PHOENIX -- On June 9, 2008, a young . Martinez asked. Angrily, Arias directs Alexander to pose for pictures in the shower until she gets him into the vulnerable position she is seeking. She and Alexander then get into a fight. With the focused goal of becoming a criminal prosecutor. Authorities say she planned the attack on Alexander in a jealous rage. A few days later, Alexanders friends found him dead in his home, shot and stabbed to death. "Did he ever tell you about wanting to cork the pot of a little girl?" Man Accused Of Killing Girlfriend Arrested After He's Struck While Chasing Her Dog On Expressway. 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You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Within minutes, his life is over as she surprises him with the knife and later shoots him. FICTION: A text from Katie (his new girlfriend) asking Alexander to meet to talk sends Arias into a rage as Alexander begins to shower. The 20/20 Event airs Friday at 9|8c on @ABC. You think Im gonna be your booty call forever? The two-hour film starring Tania Raymonde (Lost) as Arias and Jesse Lee Soffer (The Mob Doctor) as Alexander covers their turbulent and brief relationship more than it does the courtroom drama. Maricopa County Medical Examiner Kevin Horn testified that Alexander's jugular vein, common carotid artery, and trachea had been slashed and that Alexander had defensive wounds on his hands. When Reid said, "No," Nurmi continued by asking if Alexander had ever told her she was the "ultimate slut" in bed, ever called her a "whore," along with several other crudely worded questions that Alexander had allegedly said to Arias during their relationship. On June 4, 2008, while supposedly en route to Utah on Prepaid Legal business, Arias drove 1000 miles to Alexanders home in Mesa, Arizona, arriving around 4 a.m. Thirteen hours later, she slashed his throat, stabbed him 28 other times and shot him once in the head and then drove to Utah where she made out with another man. The high-profile murder of Travis Alexander and the story surrounding his death at age 30 is being examined on ABCs 20/20 Friday, February 14, 2020. In the spring of 2008, she moved back to California. His body was found days later with 27 stab wounds and a gunshot to the head. What they found was a nightmare: Alexander was curled up, collapsed in the shower, and covered in blood. Now, new interviews and details as Jodi Arias continues her push to appeal her conviction. Prosecutors claim Arias went to Alexander's home intent on killing him after learning he planned to take a trip to Mexico with another woman. The two became friends right away, and in November of that same year, Arias was baptized into the Mormon faith, Alexander's church. Play it now! It was an emotional day on both sides of the Phoenix courtroom Tuesday. He was a salesperson for Prepaid Legal . Lydia Warren . After some weird talk about how easy she is to be with, Alexander asks her if she wants to spend the night. Last week, DeMarte diagnosed Arias with borderline personality disorder and rejected testimony that was a victim of domestic abuse and the defense's diagnosis that she had post traumatic stress disorder. His ex-girlfriend and convicted murderer Jodi Arias received the death penalty in 2013. Great Shakes. FACT: We will never know exactly why Arias killed Alexander unless she decides to fess up. Fugitive in $18 million COVID fraud scheme extradited to U.S. Where things stand in the Alex Murdaugh double murder trial, Closing arguments begin in double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh, U.S. requests extradition of drug kingpin's son, Mexico says. She first told police she knew nothing of the killing then later blamed it on masked intruders. Religion was a factor in their relationship, as it was in many of Arias previous relationships. Alexander . Soon afterward, Reid said she went on a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission to Costa Rica and the two split up, but reconciled in 2002. His ex-girlfriend and convicted murderer Jodi Arias received the death penalty in 2013. Yet when she visited Burns the day after the murder, she never once mentioned the ordeal she had supposedly been through the previous day, he said in court. Nurmi then asked Reid a series of further embarrassing questions about Alexander. Earlier in the day, the jury watched police interrogation tapes of Arias as she denied over and over again that she had stolen a handgun and used it to kill her ex-boyfriend. On June 9, 2008, over a year after they connected, Travis Alexander was found dead in his home in Mesa, Arizona. Accused: Jodi Arias, 32, faces the death penalty after allegedly murdering her ex-boyfriend, right. Sky Hughes said she felt a bad vibe and told Alexander to open the door. Jodi Arias, 32, is accused of fatally shooting and stabbing Travis Alexander in June 2008, leaving a bloody scene that authorities have described as among the most gruesome they had ever seen. Authorities say Arias shot the 30-year-old Alexander in the forehead, stabbed and slashed him nearly 30 times, slit his throat and left him inside a shower at his suburban Phoenix home after he tried to end their relationship in June 2008. "How often were they affectionate?" He was nice and cordial, but kind of acting like he had hurt feelings. Jodi Arias admitted to her cellmate that she had an accomplice who helped her murder former boyfriend Travis Alexander, according to a shocking new interview. Alexander's sisters also wept in court as Martinez questioned ex-girlfriend Deanna Reid. The device even revealed photographs of his bloody body and another showing Arias dragging it across the ground - apparently taken accidentally when the camera was dropped. Martinez asked. Travis Alexanders friends were instantly wary about Jodi Arias, and immediately believed she was the killer when they learned their friend was murdered. Growing up, Travis had a terrible childhood. This comes after it was revealed that friends who discovered the badly mutilated body of Alexander wasted no time linking his ex-girlfriend to the crime, according to newly released 911 recordings. He knocked her to the ground in the bathroom where there was a struggle,' Willmott said. Authorities say Alexander was shot with a .25-caliber gun, the same caliber weapon her grandparents reported stolen from their California home just days before the killing. A hearing is set for today regarding the motion by Arias' defense team to allow another expert witness to take the stand to rebut testimony by prosecution witness Dr. Janeen DeMarte. / CBS News. Prosecutors have claimed that Arias repeatedly stabbed Alexander in his shower before dragging him to his bedroom and slicing his throat. Arias was completely obsessed with Alexander, his friends said. He was born in Riverside, California. Powered by. Flores also testified that the communique included the devout Mormon writing to Arias: 'I think I was little more than a dildo with a heartbeat to you. by Steve Sailer. Defense lawyers have yet to explain why Arias put the camera in the washing machine, what happened to the weapons used in the killing, and why Arias changed her stories. The caller then gave the dispatcher the name of Alexander's paramour, 'Jodi,' adding that the 30-year-old had never reported incidents of alleged stalking involving Jodi to police. Nurmi pressed Reid about intimate details of her relationship with Alexander, forcing her to admit she had sex with him several times. Shutterstock. Both Reid and the victim were members of the faith which teaches abstinence before marriage. Jennifer Willmott, an attorney for Arias, told jurors her client acted in self-defense after Alexander 'lunged at Jodi in anger' in his suburban Mesa home after she dropped his new camera. Jodi Arias met Travis Alexander in September of 2006 at a business convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. We sat down and started passionately kissingI was apprehensive but I was going with it. Get to know Travis and Katie with all-new episodes of Bringing Up Bates, airing Thursdays on UPtv at 9 p.m. You can read more about their relationship here. When Travis Alexander first met Jodi Arias, he thought he'd met the love of his life. They remained friends until his death, she said. Travis Alexander was found dead in his Arizona home on June 9th, 2008 with multiple stab wounds and a gunshot wound to his head. I thought there was going to be, but there wasnt. "That was our private business," Reid said when Nurmi asked if she had discussed the sexual relationship with other people. At the trial, defense attorneys have painted a picture of Alexander as an abusive, manipulative boyfriend who made Arias wear a t-shirt reading: 'Travis Alexander's'. Travis Alexander's friends were instantly wary about Jodi Arias, and immediately believed she was the killer when they learned their friend was murdered. Jodi Arias was convicted of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander at his Arizona home in 2008. As part of their strategy, Arias' lawyers told jurors that the 'sex-crazed and abusive' Alexander made Arias clean his house while wearing a French maid's outfit, ABC15 reported. Katie Bates is engaged to her boyfriend Travis Clark. Throughout the nearly 2 1/2 months of defense testimony, Arias' lawyers worked to portray her as a victim of physical and emotional abuse by Alexander. Travis Alexander of Phoenix, Arizona, who was allegedly killed by girlfriend Jodi Arias. May 14, 2013 / 12:13 PM But Soffer doesn't do justice to Alexander's charisma and swagger, so it's hard to buy her obsession with him. Subscribe to see our l. The couple had met at a work conference in Las Vegas in September 2006 and began speaking on the phone every day. Published: 18:32 EST, 6 January 2013 | Updated: 07:51 EST, 8 January 2013. Martinez asked. Titan's father is model Alexander Wraith . Morgan Wallen's ex-fiance Katie Smith is seriously injured in a car crash after being hit . Neither the prosecution or the defence in the trial disagree that Alexander and Arias had a relationship of a sexual nature. The murder of Travis Alexander and jarring photographic evidence. Travis Alexander was murdered on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Police told the court today that the burglary appeared 'odd' because only one gun was stolen out of four and piles of coins had not been taken. Authorities believe she brought it with her to kill the victim. They rekindled their relationship in 2002, but Reid said they broke up again about three years later because Alexander wasn't ready for marriage, while she wanted to settle down. 11. Jodi Arias sobs as court sees sexually explicit photos of her with ex-boyfriend hours before he was stabbed and shot to death. "At some point did you ever have suspicions that he might have been cheating again?" She eventually settled on a self-defense claim, saying Alexander attacked her and she was forced to fight for her life. Alexander was a devout Mormon, and Arias converted to Mormonism because of their relationship. Arias initially denied involvement then blamed it on masked intruders. Police said that by the time Hall and Alexander's roommate discovered his body, he had been dead for about five days. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on April 13, 2015. He'd been stabbed a grand total of 27 times, shot once in the head, and his throat had been slit (via All That's . Details of the highly sexualised relationship between the two will play a major role in the proceedings in Arias' claim that she killed her boyfriend in self defence on June 8th 2008. In 2016, a recording of Arias detailing her daily life in prison was released by Radar Online . "Did he ever tell you that the way you moan is like a 12-year-old girl having her first orgasm?" She initially denied killing Alexander, but claimed two years later that she killed him in self-defense. Alexander worked as a salesman and a motivational speaker. Travis Alexander & Jodi Arias. 4,705 Shares. The prosecution alleges he was already dead when this wound was inflicted. But Travis Alexander, a 29-year-old motivational speaker, salesman, and devout Mormon, was smitten when he first met the beautiful and seemingly carefree, aspiring photographer in 2006. But Arias showed no emotion Tuesday as another former girlfriend described her years dating Alexander and told the court that Alexander was never verbally or physically abusive to her. Detective Melendez told the court that although pictures had been deleted from the camera, they remained on the hard drive. His neck was also slashed from ear to ear. He was a practising Mormon and a charismatic motivational speaker. They had met at a Las Vegas convention in 2007 and had an on-again, off-again relationship for about five months. "The 'things' I had to do today consisted of . Martinez sought Tuesday to use Reid in an attempt to show jurors that Arias is lying. Travis's parents were drug addicts. She moved to Arizona, and cleaned Alexanders home for extra money. Subscribe & Hit That Bell So You Don't Miss A Video! Travis learned how to take care of himself from a very early age. On June 9, his friends went to his upscale home after he had failed to return their calls. The prosecution argued it was all a pre-meditated set-up as Arias was in a jealous rage because he was going to Cancun, Mexico, with another woman. Arias' palm print was found in blood at the scene, along with nude photos of her and the victim from the day of the killing. FORBIDDEN FRUIT: A blond Jodi Arias feeds tragic Mormon Travis Alexander's taste for the taboo. All of Jodi's time and money was spent on sealing the deal with Travis. A family purchased Travis Alexander's home where he was murdered in 2009. She removed his Mormon temple garments and returned the favor. Flores downplayed the stalker description, saying Alexander was inviting Arias to his home and the phone calls between them 'were back and forth.'. Nurmi asked. Defendant Jodi Arias appears in court for her murder trial at the Maricopa County Superior Court on Monday Jan. 28. in Phoenix. Jodi and Travis fell for each other quickly and despite the fact that the two lived in different states they decided to try and make it work long distance. Please enter valid email address to continue. Their first meeting was in September 2006 in Las Vegas. Louise Boyle I was calling people because I was bored on the road. Nasal spray reduces risk of infection 86% - nearly DOUBLE protection given by shot in arm, 'He is NOT a threat': Mental health advocate DEFENDS 6'6" thug, 17, who had to be dragged off unconscious female teaching aide who he knocked out for confiscating his Nintendo Switch, Woke LA DA George Gascon SUSPENDS attorney who 'misgendered' transgender child molester, 27 - who started identifying as a woman after DNA linked her to cold case of man beaten to death, How Roald Dahl's family caved in to censors to keep their whizzpopping $444million gravy train on track, writes ALISON BOSHOFF, 'Roald Dahl was a bigot and he never supported me, but really?' 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