a view from the inside: observations from our own court observers #4

[Paintr]

She did the Snow white one with the black eye for sure.

Probably after talking to DV expert.

 

[katiecoolady]

Be prepared to cry before reading this... a message from Tanisha Alexander posted on the Justice for Travis Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/Justice4Travis/posts/447419125334235

A message to you all, from Travis' sister:

To the supporters of Travis and Our family,
I just want to express how grateful Our family is to all of you for the loving support you have all shown us. Whether it's been support thru these pages, or thru your prayers, or thru sending us donations for our travel expenses, or thru sending us messages on facebook, or sending us Cards , Drawings of Travis, or making us Jewelry , quilts or gift cards and sending to them thru my PO box,... or if its you coming to court and showing support, or thru tying your blue ribbons around trees, mailboxes, or by you wearing your blue ribbons , even your children showing support by setting up on the side of the street and doing a lemonade stand to help raise us money for our expenses in the hope we see Justice for Travis. Whatever it is that you have done to show us support, I can't even express how many tears have ran down my face , even as I write this, because my heart feels so much love from all of you, so much gratitude, so many people who are strangers who I've never met and never will meet her on earth, still showing so much love... I just want you to know you are all a part of my families love, pain, and endurance. You have all been here for us and we feel your love, we feel your sacrifice, we feel your support, and we Know Our Heavenly Father hears your prayers and He will not let us down, it's our faith in him and Jesus Christ that we will see Justice for Travis and feel the love The Lord has for us. We are all blessed that thru the Atonement we will return to live With Our Heavenly father, Jesus Christ, and our Eternal families again. I look forward to living with my parents again, I look forward to living with My Brother TRAVIS again, I look forward to giving him the biggest hug I can think of giving , I look forward to as I'm passing out of this life into the next life hearing him sing as I'm arriving there, I look forward to meeting you all in Heaven someday, and I know I will see you there. Travis will see you there and hug each one of you for showing his family love thru these hard days. Travis will greet you there and he will be gearing up to make you laugh and smile and make you feel the Love he has for all of you!
Until then I will continue to feel your love in my heart, and continue to pay it forward, I will continue to pray that there is soon Justice for Our family and for our sweet brother Travis. I have received cards, gifts, donations , drawings, etc..and I have sent out and will continue to send out thank you cards for what Our family has gotten in My PO box. You have brighten up our days, and I know the Lord will bless you and your family with Love and happiness.
Thank you all, With Love, Tanisha Sorenson

Tears tears tears...thank you for sharing this. <3

 

[Myvice]

Anyone passing notes for Jodi should be severly reprimanded IMO. She was caught trying to influence a juror this way. Do we actually know if this is true?

 

[CarolinaMoon]

Katie, thank you so much again for the notes from court. Sending healing vibes to you and your brother. I hope is feeling better.

 

[strawberry]

The smug smile the Mit. Spec and JA shared immediately after this happened was all the confirmation I needed on that.

That inappropriately dressed Victims Advocate turned murderer supporter is also getting on my last nerve. I found her body language all cozy up to JA that day strange and disturbing.

Who is that?

 

[SunDawnn]

Has this been covered here? If so, I apologize. Too many pages to go through. And if not...let the debate start.
First, where are they getting this information from?
Hmmmmm.

Short video discussion from HLN included in link:


Was Jodi booked on Cancun trip with Travis?

Was Jodi supposed to go to Cancun with Travis? Sources tell HLN senior producer Selin Darkalstanian says Jodi was booked on that now infamous Cancun trip until Travis changed his mind and decided he wanted to take Mimi Hall instead. This is the first time we've heard that Travis considered taking Jodi on the Mexican getaway. Could this last minute change have send Jodi into a murderous rage?
http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/03/22/was-jodi-booked-cancun-trip-travis

 

[marciec]

They walk out of court with them. I don't know where they go after that. They each have a 3 ring binder plus a notepad for taking notes--wait now I'm having a brain spasm. I have memory of seeing them walk out without them but that might just be on breaks. I do see them walking inand out with them beginning /end of day. Maybe a legal eagle in here knows what happens with them...

Not a legal eagle, but when on a jury we were instructed to leave them on our chair..couldn't take them with us after it was over either..(case was a sexual assault on a child - awful..)

 

[strawberry]

The smug smile the Mit. Spec and JA shared immediately after this happened was all the confirmation I needed on that.

That inappropriately dressed Victims Advocate turned murderer supporter is also getting on my last nerve. I found her body language all cozy up to JA that day strange and disturbing.

:waitasec: Maybe I shouldn't have tweeted out the DA's office phone number. :innocent:

 

[katiecoolady]

:waitasec: Maybe I shouldn't have tweeted out the DA's office phone number. :innocent:

?????

 

[TheBugs]

Asked and answered. Thank you!

Thank YOU for all you do! :rocker:

Not a legal eagle, but when on a jury we were instructed to leave them on our chair..couldn't take them with us after it was over either..(case was a sexual assault on a child - awful..)

That's awful. We couldn't take ours either. We were told to leave them and all notes would be destroyed.

 

[strawberry]

?????

People were talking about letting JM know about the pill and folder so I googled the number and tweeted it. Anyone could google it though. Was JW really a victim's advocate? How do you go from that to a defense attorney?

 

[LambChop]

The smug smile the Mit. Spec and JA shared immediately after this happened was all the confirmation I needed on that.

That inappropriately dressed Victims Advocate turned murderer supporter is also getting on my last nerve. I found her body language all cozy up to JA that day strange and disturbing.

You, too. It hasn't gone unnoticed by a lot of viewers. Creepy, to say the least. Not sure how she thinks she can help her when the jury sees what we see while they are sitting. jmo

 

[krissij]

Katie,
Do you know where Beth Karas has been? I saw that you posted something about her being in a charitable thing this weekend but I am really sad that she hasn't had much airtime this week on TV. I see her in the courtroom and I know she works her tail off. She is so amazing and far outshines any of the other TH's on television (especially the obnoxious ones). Any info? I am so jealous that you have had the occasion to actually talk to her! Thanks again for all your notes and observations!

 

[katiecoolady]

People were talking about letting JM know about the pill and folder so I googled the number and tweeted it. Anyone could google it though. Was JW really a victim's advocate? How do you go from that to a defense attorney?

No Maria somebody who is the mitigation specialist was a Victim Advocate. Now she's a Murderer Advocate. :facepalm:

 

[marciec]

LATE! Much later than that. It was light out then. IMO she was NOT "covered in blood" when she left that house. She was well prepared. She had a plan to clean herself up and change of clothes. She would have been covered in blood after that extremely bloody attack and had to clean her own self, her body, her hair, get rid of her murder outfit and change clothes and get in that car in a way it was not COVERED in blood itself.

The houses are very very close together. So she just calmly walked out of that house all la dee da after murdering him and drove away. Psycho Killer.

Wow..Someone said they think she showered in the same shower as Travis, after he was put there..O.M.G. Can't even wrap my head around that, but then again I can't imagine any of what we know she did.
I'm convinced she planned this at least a week in advance, minimum. But wouldn't they be able to tell if she'd been in another bathroom? (The way my hair falls out I'd have left at least 100 behind). Makes me crazy when Samuels talks about a "frenzied" sloppy crime scene!! I think she cleaned things up WAY better than most murderers leave a crime scene. Good lord, she did laundry!! And that they found so few fingerprints, handprints, hairs (of Jodi's) speaks to how meticulous & premeditated it really was, no?

 

[strawberry]

No Maria somebody who is the mitigation specialist was a Victim Advocate. Now she's a Murderer Advocate. :facepalm:

That's even weirder.

 

[katiecoolady]

Katie,
Do you know where Beth Karas has been? I saw that you posted something about her being in a charitable thing this weekend but I am really sad that she hasn't had much airtime this week on TV. I see her in the courtroom and I know she works her tail off. She is so amazing and far outshines any of the other TH's on television (especially the obnoxious ones). Any info? I am so jealous that you have had the occasion to actually talk to her! Thanks again for all your notes and observations!

I do know where she's been! I just posted about it on the Bring Back Beth FB page! (you can get tidbits there).

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beth-Karas-Bring-Back-Beth/556728244361860?ref=ts&fref=ts

She is singing and dancing in a Broadway show for charity!

More info here:

innercircleshow.org

She lost both of her brothers to a horrible disease called MPS disease and she's a surviving sister so this is her charity project as she said "this is really where my heart is.." as she touched her heart. She loves the law, she said, but her biggest love is this charity project. what a good soul she is. She will be the President of that Inner Circle organization next year and I want to get a table and go on a NYC field trip to go see it! :rocker:

 

[LambChop]

Dear Katie,
I wil leave Websleuths because I have given more than I should have to every fund mentioned.
I wish you well and will miss the reports from the court but I would feel bad staying and not contributing more $.
Jenni

Oh, you don't have to leave. If contributing is not your thing there is no obligation. Many are not in a position to contribute but support this family with their posts of well wishes for them. Also you can always hop over to another thread. I think of this as a support thread too for the family because Katie gets to sit with them and share with them our concerns and support. Prayers don't cost a thing. Positive affirmations are free, too. So you can be valuable and contribute in many ways. Katie will be the first to tell you that. So don't leave, we all contribute what we can. It does not always have to be money.

 

[LolaBaby3]

No Maria somebody who is the mitigation specialist was a Victim Advocate. Now she's a Murderer Advocate. :facepalm:

Hi Katie!!!

First thank you for all your time, effort, sweat and tears with all that you do in the name of Justice for Travis. :great:

I have a question....not sure if you are able to answer and I don't want you to betray confidence or intrude on the family...

So my question is...Does Juan ever acknowledge the family while in court? Sometimes when he is on a roll with a witness and turns to get some water, part of me hopes he turns around winks and smiles at the family. Like, "I got this!". I've never seen anything like that when watching but I was wondering if you have ever witnessed this or any interaction.

Again...thanks for all you and the others who report here do!!!!

 

[LambChop]

Wow..Someone said they think she showered in the same shower as Travis, after he was put there..O.M.G. Can't even wrap my head around that, but then again I can't imagine any of what we know she did.
I'm convinced she planned this at least a week in advance, minimum. But wouldn't they be able to tell if she'd been in another bathroom? (The way my hair falls out I'd have left at least 100 behind). Makes me crazy when Samuels talks about a "frenzied" sloppy crime scene!! I think she cleaned things up WAY better than most murderers leave a crime scene. Good lord, she did laundry!! And that they found so few fingerprints, handprints, hairs (of Jodi's) speaks to how meticulous & premeditated it really was, no?

Doesn't it seem strange, too, that if she were no longer "dating" Travis and on her way to see a new beau, why was her hair in braids and why was she shaved. She said Travis preferred her shaved. If she were on a limited budget going to see Ryan, who she had no plans to have sex with, why bother to go to all that trouble. Clearly Jodi was not done with Travis no matter what she says. jmo