene when you left on 6/4/08?
63. If you climbed on the shelf in a hurry in the closet, how is it nothing is disturbed?
64. If you shot TA first, how did the casing land on blood?
65. After you shot him, how come you didn’t run out of the house to get away?
66. Why didn’t you call 911?
67. If TA attacked you on 6/4/08, why not just tell the police from the start?
68. Were you kneeling when you dropped the camera?
69. When TA got out of the shower to attack you, was he wet? If so, did he slip on the tile?
70. When entering the closet, why didn’t you go through the door closest to you?
71. Do you know how tall the ceiling in TA’s closet was?
72. Was the gun in a case or was it just lying on the shelf?
73. Why is it that you have no memory of stabbing Travis?
74. Whether you had plans to commit suicide or not, why even say no jury would convict you because you’re innocent?
75. In your interviews you gave on TV, were you forced to answer all the questions they presented to you?
76. You have pictures of your other finger injuries with time stamps? Do you have other pics of your other finger injury?
77. Do you have any pics of your wearing a finger splint?
78. Did anyone see you wearing a finger splint?
79. When did you realize you had memory loss? The approximate date.
80. Did you have an attorney prior to the interview w/CBS?
81. You said you got the 2 gas cans so you could fill up where it was cheaper in NV or UT. Why did you get it in Pasadena?
82. In all the 3 hour church events, you were never told that other forms of sexual intercourse – oral/anal – were forbidden?
83. Did you know that TA did not like John Dixon prior to your date w/John Dixon?
84. Why were you willing to get involved with 2 men at the same time?
85. When you were asked about the video you made w/TA on 6/4/08 you said you used your camera. Then you said it was in your car and didn’t use it that day. Which is it?
86. When you realized you didn’t connect like you’d expected, why did you continue to speak to Travis?
87. What is your understanding of the word skank?
88. Why did you share housing w/Matt at the time you were in a relationship w/TA?
89. Were there any girls working w/you that you could share a room with?
90. How can you be a sister to Matt, someone you had sex w/in the past?
91. Why didn’t you read the book of Mormon to see what you were and weren’t allowed to do?
92. Why did you ask TA about everything you did?
93. Why did you start a relationship w/Ryan Burns when you said earlier you didn’t see other guys when you were with one guy?
94. Why is it that you cannot remember when TA lent you money, but you remember the exact amount you lent him all three times?
95. Why did you think that the incident that happened on 6/4/08 was any different from anything that happened before so that you thought you had to kill him?
96. You mentioned injuries that would not have been seen by others that wouldn’t have been seen by others when you went to Utah in 6/4/08. Can you explain them?
97. When you injured yourself at Casa Romas on the glass, did your manager have you fill out a form for medical purposes?
98. Who was the main factor in your decision to move from Palm Desert to Mesa? Travis or Rachael?
99. You testified that you thought you heard his footsteps. If you weren’t sure, why didn’t you run down the stairs and out the front door?
100.Why would you take the time to delete the pics off the camera after you killed TA?
101.You stated you remembered dropping the knife and hearing it hit the tile. What did you do w/it after that?
102.If your phone had died while at TA’s, why not use a wall charger so it would be charged before you hit the road?
103.In your email to TA after 6/4/08 you stated you’d sleep in his bed while he was in Cancun. Did you sleep in his house when he wasn’t there?
104.How is it you were so calm in your interview w/CBS?
105.You stated in 48 hrs interview that TA’s family deserved to know the truth. If that was true, why didn’t you confess then?
106.If TA wanted the sex convo recorded why didn’t he record it?
107.If you didn’t want to be tied to a tree, why did you go and look for a place where he could do that?
108.If you dropped the camera on the bathmat, how is it that it rolled all the way to the bath tub?
109.On the phone sex tape, when TA was talking about photos/taking vids, was that all part of his fantasy?
110.Did you ever voice anything to TA about being uncomfortable with his fantasies?
111.Why didn’t you call Ryan and tell him you were going to AZ when you decided you were going to AZ?
112.You have testified to many occasions where you performed sexual favors for TA to keep him happy. Are you saying you never got any pleasure out of it?
113.Why would you continue to carry journals around w/you if it was possible that others including TA might read them?
114.Why were the laws of attraction so important to follow but the law of chastity was not?
115.Do the laws of attraction also apply to recording phone sex conversations?
116.You stated there were times TA made you tear out pages w/negative things you said about him. Right before that you said you didn’t write anything bad about TA. Which is it?
117.Were you mad at TA while you were stabbing him?
118.How is it that you remember so many sexual encounters, including ex-boyfriends, but you don’t remember stabbing TA or dragging his body?
119.During cross, you were asked if you were crying when you were stabbing Travis and you said no. How do you know that if you don’t remember?
120.You stated you bought a gun to commit suicide but never ended up doing it. What stopped you from doing it?
121.You stated you would not want kids w/TA because you would be worried about them. If that’s the case, why’d you tell Leslie you couldn’t wait for your kids to play together at future PPL events?
122.A lot of your answers to the questions you were asked made it seem like you put TA’s needs and priorities before your own. If that’s the case, why didn’t you call for help after you shot him?
123.Why did you decide to tell the truth 2 years after the killing?
124.What made you change your mind and tell everyone about Travis’ secret about the child’s picture?
125.You said you were sick to your stomach when you saw TA with child pics. Why did you sleep w/him again?
126.Would you classify your relationship w/TA as a love/hate relationship?
127.On 6/4/08 after you got up and ran towards the closet, is it possible TA picked up the camera from the bathroom floor and moved it?
128.Could that also explain the delay in his arrival and his anger in the door threshold?
129.Given that there are guiding principles such as the law of attraction and passing down journals to future generations, do you feel the Mormon church (sorry, missed it, one of my kids asked me something!)…
130.Can you give a few examples of what might be considered negative other than what you’ve already discussed (in regards to journals)?
131.How do you determine when you will tell the truth and when you won’t? What are the determining factors?
132.When did you find Travis’ gun?
133.Was it kept loaded in the closet?
134.Today, 3/5/13, you stated before lunch that you think you filled the car up first as we saw in several hypothetical situations after lunch, do you think it’s possible to put 8 plus gallons in the car and then 9 plus gallons and then 2 plus for a total of 12 in the remaining gas cans?
135. You initially testified that sex was a way to relieve stress, then said it was a way to relieve anger. Which is it?
136.How do you know that?
137.Would a screwdriver be required to take off the license plates?
138.Did you find it strange that only your license plate was messed with in that parking lot?
139.If you were driving to a place you’d never been before (Utah), why wouldn’t you map out different towns that had rest stops and gas stations?
140.Did you ever see a doctor for your memory issues?
141.If you were scared of TA’s anger and violence, why would you go upstairs when he was banging his head and already mad?
142.Did TA ever tell you he kept his gun loaded?
143.If you didn’t think it was loaded, why grab a gun that may not be loaded instead of going outside?
144.You stated you didn’t know anything was wrong w/the back of car when you came out of Starbucks, so how did it get turned upside down?
145.Why did you plan on seeing John Dixon when you were on your way to see Ryan in Utah?
146.How many men were you willing to be involved w/at the same time?
147.Did you ever seek mental help for your mental condition?
148.Have you ever taken medication for your memory issues?
149.Did you ever tell anyone about your condition prior to the killing?
150.You said you didn’t get glasses til 2010. What’s your prescription?
151.Is there anyone who saw you shaking during a fight w/Travis?
152.Do any of your journal entries or any other items discuss you blacking out or getting scrambled?
153.You claim to have memory gaps when you’re being yelled at or stressed? If this is the case, how do you have such vivid memories of TA’s violent episodes during which he’s yelling?
154. Did you call any men you did not have a romantic interest in, “hottie biscotti”, in text messages, emails or instant messages?
155. If you were not going to marry TA because of the January 21 & Jan 22 events, why stay with him at all?
156. Do you feel the guys in your life cheated on you because you were controlling?

A message from Angela Arias

Published on February 2, 2013

Trial Video-Audio – Day 1

Published on January 7, 2013

Trial Day 1 – January 2nd, 2013:

Defense Opening Statements:

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DAY 1 – AUDIO ONLY:

Prosecution – Opening Statements
Defense – Opening Statements
Marie Hall (friend of TA)
Sterling Williams (patrol officer)

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Defense attorney Jennifer Willmott began her opening statement by telling the jury Arias killed Alexander in self-defense. She described the couple’s relationship as psychologically abusive and controlling, stating Alexander kept Arias as his “dirty little secret,” Meanwhile, Willmott stated Alexander repeatedly degraded Arias by telling his friends that she was a stalker.

“Picture Perfect” CBS 48 Hours, 3/7/2009

Published on December 20, 2012

CBS 48 Hours – “Picture Perfect”, The Documentary, 3/7/2009:

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TRANSCRIPT:

00:00:13 >> I’ve always had my camera, always.

00:00:15 So it goes everywhere I go.

00:00:19 My name is jody arias.

00:00:21 I’m an artist and a photographer.

00:00:26 I’m very comfortable being behind the camera and not at all used to being in front of the camera.

00:00:30 Sometimes life requires you to step out of your comfort zone a little bit, and that’s kind of the reason why I’m here right now.

00:00:39 It was hard to tell travis no.

00:00:41 >> Such a great person.

00:00:44 Always willing to help.

00:00:47 >> One of the few people on the planet that really, really had a good heart.

00:00:52 >> He comes kind of walking toward me like an arrow and sticks his hand right out and ” >> he met a really cool girl and he was excited about her.

00:01:00 >> He wanted to be married, he wanted to have kids.

00:01:02 He wanted to be the typical mormon family.

00:01:05 >> It was a core piece of travis’ belief to not have any kind of sexual relations with anyone you’re not married to.

00:01:13 >> She tried being the perfect mormon girl.

00:01:15 When that didn’t get him, then she tried the sex.

00:01:20 >> I think there was a sense of guilt for the way we were acting, and at the same time, again, there was just a lack of discipline.

00:01:28 >> I think she was basically just like a drug den.

00:01:31 >> 911 Emergency.

00:01:35 >> I’m detective esteban flores, and I’m the lead investigator in the travis alexander homicide case.

00:01:44 We believe that there might have been two, three intruders, maybe it was a robbery.

00:01:49 One of the items that we recovered from the house was a digital camera.

00:01:57 What we found was a series of photos.

00:01:59 >> These were all intimate, private moments between two adults.

00:02:05 >> The theory is that jody arias showed up during that time they took photographs of each other and something happened.

00:02:12 >> There were two individuals walking towards us, and I just heard a loud bang, and travis was screaming.

00:02:20 >> There were several photos which were out of focus, dark.

00:02:24 Those photos were of travis alexander during the time he was being killed.

00:02:31 >> My brother was shot and stabbed multiple times.

00:02:33 His throat was slit.

00:02:36 >> It was the scariest experience of my life.

00:02:38 It just was so unreal.

00:02:39 It was like a movie unfolding.

00:02:41 A horrible movie.

00:02:43 I could think only that is there some way I could get to travis and get us both out of there but it just seemed impossible.

00:02:50 He couldn’t even move.

00:02:52 And I ran downstairs and out of there and I left him there.

00:02:57 >> It was a true whodunit right from the beginning.

00:02:58 We had no idea.

00:02:59 >> I ran out the front door and I got into my car.

00:03:04 I drove forever and ever until i was in the middle of the desert.

00:03:08 The rest of it’s a blur.

00:03:11 My name is jody arias.

00:03:13 I am being accused of murdering my friend, travis alexander.

00:03:20 >> “Picture perfect,” tonight’s ” Captioning sponsored by CBS >>The mystery continues in 90 seconds.

00:05:41 >> Reporter: There are almost 1,000 women housed here at the estrella jail in phoenix, arizona, but only a few have been charged with as serious a crime as 29-year-old jody arias: First-degree murder.

00:05:59 >> I’ve been sitting a lot in my cell thinking what a waste.

00:06:01 You know, I did have my whole future ahead of me.

00:06:04 I had everything to lose and nothing to gain if I were to kill travis.

00:06:12 I loved him.

00:06:13 And I still love him.

00:06:21 >> Reporter: Travis alexander and jodi arias seemed, by all appearances, to be a perfect match.

00:06:28 >> One of the questions we asked him, just totally, you know, kidding around, you know, “is ” >> Reporter: And what did he say?

00:06:34 >> He said, “no, she’s really this nice.

00:06:38 ” >> Reporter: Chris and sky hughes thought their good friend had struck gold when he met jody.

00:06:43 >> We thought they would get married.

00:06:45 >> Reporter: Right away.

00:06:45 >> Right away.

00:06:54 >> Reporter: And jodi was just as lucky to find travis.

00:06:57 ” he refers to himself as the “t.

00:06:59 ” he was so unique and so funny and such a very rare character.

00:07:06 >> You couldn’t not like travis.

00:07:08 He was a really cool guy.

00:07:11 >> Reporter: Living just outside phoenix in mesa, arizona, travis was single, successful, and as a devout mormon, spiritual as well.

00:07:26 It was a good life, a long way from the life he had as a young boy.

00:07:28 >> You know, his upbringing was terrible.

00:07:30 Nobody would want to be raised like he was raised.

00:07:34 >> Reporter: Growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in riverside, california, travis was one of seven kids being raised by parents addicted to crystal meth.

00:07:45 >> Both our parents are pretty poverty stricken, and our parents divorced when we were pretty young.

00:07:52 >> Reporter: Travis’ sister samantha and brother steve.

00:07:56 >> At times, I lived in a tent at a campground with my mom.

00:08:00 >> Reporter: The children were rescued by their grandmother, norma, who took them in and introduced them to the mormon community.

00:08:09 >> Travis raised himself from this darkness, and he became like this bright star.

00:08:12 >> Reporter: Chris hughes, a fellow mormon, was so impressed with travis that he offered him a job, adding travis to his sales team at prepaid legal, , a company that sells legal services insurance to people who can’t afford attorneys.

00:08:30 >> He loved prepaid legal because it was going to allow him to fulfill his dreams, which was to help people.

00:08:34 >> Mr. travis alexander!

00:08:37 (Cheers and applause) >> Reporter: Using the story of his own childhood struggles as a motivational tool, travis quickly climbed the ranks at prepaid legal.

00:08:49 >> He was such a powerful, motivational speaker that, you know, he could move us to tears.

00:08:55 >> Reporter: Travis first sales conference in las vegas and wasted no time introducing himself.

00:09:04 On the surface, it seemed they had little in common.

00:09:06 Jody was raised in the quiet community of yreka in northern california.

00:09:12 >> My childhood was ideal.

00:09:13 I have a big family.

00:09:14 We are all very close.

00:09:16 >> Reporter: But they found a strong connection in their drive to succeed.

00:09:21 Jody was just starting to build her own career as a photographer.

00:09:26 >> We both had a desire to really do amazing things in our lives.

00:09:30 >> Reporter: In no time, jody began to make his world her own.

00:09:33 >> He gave me a copy of the book of mormon and just challenged me to read it.

00:09:40 >> Reporter: Following travis’s lead, jodi converted to the mormon faith.

00:09:48 >> He had grown to mean very much to me.

00:09:51 We began to date officially in february 2007.

00:09:58 You know, we just– we grew closer and closer and it was a natural progression, I think.

00:10:02 It was a serious relationship.

00:10:05 >> Reporter: But this couple had a big obstacle to overcome– 400 miles of open road.

00:10:12 Travis lived in mesa, arizona, while jodi was a five-hour drive away in palm desert, california.

00:10:20 But travis overcame that obstacle as well– he took his relationship with jodi on the road.

00:10:26 >> He called me up one day.

00:10:28 He said, “there’s this great book that I found, and it’s “1,000 places to “” and so we began to check those places off the list one by one.

00:10:39 The first place we saw was the grand canyon.

00:10:43 And that same weekend, we went to sedona.

00:10:45 And we had a lot of fun.

00:10:48 >> Reporter: But it turns out that travis and jodi were doing a lot more than just sightseeing.

00:10:54 >> There was an attraction.

00:10:56 And– you know, it– it found an outlet, on occasion.

00:11:01 >> Reporter: That’s a very creative way of saying it.

00:11:02 ” most young couples would call that “outlet” sex, but for travis and jodi, as devout mormons, sex outside of marriage was taboo.

00:11:12 >> I loved telling all my friends my brother is a 30- year-old virgin.

00:11:17 >> Reporter: Celibacy is one of the basic tenets of the mormon faith, one that, as far as his friends and family knew, travis took very seriously.

00:11:28 >> It was a core piece of travis’ belief to not have any kind of sexual relations with anyone that you’re not married to.

00:11:34 >> Reporter: Taylor searle, brint hiatt and aaron mortenson knew and respected travis as a close friend and fellow mormon.

00:11:42 >> We all looked out for travis.

00:11:43 You know, we wanted him to .. you know, find and .. with a great girl.

00:11:49 >> Reporter: It was important for him to be married to a mormon and to have children and remain in the church?

00:11:57 >> That was always a goal of his, absolutely, to find a girl that was going to be a good match for him and marry her.

00:12:00 >> Reporter: Travis had told his friends he had no intention of marrying jodi.

00:12:06 >> I just didn’t see it going anywhere.

00:12:08 >> Reporter: Which is why they were confused whenever she showed up.

00:12:12 >> When I met jodi, she kind of announced herself as his girlfriend.

00:12:17 And that was a surprise to me at the time because i .. you know, had interest in some other girls.

00:12:27 >> He definitely played the field.

00:12:30 >> Reporter: And jodi was beginning to realize that as well.

00:12:35 >> There’s sort of a distinctive feeling that comes when you have that sneaky suspicion that somebody might be not so monogamous.

00:12:47 >> Reporter: Did you think he was cheating on you?

00:12:48 >> I had a suspicion.

00:12:49 >> I grabbed his phone while he was taking a nap, and I just started reading his text messages.

00:12:52 And I was really shocked with what I found.

00:12:54 >> That’s what basically ended his relationship, whatever it was, with jodi.

00:12:59 >> Reporter: Well, not exactly.

00:13:01 Shortly after their breakup, jodi made a surprising decision.

00:13:07 She packed up her belongings and moved right under travis’ nose, to mesa, arizona– a move, she says, travis strongly encouraged.

00:13:17 >> There were some innuendos, I think, as far as we could still hang out.

00:13:21 >> Reporter: Does “hang out” translate to “have sex”?

00:13:29 ” >> sort of.

00:13:30 >> Reporter: Do you think that he really cared for you?

00:13:33 Or was he just using you?

00:13:35 >> There was maybe a time or two where I did feel used.

00:13:43 But I also had felt that, again, it was mutual.

00:13:45 And that maybe I was using him, just as much.

00:13:46 >> Reporter: As far as anyone could tell, they were just friends.

00:13:48 Their true relationship was still their little secret.

00:13:52 >> Nobody really knows what was going on behind closed bedroom doors, except him and i.

00:13:58 We continued to travel a lot.

00:14:00 We still went on road trips over the weekends.

00:14:06 >> Reporter: And jodi, always with her camera, continued to document their adventures, and occasionally, other exploits as well.

00:14:16 >> We had made videos and things like that.

00:14:18 >> Reporter: Videos of the two of you together?

00:14:19 >> Uh-huh.

00:14:20 >> Reporter: Would they be described as sex videos?

00:14:25 .. yeah.

00:14:28 >> Reporter: This relationship was about sex.

00:14:31 >> It eventually became sex.

00:14:35 >> Reporter: But jodi says that she was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with a sexual relationship that seemed to be going nowhere.

00:14:43 >> You know, you love .. it .. you know, it’s .. to think.

00:14:51 “I really love this person, but I know I’m never going to be with him.

00:14:53 And I know I’m not going to ” I knew that I needed to make some changes.

00:14:58 >> Reporter: Early in 2008, jodi did just that.

00:15:01 Doing them both a favor, she moved back home to yreka, leaving mesa and travis behind.

00:15:08 >> When she moved back to california, that’s when it really seemed to him to be a closing point, where, “okay, finally, that chapter of my life is ” >> Reporter: But as it would turn out, the story of travis and jodi was far from over.

00:18:34 k/gç .. he seemed genuinely excited when he told me that she had moved to california.

00:18:54 .. you know, jodi finally left.

00:18:56 >> Reporter: With jodi arias a thousand miles away back home in yreka, travis alexander’s friends believed that he was finally done with her, once and for all.

00:19:09 >> He was telling me about the conversation he had .. with jodi, where he told her, “you know, it’s over.

00:19:13 I never want to see you again.

00:19:15 ” >> Reporter: But according to jodi, there was a big difference between what travis said and what travis did.

00:19:26 >> He would call me at night.

00:19:29 And he would tell me the .. the things that he would like to see happen when he came up to visit me, to put it in a g- rated manner.

00:19:41 >> Reporter: It would seem that, for jodi and travis, old habits died hard.

00:19:47 >> He was originally going to come to see me at the end of may.

00:19:51 We were going to see crater lake and the oregon coast, and hopefully catch a shakespearean play.

00:19:55 >> Reporter: You’re saying you want to end this unhealthy relationship.

00:19:59 And yet, a, you’re still making plans to get together and travel, and b, you’re still showing up .. sex?

00:20:09 >> Yeah.

00:20:10 .. it was hard to tell travis no.

00:20:13 >> Reporter: But when travis postponed his trip, jodi planned a road trip of her own– first to los angeles to visit some friends, and then, on to utah to spend time with potential new love interest, ryan burns.

00:20:27 Like travis, ryan worked with chris hughes at pre- paid legal, and like travis, he was also mormon.

00:20:35 >> He was another rising star, you know, just like travis.

00:20:42 .. at a breakout session we were doing.

00:20:44 >> Reporter: He and jodi?

00:20:45 >> Yeah.

00:20:45 Jodi and ryan.

00:20:47 >> And they had created this phone relationship.

00:20:51 >> Reporter: When jodi hit the road on june 2, she had not heard from travis and had no plans to see him.

00:21:00 As it turned out, no one else would see or hear from him for nearly a week.

00:21:08 >> I’d left a couple messages and sent texts, and I hadn’t heard from him, which was odd.

00:21:15 I said, “sky, his ” I said, “something is wrong and we need to call the cops.

00:21:19 >> 9-1-1 Emergency.

00:21:21 >> A friend of ours is dead.

00:21:23 We hadn’t heard from him for a while.

00:21:25 His roommate just went in there and said there’s lots of blood.

00:21:28 >> Reporter: On june 9, travis alexander was found by his friends, dead in his shower.

00:21:35 >> We got a phone call about 4:00 in the morning.

00:21:37 I said “hello,” and he said, “chris, something ” ” ” and you know, I remember .. going numb.

00:21:59 >> The majority of the crime scene seemed to be inside of the master bedroom suite, and the master bathroom.

00:22:04 >> Reporter: It was clear to lead homicide detective esteban flores when he first entered travis’ house that he was going to have his hands full.

00:22:12 >> There’s obvious signs .. of blood on the carpet.

00:22:16 As you go in further, we ..

00:22:23 .. maybe… a struggle .. in the hallway, leading into the master bathroom.

00:22:28 And once you go inside the bathroom is when you can .. of .. in the shower.

00:22:34 >> Reporter: Months after travis alexander was murdered, there is still clear evidence of the savage attack that took place here, evidence that was gathered during an intensive crime scene investigation, which included the discovery of a bloody palm print here.

00:22:49 Police have removed that section of the wall because they are convinced that print belongs to the killer.

00:22:58 >> We spent three full days in that house, because we did not want to miss anything.

00:23:01 >> Reporter: What type of evidence did you find in the master bedroom, the bath, that hallway?

00:23:05 >> Well, obviously, we found blood and we also found hair fibers.

00:23:08 We found fingerprints.

00:23:10 .. a shell casing from a bullet.

00:23:15 We believed that travis had been shot first, and that shot was in the face.

00:23:21 >> Reporter: But surprisingly, that wasn’t what killed him.

00:23:25 What specifically killed travis?

00:23:28 >> Well, the autopsy report says that he had one single stab wound direct center to his chest, which hit his heart.

00:23:37 And then, he had a cut across his throat as well.

00:23:45 >> Reporter: It would take mesa police department’s state-of-the-art forensics lab weeks to process all the evidence gathered at the scene; it only took a few days for the news to reach jodi.

00:23:58 >> A mutual friend called us.

00:24:00 He didn’t tell me about travis’ state.

00:24:02 He just said, “something is wrong.

00:24:04 And I don’t know what it is yet, but there are some ” >> Reporter: But jodi already knew what was wrong, because she says whoever killed travis also tried to kill her.

00:24:22 >> Even to this day, i don’t know that I’ve even fully processed everything.

00:24:27 I have nothing but time on my hands to think.

00:24:29 And that’s when I really begin to try and remember and relive that day.

00:24:36 >> Reporter: Arriving in los angeles on the first leg of her road trip, jodi found herself once again in familiar territory, and once again faced with a familiar dilemma.

00:24:46 >> I called travis.

00:24:48 >> He of course said, “well, you could always swing by arizona and come ” and I thought, “no, I’m not ” >> and then, I thought, “what the heck, you know, .. it’s… it’s not too far out of my way.

00:25:03 >> Reporter: Despite the fact that she was expected in utah the next day, just after midnight on june 4, 2008, jodi arias was on the road to mesa instead.

00:25:17 >> So I arrived around , and he was in his office watching some videos on youtube.

00:25:26 >> Reporter: Travis spent the early morning hours working on his computer, waiting for jodi.

00:25:31 They talked for a bit and then, she says, both exhausted, went straight to sleep.

00:25:40 .. I’d say, 1:00 in the afternoon.

00:25:46 When we woke up, we had sex twice.

00:25:49 Once in his bed, and once in his office, downstairs.

00:25:51 >> Reporter: And then, just like old times, they pulled out the camera.

00:25:54 >> We decided to do another photo shoot where we were going to just get him in the shower, but these were waist-up shots.

00:26:00 You know, tasteful shots.

00:26:01 >> Reporter: He was in the shower?

00:26:03 >> He was in the shower.

00:26:05 >> Reporter: Were there also pictures of you taken?

00:26:07 >> Yeah, there were, earlier, when we woke up.

00:26:13 >> Reporter: Apparently, it was just a lazy afternoon of fun and games, until, jodi says, all hell broke loose.

00:26:24 >> I heard a really loud pop.

00:26:27 And the next thing i remember, I was lying next to the bathtub and travis .. was screaming.

00:26:34 >> Reporter: Without warning, jodi says someone or something had knocked both of them to the floor, leaving her dazed and confused and travis badly wounded.

00:26:44 >> I looked up and i .. I saw two other individuals in the bathroom.

00:26:48 And they were both coming toward us.

00:26:50 >> Reporter: According to jodi, she was suddenly face to face with two intruders, a man and a woman, disguised from head to toe.

00:26:58 >> Reporter: They were both taller than me.

00:27:01 .. her hands, the gloves, they had long-sleeved shirt on.

00:27:05 They were in all black.

00:27:06 He was wearing jeans.

00:27:07 .. they had ski masks on.

00:27:11 And I believe they were there to kill him.

00:27:13 Because they didn’t take anything.

00:27:16 To my knowledge, there was nothing missing from the house.

00:27:18 >> Reporter: Jodi says she tried to flee, but was caught by the masked man, who then left her kneeling on the floor while the woman kept guard over travis.

00:27:26 >> I saw travis was on the floor in his bathroom, on all fours.

00:27:31 As soon as this guy left, i .. i charged her.

00:27:34 >> Reporter: You charged her?

00:27:36 >> Yeah.

00:27:38 And she fell over him.

00:27:38 >> Reporter: Did she have a weapon?

00:27:39 >> She had a knife in her hand.

00:27:41 >> Reporter: Had he been stabbed?

00:27:42 >> I could only assume yes.

00:27:44 But I didn’t see her stabbing him.

00:27:47 He had some blood.

00:27:48 All over the floor.

00:27:48 And there was some just coming down on his arms.

00:27:53 I started pulling on travis.

00:27:55 And I said, “come on, come on, come on.

00:27:57 .. he finally just said, ” and then he said, “i can’t ” >> Reporter: Before jodi could do anything to help travis, she says that she was suddenly outnumbered again.

00:28:09 >> The guy came back in and got really angry.

00:28:11 .. I guess.

00:28:13 >> Eventually, he was holding the gun at my forehead.

00:28:22 They just kept arguing back and forth whether or not, you know, to kill me.

00:28:26 >> Reporter: It was a terrifying scene, and if what jodi says is true, what happened next is nothing short of a miracle.

00:28:37 >> He pulled the trigger.

00:28:39 And nothing happened with the gun.

00:28:43 And so, I just grabbed my purse, which was on the floor at that point, and i ran down the stairs and out of there and I left him there.

00:28:50 >> Reporter: He’s holding a gun to your head?

00:28:51 >> Yes.

00:28:52 >> Reporter: He pulls the trigger.

00:28:55 And then you get up and run?

00:28:57 >> Yeah, I pushed past him .. and his gun.

00:29:00 And I just didn’t look back.

00:29:03 >> Reporter: It was an unbelievable getaway.

00:29:06 You get in the car.

00:29:07 No one’s followed you.

00:29:09 And you drive away.

00:29:10 And where do you go?

00:29:11 >> I drove forever and ever, until I was in the middle of the desert.

00:29:15 >> Reporter: But what is truly unbelievable is that jodi says she left travis critically injured to fend for himself.

00:29:25 >> Reporter: Did you call 9-1-1?

00:29:26 >> No.

00:29:27 >> Reporter: Did you go to a neighbor?

00:29:28 >> No.

00:29:29 >> Reporter: Did you call a friend?

00:29:31 >> I didn’t call anybody or tell anybody.

00:29:37 >> Reporter: Why would you do nothing, nothing to help him?

00:29:43 .. I was terrified.

00:29:45 And I was scared for my life.

00:29:48 And I think there was a naiive belief that I could pretend like it didn’t really happen.

00:29:53 >> Reporter: Which is just what jodi did when she got back on the road and headed off to utah.

00:29:58 And she finally called someone, ryan burns, not for help but to say that she was on her way to keep their date.

00:30:08 She made one other call as well, to the one person who was in no position to help anyone.

00:30:16 >> I thought, “i’m going to ” and it just went to voicemail.

00:30:18 And I called him again, and it went to voicemail.

00:30:20 >> Reporter: Was he alive when you left?

00:30:21 >> Yeah.

00:30:22 >> Reporter: How do you know?

00:30:24 >> Because he was still sort of on his hands and knees the whole time, until I ran from the room.

00:30:29 That’s the last that I saw him.

00:30:31 >> Reporter: Jodi spent less than 24 hours in utah with ryan and others before heading home to yreka, never telling anyone about her horrific ordeal.

00:30:43 To this day, jodi claims that she is consumed with guilt for leaving travis behind.

00:30:49 You never called anybody.

00:30:51 You never told anybody.

00:30:52 You never did anything.

00:30:55 And it wasn’t until five days later that anyone even knew the guy was missing.

00:31:04 >> I know that people will look at me and say, “oh, yeah, he really meant a lot to you, didn’t he?

00:31:11 By the way that you just ” not only that.

00:31:13 .. is that’s… they…

00:31:14 They don’t even think that .. they think that this is a fabrication.

00:31:17 >> Reporter: Jodi would soon discover that she couldn’t have been more right.

00:31:22 >> I knew that it was murder.

00:31:23 I knew it was.

00:31:24 I knew it.

00:31:25 I knew something in my heart.

00:31:26 I was like, “something is ” and I immediately thought ” >> mesa police department.

00:35:22 Can I help you?

00:35:23 >> Reporter: When the mesa police department began its investigation of travis alexander’s murder, they had a house full of evidence, and one very strong lead.

00:35:39 >> There were certain individuals who said, “you need to look into jodi ” >> the first cop I saw, i pulled out my computer.

00:35:46 And I said, “this girl, i would check her right ” >> Reporter: Which is exactly what detective esteban flores did.

00:35:57 >> I received information that she was on a road trip.

00:36:01 It just happened to be around the same time period that travis was killed.

00:36:06 >> Reporter: Flores tracked jodi down at her grandparents’ house in yreka.

00:36:09 >> I called her in for an interview, and asked her to come in for fingerprints and dna samples.

00:36:15 >> Reporter: Did you tell him the story?

00:36:17 >> No.

00:36:18 >> Reporter: Why?

00:36:22 >> I think I was wise enough to know that, coming to him with that story at this point, would be like implicating myself.

00:36:36 >> She had told me that she was never here.

00:36:38 She had told me the last time she’d seen travis was in april.

00:36:40 Well, I had obvious proof in my hands that she was here on the day that he was murdered.

00:36:53 >> Reporter: That proof was found by investigators in, of all places, travis’ washing machine.

00:36:58 >> One of the items that we recovered from the house was a digital camera.

00:37:03 It still had a digital card in it that had been erased.

00:37:05 >> Reporter: That had been erased?

00:37:06 >> Yes.

00:37:09 >> Reporter: But there’s “erased,” and then there’s erased.

00:37:15 The memory card was sent to the mesa police department crime lab to see if any information could be recovered.

00:37:21 >> Our computer forensic unit called me up, and said, “you’ve got to come down here.

00:37:28 I have some photos you need ” and we were just all amazed.

00:37:31 >> Reporter: What they found were dozens of pictures, each one worth more than a thousand words.

00:37:38 >> Those photos showed jodi .. and travis alexander in a sexual encounter.

00:37:44 >> Reporter: But that wasn’t the only thing you found on there, correct?

00:37:47 >> Correct.

00:37:50 There were several photos which were out of focus, dark.

00:37:52 We were surprised to find out that those photos were of the victim, travis alexander, during the time he was being killed, or soon after.

00:38:02 You can’t see his face.

00:38:03 But the injuries on that person match the injuries that were on travis.

00:38:10 >> Reporter: Another shocking discovery?

00:38:12 Every image was electronically stamped with the time and date it was taken– june 4, 2008, the date of jodi’s visit.

00:38:23 >> This gave us an actual time when he was last seen alive, and when he was dead.

00:38:34 >> Reporter: It’s just a few minutes difference between the sexual poses of jodi and travis when he’s in the shower, and then travis being on the floor, as the victim?

00:38:43 >> Yes.

00:38:43 Only a few minutes.

00:38:45 >> Reporter: So, that puts her as the last person?

00:38:47 >> Absolutely.

00:38:49 >> Reporter: But investigators gathered a lot more on jodi than a couple of fuzzy photos.

00:38:55 All the physical evidence– fingerprints, blood, hair– point to the same person.

00:39:01 >> Those were individualized to jodi arias.

00:39:04 >> Reporter: Tell me what happened?

00:39:06 What is your theory?

00:39:08 >> Well, theory is that jodi arias showed up, they had some type of rendezvous, a sexual encounter.

00:39:16 During that time, they took photographs of each other.

00:39:20 >> I believe he was in the shower at that time.

00:39:22 Something occurred, and i .. it might be the first gunshot.

00:39:26 It wasn’t fatal.

00:39:29 Enough to disorient.

00:39:32 There was obviously a struggle inside of that bathroom.

00:39:39 Somehow, he got close to the bedroom area, which is down a long hallway.

00:39:42 >> Reporter: And then, investigators say, jodi viciously attacked travis with a knife, stabbing him repeatedly.

00:39:51 >> That’s when the last photograph was taken of him.

00:39:55 >> Reporter: So, you believe that she shot him first, which would then incapacitate him in some way, and then stabbed him?

00:39:59 >> Yes.

00:40:00 >> Reporter: How does he end up back in the bathroom where you find him?

00:40:04 >> Well, we believe that he was dragged from that area, back into the shower.

00:40:10 We believe, at that time, that’s when the palm print was left on the wall.

00:40:17 >> It’s obvious that the print was left with somebody having blood on their hands.

00:40:27 And it’s not just his blood, it’s a combination of her blood as well.

00:40:29 >> Reporter: Investigators say that blood, which was matched to jodi’s dna, definitively connects her not only to the scene of the crime, but to the crime itself.

00:40:40 >> In many situations where a knife is used, somebody has blood on their hands, and it’s not uncommon for somebody to cut themselves, as well.

00:40:48 >> Reporter: That key piece of evidence was good enough for the state of arizona to issue a warrant for jodi’s arrest.

00:40:57 Five weeks after finding travis’ body, detective flores showed up on her doorstep in yreka.

00:41:01 Was she surprised?

00:41:02 >> Actually not.

00:41:03 She was not surprised.

00:41:06 One of the things she said to me as soon as she saw me was, “is there any way i can get my purse, so I can get my makeup on?

00:41:12 >> Reporter: She asked if she could get her makeup on?

00:41:14 >> Yes.

00:41:15 >> Reporter: To be arrested?

00:41:16 >> Yes.

00:41:23 >> It was all very surreal.

00:41:23 It was nothing like you see .. on a show like ” it was almost like an out- of-body experience.

00:41:35 Like, it wasn’t really happening to me.

00:41:38 >> Reporter: But it was happening, and it was just the beginning.

00:41:41 It doesn’t look very good right now.

00:41:42 >> No, it doesn’t.

00:41:43 It doesn’t.

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CNN – 9/24/2012

Published on December 20, 2012

JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL, HOST: Tonight, beautiful but deadly Jodi Arias, charged with the gruesome murder of her ex-boyfriend, appears in court as lawyers try to suppress evidence they say could make her appear like a cold-blooded killer. Will this seductive murder defendant be able to charm a jury into believing that she`s innocent? That story, next.

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VELEZ-MITCHELL (voice-over): Tonight, did this beauty kill her ex-boyfriend when he tried to tell her it`s over? Jodi Arias, accused of shooting and slitting her former flame`s throat and stabbing him 27 times. She says it was self-defense. Now will some last-minute courtroom maneuvers make it more difficult for the state to prove its case?

And we`re taking your calls for the hour.

JODI ARIAS, ACCUSED OF MURDER: Sorry. Don`t roll the tape yet.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Jodi Ann Arias puts on her makeups right before the cameras went on. The soft-spoken 28-year-old remained calm and composed during this jailhouse interview. Jodi Arias is behind bars on a charge of first-degree murder.

The petite 28-year-old from Yreka, California, is accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander. His body was discovered June 9 in his basement home.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Motivational speaker Travis Alexander was viciously murdered at his Mesa home back in June, stabbed 27 times, his throat slit. He was also shot in the head. Police say DNA evidence, including a bloody palm print found at the scene, links Jodi Arias to the murder.

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: Tonight, toxic secrets inside a truly shocking murder case. It sounds too bizarre to be true, but it is.

Good evening. Jane Velez-Mitchell coming to you live.

It all centers around this woman, 31-year-old Jodi Arias. This petite angel-faced young woman is accused of the unthinkable: shooting and stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death inside his house. And now her attorneys are trying to suppress evidence that they say could make her — make her look like a cold-blooded killer with absolutely no remorse.

Prosecutors say Jodi went to the Arizona home of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in June of 2008, and shot him in the face, stabbed him 27 times, and slit his throat from ear to ear. Travis` friends found him, and here`s what they immediately told the 911 operator. Listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He`s — he`s dead. He`s in his bedroom in the shower.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. How did this happen? Do you have any idea?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We have no idea. Everyone has been wondering about him for a few days.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. You said that there`s blood. So is it coming from his head? Did he cut his wrists?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s all over the place.

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: Jodi`s explanations have been all over the place, too. She told police that two people broke into the house and attacked both of them. Jodi claims she escaped and drove off without telling anyone.

But now court documents reveal Jodi may be claiming she did kill him but in self-defense. That her ex was violent towards her. But then at other times, Jodi has insisted she did not kill him.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Did you kill Travis Alexander?

ARIAS: Absolutely not. No, I had no part in it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who do you think killed him?

ARIAS: I have no idea. I`ve done many things that — that are shameful. But this is not one of them.

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: What is a jury going to do with all these changing stories? And what about when you add this: police found a camera in Travis` washing machine, and cops found secret photos, a series of naked shots of Jodi and Travis together in sexually provocative poses and photos of a bloody Travis as he lay dying?

And I forgot to mention: Jodi`s profession? She is a photographer.

The trial set to start in just a few weeks. What do you think? Is this the face of a calculated sadistic murder? Call me: 1-877-JVM-SAYS, 1- 877-586-7297.

Straight out to — we`re delighted to have with us tonight former prosecutor Marcia Clark, author of the fantastic book, “Guilt by Degrees,” and famous, of course, for prosecuting the O.J. Simpson case.

Could the trial, Marcia, of Jodi Arias potentially be as big as that case? Some are saying it`s going to be the biggest case since Casey Anthony.

MARCIA CLARK, FORMER PROSECUTOR: I think it`s going to be very big; there`s no question about it. It has all of the elements, Jane. It`s got the young girl who doesn`t look like a murderer. You have the young man who is an upstanding citizen, and you have a very heinous crime that is a shocking thing to happen among people of that nature, of that type. So it`s all possible. A very dramatic case.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Yes, it sure is. And I`ve got to say that the thing that has created so much attention is Jodi herself. Her demeanor, her behavior. She`s acting like it`s a big party. She`s not acting like her life is hanging in the balance. This is a death penalty case.

Take a look at her smiling mug shot. Exhibit A. Look at this. This looks like — well, it kind of looks like a high-school yearbook photo or a photo you`d put on Linked In when you want to get a job. She`s just been arrested for allegedly murdering her ex-boyfriend, and this is what she looks like?

Here`s how she explained that smile to CBS News` “48 Hours.”

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ARIAS: And I thought to myself, you know, what would Travis do if he were in this situation? This is why I`m here. And, you know, barring the fact that he would likely not get himself into such circumstances, he would — he would be smiling. He would be like, hey, you know. He would just flash this grin that he always does, and so there was part of that. And then also part of the fact that I knew it would be all over the Internet. So why not?

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wendy Walsh, we`ll show you in a bit. She engaged in a singing test behind bars. This woman`s behavior has brought a lot of attention to this case. Is she a sociopath, do you think? Is she a psychopath or is she just in complete denial about the level of trouble she`s in?

WENDY WALSH: Let me tell you, Jane, I am fascinated by this young woman`s psychology. I mean, I don`t know enough about it yet, but we`re sure going to see more of it as the trial continues.

But I would say a certain degree of narcissism. She`s smiling because she knows already it`s going to be all over the Internet and maybe she could get famous from this. This young woman definitely has some mental issues. It`s going to be interesting to see as they come out in court.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: All right. Let`s go to the phone lines. Cathy, I believe you`re from Florida. Cathy, your question or thought?

CALLER: Yes.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Hey, how you doing?

CALLER: Hi. I watch your show every day. I love everything about it. My — I`m sorry. My comment is, I don`t understand how this lady, this girl is saying she`s taking revenge, but to slice his throat, shoot him and stab him multiple times? That`s more than revenge.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Well, it could — it could also be revenge.

Prosecutors are describing her as a scorned woman, a woman who is out for revenge, and she did a lot of bizarre things. Exhibit A on the bizarro factor, the photos she allegedly took, according to prosecutors. Secret photos found on a camera inside Travis` washing machine. There were naked photos of the two of them, photos of sexually-provocative positions, and then photos of Travis naked in the shower, and then photos of him bleeding. It`s an unbelievable series of photos. Something, if you saw it in a horror movie, you`d say, “My God, this is over the top.”

Remember, Jodi is a professional photographer by trade. Listen to this.

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ARIAS: They`re just photos that we took, and that we deleted with the intention of — that wasn`t — that wasn`t a one-time incident. I mean, there were many times where, you know, we took pictures, whatever, and any kind of media. And it was deleted because it`s just — it`s just something that we didn`t intend to ever keep.

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: I want to go to Shannon Hogan, journalist, true crime author, who was there in Phoenix, Arizona. She`s writing a book on this case; she knows it inside out.

What were some of the bizarre things that Jodi, according to Travis` friends, did leading up to this? Apparently, she broke into his e-mail, was stalking other women that he dated. Tell us about that.

SHANNON HOGAN, JOURNALIST/AUTHOR (via phone): Yes, she hacked his Facebook account. If he befriended a girl and she heard about it, she would friend that girl on Facebook or MySpace. She allegedly sent harassing e-mails to women he was dating, which invoked heavy religious undertones, and she allegedly slashed his tires, not once, but twice.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Yes, and I understand that she actually would find out if he was dating another girl, allegedly, and then she at one time snuck into the house and watched them sleeping?

HOGAN: That is one of the things that his friends are saying, that he was at the house with his new girlfriend, and they woke up to her standing over them.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Unbelievable. But the truth is that — does anybody dispute that they were still having a sexual relationship? In other words, the victim had broken up with the defendant, but they were still having sex?

HOGAN: That is according to Jodi. There isn`t — the victim can`t speak for himself in this case. He can`t say that — you know, whether the sexual relationship continued. As far as his friends knew, he was still a virgin.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Well, we`re going to have to examine that on the other side, given those photographs. Stay right there.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Were you in love with Travis?

ARIAS: I think that being in love and loving someone are two different things. And there was a point in time where we were in love, but it was short-lived.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why did you guys break up?

ARIAS: There was sort of a breach of trust in our relationship.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: On your part or his part?

ARIAS: Both.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: OK. That woman, and the murder victim, met and began dating in February of 2007. We`re told in reports that they did about five months, broke up in around June of `07, and he was dead by June of `08, a year later.

But Shannon Hogan, I have to go back to you. You know the story inside out. They had broken up, but they were allegedly still having sexual relations secretly, because I`m connecting that to the digital camera that supposedly takes pictures of them naked at the same time, or shortly before there`s a photo of him dead.

HOGAN: Yes, their sexual relationship isn`t really in dispute. It was the amount of time it happened after they broke up. You know, obviously, from the photos it`s very clear that they did have a sexual relationship. But it was something that he kept a secret, because it was something that`s against his religion. He was a Mormon.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Jon Lieberman, HLN contributor, let`s listen to the victim`s best friends say that, when he found out that Travis was dead, he initially, immediately pointed to Jodi and said Jodi was involved. Listen to this.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There was one instance where he called me up and told me that he had caught her breaking into his Facebook account. Four days, five days later, he goes missing, and then we find him dead. And I – – that was the first thing to my mind is that, oh, my gosh, Jodi actually killed him.

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: So a lot of people think, this is an open and shut case. You`ve got all the evidence, Jodi`s bloody palm print in the room. The photo — the camera with these bizarre photos on it.

But then again, Jon Lieberman, everybody thought the Casey Anthony murder trial was an open and shut case. And the thing is, there`s a lot of similarities between these two cases. Each involves a very pretty defendant and a defendant with a tendency toward sort of acting out sexually.

LIEBERMAN: Well, look, Jane, as you very well know, it only takes one juror. It only takes that one person and reasonable doubt, and this woman walks.

But I will tell you, the difference in this case is there is just a plethora of physical evidence. You mentioned it. The bloody palm print on the wall. There`s fibers, hair fibers, her hair fibers at the scene. There`s DNA.

There`s also the fact that she changed her story three different times, finally landing with this self-defense theory. Well, Jane, I`ve never seen a case where the victim is shot first and then stabbed 27 times and then almost decapitated, cut ear to ear, in a self-defense case. I mean, the shot itself would have, you know, kept — kept the attacker away.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Jayne Weintraub, criminal defense attorney, this is a death penalty case. Why don`t her attorneys insist, if this evidence is so overwhelming, that she take some kind of plea deal to get the death penalty off the table, if possible?

WEINTRAUB: Well, first of all, we don`t know that those kind of discussions have not taken place. We don`t know what the prosecutor`s point is, whether or not they`re willing to waive the death penalty or not. That`s No. 1.

No. 2, interestingly enough, first of all, she`s been in that place before many, many times. So the hair fibers, the DNA, none of that matters. The only piece of evidence so far that matters to me would be the bloody hand print, and that could have happened if she came onto the scene after he was already dead, and that is a possibility, Marcia.

CLARK: Oh, please. Please.

WEINTRAUB: Hold on, hold on. It could happen. Remember, he`s not discovered for five days, Jane. This is not where she — you know, she is at the scene and the bloody fingerprint or palm print and then they come in and find the dead body. The dead body is not discovered for five days. That`s No. 1.

No. 2, along the lines that you were talking before, they are trying to introduce the lack of remorse as part of the, I guess, proof that she`s guilty, when that hearing will take place in the next week. And I just think that`s absurd. It`s like for maintaining her innocence, the state is going to blame her and say find her guilty?

VELEZ-MITCHELL: On the other side of the break I want to get Marcia Clark`s reaction to that, because the evidence that is overwhelming that you didn`t mention is in the camera. It`s in the camera. On the other side.

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ARIAS: There`s a lot of forensics suggesting that I was, you know, in his house. The evidence is very compelling. But none of it proves that I committed a murder. None of it proves I committed a crime. What it does substantiate is what I did tell detectives.

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: Marcia Clark, she`s told three different stories, and there`s this camera that has them, first naked in sexually provocative positions. Then him in the shower naked, then him dying in the shower. Isn`t that — well, do you think — what is the defense going to do with that?

CLARK: I don`t think there`s any, any possibility that the defense is actually going to actually try to sell the story that she didn`t commit this crime. I think what they`re going to have to do is focus — or they`ll lose all credibility with the jury. I mean, because this is — this is really overwhelming evidence that she committed it.

But the question will be not who done it but what they done. And that`s where I think the defense is wise to focus their attention. What is it that she did? Was this an act done in self-defense and then she kind of lost her mind and had a psychotic break and went crazy on him, or was this a rash impulse kind of thing? Was there some kind of provocation that she can claim he did to make her act out in this way and had some form of temporary insanity that had her overkill him, basically: 27 stab pounds, and a throat cut as well as a gunshot to the face. That`s really overkill, and that`s the kind of thing you see in rage killings.

I`m sure they could get a forensic psychiatrist to talk about a state of mind that is less culpable, not “not guilty,” but less culpable than someone who, A, deserves the death penalty; or B, maybe even less culpable than someone who deserves a first-degree conviction. So I think that`s where the defense would be smart to focus their attention.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wendy Walsh, psychiatrist, got to show you this clip. It`s Jodi`s winning performance in a prison-wide caroling competition. She beat 50 other prisoners to — you`ve got to check this out. This is beyond comprehension.

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ARIAS (singing): Oh, holy night, the stars are brightly shining. It is the dawn of a new…

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: OK. Wendy, she told three different stories. She seems to think that this is literally going to be a walk in the park. What does that say about her psychology?

WALSH: OK, she`s a smart, manipulative, misguided and distorted young woman. So here she is performing, and she knows once again this is going to go all over the world on the Internet, so she`s singing a religious song. She`s singing a Christmas song. She`s trying to portray this innocent, religious little girl here.

The truth is, if you believe all the evidence so far that she was breaking into his Facebook account, that she broke into his house and was watching him sleeping with his new girlfriend, that she was a stalker with an obsession.

Unfortunately for this young man, and Jane, this is so common, because the difference in men`s and women`s sexualities is so different. He probably thought, she`s my ex-girlfriend who says it`s OK, that we can now be friends with benefits. But he doesn`t understand that the sexual act has huge emotional impact on women. So it was probably fueling her feelings of obsession and jealousy.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: I like your analysis. I agree. Obsession. What is that old tag line, “between love and madness lies obsession”? It applies here, I think.

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