Was It Self-Defense? A Critical Examination of the Travis Alexander Case.

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Alexander suffered multiple stab wounds, a slit throat, and a gunshot to the head, with Arias eventually admitting to killing him but claiming self-defense . The trial officially began in January 2013, captivating public attention for its duration. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of Travis Alexander in his Mesa home in 2008. She had claimed self - defense . Arias faces a potential death sentence or life in. Jodi Arias faces the death penalty for the murder of her lover, 30-year-old Travis Alexander . The body of Alexander , a devout Mormon, was discovered by friends – stabbed repeatedly, throat slit & shot in the head. His girlfriend (Arias) testified that she killed Alexander in self-defense . Jodi Arias: Fatal Attraction. Key evidence against Jodi Arias sealed her fate in Travis Alexander’s murder trial. Learn what led to her conviction. For 2 years after the murder, Mr. Arias claimed that two masked intruders broke into the home and killed Mr. Later, she admitted that the intruder story was a complete fabrication and changed her story to that of self-defense . Through the lens of psychopathy, this case study examines the behaviors and deceptions generated by Ms. Investigators first tied Jodi Arias to the Travis Alexander murder scene through a bloody handprint discovered outside his bedroom. But perhaps the most chilling evidence in the case was the discovery of a digital camera , which was found in a washing machine in the basement of the victim’s home. On July 15, 2008, Arias was arrested for first-degree murder. Though she changed her story several times during questioning, she eventually claimed Travis had physically and emotionally abused her, and she’d killed him in self-defense . “No jury is ever going to convict me,” Arias famously boasted in a jailhouse interview as she awaited trial.