Originally Posted by RickshawFan: The only photo that would have worked was the one with her pant leg and poor Travis' body because it shows her actively participating in the murder. It also shows the cruelty of the event.
The significance of that photo has always confused me. I don't doubt that it shows Jodi's foot and part of the pants she was wearing, since we know she killed him and we know she acted alone. But just based on the photo itself, I don't understand how the foot can be identified as Jodi's.
In one of her Yreka cop shop interviews, I vaguely recall Lefty admitting to Det. Flores that she had *two* pairs of the sweat pants shown in that picture. I do recall Det. Flores' reply back to her as, "yeah, we found one pair in your bedroom closet". Hmm... where's the second pair, Jode? In a pile of ashes somewhere in the great basin? So anyway, if the sweatpants are admittedly hers, so too is the footwear. As is the foot itself.
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Regarding the receipt for the third gas can from Walmart (or Costco)... had she not kept the receipt for that third gas can for her treasure chest, would Juan have had to speculate for the jury that she somehow had a third gas can to make sense of all the gas purchases? I mean would he have had to tell the jury she had to have somehow had a third gas can, even though he couldn't prove it to them?
With or without that receipt for that third gas can though, I think filling three gas cans with fuel each time she stopped to fill the tank on her rental car (to avoid detection in the entire state of Arizona) still points to premeditation -- especially considering all the other evidence against her -- namely the [cough, cough]stolen .25 Auto handgun[/cough, cough]
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Also to pocketaccount who said, "In JA's case, she stabbed him continuously 27 times. I believe she told herself 'I want to kill him' each time she stabbed."
I'm no L. Kirk Nurmi and I'm certainly not trying to defend her actions or her state of mind, but didn't the M.E. say that most (if not all) of the stabs wounds to the back were shallow? If so, Jodi may have just been playing with him. Wanting to hurt him, of course, but saving the coupe de grace, intent-to-kill wounds for the chest and neck. In an effort to add salt to the would (so to speak), however, I can see her inflicting verbal abuse at him along with the shallow stab wounds to the back. "How's that feel, Sweety? Oh, it hurts? Poor baby. Well now you know how I've felt the last two years. This one's for Mimi. This one's for Lisa. This one's for Deanna", etc, etc. But that's just me.
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Oh, and I've programmed my DVR to record Dr. Phil on Monday. Thanks for the heads-up, one and all! Can't wait to hear what Juan has to say.