Jodi Arias Murder Trial

[PizzieDuster]

It is sad, that is not self defense. That is Jodi's wrath.

No kidding. I don't know how to say this politely, but I saw the pics of where she lived, her bedroom at the time of her arrest and her grandparents house (burglary photos). I'm sure TA's home in Mesa was like a mansion to her. I wonder if TA knew any background of JA, where she lived and came from?

 

[usnuzuloose]

No kidding. I don't know how to say this politely, but I saw the pics of where she lived, her bedroom at the time of her arrest and her grandparents house (burglary photos). I'm sure TA's home in Mesa was like a mansion to her. I wonder if TA knew any background of JA, where she lived and came from?

I am sure he did, as one of is text messages mentioned how she was so like her mom. Don't know what that meant. Where did you find burglary pictures. Listening to Nancy Grace , she said she called the Buhdist Montesary sp? , but she said they do get phone service. I can't recall Jodi saying who called her to let her know about the burglary.

 

[PizzieDuster]

Wow, one thing leads to the next and I was reading their myspace pages, blogs and pictures. Travis posted a blog, an introduction to a book he was writing explaining his childhood. Wow. Very sad. His mom was a crack addict and he grew up being beaten and verbally abused, growing up with cockroaches, no food, in filth. It explains why his 2 sisters are the only ones there on his side of the family.

What was eerie is JA's Tribute to Travis on her myspace (photos with descriptions). Sick. Reading their posts back and forth to each other and along with their blogs took hours but very revealing. Seems like the defense is truly glossing over things. I needed a freakin aspirin, it gave me a headache as they seemed to be posting blogs aimed at each other in a passive aggressive way. Travis's last blog was about finding a the right woman to marry - posted in May - by June he was killed.

When JA moved to Yreka TA posted on her FB page "I wonder how much you raise the hotness level of Yreka all by yourself, factoring in its per capita hot stats before you came, I am sure it has raised exponentially."

I was trying to figure out if that was after she moved to Mesa to be close to TA but then they broke up and she moved back to Yreka. All it says was 4 years ago.

Replace that coffee with a glass of wine tonight

See ya all tomorrow!

 

[usnuzuloose]

Mind blowing isn't it?

 

[reelmom]

I have a question. Did the attack start in the shower? Where else was there blood in the house? If there was blood in other places, how did he end up back in the shower? Did she drag him back in?

 

[lorimay]

Good Morning All

What do we have in store for us today? Memory loss perhaps?
We all heard it, "I don't remember a lot of what happened that day".
We have been warned.

I just REALLY hope all the jurors heard her little slip yesterday when she said something on the line of "he was only violent once" or "he only hit me once".
I whooped so loud my neighbors probably heard me.
I saw the lady defense attorney start whispering to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo lady immediately.

After the murder description, we will still have to hear her BS story about going to Ryan Burns. Lets see how she tries to make him look like a liar now.

I wonder if Martinez will even get a her today, I'm thinking tomorrow.
Why? Because I have a hair appt. of course.

 

[lorimay]

I have a question. Did the attack start in the shower? Where else was there blood in the house? If there was blood in other places, how did he end up back in the shower? Did she drag him back in?

There was a lot of blood on the carpet in the bedroom near the closet.
I think the entire murder took place in the bedroom and bathroom.
There was blood on the wall with her palm print as well.

 

[reelmom]

Good Morning All

What do we have in store for us today? Memory loss perhaps?
We all heard it, "I don't remember a lot of what happened that day".
We have been warned.

I just REALLY hope all the jurors heard her little slip yesterday when she said something on the line of "he was only violent once" or "he only hit me once".
I whooped so loud my neighbors probably heard me.
I saw the lady defense attorney start whispering to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo lady immediately.

After the murder description, we will still have to hear her BS story about going to Ryan Burns. Lets see how she tries to make him look like a liar now.

I wonder if Martinez will even get a her today, I'm thinking tomorrow.
Why? Because I have a hair appt. of course.

I agree about getting to the good stuff tomorrow because I have to take the kids to the dentist at 3 tomorrow.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

O.M.G. I just saw unedited crime scene photos of Travis in the shower and more. I wasn't prepared for that. It's one thing to listen to her testify, it's another thing to see what she actually did to him.

Me too. I thought they were going to be the pictures that they retrieved from the camera, which were hard to make out, not the police pictures. Truly horrific.

I have a question. Did the attack start in the shower? Where else was there blood in the house? If there was blood in other places, how did he end up back in the shower? Did she drag him back in?

It started in the shower. He worked his way over to the sink where he was spitting blood into the sink. And I think she shot him there (so that must've been the end of it) because the shell casing was on top of the blood on the floor. And then she dragged him back into the shower. If those camera pictures didn't exist, and Jodi ended up on trial anyway, they'd be arguing that no way could she move his body by herself (and heck, they still might) and therefore couldn't have committed the crime.

Good Morning All

What do we have in store for us today? Memory loss perhaps?
We all heard it, "I don't remember a lot of what happened that day".
We have been warned.

I just REALLY hope all the jurors heard her little slip yesterday when she said something on the line of "he was only violent once" or "he only hit me once".
I whooped so loud my neighbors probably heard me.
I saw the lady defense attorney start whispering to the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo lady immediately.

After the murder description, we will still have to hear her BS story about going to Ryan Burns. Lets see how she tries to make him look like a liar now.

I wonder if Martinez will even get a her today, I'm thinking tomorrow.
Why? Because I have a hair appt. of course.

You're so right about having been warned...I have a feeling the rest of the defense case is going to be much less detailed. I wonder if Nurmi wants Martinez to get his shot at her immediately after he (Nurmi) is done, because Jodi will be emotional and devastated rolleyes: ) and Martinez would have to tread softly to not look like a total *** to the jury. I think Martinez would rather start out with Jodi being her usual cool cucumber self, altho she can certainly turn it on when she really needs to.

On Nancy Grace, they were showing videos of Jodi testifying, zooming in on her finger, and how straight or barely bent it was. That Jodes! Such a kidder. They also talked about that abuse count being off. Wish I had seen BBB lady and female lawyer's reaction. Maybe it'll be part of the replay this morning on InSession.

Jodi will just deny any testimony by Ryan. She already denied something that 40 yr old former boyfriend said, about the gas can...I think he had said that she said she was going to Arizona??

My hair appt is tomorrow at 1:00, which means I will be leaving the house at 12:30 which is when court should be starting. :/ I never make my next appt at my last appt...I always call days before I need the appt...but she's 8 1/2 months pregnant and I was afraid there'd be a run on her services before she takes her leave. This is just one more thing I'm going to hold against Jodes and Nurmi.

 

[Uncle Remus]

I have a question. Did the attack start in the shower? Where else was there blood in the house? If there was blood in other places, how did he end up back in the shower? Did she drag him back in?

It started in the shower. He worked his way over to the sink where he was spitting blood into the sink. And I think she shot him there (so that must've been the end of it) because the shell casing was on top of the blood on the floor. And then she dragged him back into the shower. If those camera pictures didn't exist, and Jodi ended up on trial anyway, they'd be arguing that no way could she move his body by herself (and heck, they still might) and therefore couldn't have committed the crime.

From the evidence pictures and the ME testimony, the prosecution put forth the argument that the attack started in the shower, proceeded in the bathroom and then down the hallway where the blood is all over the carpet and walls (one section with Jodi's palm print in his and her blood). The (accidental) picture of the foot and pants leg is Jodi's as she appears to be dragging Travis back to the bathroom.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

From the evidence pictures and the ME testimony, the prosecution put forth the argument that the attack started in the shower, proceeded in the bathroom and then down the hallway where the blood is all over the carpet and walls (one section with Jodi's palm print in his and her blood). The (accidental) picture of the foot and pants leg is Jodi's as she appears to be dragging Travis back to the bathroom.

How did she manage to hang onto the camera the whole time? I thought the accidental pictures happened during the initial part of the attack. There must be a timeline of the attack. I'll take a look at some point, unless someone already did the legwork and can post the link. I'm feeling lazy today.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

My mistake...just saw "photo accidentally taken while dragging body".

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

OK, I looked for a timeline of the murder itself and couldn't find one (found a reenactment video, but it was sort of weird), but found this timeline of important dates in the case. Not sure if anyone posted a timeline in this thread, but I'll put this one in the first post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/jodi-arias-timeline_n_2387245.html

 

[Uncle Remus]

OK, I looked for a timeline of the murder itself and couldn't find one (found a reenactment video, but it was sort of weird), but found this timeline of important dates in the case. Not sure if anyone posted a timeline in this thread, but I'll put this one in the first post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/jodi-arias-timeline_n_2387245.html

I posted that link further back in the thread somewhere and it's generally pretty good with the exception of this:

September 2006 – Travis Alexander met Jodi Arias at a conference in Las Vegas. At the time, Alexander was a 30-year-old motivational speaker and legal-insurance salesman. Arias, then 28, was living in Yreka, Calif., and was trying to make it as a saleswoman and an independent photographer.

Jodi wasn't living in Yreka when she met Travis, she was living with Darryl Brewer in Palm Desert, CA, in the house she and Darryl bought together. Darryl testified to this earlier in the trial.

In testimony Tuesday, Jodi Arias’ former boyfriend said she began to change dramatically after she started working for Prepaid Legal, the same company that employed her ex-lover Travis Alexander.

Arias is on trial for killing Alexander, who was brutally murdered. On Tuesday, Darryl Brewer testified he began a romantic relationship with Arias in 2003. They even bought a house together in Palm Desert, California, in June 2005.

Brewer testified that soon after being introduced to Prepaid Legal in the spring of 2006, Arias began to explore the Mormon religion. Brewer testified that the relationship started to sour in the summer of 2006. And in the fall of that same year, she told Brewer they had to stop having sex, because she was saving herself for her future husband. Around this time, Arias also got breast implants, according to Brewer.

Brewer also said Arias became more irresponsible with her finances after she began working for Prepaid Legal. He said she stopped paying some of their household bills.

Brewer told jurors the relationship effectively came to an end in December 2006, when he moved to Monterey, California, to be closer to his son from another relationship. He said he and Arias stayed friends and would even talk on the phone.

http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/01/29/ex-boyfriend-arias-changed-dramatically

Anyway, that HuffPo link has quite a few picture slides in it for those who want to see more.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

I posted that link further back in the thread somewhere and it's generally pretty good with the exception of this:



Jodi wasn't living in Yreka when she met Travis, she was living with Darryl Brewer in Palm Desert, CA, in the house she and Darryl bought together. Darryl testified to this earlier in the trial.

Thanks! I noted that with the link in the first post.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Thanks! I noted that with the link in the first post.

I didn't notice that discrepancy until maybe a week later and I'm kinda surprised HuffPo didn't (and still hasn't) go back and make a correction. HLN one night posted that Jodi had said something on the sex tape but corrected it to Travis within minutes.

 

[Sabeking]

OK, I looked for a timeline of the murder itself and couldn't find one (found a reenactment video, but it was sort of weird), but found this timeline of important dates in the case. Not sure if anyone posted a timeline in this thread, but I'll put this one in the first post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/jodi-arias-timeline_n_2387245.html

Thank you for posting that link. It is pretty comprehensive!

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Hope this doesn't come back to haunt me someday that I'm a violent person LOL, but I'm going to say it anyway...I want to strangle Nurmi! All the "What was that last part you said?" or "What's that?" There are 4 possible reasons for his CONSTANTLY saying this:
1) He has a hearing problem.
2) He wants to emphasize the statement by having her repeat it.
3) He wants to give Jodi another chance to say what they had rehearsed, because the first time she didn't say it quite right.
4) He's determined to drag this on to twice as long as it would otherwise be by repeating almost everything.

When I watch the replay of some of the testimony, I realize how much I did miss, because my mind wanders. So Travis didn't like hair on her body nor his...OBVIOUSLY proof that he's a pedophile.

 

[BearcatsFan]

Good morning, everyone.

I so hope Martinez gets his chance to at least start the cross today. My husband watched a couple of minutes of the trial with me yesterday and saw the BBB lady. He goes, "Why is she dressed like she's going clubbing?"

Can't wait to see how much she remembers from one day considering she can practically remember her entire life and recite it by rote.

I'm sitting here watching it flurry. I so can't wait for Spring!

 

[lorimay]

Do you think she cleaned the knife and put it back?