My final thoughts on the sequence of events
A few weeks or months before the murder the relationship came to an "end" of some sort. Jodi found out that Travis was going on vacation not only with another girl as his guest but also with a group of friends which indicated to Jodi that he was at least somewhat serious about this new relationships future viability. I think Jodi would have spent a lot of time specifically thinking about the fact that if Travis was openly taking this girl on vacation with friends then he was truly done with Jodi. (to me there is nothing more final in a relationship than when the ex starts introducing a new bf/gf to their friends). Jodi became further obsessed and enraged as not only would she have to "win travis back" but she would now have this new relationship to contend with. Jodi gets to a point emotionally where she will make one last trip to see Travis and basically give him an ultimatum.
She starts writing fake stories in her journals, plans her trip to Utah, gas cans, dyes hair, rental car, steals gun, etc. just in case she get's to Travis' and he doesn't want her back.
She drives to Travis' house.
At some point there is sex.
At some point he tells her that he either doesn't want her back or that he will not be taking her on vacation. I think it is also possible that she never confronted Travis about the vacation and simply waited for him to ask her to go with him, which he didn't.
Jodi kills Travis.
Jodi does her "best" to clean up the scene.
Jodi continues with her plan and heads to Utah.
A couple of notes..
I think it is also possible that she was dead-set on killing him weeks before the murder and he wouldn't have been able to say anything to stop her. One reason this is not my main theory is that she could have just walked in, shot him in the head a couple of times and left. The fact that there was sex, etc. leads me to believe she wanted something from him otherwise why not just kill him immediately.
I am still conflicted about the camera and why it was left at the scene. The only thing that makes sense to me is that she was cleaning up, got sloppy, mistakenly threw it in the washer... I think when she requested to go to the scene of the crime she actually wanted to see if she could locate the camera.
I think she knows exactly where she placed the items she took from the crime scene.
I do not believe her "fog" story.
Thanks for listening
