Post Verdict -Working Out The Unresolved Questions

[ElleElle]

I'm looking back at Paul Stern's interview, and I'm terribly confused.

I think Paul Stern is talking to Dr. Drew about something that happened in the summer of 2007, not in 2008 as they are saying on the show.

The way Paul Stern sets it up is by saying that he lived in Big Sur, Jodi was working at the Ventana Inn. He said he'd see her at a restaurant on the computer. He says the day before she left, she was frantic to go see Travis because he was seeing other girls and cheating on her.

What this sounds like to me is when she said she was working in Big Sur with Matt in the summer of 2007 and she learned that Travis had cheated on her. I recall her testifying that Travis had helped pay for her move to AZ, but I think Paul Stern paid for that, according to this interview.

The reason I think they're wrong about the 2008 year, is that, first of all, Jodi didn't work at Ventana in 2008. The ONLY time she worked there and knew Travis at the same time was in the summer of 2007.

Secondly, Jodi was working at the Purple Plum or Casa Ramos in June 2008. Paul doesn't explain that any time went by from last seeing Jodi when she'd actually worked in Big Sur to suddenly seeing her again in 2008. He makes it sound like it's a continuous story and time frame.

Thirdly, the story of having to "rush" to get to the cheating Travis makes no sense to happen in June 2008. She premeditated this crime. There's no rush to suddenly get to Travis as there was when she moved in 2007 to AZ. There was no cheating Travis in June 2008 because the two had broken up already. It just doesn't even sound right that she'd go to anyone in a tissy about that because she's known by June 2008 that he's been with several different women--and while she was in his state. In fact, that's why she left his state.

4thly, he says this money exchange happened "the day before she left," which had to be June 2nd. How would he know if it was "the day before she left" unless a day passed while she was there? We know that she was not in the Big Sur area on June 2nd. If it had been with him the night of June 2nd, he'd more likely say the "night before she left," wouldn't he?

5thly, why in the world would she say anything to this man about going to see Travis if her entire goal was to go to Mesa undetected? Why get money from this man when there was Matt and Darryl and Gus along the way?

Someone listen to this again please and help me out. Thanks. Again, I know he says 2008, but I really, honestly believe he means 2007 when Jodi was preparing to move to AZ.

Jodi Arias Trial - Interview With Man Who Gave Jodi Money - Dr Drew - YouTube

BBM~ Didn't Jodi's father think Jodi was marrying Travis? I bet she blabbed all over town she was going to marry her Prince Charming.

I just believe, since i has been 5 years since the murder, people have forgotten or messed up dates.

 

[Tiger09]

No, he said that Jodi called him one night upset because Travis was with another girl and in her manic state, she told her father that she thought Travis was the man she was going to marry. She also apparently told her mom that too. I got the impression that they both knew she was unstable mentally.

 

[LambChop]

I would tend to believe that people who gave her money at that time would be inclined to remember it since she hit the headlines a month later in July. Plus there was a paper trail. She put that $300 in her account and I'm sure PS had a paper trail as well.

Extreme cruelty is when you murder someone in that matter, even in an extreme fog as Jodi insists that she was in, and then remember to take the weapons with you because that shows a thought process over and above her "state of fog". Cleaning up (including herself so that she left no footprints), deleting the pictures....especially the last one, throwing evidence in the washer and locking the front door....just to name a few. She did not just leave, she tried to cover up.

Especially cruel was cutting his throat. Cutting someone's throat is not a defensive wound but a deliberate act of cruelty. To me cutting someone's throat should be a DP offense, no bargaining towards a penalty. It is happening too much lately. Not a fan of the DP but I'd have no problem if the jury decided it was appropriate to the crime. jmo

 

[wasnt_me]

BBM ~ That particular issue is pure speculation. It has not been proven or disproven.
That is why the thread is called: "Post Verdict -Working Out The Unresolved Questions".

Most of the "unresolved" questions are from the time Jodi arrived and left Mesa the day of Jun4, except for the forensic evidence at the scene. :moo:

I'm not following what you mean by this, but as I said, events happened in a certain way. Just one certain way and no other. That can't be disputed. It also means that many, many theories are incorrect because only one is correct. As I said before, refusing to discard theories that don't fit do not help further the debate or even resolve "unresolved" questions. That's really all I want to say about this topic.

 

[wasnt_me]

I would tend to believe that people who gave her money at that time would be inclined to remember it since she hit the headlines a month later in July. Plus there was a paper trail. She put that $300 in her account and I'm sure PS had a paper trail as well.

Recall that Gus said she called him the night of the murder and told him Travis was dead and she was in California. He was not correct about that. Also recall the the roommates apparently couldn't even get straight events surrounding the murder of someone in their home.

I would agree with your theory about people remembering events except that it's been documented that eye-witness testimony is faulty and people's memory of things change over time. We see inaccurate statements by witnesses involving crimes all the time. This is not uncommon.

It's just the same as Gus never being asked about the supposed call he received the night of the murder from Jodi. Even though people can lie on the stand, I tend to give less weight to interviews and statements that have not been made under oath.

 

[LambChop]

We know she deposited $300 in her bank account after she supposedly met with PS. Most people don't have $300 in cash so I would imagine there is a paper trail for him and we know there is one for JA. She deposited $400 in cash, $300 in cash and $100 in cash. Three separate deposits on the same day within a short period of time, which is very suspicious. So it appears someone gave her $400, $100 and PS gave her the $300. Plus she said under oath she had about $180 plus or minus cash on her, I believe. Darryl also testified that Jodi had told him she was going to Mesa. So it is quite possible she did tell PS that she needed the money because of a cheating boyfriend and he fell for it and gave her the money.

PS had nothing significant to add to the State's case and I would imagine that was why he was never called to testify. They had Darryl's statement which is the one they wanted. JM also never attempted to contact Gus about testifying. Darryl was clearly the most credible on the stand. Not sure I'd believe the other two were I on the jury. So maybe JM made a judgment call. I don't know. It's interesting because JM had Bobbi, Matt, Gus and PS to give statements. Who did he pick to testify? It was the man who sounded the most credible of all of them. jmo

 

[pocketaccent]

I'm looking back at Paul Stern's interview, and I'm terribly confused.

I think Paul Stern is talking to Dr. Drew about something that happened in the summer of 2007, not in 2008 as they are saying on the show.

The way Paul Stern sets it up is by saying that he lived in Big Sur, Jodi was working at the Ventana Inn. He said he'd see her at a restaurant on the computer. He says the day before she left, she was frantic to go see Travis because he was seeing other girls and cheating on her.

What this sounds like to me is when she said she was working in Big Sur with Matt in the summer of 2007 and she learned that Travis had cheated on her. I recall her testifying that Travis had helped pay for her move to AZ, but I think Paul Stern paid for that, according to this interview.

The reason I think they're wrong about the 2008 year, is that, first of all, Jodi didn't work at Ventana in 2008. The ONLY time she worked there and knew Travis at the same time was in the summer of 2007.

Secondly, Jodi was working at the Purple Plum or Casa Ramos in June 2008. Paul doesn't explain that any time went by from last seeing Jodi when she'd actually worked in Big Sur to suddenly seeing her again in 2008. He makes it sound like it's a continuous story and time frame.

Thirdly, the story of having to "rush" to get to the cheating Travis makes no sense to happen in June 2008. She premeditated this crime. There's no rush to suddenly get to Travis as there was when she moved in 2007 to AZ. There was no cheating Travis in June 2008 because the two had broken up already. It just doesn't even sound right that she'd go to anyone in a tissy about that because she's known by June 2008 that he's been with several different women--and while she was in his state. In fact, that's why she left his state.

4thly, he says this money exchange happened "the day before she left," which had to be June 2nd. How would he know if it was "the day before she left" unless a day passed while she was there? We know that she was not in the Big Sur area on June 2nd. If it had been with him the night of June 2nd, he'd more likely say the "night before she left," wouldn't he?

5thly, why in the world would she say anything to this man about going to see Travis if her entire goal was to go to Mesa undetected? Why get money from this man when there was Matt and Darryl and Gus along the way?

Someone listen to this again please and help me out. Thanks. Again, I know he says 2008, but I really, honestly believe he means 2007 when Jodi was preparing to move to AZ.

Jodi Arias Trial - Interview With Man Who Gave Jodi Money - Dr Drew - YouTube

Based on all of the reasons you stated above, I agree Stern is either lying or confused or wants his 15 minutes of fame, or all of the above. For all we know, he could have lent her $5 sometime back in 2007. I have eliminated him from whom Jodi got or earned (via sex, tsk tsk) money to deposit $ on June 3, 2008.

 

[ElleElle]

Can someone read the reason for the $699 on this cheque?

Also, I don't remember if this was brought up, but what is this for? TIA.

 

[ElleElle]

Based on all of the reasons you stated above, I agree Stern is either lying or confused or wants his 15 minutes of fame, or all of the above. For all we know, he could have lent her $5 sometime back in 2007. I have eliminated him from whom Jodi got or earned (via sex, tsk tsk) money to deposit $ on June 3, 2008.

ITA. She did not get the money from Stern IMO.

She got it either from Matt, Gus, Daryl or all of the above.

Southern California is a bigger place than sleepy Yreka...

 

[pocketaccent]

Since JA has been convicted I wonder what the State will be able to use this time in regards to her motivation for killing Travis? I'm hoping JM can use more than he did at the trial since he was caught off guard a couple of times by defense not giving the State enough notice with some of their evidence.

It would be music to my ears if Martinez is allowed to bring in more evidence in the next phase. We need something more than what we've got to resolve the unresolved issues.

I hope Martinez can use the post-verdict interview the convicted murderer did with Ryan Owens where she states something like "you shouldn't feel unsafe with me unless I feel you are threatening my life or abusing me." So cold.

 

[geevee]

I'm looking back at Paul Stern's interview, and I'm terribly confused.

I think Paul Stern is talking to Dr. Drew about something that happened in the summer of 2007, not in 2008 as they are saying on the show.

The way Paul Stern sets it up is by saying that he lived in Big Sur, Jodi was working at the Ventana Inn. He said he'd see her at a restaurant on the computer. He says the day before she left, she was frantic to go see Travis because he was seeing other girls and cheating on her.

What this sounds like to me is when she said she was working in Big Sur with Matt in the summer of 2007 and she learned that Travis had cheated on her. I recall her testifying that Travis had helped pay for her move to AZ, but I think Paul Stern paid for that, according to this interview.

The reason I think they're wrong about the 2008 year, is that, first of all, Jodi didn't work at Ventana in 2008. The ONLY time she worked there and knew Travis at the same time was in the summer of 2007.

Secondly, Jodi was working at the Purple Plum or Casa Ramos in June 2008. Paul doesn't explain that any time went by from last seeing Jodi when she'd actually worked in Big Sur to suddenly seeing her again in 2008. He makes it sound like it's a continuous story and time frame.

Thirdly, the story of having to "rush" to get to the cheating Travis makes no sense to happen in June 2008. She premeditated this crime. There's no rush to suddenly get to Travis as there was when she moved in 2007 to AZ. There was no cheating Travis in June 2008 because the two had broken up already. It just doesn't even sound right that she'd go to anyone in a tissy about that because she's known by June 2008 that he's been with several different women--and while she was in his state. In fact, that's why she left his state.

4thly, he says this money exchange happened "the day before she left," which had to be June 2nd. How would he know if it was "the day before she left" unless a day passed while she was there? We know that she was not in the Big Sur area on June 2nd. If it had been with him the night of June 2nd, he'd more likely say the "night before she left," wouldn't he?

5thly, why in the world would she say anything to this man about going to see Travis if her entire goal was to go to Mesa undetected? Why get money from this man when there was Matt and Darryl and Gus along the way?

Someone listen to this again please and help me out. Thanks. Again, I know he says 2008, but I really, honestly believe he means 2007 when Jodi was preparing to move to AZ.

Jodi Arias Trial - Interview With Man Who Gave Jodi Money - Dr Drew - YouTube

From the HLN transcript with Dr. Drew:

PINSKY: I see. And you actually loaned her the money that ended up on the trip where she actually killed Travis?

STERN: Well, the day before she left, she was pretty frantic that she had to go back and see Travis, and she talked about how he was seeing other people and she asked to borrow money and I gave her money.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1302/06/ddhln.01.html

 

[geevee]

It would be music to my ears if Martinez is allowed to bring in more evidence in the next phase. We need something more than what we've got to resolve the unresolved issues.

I hope Martinez can use the post-verdict interview the convicted murderer did with Ryan Owens where she states something like "you shouldn't feel unsafe with me unless I feel you are threatening my life or abusing me." So cold.

To the best of my understanding, JM can't introduce 'new' evidence and the defense can't try to disprove especially cruel, the jurors must accept both convictions before being seated and only decide the punishment for the crimes she was convicted of - premeditated murder and especially cruel circumstances.

 

[pocketaccent]

Can someone read the reason for the $699 on this cheque?

Also, I don't remember if this was brought up, but what is this for? TIA.

I can't read what it says but let's write down what we know for sure.

Jodi's bank activity:
Jan 11 $100 to Travis Alexander Check #3008
Jan 15 $699 to Travis Alexander Check #3009
Jan 22 Travis deposits unknown amount to Jodi's acct. (from texts shown during cross) Jodi replies to Travis "Thank you, I'll make it up to you soon."
Jan 30 $220 to Travis Alexander Check #3012

It doesn't look like Travis is borrowing money from Jodi because of Jan 22 text. Why would Jodi say 'I will make it up to you soon' if Travis has already borrowed $100 & $699 then deposits this unknown $ to her acct.

It is possible Jodi is paying Travis for some obligation with $100 and $699, left with no money left to pay her other bills, and Travis is helping her out on Jan 22. Then Jodi pays back Travis on Jan 30 $220 when she gets paid her waitressing paycheck.

 

[geevee]

I thought it was determined the 699.00 for repayment for a trip they took together, I'll go look on the bank deposits and receipts thread and see if there's info there about it.

 

[LambChop]

I can't read what it says but let's write down what we know for sure.

Jodi's bank activity:
Jan 11 $100 to Travis Alexander Check #3008
Jan 15 $699 to Travis Alexander Check #3009
Jan 22 Travis deposits unknown amount to Jodi's acct. (from texts shown during cross) Jodi replies to Travis "Thank you, I'll make it up to you soon."
Jan 30 $220 to Travis Alexander Check #3012

It doesn't look like Travis is borrowing money from Jodi because of Jan 22 text. Why would Jodi say 'I will make it up to you soon' if Travis has already borrowed $100 & $699 then deposits this unknown $ to her acct.

It is possible Jodi is paying Travis for some obligation with $100 and $699, left with no money left to pay her other bills, and Travis is helping her out on Jan 22. Then Jodi pays back Travis on Jan 30 $220 when she gets paid her waitressing paycheck.

Travis paid for her trip and expenses that they had taken together and she was repaying him with the check. I believe it says "Airfare" in the description portion of the check.

 

[wasnt_me]

We know she deposited $300 in her bank account after she supposedly met with PS. Most people don't have $300 in cash so I would imagine there is a paper trail for him and we know there is one for JA. She deposited $400 in cash, $300 in cash and $100 in cash. Three separate deposits on the same day within a short period of time, which is very suspicious. So it appears someone gave her $400, $100 and PS gave her the $300. Plus she said under oath she had about $180 plus or minus cash on her, I believe. Darryl also testified that Jodi had told him she was going to Mesa. So it is quite possible she did tell PS that she needed the money because of a cheating boyfriend and he fell for it and gave her the money.

PS had nothing significant to add to the State's case and I would imagine that was why he was never called to testify. They had Darryl's statement which is the one they wanted. JM also never attempted to contact Gus about testifying. Darryl was clearly the most credible on the stand. Not sure I'd believe the other two were I on the jury. So maybe JM made a judgment call. I don't know. It's interesting because JM had Bobbi, Matt, Gus and PS to give statements. Who did he pick to testify? It was the man who sounded the most credible of all of them. jmo

As I understand it, JM didn't pick Darryl Brewer to testify. He was a defense witness. I do not know why JM didn't call Bobbi. For Matt, I believe I read that JM "threatened" Matt out of testifying. As for Darryl being the best witness, can't say since we had no one else to compare him to in that regard--except Burns, who really was a prosecution witness.

Jodi makes three deposits. That doesn't mean more than one person gave her money or that Paul Stern was one of those people--if anyone gave it to her. If he did give it to her, then I have to question how she paid him back before her arrest, given all her other expenditures. I'd also question the logic of going to down to Big Sur and then travelling back up to Salinas the next day when she could have just gone to Big Sur last and driven down the coast to LA.

Jodi confiding in Darryl, her former lover, to me isn't the same as telling a man she hadn't seen since the summer of 2007 that she is frantic to "go back and see Travis." The mere words "go back and see" implies that she'd seen Travis recently, and it fits her 2007 story of taking a trip with Travis and then falling out over the cheating texts in his phone because, according to Paul, she says Travis was seeing other women. I don't see why she'd make that statement in June 2008 or be frantic about it.

What we've seen is a coldly calculated premeditation. Frantic doesn't fit. While she was planning, it doesn't make sense for her to depend upon Paul for funding after her plan is already in motion. She secured the gun, she secured the gas cans, she secured Ryan as the alibi, and she secured an overnight stay with Matt (supposedly). Why leave the money aspect to chance, especially if she could have easily gotten money from her parents, grandparents, brother in Redding, Matt, or Darryl under the guise of her original alibi lie?

The huge gaping problem in Stern's story is that the whole Dr. D interview was premised that Stern had gotten to know Jodi in 2008 when she worked at Ventana. She did not work at that place in 2008. It was the summer of 2007. Jodi was worried about Travis and other women is the other problem. Jodi had no reason to be frantic about Travis and other women when she'd seen him do it in her face for about 8 or 9 months.

She did have a reason to feel frantic about it the first time she discovered it in 2007 and needed to move from Vedanta to Mesa ASAP.

I would just really like corroboration of some sort for Stern's statement or else getting the year something happened in wrong is common after the passage of time. If he has an official statement from 2008, saying this same thing, then that'd be proof it's accurate.

 

[wasnt_me]

From the HLN transcript with Dr. Drew:

PINSKY: I see. And you actually loaned her the money that ended up on the trip where she actually killed Travis?

STERN: Well, the day before she left, she was pretty frantic that she had to go back and see Travis, and she talked about how he was seeing other people and she asked to borrow money and I gave her money.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1302/06/ddhln.01.html

He doesn't agree to the statement that it was the money for the trip where she actually killed Travis. He doesn't say it was the money used for that trip at all. He simply says "the day before she left...." He actually can't even say whether she used it for that or not if he gave it to her at all.

In bold below, the statement is also made that he "got to know Jodi in 2008," and he proceeds to explain that it was when she worked there. We cannot dispute that she did not work at Ventana in 2008. Note that Dr. Drew or whoever this interviewer is, had to correct himself about Stern being a Ventana employee. They just don't have their facts straight.

I am back with my co-host, psychologist Wendy Walsh.

Joining me, Paul Stern, who I`d said worked with her. I was wrong about that. He got know Jodi in 2008 before she killed Travis.

I guess, Paul, she worked at the Ventana Inn up in Big Sur and you were a customer there. She was a bartender, is that correct?

PAUL STERN, KNEW JODI ARIAS (via telephone): I own a house there. So, she frequented a bar and grill and restaurant every night to get on the computer.

PINSKY: So, she was not -- well, hold on a second. So, she was not an employee of this place. You guys both just went to this inn, this restaurant?

STERN: Yes. She was an employee of Ventana but I wasn`t. I just lived there.

PINSKY: I see. And you actually loaned her the money that ended up on the trip where she actually killed Travis?

STERN: Well, the day before she left, she was pretty frantic that she had to go back and see Travis, and she talked about how he was seeing other people and she asked to borrow money and I gave her money.

PINSKY: Paul, when you say she was frantic, describe how you -- who you thought she was and what you mean by frantic.

STERN: Well, I spent a lot of hours with Jodi. She would sit right next to me.

And you know more about Jodi by what she doesn`t say. She never talked about her family, her friends, her boyfriends, her hobbies. And she never talked about her feelings or emotions.

I think it's VERY significant that you do not hear Paul say anything about 2008, and when he is asked about the murder trip, he does not answer the question. As JM would say, "And so the answer is yes?"

You'll also notice that when asked what he meant by "frantic," he doesn't address that question, either. Lastly, and I'd like you to correct me if I am wrong, but notice that his interview is VERY brief. Notice that they put him on hold and never go back to him. My guess, they figured out their error. You can tell by the whole exchange that they didn't even pre-interview him to make sure what they were saying was accurate.

Look at the summation of the call:

ASEY JORDAN, CRIMINOLOGIST: Well, a few things. First of all, it`s great to hear from Paul Stern the fact that she had to borrow the money because she was obsessed about getting to Travis Alexander because she was in the middle of a terrible break-up and this was simply not acceptable to her. So his description of her obsession is really on cue with what we know happened thereafter.

This in bold happened the summer of 2007, not 2008. They were not breaking up in 2008.

I don't know where this other interview that I had listened to earlier, but it's a friend of Travis who rages on one of these interviews that Jodi killed Travis with the same knife she used to slash his tires. The man says it twice. He is not corrected or even asked how he knows that.

In one interview, I recall someone talking about how spooky Jodi was and he gave an account of what happened at Sky and Chris' house. He had no firsthand knowledge of that eavesdropping night, but they let him say it as if he knew about it.

Same thing with Gus Searcy. They let him say that Jodi called him the night of the murder and let him state that she called him from California.

I believe it's our duty to ourselves to really listen to these interviews, what they are saying, and to question the accuracy. When I first heard Stern's, I was caught up in the drama and new information of it--just as this show wanted me to be. They just want you to "Ohhh, ahhh....!" at what they present without questioning it.

 

[wasnt_me]

I can't read what it says but let's write down what we know for sure.

Jodi's bank activity:
Jan 11 $100 to Travis Alexander Check #3008
Jan 15 $699 to Travis Alexander Check #3009
Jan 22 Travis deposits unknown amount to Jodi's acct. (from texts shown during cross) Jodi replies to Travis "Thank you, I'll make it up to you soon."
Jan 30 $220 to Travis Alexander Check #3012

It doesn't look like Travis is borrowing money from Jodi because of Jan 22 text. Why would Jodi say 'I will make it up to you soon' if Travis has already borrowed $100 & $699 then deposits this unknown $ to her acct.

It is possible Jodi is paying Travis for some obligation with $100 and $699, left with no money left to pay her other bills, and Travis is helping her out on Jan 22. Then Jodi pays back Travis on Jan 30 $220 when she gets paid her waitressing paycheck.

Personally, I don't believe Travis was borrowing from Jodi. I don't think she had the amounts he'd need. Wasn't he trying to get some amounts in the thousands from the Hughes?

And if you look at the trips, it seems they didn't take one after September or October of 2007, and I personally don't believe he made her pay for Sedona or the Hibasupi trip. Travis wore his heart on his sleeve and he loved to help people. I just don't see him making her pay him back for short trips. Longer, more expensive trips with flights involved, probably--especially after money was getting tight for him.

My guess is this. He either paid for her to fly home for Christmas, and that's what these checks are about, or she was paying him for the upcoming convention trip in OK City.

ETA--

I believe she wrote in her diary at Christmas that Travis had given her a 1000 places calendar? Or maybe ALV testified to that. So I believe the travelling was probably something new Travis wanted to do as a 2008 goal. It's entirely possible that Jodi actually gave him the calendar when he announced to her that he had his own 1000 places goal, and she simply latched on to his plans.

I have to go back an look at her journals and make sure she didn't mention 1000 Places before x-mas of 2007, though.

 

[pocketaccent]

We know she deposited $300 in her bank account after she supposedly met with PS. Most people don't have $300 in cash so I would imagine there is a paper trail for him and we know there is one for JA. She deposited $400 in cash, $300 in cash and $100 in cash. Three separate deposits on the same day within a short period of time, which is very suspicious. So it appears someone gave her $400, $100 and PS gave her the $300. Plus she said under oath she had about $180 plus or minus cash on her, I believe. Darryl also testified that Jodi had told him she was going to Mesa. So it is quite possible she did tell PS that she needed the money because of a cheating boyfriend and he fell for it and gave her the money.

PS had nothing significant to add to the State's case and I would imagine that was why he was never called to testify. They had Darryl's statement which is the one they wanted. JM also never attempted to contact Gus about testifying. Darryl was clearly the most credible on the stand. Not sure I'd believe the other two were I on the jury. So maybe JM made a judgment call. I don't know. It's interesting because JM had Bobbi, Matt, Gus and PS to give statements. Who did he pick to testify? It was the man who sounded the most credible of all of them. jmo

Jodi documented her activities of June 2 - June 7 very carefully. Except for when she was in Mesa like Martinez said.
Just in case anyone suspects her of murder, she was prepared to show all her receipts to show the absence of her being in Mesa. She saved them carefully in her shoe box.:floorlaugh:

I analyzed what Jodi was trying to do at WAMU on June 3.
Here I am assuming the check deposit came from her own check writing, because I remember during cross Martinez asked her about why she was moving money between accounts. She answered something to do with income tax deduction and Martinez asked her if she ever filed income tax return, quickly followed by objection from defense. Judge sustained the objection. I want to watch this again but can't find any video with this portion of cross included.

-Deposits $400 (we still need to know who gave her the cash) to xxxx8006, Balance $548.65
-Writes a check for $300 from xxxx8006, deposits to xxxx7148. Balance $240.43. Available balance $207.43. WAMU withholds $33 because it is a check deposit.
-Writes a check for $100 from xxxx8006 or has extra cash $100, Deposits to xxxx7148.

What she was documenting here is to prove the trip was for business. "Take a look at it prosecutor, I borrowed $400 from my personal acct, and I'm charging all my travel expenses to my business acct. My trip to Utah was for business."
She did not deposit the initial $400 directly to the business acct because if a future prosecutor asks about $400 profit/income, she had an answer ready.

All in all she had $340.43 in her business acct plus some cash for this trip. (and $148.65 or 248.65 in her personal acct.)
She used cash to purchase the gas can at Walmart, and to purchase gas for gas cans at Arco, Pasadena. She was smart enough to use cash for the gas can plus gas but she was dumb and lazy to keep those receipts purchased with cash.

She spent around $300 on gas only(paid with debit card only), and she needed another $250 or so to pay for the rental car as of June 7. She probably needed to make more deposit before returning the rental car if she was sticking to her original plan.
I recall her June 6-7 activities after Sparks Nevada location are somewhat murky. She purchased more gas than was necessary for her trip from SLC to home even if we believe her story about going to Yreka first then to Redding.
I suspect she used those extra gas to get to places, get more cash and deposit into her account before heading to Budget.

 

[TDoc72]

I suspect she used those extra gas to get to places, get more cash and deposit into her account before heading to Budget.

Didn't she go back to Yreka before returning the car because she had to work? Maybe she needed the tip money?