. This is the type of truth that does not get light sentences, or appeal donations... hang on, let me clear my throat - lord knows SHE can't choke out these words.
Hi, my name is Jodi Arias. I've stalked every single one of my boyfriends, none of then really spun me around, choked me out or cheated on me. I had mental relationships that lasted longer than reality. I perceived to be in relationships with my ex-boyfriends and didn't realize when we broke up that they were really over me.
I snuck into their homes, I evesdropped, I've broken into their personal lives. I've confronted their love interests when it became apparent they were moving on.
I've never actually made it on my own. I need a man to take care of me emotionally and financially. I don't exist outside of a romantic relationship, and will chameleon myself to be whatever the man I'm with, desires.
I lie to people to invoke sympathy, because a man lives a woman in distress. I prey on the good nature of men. When it stops working on them, I linger in their lives to wring every last morsel of support from them. When I see them having any type of relationship with another woman, I become insanely jealous.
I lie to everyone, telling different stories to impart self importance and garner unearned praise, so people think well of me. Almost every job I've had, was from other people giving me a chance after giving them a hard luck story.
I killed travis because he stopped caring for me, and he was moving on with his life. Travis had everything I wanted in a man, and was well loved and respected. I was attracted to his popularity and charisma, and I knew that he was too good for me. I couldn't let go of the opportunity to be associated with him, and knew I could never find or keep another man like him.
When it became apparent that he was final in his decision of keeping me out of his future, I killed him. I butchered him in as many ways as possible. I was angry at my own failures, and angry that he knew and saw exactly what I was... and he called me out on it. Travis didn't placate me like all the others, and simply let our relationship die a slow and painful death. Travis put my actions and behaviors into words, by texts, emails and on the phone. By seeing and expressing exactly the kind of person I was, Travis needed to pay.
I thought I was smarter than everyone else, I believed that since I've lied to everyone my entire life and was never corrected or punished -why would I change now? I'm smarter than everyone else, I'm Einstein, verbose, witty and attractive. It's always worked up until this point. Talk like a child, offer to help the investigation, talk my way out of it...