Jodi Arias Trial Watchers Thread #1

[dizzychick]

hubby is right ...he must have been Mormon at some point too!

he was a priest he had 4 years of their special college, he left for reasons he wont tell even me

 

[SmoothOperator]

Juan Martinez also prosecuted this DP case:

http://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/andriano-wendi.htm

Wendi Andriano who is on death row.

ding!ding!ding! THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS PASA! I have been wracking my brain attempting to recall how I know this prosecutor..

Wendi Andriano! speaking of cold hearted, evil, narcissistic ... the details of what her poor hubby, Joe suffered at her cruel hands is beyond imaginable(and the poor man was suffering with end stages of terminal cancer and would have been dead within weeks of natural causes).. Wendi couldn't wait SHE WANTED HIM DEAD NOW! HORRIFIC SUFFERING HE ENDURED!

 

[MsCharlieChan]

I wonder if she washed him off thinking this would wash her sexual DNA off his body...

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

No trial until Tuesday.

 

[LotusPawprint]

I forgot Arizona trials are part-time.

Well, in this case, the jury will need some serious down time. My goodness.

 

[Sweetiemom]

She looks like she has a really bad taste in her mouth...

 

[Moxie Vi]

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ding!ding!ding! THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS PASA! I have been wracking my brain attempting to recall how I know this prosecutor..

Wendi Andriano! speaking of cold hearted, evil, narcissistic ... the details of what her poor hubby, Joe suffered at her cruel hands is beyond imaginable(and the poor man was suffering with end stages of terminal cancer and would have been dead within weeks of natural causes).. Wendi couldn't wait SHE WANTED HIM DEAD NOW! HORRIFIC SUFFERING HE ENDURED!

That poor man. They just recently aired that episode of Deadly Women.

 

[Isabelle]

Unless it started in the shower, he ran into the hall, she dragged his body back. Just a thought.

My thoughts too. She chopped him up pretty good before he made it to the shower. Do you think he was out of his mind trying to clean himself at the sink then got in the shower, where she finished him off!

The large dark area when the casing was found appears to be a very large area of blood that has contracted to form a clot. Can see the ring around it.

 

[norest4thewicked]

Oh I can, lets not forget Jodie arrived at 3am, they slept until 1pm, had sex afterwards .... nude photo sessions between the two. She ties him up and he was willing at that point. Jodie was no physical match for TA but tied up she can basically have full control.

There is no way that she could have tied him up unless he was incapacitated. I don't believe that it was some sort of sex play. I believe that the "visit" was a (not so good) surprise to Travis and most likely the entire hours she was there they were arguing and the tension was leading up to this.

 

[CarolinaMoon]

I'm thinking he was shot last because the bullet entered over his right eyebrow and ended up in his left cheek. Travis was taller than Jodi. For her to shoot him at such a downward angle, he had to be down on the ground with her standing over him. MOO

 

[MsCharlieChan]

She is constantly sneaking peeks of the pictures of Travis' body and blood in the bathroom!

Sometimes when people are really evil, they enjoy thinking about and seeing pictures of their heinous crimes.

Yep, I think she's secretly PROUD of her "work." Just like online, when you make a comment you feel you wrote well, you might go back and re-read it a time or two. Or when admiring a painting you created or something.

Jodi certainly isn't crying while looking at the bloody murder scene. She's cold and dry as ice, minimally & poorly faking remorse.

I believe what's secretly going through her mind is more like, "Wow, what a great job I did! Just look at all this blood -- my masterpiece! I sure got you back, dude, for dumping me!!" Ugggh

 

[Isabelle]

Agree. Travis' face in this final photo alive didn't look amused. To me, his expression kind of looks like, "What do you want? ... I'm kind of busy here, you pain in the butt..."

Photo: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...3x403/386657_407660985976716_1899932151_n.jpg

Think maybe JA left the home after they fooled around, and snuck back in while he was in the shower?

 

[Hopeful One]

Of course I missed these most important pictures of the crime scene. Anyone know if they are available anywhere?

 

[Leilei]

I have a lot of pages to read back through, but managed to catch the last two hours of testimony.

Things that stood out:

- So much blood This wasn't a murder, it was a slaughter.
- His family, I think it's his sisters in the front row? Their reaction to those pictures was heart-wrenching. One of them was almost in the fetal position. I feel horrible for them.
- Meanwhile, we have Jodi, wiping her nose and hiding behind her hair. Using the same tissue for a looong time, and I never did see it become wet and soggy.
- The young lady who was testifying (crime scene investigator? I came in late), was great, imo. Very professional and detailed.
- I have Monday off and no court that day. Beware the cranky!

Going to read back through all of your thoughts and posts. So glad that you all are here to keep us all updated!

 

[gitana1]

He got it wrong: She was a 3 wonder, a master of 3 (weapons) by the sounds of it. Whooped him good.

I have to say, with all due respect, this post makes me very uncomfortable. I think it's disrespectful of the murdered victim.

She won't get the DP. More men on the jury, she's pretty. Won't happen. As for the women: women don't like being disrespected.

I think women are far more appalled by someone butchering a human being to death. I;m a woman. I would never, ever be sympathetic to a monstrous murderer like Jodi whether or not I felt she was "disrespected". I venture to guess more women are like me than the kind that think it's okay to kill someone for being a pig.

Just a quick note .... I'm sorry for the offensive language in the transcripts....I was just typing what was said in court. I hope I haven't offended anyone and I just wanted to state these were no my words - rather words of the victim - according to the Atty's and the Detective.

wenwe4, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for your painstaking transcriptions! I really appreciate it! For those of us who can;t watch the whole thing, you are a Godsend.

I couldn't agree with you more. There are guys out there who do the booty call thing and string women along. In this case he played the game and lost.

Wow. This was not a game. I really can;t believe some of what I;m reading on this thread. It's almost like you're saying that if someone acts like a player they need to know they are risking being murdered. Wow.

Travis' friend who had them over for a weekend said she was creepy mysterious and soulless like you could look right through her, he was shaken by her he could tell something was not right. he said she would creep through the house never saying a word to anyone, eeek gives me the willies

I agree about her eyes... she has psychopath eyes. I don't know if she's a psychopath, but this description from Without Conscience applies to her perfectly:

Many people find it difficult to deal with the intense, emotionless, or "predatory" stare of the psychopath. Normal people maintain close eye contact with others for a variety of reasons, but the fixated stare of the psychopath is more a prelude to self-gratification and the exercise of power than simple interest or empathic caring.
[...] Whatever the psychological meaning of their gaze, it is clear that intense eye contact is an important factor in the ability of some psychopaths to manipulate and dominate others.

Again, I have no idea what she may or may not be classified as, but she fits the bill. Her eyes are frightening, I can't imagine Travis being stared down by her in his last moments.

Totally agree with both of you. And let me add: PSYCHOPATHS ARE NOT PLAYED. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO PLAY OTHERS. You can't fool or game play a psychopath. They know all the tricks.

This girl used her sexuality to try to control and possess Travis, IMO. He realized that at some point and was disgusted and felt used, but he also was seduced by her and felt it hard to say no to her, I think. That likely caused him to feel conflicted and angry with her, hence he was not respectful in the manner in which he spoke to her or referred to her at the end.

But I don;t believe for one moment that that is why this creep butchered him. I think she was enraged by his refusal to be possessed, his refusal to be controlled and mainly, his actions in dating other women. If she couldn't have him, no one could and she'd punish him for not being her toy before she destroyed him. :moo:

Not that I've planned or executed a murder before, but I would truly think that planning a murder and actually executing it would be two entirely different things. Even if a murder is planned, I would imagine that there would be a lot more to it than you see in the movies. I'm sure she was shocked by the amount of blood, etc. I think that it would be pretty messy and difficult to clean up, etc. I don't think that she could have anticipated what actually DID happen during the murder.

Precisely.

Also, you guys have to understand, she was not trying to cover up the fact that Travis was murdered. She was trying to cover up any trace of herself. She didn't need to clean up all the blood. Clearly, someone was going to find him dead so who cares if there was blood? But she did feel she needed to remove traces of herself from his body, from the bedsheets, and from the camera. That's why she washed his body off and did some "laundry".

Curious about the camera - I wonder why she didn't just take it with her and destroy it later? Why put it thru the laundry.

If I had just murdered someone, I would not want something in my possession for one moment that could link me to the crime. She washed it and probably thought that would be enough to remove finger prints and photos.

hubby called it a " temple reccomend"

I get this funny picture of your husband walking by and casually tossing off answers to your questions. I don't know why but it's cute and makes me laugh!

 

[Isabelle]

Did I hear correctly (not necessarily during the trial) that LE had a photo of jA dragging Travis that was taken when the camera dropped, or something like that?

 

[JSR]

I'm thinking he was shot last because the bullet entered over his right eyebrow and ended up in his left cheek. Travis was taller than Jodi. For her to shoot him at such a downward angle, he had to be down on the ground with her standing over him. MOO

I agree, and with the casing not having blood on top of it this would lead you to believe the stabbings came first. Otherwise the casing would have also been covered in blood and it wasn't. The blood pooled AROUND the casing.

 

[LotusPawprint]

Man.... if this crime isn't worthy of a GUILTY conviction and the DP, I'm not sure what is. I'll sit through the trial with as much of an open-mind as I can keep, but this "woman" and this crime are why the DP exist, IMO.



eta: I don't know why I wrote that about having an open mind, how ridiculous... my mind is closed and made up. I'm on auto-pilot for trials trying to be neutral, I guess. Not on this one. I would've been bounced from the jury-oh well.

 

[ttcRider]

I was wondering about whether he was shot first then stabbed but then thought would there be blood splatter like that after he was shot? :waitasec:

 

[lonetraveler]

I just went and looked at it again and I can see what you're saying. He looks sort of surprised. I have always felt people are most vulnerable in the shower.

I think it is utter shock and terror too, makes me think that she had the gun in her hand. I don't see how she could get close enough to him to do the stabbing without him knocking her away but I can see him shot and then stabbed.