5-7-2013 day three of verdict watch
Doctor Drew: We have with us Travis Alexander's first true love, maybe his only true love. Jodi's defense attorney was awful to her. Deanna thank you for joining us tonite. :blushing: I am so sorry you have to go through this. I have read that Travis trusted you, that you were really a part of him, that you really knew this man. How do you feel now?
Deanna Reid: Thank you for having me. I am doing good. I feel good about standing up for Travis telling the truth about him, I knew it was important , and I am glad I had a chance to do it.
DD: Travis used to say whoever he married would have to get used to you being around. You were going to be in his life, forever. WHere did Jodi come from in this story
DR: She just threw herself at him, big time.
DD: Tell us about the time Travis asked you to go check on his dog, when he was out of town, you got there and to your surprise there was Jodi, making herself at him, making cookies.
DR: Yes, Travis called me, and told me that he wanted me to go over, so of course I agreed to go check on Napoleon. I loved that dog. I walked in, I see Jodi, she is sitting on the couch with Travis' laptop. She offered me a cookie. I kind of knew about the slashing tires, and some stalking behaviors. And there she was in his house, she had broken into his house...
Jenny: Do you think the sex talk has taken away from the fact that Travis was brutally murdered.
Mark: Deanna, I admired you so much while you were testifying. How did you not react?
DR: I knew I had to be that way. I knew Nurmi wanted to humiliate me. Jodi wanted to humiliate me, I would not give her what she wants, so I just stood up for myself and I told the truth. I feel good about it.
Kristie: Travis left the dog to you in his will.
DR: Jodi tried to tell folks that Travis wanted her to have Napoleon. That was a lie, of course.He also left me his library, all of his books. When he did the will he told me he was giving Napoleon and the books to me, and everything else material to Grandma. He said he trust me, and he was giving everything important to him, to me.
DD: Deanna, we were all inspired by you, it is clear Travis loved you, so much and we can all see why. Jodi took this man away. How do you not want to ring her neck?
DR: I do. I cannot understand why she did this. Why could she not just move on. It hurts me. It is so confusing not only that she killed him, but the way she did. I'll never get an answer to why. WHY
Jenny: Travis loved you. Do you think there may have been a future between you and Travis?
DR: Romantically, no, we were friends, he was always going to be my friend.
Travis did have issues from how he grew up, not being abusive. The issue was to commit and to allow someone to love him, to know he deserved to be loved. But we were always going to be in one another's life.
Kristie: What do you think Travis would want to happen to her now?
DR: He wanted to help Jodi. He wanted to try to help her be a better person. I am not sure what he would want to happen to her now. I DO KNOW if she had killed one of his friends, he would have wanted her to get the death penalty. I do know that. Eventually Travis would have been able to get to a good point where he could find true love, and allow himself to be loved, and marry and have a family that he always wanted. Jodi took that away from him.
lease:tell. I'm at work and can't wait until later to watch again.
