Hi Anita :seeya: My theory is that she knew that if she got caught LE would search for the weapons in Arizona and since she was also going to Utah to Ryan's they might look along her route to the SLC area. The receipts for her credit card purchases show she bought gas in Sparks, NV so she obviously used highway 80 for her return trip to California. Nevada is one of the least populated states, especially along hwy. 80 so she had the best opportunity to not be seen. Also, there were some credit card receipts (of which I cannot find the list right now) that didn't make sense from the Reno/Sparks area. I tried to figure them out one day when I came up with a thought that she may have made a side trip to dispose of the weapons. It would be like finding a needle in a haystack to find anything in northern Nevada. (As I said, it's just a theory.)
In my search for the receipts list just now I discovered I had overlooked the fact that she bought 2 more gas cans. So she had four 5 gallon gas cans, including the two she had borrowed. This made more sense to me, as opposed to only two 5 gal. cans, as 20 gallons of gas in a Ford Focus would allow her to totally avoid the possibility of anyone proving she had been in Arizona when she was going to go with the, "I was never anywhere near Mesa, AZ." alibi.
Here's an interesting bit of trivia. July9th is the birthday of Jodi Arias, Amanda Knox, and O.J. Simpson. (Knives used in all 3 murders.)