So sorry to hear you had a rough go years ago. I do have a question about journals if you happen to know the answer.
Was Travis "journals" that we kept hearing about in the trial a result of instructions from the Mormon faith that the members should write these types of journals?
I had always assumed that Travis just wrote them of his own desire and didnt realize it may have been a common thing that Mormons do.
If I remember right, Jodi stole Travis journals. My goodness. No wonder he was mad at her. He had so many reasons to be extremely upset with her.
If so, then Jodi should have also had a set of Journals. I do seem to recall during the first trial there were some journal entries of hers that happened to have whole days missing that were signficant days. Wonder if her house and her relatives houses were ever searched for all her journals. I am sure she went through great efforts to keep her journals hidden. Not sure if LE ever got ahold of all that she had written about in hers.
Maybe even Travis journals are still retrievable somewhere that she knows about. Like a friends place or someones storage shed. I keep thinking she has a treasure trove of evidence somewhere that LE never found and is still retrievable. Imagine if we coudl find Travis journals at *advertiser censored* house who is friends of Jodi. Maybe even the .25 gun is still available although i do think its in desert between Travis house and Hoover dam.
You cant burn a gun so that gun is still retrievable but hard to find. Either buried in sand or thrown off the dam into the water. I think.
About "Journals":
This is a duty and a responsibility. ... Those who keep a book of remembrance are more likely to keep the Lord in remembrance in their daily lives. Journals are a way of counting our blessings and of leaving an inventory of these blessings for our posterity.” (Spencer W. Kimball, General Conference. April 1978)
More at:
http://www.deseretnews.com/top/1326...eaders-about-the-importance-of-keeping-a.html
The biggest problem with Journals is one's own perspective when recounting events, and then taking the time to go back and correct anything that was inaccurate.
It comes down to a book about someone's OPINION, and in many cases, JUDGEMENT.
When I was 23, my dad got into my mom's journals, and found some pretty ridiculous things written about me.......which he decided to show me. "Ridiculous" is putting it pretty tame. I was married and my daughter was 3 at that point........
Mom claimed I was a lesbian when I was 17 and was having a relationship with my friend, Lalauni Lorka.
Ok......here's the skinny:
1. Lalauni was a he/she.
2. Lalauni wasn't even his/her "legal/birth" name, it was Joseph
3. Lalauni and I had a blast shopping (she had impecable taste)/bar hopping (girl's night)/hanging together and being just really great buds. Nothing remotely physical between us
4. She/he was an in-call/out-call "escort", how about them apples.......
When my mom found out the "truth", she never corrected her previous delusions.
MY BIG PROBLEM: If my daughter read those journals when she got older, WTH would she think, and why would I have to be put in the position in the first place?!? There was quite a bit more written, but it's not worth going into.
With all the BS in my life at that point, my mom and I came to blows, seriously. Not proud of it......at.......all.
My grandfather also had his memoirs written by a cousin and then privately published....another fiasco of grandpa's perception vs. the truth.
Journals written in the wrong mind set can be very destructive to those around you.