Not gonna have at ya! I appreciate any and all thoughts on this. It's just so impossible for normal people to believe it could happen the way it appears to have happened. Not to mention the absolute MESS she left behind pointing to a crime of passion/temporary insanity type deal. What you are saying above, In particular, the part I bolded, makes perfect sense to me. I just can't get my mind around stealing a gun, not borrowing, but STEALING it, and making an effort (gas cans) to leave no tracks in Mesa, and the presence of mind she had in her actions AFTER the crime to be irrefutable proof of premeditated cold-blooded murder.
All that said... It only takes ONE.
I have no idea of the dynamics between grandma, grandpa and Jodi. Loved her, put up with her, tired of her. No idea.
With that said I think Jodi wanted that gun. She was a young, beautiful woman traveling thousands of miles perhaps sleeping in her car.
Maybe grandpa would not give it to her..maybe if she asked he would have. I don't know. It ended up she took it and he called the police and reported it missing. And yes I do believe this gun is one and the same.
As far as the gas cans she said, yes I know she lies, that she and Darryl always kept gas cans in the trunk when they traveled across the desert. Heck I would. I said that way back when..before it was known. People have habits and that was theirs. She didn't want to run out of gas. Period.
I don't think she was 'in a fog'. I think she was in a rage..she saw black.
When she left Travis house the coverup began. Everything to avoid the inevitable. There was no going back. The deed was done.
I am a bit surprised she didn't do a better job of covering up in the house. The blood on the washing machine has always bothered me. The only evidence downstairs...strange that she didn't clean that up.
The way those roommates lived she could have stayed in the room with Travis until late and done a good job of cleanup. She didn't. Makes me curious. She seems more precise than that.
I know mine is not a popular line of thinking. But this is a discussion board and I do believe there are a lot of people scared to speak their minds because the flow is going one way only.
Thank you for your comments. I enjoyed reading them.
