trial day 37: the defense continues its case in chief #109

[Linda7NJ]

Hi all! I've been lurking for awhile and am so impressed with the intelligence of the posters on this site, and specifically about this case.

Wasn't going to post since you all say it much better than I ever could, but that was before I read about the dog incident, and the cat incident.

I believe JA is a psychopath.

In her interrogation tapes, and that 48 hours clip, JA tells you exactly how she committed the brutal murder of Travis. She projects most everything onto others, ninjas, whoever, anyone but her, but the details of her crime are spoken by her.

I knew with this current witness that it would be borrrrrring, although educational at the same time. The prosecutor knows what she's going to testify about so he isn't worried IMV, he has his own expert coming up during the rebuttal phase and don't be surprised to hear his expert testify that JA is psychopathic.

Anyway, a big shout out to CHICO and thank you for your help! Nice to meet you all.

Welcome to Websleuths!

 

[irishnate]

I wonder if ALV also had "feelings" for JA like Dr. Fog did?

 

[janx]

What if the wife who told her that her husband's "couple of martinis" at night were really three times the size of most people's sat down to watch tv with her husband and he didn't know she told ALV that?!?! :what:

:floorlaugh::floorlaugh::floorlaugh:

I can't stop laughing!!!

:floorlaugh:

 

[TXHoney]

I kicked a 36 year cig habit...

O/T - I started at 14, and a week shy of my 56th birthday, I quit, using an e-cig. It's been 15 months now, and I don't ever want to start again.

On topic - I have to hope and believe that Juan will take his turn at ALV, and point her fingers back to Jodi. I also believe that our jury, knowing what they DO know, have got to have Jodi pegged as the abuser, not Travis.

 

[JusticeJunkie]

i'm feeling the need to drive by and throw fruit at ya both!

Just teasing you two ...trying to lighten the mood....

Lets remember why we are all here....

And all that....umm. "jazz"

bump this post

 

[WhoaIsMe]

She murdered him because she wanted to live a pretty life without working for it so yes in this case her being poor and then rejected by Travis is a motive for her killing him.Had he lived a modest ,poor life like hers she would have just moved on to her next victim.It does have to do with her thinking.Remember she quit school at 17 and lived in a home with an older man who had a child till they were going to lose it,then she met Travis.He had a very grand house,BMW,friends and some money.So in this case I believe she wanted to move into a nice ready made life without doing a thing to earn it.

Perhaps it was the house. I tend to lean more toward Jodi being screwed up in the head somehow. Travis was hers and if she couldn't have him, then nobody would. I'm not so sure she would have acted any differently had Travis had a smaller house. He belonged to her unless SHE decided otherwise. JMO

 

[Linda7NJ]

My great grandfather lived in an old wooden house that was falling apart at the seams (with a barn doing the same.) I'm quite sure it's condemned and gone by now. When I was a little girl, my dad would take me there, I'd sit on his knee and he'd gift me with two quarters out of a snuff can. And that nearly blind man would shake his head and say, "She sure does look like Molly." (That was the great grandma I never knew, but who loved my dad like Travis' grandmother loved him.)

I thought, and still think, that was one of the most wonderful homes on earth. The floors creaked. The furniture was old (and intriguing to me, especially the trunks.) And the red porch swing squeaked, but worked like a charm. There was love in that house. LOTS of love.

That's all I remember. It felt warm then and its memories still warm me now. That's all that really matters in a home, really. The feelings it inspires. And that place was darned near perfect, IMO. :twocents:

IMO it's what's under the roof that counts

A house can't ever be a home without love and without it, you may as well live in a cardboard box.

Unless you're single....and childless and without a pet...or plant...

 

[FrayedKnot]

I love peaches.... and vodka.

This is intense. I understand emotions are running high, but let's not go at one another. There's room for any and all opinions here. C'mere I got some Easter chocolate hidden....:blushing:

Ermmmm, hate to be a picky butt, but any DARK chocky? I have a bottle of pinot screaming to be uncorked and some dark chocolate would go nicely........:blushing:

 

[mikeysmommom]

It's public record that he had taken out a second mortgage on his home.

But I see your point, who WOULDN'T want to live in the nicer house?

I just know that I was married to husband #1 who always insisted we live beyond our means. We had a home we struggled to pay for, vehicles we struggled to pay for, but not a dime in savings. Because, he reasoned, people don't see your savings. :facepalm:

Since my divorce, I live in a modest condo, drive a modest, paid-for vehicle, and can meet all my obligations without fear of losing my possessions. I don't have health insurance, bummer, but I have managed to put aside a nice chunk for DD's education. I have done this on a salary about 1/5 the size of my ex's, and he never put aside a dime for her future.

Sometimes appearances aren't an accurate picture of the situation. That was all I was saying.

I have a 30 yr old son who has been emotionally and physically abused by the mother of my grandson,sorry I took you wrong.Poor Travis just has been bashed enough today, I am sensitive to his situation. I would have been proud to have Travis for a son.Sorry again.

 

[snowcat]

night all , thanks for keeping me company. I wouldn't have been able to watch today without ya fftobed::bedtime:

 

[AZWatcher]

Ermmmm, hate to be a picky butt, but any DARK chocky? I have a bottle of pinot screaming to be uncorked and some dark chocolate would go nicely........:blushing:

Yes! Got it dark choco dove eggs and marshmallow lovely thingies! Hidden away in the In Case Of Emergency

 

[al66pine]

ETA Never mind. sammie at post 167 gave link to ALV's license.
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May be jumping the gun, or maybe this Q has already been resolved --
about her license /non-license status in CA.

Strange to me that her online CV seems to fail to reference
http://www.alycelaviolette.com/Alyce-LaViolette-cv.pdf
her license or licensing status
(evident it sd/be in CA since her office address is there).

Seems like there wd/hv/bn space to shoe-horn it in somewhere in those 20 pages.

Would her license be something other than a psychologist license?

Did I miss it on the CV or elsewhere on her website? Anyone?

 

[ynotdivein]

For newbies!!!!!!!!!! There is a quit smoking thread here at WS! I know a few who were successful during FCA trial...............does anyone have a link? I know that many of us, myself included, rarely visit the other threads that would be beneficial! WS has self help threads, menu/recipe threads/live police radio threads! just go to main site and start searching!

Yet, for folks that want to stop smoking.....can someone do a link to make it EZ for others! (I tried.....................) :furious:

Helpful hints for quitting smoking

 

[MeeBee]

Ya know that really bothered me too.
ALV discussing cases & patients - intimate details about them - just is not right.
I dont care that she didn't use names ....
She says things like "I have a current patient whose is in Grad School and is having difficulties with _____".

Crosses the line IMO.
For all she knows, some of these patients happened to listen to trial ... and she's breaking a bond of trust.
If I were a patient of hers ... I'd feel very betrayed by this.

And ... its not just the patient she refers to in her examples - but surely some of these patients have wives/husbands/family members that know their loved one sees this professional.
I can visualize some family member thinking 'hmmm, wonder if that is my son the Grad Student that is feeling this way?'
If nothing else ... As the patient, I'd be worried that other people might be speculating about what PRIVATE thoughts I may have spoken to her about.

PRIVACY - she crosses that line.
A couple of times today she spoke of patients in the past tense - and even that is not professional.
But many times today she used examples of "this young man I'm seeing now
has doubts about/is worried about _____"

I think as long as she doesn't use names, she is allowed to do this. It's like a case study. No one who knows these people would ever know she's talking about them, unless she gets real specific.

 

[Linda7NJ]

O/T - I started at 14, and a week shy of my 56th birthday, I quit, using an e-cig. It's been 15 months now, and I don't ever want to start again.

On topic - I have to hope and believe that Juan will take his turn at ALV, and point her fingers back to Jodi. I also believe that our jury, knowing what they DO know, have got to have Jodi pegged as the abuser, not Travis.

Apparently, it was never the nicotine for me. Thats why the patches, the gum, the chantex, the accupuncture and hypnosis never worked for me. It's all about the throat hit and watching the smoke upon exhale and having something to do with my hand. The e-cig worked immediately. I went to zero nic in a week and have been vaping for over three years!

 

[FrayedKnot]

I'm feeling the need to drive by and throw fruit at ya both!

Just teasing you two ...trying to lighten the mood....

Lets remember why we are all here....

And all that....umm. "Jazz"

Got any blackberries? Good ones? I wish summer were here.

 

[Donnareit]

I feel subliminal message to quit smoking...

Not only have I see posts today, now a Chantix commercial on HLN, dental hygenist told me other day Dr would write me a script & a friend said she was going to pray I'd be released from the chains of smoking...

Wow! Maybe cowinky dink but lot of hints headed my way!

What worked for me was finding that me that didn't smoke. I had to regress to about 17, but the I could redirect my daily routine to doing the things I did then.

Of course chocolate also helped. Good luck on quitting.

 

[FrayedKnot]

Yes! Got it dark choco dove eggs and marshmallow lovely thingies! Hidden away in the In Case Of Emergency

Nom nom nom!

Ahh.

Bettah.

Thank you!

Now for the pinot..... :rocker:

 

[DairyGirl]

well that is even better! HE had room for her yet he never lived with her~
or let her live there! :great:

I believe that living with Travis was her main goal and marrying him would be even better. Somehow I don't get the impression that she cared to pay rent.

 

[Linda7NJ]

Ermmmm, hate to be a picky butt, but any DARK chocky? I have a bottle of pinot screaming to be uncorked and some dark chocolate would go nicely........:blushing:

I had a glass of sangria at dinner tonight, one glass...I don't drink...ravished my hubby when we got home and ate a big special dark Hershey bar.... TMI?