pocketaccent
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I know all this has been discussed, repeatedly, but I guess what I'm stuck on is why the would do all that...towards what end?
A minor point---she didn't know before she left Mesa that TA was going to buy a new camera, much less what kind it would be (and she may or may not have been responsible for Zach's camera materializing in the BMW).
TA texted the about buying the Sony after she'd left Mesa, but he had already chosen what to buy, based on Zach's recommendation, not hers.
More major points: why, again? If she changed the dates on the sex photos but not on the shower photos, then tried to destroy the camera, her only possible purpose for doing so involved showing them at some point to a still alive Travis. Why?
And then they were deleted, whether taken before or that day.
The other point-- what do you think was the timeline for that day (what encounters, where was she, when might he have known she was there) before 5:20 pm, if they weren't occupied with sex at the time the photos indicate?
I'm totally open in theory to the possibility they didn't have sex that day, but I just can't imagine any scenario that makes sense to me why she'd fake the day and time of sex photos, unless it was to threaten Travis, which wouldn't have served her purpose that day- - she needed him to trust her, or at least for him to let his guard down.
We'll never know what Travis felt or thought on June 4 before he was murdered, including what he felt or thought about the surprising him in his own house.
I continue to think the was aware when she was planning the murder, though, that those first few moments after showing up were the most dangerous for her, given the depth of TA's anger and contempt for her he'd demonstrated on May 26, and the fact that unlike what she'd always counted on before, he never called or texted to apologize to her.
She had to find an opening just wide enough he didn't immediately run for the phone to call the police or a friend, and she needed to know she'd found that opening before she arrived.
As for Travis. I haven't changed my mind that he was really done with her, and on June 2, had no reason to think he'd ever have to deal with her again, certainly not in person. If she threw herself at his feet to confess and apologize on the phone, it wouldn't have cost him, as far as he could know (given who he was), to stay on the phone, to listen, and tell her OK, whatever.
Just a little opening, but enough. By not outright refusing to answer her calls and texts that night, the no doubt felt confident enough about being able to manipulate him when she arrived.
She didn't have to take the nude pictures with Zach's Sony in order to do what I described is possible on June 4th. She could have taken those pictures with her camera (back in March), save them on her laptop (my scenario requires her bringing the laptop with her), changes the date stamp, and transfers to T's camera.
Your sequence of events is excellent and very believable. I was going to agree to it 100 % and may do so later on.
But...
I began to re-explore the no-sex possibility when I thought about the perplexing 4 hour-gap between the sex photos and the shower photos.
Would Travis hang out with her for that long period of time after sex? After what she had done? ..blackmailing him with the sex tape among other things.
Even the wouldn't want to hang around for that many hours after announcing her presence. She couldn't afford to leave Travis out of her sight afterwards. She could not risk Travis talking on his phone or using email - what if he said to someone 'hey, Jodi is here!!'.
So I suspected there was no 4-hour gap.
And since I still have not given up on the scenario of camera time being 7 hours ahead (GMT time).... Travis had not even set his computer to AZ time.... His computer was set on Pacific Standard time so it's time was correct only half the year...my experiment gave me a little more confidence that maybe there was no sex.
One possible scenario:
She sneaks in the house early morning.
She snoops T's computer.
Transfers photos to T's camera (~6:30 am).
Prepares to kill inhumanely as possible. Has the gun ready just in case things don't go her way.
She wakes him up. (~10 am)
Hi, Travis. I dropped by to give you a check, CDs, personally apologize for...,.....,...., I promise I will not publish the sex tape. Look what I did for you while you were sleeping. I transferred my nude pictures in your camera for you to use against me if I ever go out of line again.
Travis deletes the photos and tries to shoo her away, begins to clean the floor signaling her to leave. She convinces him to take shower photos. Promises to go away afterwards.
She kills him. (~10:30 am) *No 4 hour gap in this scenario.
She attempts to clean up, fails since she was never a good housekeeper, snoops some more, takes shower, puts on makeup, eats lunch, replies Chris' text, activates Spybot on T's computer. Her adrenaline finally runs out, can't fight the effect of sudden adrenaline drop, crashes and falls asleep in the bedroom or the office, doors locked. She didn't sleep the night before so oversleeps until 4 pm. Used T's computer again between 4-5 pm to make it look like he was still alive. The arrogant thinks she can explain her tardiness to Ryan easily.
She leaves ~5 pm well rested.