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Narrator: A TROUBLED YOUNG WOMAN NAMED JODI ARIAS
ENTERS INTO A SEXUALLY CHARGED RELATIONSHIP
WITH A SELF-MADE MAN
AND NOT-SO-DEVOUT MORMON
NAMED TRAVIS ALEXANDER.
NO ONE COULD FORESEE THE RAVAGES THAT *** AND RAGE
WILL WREAK ON THIS COUPLE.
THIS RELATIONSHIP'S FINAL DESTINATION...
IS CERTAIN DEATH.
TO ERR IS HUMAN,
BUT IT TAKES A RARE BREED OF MONSTER TO COMMIT...
..."DEADLY SINS."
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
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BY NOW, MOST AMERICANS KNOW
WHO CONVICTED KILLER JODI ARIAS IS,
BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THEY DON'T KNOW
ABOUT THE *** TALE OF ***, RAGE, AND DEPRAVITY
THAT MADE HER A HOUSEHOLD NAME.
WHAT ENDS IN A HAUNTING *** IN MESA
BEGINS SOME TWO DECADES EARLIER
WITH AN INNOCENT GIRL HIDING SOME DANGEROUS FLAWS.
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Narrator: JODI ARIAS IS RAISED IN THE SMALL CALIFORNIA TOWN
OF YREKA NEAR THE OREGON BORDER.
Hogan: JODI ARIAS HAD A PRETTY NORMAL CHILDHOOD.
SHE TOOK TRIPS WITH HER FAMILY. SHE HAD A BIG FAMILY.
THEY WERE PRETTY CLOSE.
SHE GREW UP PLAYING GAMES.
HER PARENTS KIND OF DOTED ON HER.
THE ONE CONSTANT FROM A YOUNG AGE
IS THAT SHE USED PHOTOGRAPHY
AS SOMETHING OF AN EXPRESSION OF HERSELF,
AND SHE CONSIDERED HERSELF AN ARTIST.
Narrator: BUT AS THE SWEET LITTLE GIRL GROWS UP,
SERIOUS PROBLEMS BEGIN TO EMERGE.
JODI WAS A PROBLEM CHILD.
SHE WAS VERY VOLATILE AS A TEENAGER.
MOOD SWINGS, ANGER ISSUES.
Narrator: EVENTUALLY, JODI IS DIAGNOSED
WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER.
Jordan: WITH A BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER,
YOU HAVE A MENTAL DISORDER THAT LEAVES A PERSON
FEELING FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED
WITH A VERY DISTORTED SELF-IMAGE,
AND IT CAN CAUSE A GREAT DEAL OF EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL,
MOOD SWINGS, AND HYPERVIGILANCE.
Narrator: IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO TAME
THEIR DAUGHTER'S EXTREME PASSIONS,
JODI'S PARENTS IMPOSE STRICT RULES
AND AREN'T AFRAID TO ENFORCE THEM.
Hogan: WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK,
THEY STARTED USING PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE,
AND JODI WOULD EVENTUALLY CLAIM
THAT THAT ESCALATED TOWARDS PHYSICAL ABUSE.
Jordan: NO MATTER WHAT HER PARENTS DID,
SOON, THEY COMPLETELY HAD LOST CONTROL OF JODI.
Narrator: AT THE TENDER AGE OF 17,
JODI DECIDES SHE'S HAD ENOUGH OF HER PARENTS' RULES.
SHE MOVES OUT OF THEIR HOME
AND THROWS HERSELF INTO A TORRID ROMANCE.
Hogan: JODI WAS DATING A BOY AT THE TIME, BOBBY JUAREZ.
THEY ENDED UP LIVING TOGETHER,
AND SHE ENDED UP WORKING A FULL-TIME JOB
AND SUPPORTING HERSELF.
EVENTUALLY, SHE DROPPED OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
BOBBY JUAREZ WAS A STRANGE FIGURE IN JODI'S LIFE.
HE, AT THE TIME, HAD AN INTEREST IN THE OCCULT.
JODI WAS REALLY DRAWN TO THAT.
SHE WAS DRAWN TO THAT SUPERNATURAL, DARK SIDE OF LIFE.
IT REALLY IS A TALE OF LITTLE GIRL LOST
WHO WAS HAVING HER IDENTITY DEFINED
BY HER RELATIONSHIP WITH A MAN.
Narrator: JUST AS IT SEEMS JODI'S FOUND HAPPINESS WITH BOBBY,
SHE MAKES A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
Hogan: JODI HAD CLICKED THE "BACK" BUTTON
AND GOTTEN INTO HIS E-MAIL
AND FOUND THESE ROMANTIC LOVE LETTERS
HE WAS WRITING TO ANOTHER WOMAN.
Narrator: DEVASTATED AND BETRAYED,
JODI WASTES NO TIME MOVING ON
AND REINVENTING HERSELF.
JODI MAY BELIEVE HER NEW IDENTITY IS THE PERFECT BAIT
TO REEL IN A NEW MAN,
BUT IT SEEMS TO ATTRACT MORE OF THE SAME.
SHE SWITCHES HER FOCUS TO BOBBY'S ROOMMATE,
A GUY NAMED MATT, ONLY TO RELIVE THE TORMENT.
Hogan: JODI WAS SNOOPING AROUND MATT'S HOUSE,
AND SHE DISCOVERED PHOTOS OF HIM WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.
AND SHE BEGAN TO SUSPECT HE WAS CHEATING, AS WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR JODI,
SHE WAS THE TYPE OF WOMAN WHO GOT CHEATED ON -- A LOT.
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ARE WE SEEING A SICK, LITTLE PATTERN DEVELOPING HERE?
RUMMAGING THROUGH HER BOYFRIEND'S THINGS,
THEN FINDING EVIDENCE OF BETRAYAL BECOMES A WAY
TO REOPEN THE SAME OLD WOUNDS
AND HURT HERSELF OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT'S A SPECIAL SIN CALLED SELF-HATRED.
HAVING BEEN CHEATED ON AT LEAST TWICE ALREADY,
SHE VOWS THAT WHEN SHE FINDS MR. RIGHT,
SHE'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP HIM -- AT ANY COST.
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Narrator: JILTED JODI MOVES TO BIG SUR, CALIFORNIA,
WHERE SHE LANDS A JOB AT A HIGH-END RESORT.
Jordan: SHE DOESN'T HAVE A HIGH-SCHOOL DIPLOMA,
LET ALONE ANY COLLEGE DEGREE.
HER ONLY EXPERIENCE IS WAITRESSING.
SHE BECOMES EXTREMELY AWARE THAT HER SEX APPEAL --
HER GENUINE PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS --
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHE CAN USE TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS.
THE FIRST THING SHE DOES WITH HER POCKET CHANGE
IS GET BREAST IMPLANTS.
23 YEARS OLD, EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE,
NOT LACKING PHYSICALLY,
AND YET SHE WANTS TO FULFILL EVERY MAN'S FANTASY.
SHE WANTS TO FULFILL
THAT PLAYBOY, PINUP-GIRL IMAGE OF PERFECTION.
Narrator: AND SURE ENOUGH, SHE'S ON TO THE NEXT GUY.
SHE MEETS THIS OLDER GENTLEMAN
WHO SHE DESCRIBES AS A GEORGE CLOONEY-LIKE TYPE GUY.
HE'S A DIVORCED SINGLE DAD IN HIS 40s
WHO'S ALSO HER SUPERVISOR AT THE RESORT.
Narrator: HIS NAME IS DARRYL BREWER.
Hogan: JODI'S RELATIONSHIP WITH DARRYL WAS SEEMINGLY PRETTY HEALTHY,
BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH DARRYL.
HE NEVER WANTED TO GET MARRIED AGAIN.
Narrator: JODI MAKES DO WITH DARRYL FOR NOW,
BUT BEGINS TO THINK OF THE FUTURE.
JODI'S LOOKING FOR MORE INCOME
WHEN A CO-WORKER TELLS HER SHE'S RECRUITING FOR PRE-PAID LEGAL,
A COMPANY THAT SELLS LAWYER'S SERVICES AT A DISCOUNT.
Hogan: JODI GOT THE MATERIAL,
AND SHE DECIDED MAYBE TO GIVE IT A SHOT,
THAT MAYBE THIS WAS THE THING
THAT WAS DIRECTING HER TO CHANGE HER FUTURE.
Narrator: AND THE BIGGEST DRAW --
PRE-PAID LEGAL'S UPCOMING CONVENTION IS IN LAS VEGAS.
JODI DECIDES TO GIVE THE PRE-PAID LEGAL OPPORTUNITY
A TRY, AND SHE GOES WITH A COUPLE FRIENDS
TO ANNUAL CONVENTION TO LEARN MORE.
AT THIS CONVENTION, SHE HAS LUNCH WITH HER FRIENDS,
AND SHE'S STANDING OUTSIDE OF A RESTAURANT FEELING OUT OF PLACE,
MAYBE A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
Narrator: THEN ALONG COMES TRAVIS ALEXANDER,
AN UP-AND-COMING STAR EXECUTIVE FOR PRE-PAID LEGAL.
Hogan: TRAVIS SEES JODI OUT OF THE CORNER OF HIS EYE,
AND HE'S IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO HER.
SHE'S GORGEOUS, BLONDE, EXOTIC, AND HE SHOOTS RIGHT TOWARDS HER,
ARM OUTSTRETCHED, READY TO MEET HER.
Narrator: WHAT TRAVIS CAN'T POSSIBLY KNOW IS THAT,
ALONG WITH HIS DESIRE TO MEET THIS GORGEOUS CREATURE,
WILL COME UNIMAGINABLE CONSEQUENCES.
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Narrator: JODI ARIAS IS AT A LAS VEGAS CONVENTION
WHERE SHE'S JUST MET TRAVIS ALEXANDER,
AN UP-AND-COMING BUSINESSMAN.
TRAVIS WAS A REALLY CONFIDENT GUY,
VERY EXUBERANT, AND VERY DYNAMIC.
HE USED SOME OF HIS CHARM WHEN HE FIRST MET JODI,
EXPLAINING WHO HE WAS IN THE COMPANY.
HERE JODI IS, LEARNING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
AND FEELING LIKE A NOBODY,
AND HERE ONE OF THE MOST HIGH-LEVEL EXECUTIVES
GOES UP TO HER AND APPROACHES HER
AND HAS THIS INTEREST IN HER.
SHE MUST HAVE BEEN REALLY SWEPT UP IN THE WHOLE THING.
Narrator: BUT TRAVIS' EASY CHARM BELIES AN INCREDIBLY TROUBLED PAST.
TRAVIS HAD A VERY TOUGH UPBRINGING.
HE WAS ONE OF SEVEN SIBLINGS.
HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH DRUG ADDICTS.
WHEN THE KIDS WERE YOUNG, THEY WERE NEGLECTED A LOT.
THERE WAS VERY LITTLE FOOD IN THE HOME.
IT WAS A VERY TOUGH LIFESTYLE,
WHICH I THINK DROVE TRAVIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
Narrator: 6-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS,
ALONG WITH HIS OTHER HOMELESS SIBLINGS,
WENT TO LIVE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER
IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.
SHE PUT THE CHILDREN BACK ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW,
INTRODUCING THEM TO THE MORMON CHURCH.
Sky: HE LOVED IT.
TRAVIS WAS A VERY SPIRITUAL PERSON.
HE LOVED THE LORD.
IT IS A LIFESTYLE. IT IS A LIFE. IT'S MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
IT'S ALL WEEK, ALL THE TIME,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMITMENTS ASKED OF US.
Narrator: TRAVIS' PERSONAL SUCCESS STORY
ONLY BOLSTERS HIS CAREER WITH PRE-PAID LEGAL.
Hall: HIS STORY INSPIRED SO MANY PEOPLE TO SAY,
"WHAT'S MY EXCUSE FOR WHERE I'M AT IN LIFE?
"IF THIS GUY CAN GO FROM BEING HOMELESS
"TO OWNING A VERY NICE HOME AND DRIVING A BMW
AND LITERALLY LIVING A ROCK STAR LIFESTYLE, WHY CAN'T I?"
Narrator: BUT WITH ALL HIS SUCCESS,
TRAVIS IS MISSING ONE IMPORTANT INGREDIENT --
A LEADING LADY, AND PREFERABLY A MORMON ONE.
TRAVIS HAD TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO SETTLE DOWN
AND START A FAMILY AND EVERYTHING.
BUT HE HAD JUST SO MANY GIRLS THAT HE KEPT IN CONTACT WITH,
I THINK HE REALLY ENJOYED PLAYING THE FIELD
AND KEEPING HIS OPTIONS OPEN.
Narrator: UNTIL HE SPOTS JODI THAT DAY IN LAS VEGAS.
HE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS GIRL THAT HE HAD MET.
HE WAS TELLING US ABOUT HER
AND TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE JUST SEEMED REALLY GREAT.
SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL. SHE WAS SMART.
AND SO, HE WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO GETTING TO KNOW HER BETTER.
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LITTLE DOES TRAVIS KNOW,
THE ANGELIC-LOOKING BLONDE IS THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE,
THE FARTHEST THING FROM MORMON MARRIAGE MATERIAL.
IF ONLY HE'D HAVE JUST WALKED AWAY RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
INSTEAD, HE AND JODI ARE LIKE TWO RUNAWAY TRAINS --
DESTINED FOR A HEAD-ON COLLISION.
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Hogan: TRAVIS WAS REALLY DRAWN TO JODI INITIALLY, PURELY BY LOOKS.
Narrator: SO MUCH SO THAT HE ASKS HER TO BE HIS DATE
TO A COVETED BALL FOR EXECUTIVES ONLY.
Sky: SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WEAR, AND I TOLD HIM,
"I HAVE AN EXTRA DRESS,"
SO HE TOOK MY KEY, AND THEY WENT UP,
AND SHE PUT ON MY CLOTHES AND CAME DOWN TO THE BANQUET.
TRAVIS SEES HER, AND HE'S IN AWE.
HIS JAW DROPS. SHE'S STUNNING.
Narrator: FOR THIS UNLIKELY CINDERELLA,
IT'S DEFINITELY A NIGHT TO REMEMBER.
Hogan: THAT NIGHT, JODI STRUTTED INTO THE BALL ON TRAVIS' ARM,
AND IT WAS LIKE MAGIC.
HE WAS THE HANDSOME PRINCE.
SHE WAS THE PRINCESS, AND IT WAS ALL A FAIRY TALE.
Chris: MY WIFE AND I BOTH LIKED HER,
AND SHE WAS A GOOD CONVERSATIONALIST.
SHE LOOKED YOU IN THE EYE.
SHE COULD TALK ABOUT A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.
SHE SEEMED TO BE WELL-READ AND WELL-SPOKEN.
Hogan: JODI TOLD TRAVIS ABOUT THE BOYFRIEND THAT SHE HAD
THAT IT WASN'T REALLY AN IDEAL SITUATION.
SHE WAS WITH A MAN
WHO DIDN'T WANT TO GET MARRIED OR HAVE CHILDREN.
Narrator: SHE WISHES SHE WAS FREE OF DARRYL.
TRAVIS IS RIGHT UP HER ALLEY.
SHE'S SWEPT UP WITH A MAN WHO IS NOT ONLY HANDSOME
AND WELL-OFF AND WELL-ESTABLISHED,
BUT HE'S ALSO THE MARRYING KIND.
HE'S A MORMON MAN. HE'S A FAMILY MAN.
AND HE CAN GIVE HER EVERYTHING THAT SHE WANTS.
Narrator: AFTER DINNER, TRAVIS TAPS INTO HIS POWERS OF PERSUASION.
Hogan: HE LEANS IN. HE LICKS HIS LIPS.
HE LOOKS INTO HER EYES,
AND JUST WHEN HE'S ABOUT TO STEAL A KISS,
HE WITHDRAWS AND SAYS, "I WISH YOU DIDN'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND."
AFTER THAT, THEY PARTED WAYS WITHOUT EVER CROSSING THE LINE
BETWEEN FRIENDS AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.
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JODI AND TRAVIS MAY HAVE MANAGED
TO PUT A CORK IN THEIR ATTRACTION FOR THE TIME BEING,
BUT THEIR *** IS SO PRIMAL, THEY WON'T BE ABLE
TO KEEP THEIR HANDS OFF EACH OTHER FOR LONG,
AND ONCE THE CLOTHES COME OFF, SO WILL THE INHIBITIONS.
BUT FIRST, THERE'S THIS STICKY MATTER
OF JODI'S LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND.
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Hogan: JUST THAT ONE CHANCE MEETING
CAUSED JODI TO RE-EVALUATE HER ENTIRE LIFE.
Narrator: DEAD-END DARRYL HAS GOT TO GO.
Hogan: JODI HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DARRYL,
AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE HAD DECIDED
THAT SHE WANTED MORE OUT OF LIFE.
SHE WANTED TO BE MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN.
Narrator: WITH DARRYL OUT OF THE PICTURE,
JODI CAN NOW FOCUS HER ENTIRE BEING ON TRAVIS.
AND SOON, SHE'S MEETING UP WITH HIM AT HIS FRIEND'S PLACE.
Sky: WE WERE HAVING A GET-TOGETHER AT OUR HOUSE,
AND TRAVIS WAS GONNA BE IN TOWN,
SO HE HAD INVITED JODI OVER TO OUR HOUSE.
THEY WOULD STAY IN SEPARATE BEDROOMS
'CAUSE TRAVIS WAS TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING,
AND IT WAS EASIER TO DO THE RIGHT THING
IF THEY WEREN'T SHARING A ROOM.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: BUT SEPARATE BEDROOMS DO LITTLE TO QUELL THE SMOLDERING ROMANCE.
Hogan: TRAVIS ENTERS HER ROOM, AND WITHOUT UTTERING A WORD,
HE BEGINS TO PASSIONATELY KISS HER.
SLOWLY, HE PEELS OFF HER PAJAMA BOTTOMS
AND PERFORMS ORAL SEX ON HER.
SHE LATER RECIPROCATES.
Jordan: WHEN TRAVIS FIRST HAS A *** EXPERIENCE WITH JODI,
WE WOULD SAY, PERHAPS IT UNCORKS THE BOTTLE,
AND ALL THE FANTASIES THAT HE HAD BEEN SUPPRESSING
FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS COME TO THE SURFACE,
AND HE STARTS THINKING IN A WHOLE NEW WAY
ABOUT ALL THE FUN THAT HE COULD BE HAVING WITH JODI ARIAS.
Narrator: AND JODI IS MORE THAN WILLING TO FULFILL THE FANTASIES.
THIS TIME, SHE'S HOOKED A BIG FISH.
THIS GUY COULD BE THE ONE.
AND SO, SHE'S BOUND AND DETERMINED
TO NOT LET ANYTHING OR ANYONE PREVENT HER FROM REELING HIM IN,
NO MATTER WHAT DEADLY SIN IT MEANS COMMITTING.
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Narrator: JODI ARIAS AND HER NEW MAN, TRAVIS ALEXANDER,
HAVE HIT THE SHEETS WITH A SMOLDERING INTENSITY.
BUT WHEN YOU GO TO BED WITH AN UNMARRIED MORMON,
THERE CAN BE REPERCUSSIONS.
FOR JODI, A NON-MORMON, THIS IS, YOU KNOW,
A MAN AND A WOMAN GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
FOR TRAVIS, THIS IS A PRETTY HUGE VIOLATION
OF HIS COVENANTS TO GOD.
THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE EX-COMMUNICATION
FROM THE CHURCH.
NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, IT'S PRETTY AUDACIOUS
TO HAVE HOT, FORBIDDEN SEX ON SATURDAY NIGHT,
THEN PLEDGE YOUR DEVOTION TO THE CHURCH COME SUNDAY MORNING.
BUT THERE WERE TWO SIDES TO TRAVIS ALEXANDER
AND ABOUT 100 SIDES TO JODI ARIAS.
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Narrator: OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS,
JODI AND TRAVIS CONTINUE THEIR LONG-DISTANCE ROMANCE.
JODI LIVES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA,
AND TRAVIS IN MESA, ARIZONA.
BUT EVERY FEW WEEKS,
THEY SCHEDULE ANOTHER RENDEZVOUS AT A CONVENIENT MIDWAY POINT.
THE MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA HOME OF TRAVIS' GOOD FRIENDS,
CHRIS AND SKY HUGHES, WHO ARE STILL IN THE DARK
THAT JODI AND TRAVIS ARE HAVING SEX JUST DOWN THE HALL.
WHEN JODI AND TRAVIS FIRST STARTED DATING, IT WAS TYPICAL.
HE WAS FUNNY AND OUTGOING.
SHE LAUGHED AT ALL HIS JOKES,
AND THEY WERE FLIRTY BACK AND FORTH,
AND IT WAS APPROPRIATE.
IT WAS YOUR NORMAL, BUDDING RELATIONSHIP.
Narrator: BUT SOON, THAT RELATIONSHIP GOES FROM BUDDING TO FULL-BLOOM.
JODI STARTED TO GET AGGRESSIVE
AND PHYSICALLY AND SOCIALLY INAPPROPRIATE --
CRAWLING ALL OVER HIM IN THE HOT TUB.
SHE'S NIBBLING ON HIS EARS. SHE'S GIGGLING.
SHE'S CRAWLING ON HIS LAP.
SHE'S KISSING HIM ALL OVER HIS FACE.
AND WE'RE, LIKE, "HELLO? WE'RE RIGHT HERE."
Narrator: AND IT SEEMS JODI WANTS TO FAST-TRACK
EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP --
NAMELY BECOMING MRS. ALEXANDER.
Sky: JODI TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS GOING TO MARRY TRAVIS.
SHE HAD HAD SOME DREAM OR VISION OR SOMETHING.
IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT JODI CARED ABOUT TRAVIS
A LOT MORE THAN TRAVIS CARED ABOUT JODI.
SHE WAS READY TO MARRY HIM, AND HE WAS GETTING TO KNOW HER.
Chris: SHE'S RACKING HER BRAIN,
AND YOU COULD SEE HER GO INSIDE OF HERSELF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT,
"WHAT DO I NEED TO DO NOW?"
AND SHE TRIED TO BECOME
WHAT SHE THOUGHT TRAVIS WANTED HER TO BE.
Narrator: SO, THE BLEACHED-BLONDE SEXPOT REINVENTS HERSELF AGAIN
AND CONVERTS TO MORMONISM.
Hogan: IT WAS A VERY HOLY CEREMONY.
WHEN JODI RE-EMERGED FROM THE WATER,
HER PAST SINS WERE FORGIVEN IN THE EYES OF THE CHURCH.
SHE GETS BAPTIZED,
THINKING THAT THAT WOULD MAKE HIM COMMIT TO HER.
Narrator: AS PART OF HER CONVERSION,
JODI SWEARS TO CHASTITY, BUT THAT VOW DOESN'T LAST LONG.
Hogan: THAT NIGHT, AFTER THIS VERY RELIGIOUS CEREMONY,
THEIR RELATIONSHIP BECAME *** ONCE AGAIN.
Jordan: JODI UNDERSTANDS THAT, IF SHE IS INDISCREET
ABOUT THEIR *** RELATIONSHIP, SHE WILL LOSE TRAVIS.
SO SHE STARTS TO THINK, IT'S JUST GONNA BE YOU AND ME,
AND WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT,
AND WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL ANYBODY.
I'M A MORMON. YOU'RE A MORMON. IT WILL BE OUR LITTLE SECRET.
Narrator: AS THE MONTHS WEAR ON,
AND THE NEWNESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP WEARS OFF,
THAT ANXIOUS AGGRESSION THAT JODI'S HAD SINCE CHILDHOOD
BEGINS TO FESTER...
INTO AN UNHEALTHY OBSESSION.
FROM THAT POINT ON, SHE WOULD NOT LET GO OF TRAVIS,
AND THE WHOLE THING CHANGED, AND SHE BECAME VERY CONTROLLING
AND WOULDN'T LET HIM OUT OF HER SIGHT,
AND THINGS GOT VERY STRANGE.
SHE WOULD BEGIN TO FOLLOW HIM AROUND THE HOUSE.
IF HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM,
SHE'D GO SIT OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND WAIT FOR HIM TO BE DONE.
IF HE TOOK A BUSINESS CALL
OR A PERSONAL CALL IN ONE OF OUR BEDROOMS,
SHE'D GO AND STAND OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND LISTEN,
AND WE CAUGHT HER DOING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
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YOU'D THINK TRAVIS WOULD BE A HAPPY BOY,
CAVORTING WITH A SEX OBJECT WHO WILL DO ANYTHING HE DESIRES,
BUT THIS ROMANCE HAS GONE OFF THE RAILS.
JODI'S BECOMING MORE OBSESSED BY THE DAY, AND BEFORE LONG,
SHE'S STALKING TRAVIS LIKE A HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE.
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Narrator: NO SURPRISE, JODI FALLS INTO HER OLD HABIT
OF SNOOPING ON HER BOYFRIEND.
Hogan: TRAVIS HAD A REPUTATION OF BEING A LADIES' MAN AND A FLIRT,
AND MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF A WOMANIZER.
Sky: SHE HAD TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN INTO TRAVIS' E-MAIL
AND FORWARDED TO HERSELF EVERY E-MAIL THAT HE HAD FROM A GIRL,
AND THAT SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED
THAT HE WAS TALKING TO ALL THESE GIRLS.
AND TO ME, THAT WAS A HUGE RED FLAG.
Narrator: A RED FLAG TRAVIS' FRIENDS JUST CAN'T IGNORE.
IT BECAME VERY SCARY VERY QUICKLY.
WE BEGAN TO OBSERVE SO MUCH ODD BEHAVIOR WITH JODI,
AT THAT POINT, WE MADE A DECISION.
WE'VE GOT TO LET HIM KNOW.
I MEAN, LOVE IS BLIND, AND HE CLEARLY CAN'T SEE THIS,
BUT WE NEED TO HELP HIM SEE IT.
Narrator: SKY AND CHRIS WAIT UNTIL JODI GOES TO HER ROOM
TO PULL TRAVIS ASIDE.
AND WE ENDED UP IN OUR BEDROOM, AND WE JUST UNLOADED ON HIM.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD SEEN
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING UNTIL THAT DAY,
WE LET TRAVIS KNOW ALL ABOUT IT.
Sky: I SAID, "TRAVIS, I'M AFRAID WE'RE GONNA FIND YOU
CHOPPED UP IN HER FREEZER."
HE LAUGHED, AND HE SAID, "NO WAY, SHE'S THE NICEST GIRL.
SHE WOULD NEVER HURT ANYONE. SHE WOULDN'T HURT A FLY."
HE WAS REALLY UPSET BY IT.
WE'RE, LIKE, "NO, TRAVIS, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT."
HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT. HE DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE US.
Narrator: JUST THEN, SKY FEELS A CHILL RUN UP THE BACK OF HER NECK.
SHE KNOWS THEY'RE BEING WATCHED.
Sky: AND I MOUTH TO CHRIS AND TRAVIS.
I SAID, "SHE'S OUT THERE."
AND TRAVIS SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID, "NO WAY."
I SAID, "SHE'S OUT THERE."
AND SO TRAVIS SNEAKS OFF THE BED AND GOES AND RIPS OPEN THE DOOR,
AND SHE'S STANDING THERE.
AND SHE SAYS, "IS THIS A PRIVATE CONVERSATION?"
AND TRAVIS SAID, "ACTUALLY, IT IS."
AND THE LOOK ON HER FACE, I CAN'T DESCRIBE IT.
IT'S -- AND THE FEELING THAT I GOT,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE NOR SINCE,
AND IT WAS JUST -- IT WAS ALMOST PURE EVIL.
Chris: SKY AND I WERE AFRAID FOR OUR LIVES,
AND WE'RE AFRAID FOR OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES.
THAT'S HOW EVIL THIS FEELING WAS AND THAT LOOK.
Sky: AND WE SAID, "HOW DID WE GET HERE,
WHERE WE'RE IN OUR OWN HOUSE,
AND THERE'S THIS WOMAN HERE WHO WE'RE AFRAID OF?"
Narrator: BUT SKY AND CHRIS HUGHES HAVE NO INKLING
JUST HOW SCARY THINGS WILL GET.
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Narrator: BY DAY, JODI ARIAS AND TRAVIS ALEXANDER
PRETEND TO BE PURE AND CHASTE IN THE MORMON WAY.
BY NIGHT, THE DEADLY SIN OF *** FUELS THEIR *** SEX
AND ENDLESS STREAM OF *** CALLS.
AND NOW, TRAVIS' FRIENDS ARE AFRAID OF JODI.
THEY DECIDE, FOR THEIR SAFETY,
THEY WILL NEVER ALLOW JODI BACK IN THEIR HOUSE AGAIN,
BUT TRAVIS DOESN'T MAKE IT EASY.
TRAVIS WANTED ME TO TALK TO JODI
ABOUT ALL MY CONCERNS AND TO EXPLAIN TO HER.
JODI AND I WENT TO OUR BEDROOM. WE WERE IN THERE FOR HOURS.
I TOLD HER, YOU KNOW,
"I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH YOU AT MY HOME,"
AND IT DIDN'T PHASE HER.
NOTHING PHASED HER UNTIL FINALLY SHE SAID,
"ARE YOU GOING TO TELL TRAVIS NOT TO DATE ME?"
AND I SAID, "I ALREADY DID."
SHE BROKE DOWN AND STARTED CRYING.
TRAVIS WAS VERY UPSET.
HE WAS VERY HURT,
AND IT HURT OUR RELATIONSHIP FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
Narrator: NOT ONLY DOES TRAVIS REJECT HIS FRIEND'S ADVICE,
HE RATCHETS THINGS UP A FEW NOTCHES.
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
JODI AND TRAVIS TAKE HALF A DOZEN ROMANTIC,
SEX-FUELED VACATIONS TOGETHER.
Hogan: WHEN TRAVIS AND JODI WERE BY THEMSELVES,
THEY ACTED AS IF THEY WERE A COUPLE.
THEY HELD HANDS. THEY STAYED IN THE SAME HOTEL ROOM.
THEY HAD SEX AT NIGHT.
Narrator: BUT WHENEVER MORMONS ARE PRESENT,
TRAVIS BECOMES A DIFFERENT PERSON.
Hogan: HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEEM LIKE A COUPLE.
ANY TIME JODI WOULD TRY AND BE AFFECTIONATE WITH HIM
OR EVEN HOLD HIS HAND, TRAVIS WOULD WITHDRAW.
JODI FOUND THIS VERY ALARMING.
TO HER, IT SEEMED LIKE TRAVIS WAS HIDING SOMETHING,
THAT MAYBE SHE WAS HIS DIRTY SECRET.
Pitt: TO HAVE SO MUCH ATTENTION AND ADULATION PUT ON YOU
WHEN YOU'RE ALONE,
AND THEN TO JUST BE TREATED LIKE SOMETHING LESS THAN
IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE, THAT WOULD BE VERY HUMILIATING.
Hogan: AS HE APPROACHED 30,
TRAVIS DECIDED TO SET HIS SIGHTS ON FINDING
WHAT THE MORMONS CALL AN ETERNAL COMPANION.
Hall: WHEN HE REALIZED THAT JODI WAS NOT GOING TO BE THAT WOMAN,
HE REALIZED THAT HER OCCUPYING SPACE IN HIS LIFE
WAS KEEPING THE RIGHT MRS. ALEXANDER AWAY.
Narrator: IN JUNE 2007, JODI AND TRAVIS FIGHT BITTERLY
AND FINALLY BREAK UP.
TRAVIS WAS FINE WITH IT.
HE WAS READY TO MOVE ON AND FIND HIS ETERNAL COMPANION.
Narrator: FINALLY FREE,
TRAVIS WASTES NO TIME PURSUING A PRETTY MORMON GIRL.
Sky: SHE WAS A FEW YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIM,
BUT SHE WAS ASSERTIVE, AND SHE HAD A STRONG PERSONALITY,
AND TRAVIS WAS REALLY HAPPY DATING HER.
Narrator: BUT JODI IS STILL IN TRAVIS' LIFE.
Hogan: AS IS PATTERN WITH TRAVIS AND JODI,
THEY CONTINUE TO TALK,
AND NOW THEIR CONVERSATIONS ARE ***.
[ BELL TOLLS ]
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT HE'S DOING WITH THAT MORMON GIRL,
BUT ONE THING'S FOR SURE.
*** HAS BOTH TRAVIS AND JODI WRAPPED AROUND
ITS SINFUL FINGER,
AND JODI KNOWS THE ONLY POWER OF PERSUASION SHE HAS
IS HER SEXUALITY.
NOW, EVEN THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY,
SHE USES IT TO REEL TRAVIS BACK IN, AND HE DOESN'T RESIST.
[ BELL TOLLS ]
Narrator: TRAVIS IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO KEEP JODI AS HIS SEX TOY,
AS LONG AS SHE STAYS AT ARM'S LENGTH.
SO, NATURALLY, WHEN JODI MAKES A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
IN THE SUMMER OF 2007, TRAVIS IS FILLED WITH DREAD.
JODI MAKES THE ASTONISHING DECISION TO TELL TRAVIS
THAT SHE'S MOVING TO MESA, JUST A FEW HOUSES DOWN FROM HIM.
WHEN TRAVIS FINDS OUT THAT SHE'LL BE SO CLOSE,
HE'S INFURIATED.
HE TELLS JODI SHE HAS NO BUSINESS LIVING IN ARIZONA.
Hall: HE LIKED HIS SPACE.
HE LIKED TO VISIT HER, TAKE JODI IN SMALL DOSES.
THEY USED EACH OTHER FOR *** GRATIFICATION,
AND TRAVIS WANTED SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN A WIFE.
IN THE WORLD OF JODI ARIAS,
IT'S, "HEY, WE STILL HAVE SOMETHING HERE.
"WE STILL HAVE PHONE SEX. WE STILL HAVE A DYNAMIC.
"I THINK I CAN WIN HIM OVER.
I THINK I CAN SHOW HIM THAT I AM THE RIGHT PERSON FOR HIM."
Narrator: DESPITE TRAVIS' OBJECTIONS,
JODI IS LIVING IN ARIZONA WITHIN WEEKS,
AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S GOT A GIRLFRIEND,
IT ISN'T LONG BEFORE JODI'S BACK IN HIS BED.
Hall: JODI WAS TRAVIS' DRUG,
AND JUST LIKE PEOPLE GET ADDICTED TO ALCOHOL
OR *** OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE,
TRAVIS STRUGGLED WITH THE DRUG OF JODI.
THEIR RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO BE ***,
ONLY NOW, IT'S EVEN MORE CLANDESTINE.
LATE AT NIGHT, AFTER EVERYONE HAD GONE TO BED,
JODI WOULD SLIP INTO HIS HOUSE, GO UP INTO HIS ROOM,
AND GO INTO HIS BED NAKED.
JODI DESCRIBED THEIR *** ENCOUNTERS AS,
"BEING ALL OVER THE SPECTRUM."
SOMETIMES HE WAS VERY SENSUAL, VERY SWEET, VERY ROMANTIC,
AT OTHER TIMES, IT WAS VERY ANIMALISTIC,
AND THEY WOULD JUST TEAR EACH OTHER'S CLOTHES OFF.
AFTER A *** ENCOUNTER,
TRAVIS REALLY DIDN'T WANT
ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
Narrator: BUT ALONG WITH THE HOT, STEAMY PASSION
COMES KNOCK-DOWN, DRAG-OUT FIGHTS.
[ BOTH YELLING ]
[ BELL TOLLS ]
I'M NOT A BETTING MAN,
BUT IF TRAVIS ALEXANDER HAD A PET RABBIT,
MY HUNCH IS THAT BY NOW,
HE'D HAVE FOUND IT IN A BOILING POT ON HIS STOVE.
SEX, JEALOUSY, AND RAGE IS A BAD, BAD COMBINATION,
BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANYTHING OR ANYONE
THAT CAN GET EITHER OF THESE TWO TO WALK AWAY.
[ BELL TOLLS ]
Pitt: JODI ARIAS AND TRAVIS ALEXANDER ULTIMATELY ENDED UP
IN THIS PATTERN WHERE THEY WOULD FIGHT,
AND THEN HAVE MAKEUP SEX,
AND THAT BECAME THE RELATIONSHIP.
I BELIEVE THAT SHE THOUGHT
THIS WAS ULTIMATELY THE WAY TO WIN HIS HEART.
Hall: TRAVIS KNEW THAT, IF THE PROBLEM DID CONTINUE,
THAT EX-COMMUNICATION WOULD ULTIMATELY BE
AN OPTION ON THE TABLE FOR HIM.
ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT SEX IS LIKE,
IT'S TOUGH TO GO BACK AND PRETEND LIKE YOU'RE A ***,
AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON.
Narrator: THE SEESAW RELATIONSHIP MAY HAVE ITS UPS AND DOWNS,
BUT NOW FOR JODI, IT'S MOSTLY DOWN.
Hogan: IN HER JOURNALS, JODI WROTE,
"HE MAKES ME SICK. HE MAKES ME HAPPY.
"HE MAKES ME SAD AND MISERABLE.
HE MAKES ME UPLIFTED AND BEAUTIFUL."
IN HER PARTICULAR CASE, THE REJECTION, THE ABANDONMENT,
IT'S LIKE PUTTING A BULLET TO HER HEAD.
Hogan: JODI'S EMOTIONS WERE SO CLOSELY TIED
TO THE STATUS OF HER RELATIONSHIP WITH TRAVIS,
AT ONE POINT, SHE BECAME SUICIDAL.
Narrator: BY DECEMBER 2007, TRAVIS GOES COLD TURKEY AGAIN,
DOING HIS BEST TO LEAVE JODI ALONE,
AND IT'S NO COINCIDENCE STRANGE THINGS START TO HAPPEN.
[ ALARM BEEPS ]
Hogan: TRAVIS AND HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND
ARE ALONE IN THE HOUSE WHEN THEY HEAR A BEEPING NOISE...
[ ALARM BEEPS ]
...AS IF SOMEONE HAD OPENED THE DOOR,
BUT WHEN THEY GO THERE, NO ONE IS THERE.
THE NEXT DAY, THEY GO OUT AND DISCOVER
THEIR TIRES HAD BEEN SLASHED.
Narrator: TRAVIS IS DESPERATE
TO RID HIMSELF OF JODI ONCE AND FOR ALL,
BUT BY NOW, HIS FATE IS SEALED.
Jordan: JODI SIMPLY GOT TO A BREAKING POINT
WHERE IF SHE CAN'T HAVE HIM, NO ONE CAN.
SHE TOOK THE KNIFE -- STABBING, STABBING, STABBING.
THERE'S BLOOD EVERYWHERE.
[ WOMAN SCREAMS ]
[ BELL TOLLS ]
[ BELL TOLLS ]
Narrator: UNYIELDING *** HAS JODI ARIAS AND TRAVIS ALEXANDER
STUCK IN AN ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN RELATIONSHIP,
AND JODI'S BEHAVIOR IS GETTING DOWNRIGHT FRIGHTENING.
[ BELL TOLLS ]
JODI IS A WOMAN POSSESSED BY *** TO A DEADLY DEGREE.
TRAVIS CAN BE CHASTE WITH ANY NUMBER OF MORMON SWEETHEARTS,
BUT DEEP DOWN, JODI BELIEVES TRAVIS IS HERS,
AND SHE'S NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT.
THIS IS A DEEPLY DEMENTED WOMAN
WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GET WHAT SHE WANTS.
IN HER MIND, TRAVIS HASN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.
[ BELL TOLLS ]
Hogan: DESPITE ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN HIS LIFE,
TRAVIS CONTINUES TO BUILD HIS RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIS NEW GIRLFRIEND,
AS WELL AS CONTINUE TO SLEEP WITH JODI.
Narrator: ADDICTED TO THEIR SECRET SEX LIFE,
THE DUO SOON TAKES THE GAME TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
Hogan: AT ONE POINT, JODI WRITES IN HER JOURNAL
THAT THEY HAD EXPLORED EVERY NAUGHTY FANTASY
THAT THEY COULD CONJURE UP BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
AND THEY BEGAN BRANCHING OUT
EVEN TO MORE EXOTIC *** FETISHES.
Narrator: OUTRAGEOUS SEX LEADS TO ULTIMATE GUILT.
TRAVIS FINALLY COMES CLEAN WITH HIS BISHOP.
THE CLERIC'S SUGGESTION, FIGHT TEMPTATION
BY PUTTING DISTANCE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND JODI.
AND TO EVERYONE'S SURPRISE,
TRAVIS CONVINCES JODI TO MOVE BACK
TO HER GRANDPARENTS' HOME IN CALIFORNIA.
WHEN JODI FINALLY SAID
SHE WAS GONNA MOVE BACK IN APRIL, TRAVIS WAS ECSTATIC.
Narrator: IN APRIL 2008, JODI PUTS MESA, ARIZONA
IN HER REARVIEW MIRROR,
AND JUST AS ABRUPTLY, TRAVIS SWITCHES GIRLFRIENDS.
AFTER EIGHT MONTHS FOCUSED ON ONE DEVOUT MORMON WOMAN,
HE TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO YET ANOTHER.
Hogan: TRAVIS BECAME CONVINCED THAT SHE WAS THE ONE
THAT WAS GOING TO SOLVE ALL HIS PROBLEMS,
THAT SHE WAS HIS TRUE ETERNAL COMPANION,
AND HE BEGAN TO PURSUE HER.
Narrator: HE CAN'T HELP BUT BLURT OUT THE NEWS TO JODI.
AFTER ALL, THE TWO HAVE REMAINED FRIENDS,
AND ON THE SLY, THEY ARE STILL FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS.
Hogan: HE WAS PRETTY OPEN WITH JODI,
AND HE HAD TOLD HER THAT HE HAD FOUND HIS SOUL MATE,
AND JODI TRIED TO PRESENT HERSELF AS BEING OKAY
WITH THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ONLY FRIENDS,
AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO MOVE ON.
SECRETLY, SHE WAS SEETHING.
JODI KNOWS JUST WHAT TO DO,
ONLY THIS TIME, SHE'S GOT A MUCH MORE SINISTER AGENDA.
Hogan: TRAVIS AND JODI ENGAGED IN THIS *** PHONE CONVERSATION,
AND THEN IT TURNED VERY ***.
DURING THIS CONVERSATION,
TRAVIS AND JODI ARE PLEASURING THEMSELVES.
JODI MOANS QUITE DRAMATICALLY
TO MAKE SURE THAT TRAVIS KNOWS SHE'S EXCITED.
TRAVIS TELLS HER THAT HE WANTS TO TIE HER TO A TREE
AND HAVE HIS WAY WITH HER.
Narrator: TRAVIS IS BLIND TO THE FACT
THAT JODI'S RECORDING THEIR CONVERSATION.
Hogan: WHATEVER HER REASON FOR RECORDING IT,
JODI NOW HAD SOME VERY POWERFUL EVIDENCE AGAINST TRAVIS.
Narrator: IN A GAME OF *** FOR TAT,
JODI QUICKLY ROPES ANOTHER MORMON MAN
FROM PRE-PAID LEGAL, RYAN BURNS.
Burns: THE PICTURE THAT SHE PAINTED SPIRITUALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY,
WAS THAT SHE WAS TRYING VERY HARD
TO BECOME A BETTER PERSON EVERY DAY,
AND THAT SHE WAS FAR FROM PERFECT.
SHE WOULD READ THE BOOK OF MORMON.
THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME
TO FIND SOMEBODY WHO HAD A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION WITH GOD.
Narrator: JUST AS THE FORMER LOVERS BOTH APPEAR TO BE MOVING ON,
THEY TURN ON ONE ANOTHER.
MANY BELIEVE JODI FINALLY REVEALS
HER SECRET PHONE-SEX RECORDINGS AND THREATENS TRAVIS WITH THEM.
Hogan: TO THIS DAY, NO ONE KNOWS
WHAT CAUSED THIS INCREDIBLY HUGE BLOW-UP FIGHT.
THEY ARGUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT,
ALTERNATING BETWEEN PHONE CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES,
AND INSTANT MESSAGE CONVERSATIONS.
TRAVIS UNLEASHES THIS PENT-UP FURY
HE MUST HAVE HAD TOWARDS JODI.
HE CALLS HER A SOCIOPATH. HE CALLS HER A LIAR. SHE'S EVIL.
SHE'S THE WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO HIM,
AND SHE'S HURT HIM WORSE
THAN ANYTHING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO HIM.
Narrator: TWO DAYS LATER, JODI'S GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE
IS BURGLARIZED.
Hogan: ONLY A FEW ITEMS HAD ACTUALLY BEEN TAKEN,
INCLUDING A DVD PLAYER, A FEW BILLS, AND A GUN.
TO THE POLICE, THIS ROBBERY SEEMED REALLY STRANGE.
THERE WERE MANY ITEMS OF VALUE THAT WERE NOT TOUCHED.
Narrator: WITHIN A WEEK OF THE ROBBERY ON JUNE 3, 2008,
JODI RENTS A CAR AND HITS THE ROAD,
TELLING HER NEW MAN, RYAN, SHE'S COMING TO VISIT.
DESTINATION -- UTAH, NEARLY 800 MILES AWAY.
JODI HAD AN 11-HOUR DRIVE AHEAD OF HER.
SHE WAS DUE TO ARRIVE AT AROUND 8:00 A.M.,
BUT 14 HOURS LATER, STILL NO JODI.
Burns: I GAVE HER A CALL.
HER PHONE WENT STRAIGHT TO VOICEMAIL.
TWO HOURS LATER, I SENT HER A TEXT.
SHE DIDN'T ANSWER THEN,
SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE AFTERNOON,
AND I WAS STARTING TO BE SERIOUSLY CONCERNED.
SOMETHING DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT.
Narrator: THE NEXT MORNING, JODI ARRIVES IN SALT LAKE CITY,
FULL OF SURPRISES.
Burns: SHE WAS COMPLETELY BRUNETTE,
SO SHE WENT FROM PLATINUM BLONDE,
LIKE, BLONDE-BLONDE TO BRUNETTE.
A VERY, VERY DIFFERENT LOOK.
Narrator: THE COUPLE SPENDS SOME TIME TOGETHER,
THEN JODI MAKES HER MOVE.
Burns: SHE STARTED TO KISS ME,
AND SHE WAS A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE,
AND IT KIND OF GOT A LITTLE PASSIONATE,
BUT I KIND OF PULLED BACK, AND I JUST SAID,
"MAYBE WE SHOULD COOL DOWN,"
AND SHE JUST SMILED, AND SHE JUST SAID, "YOU'RE RIGHT."
Narrator: THEY MAINTAIN THEIR MORMON VOWS OF CHASTITY,
BUT AROUND 2:00 A.M., JODI ABRUPTLY DECIDES TO LEAVE.
Burns: I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD THAT SHE WOULD DRIVE THAT FAR
AND ONLY SPEND 12 HOURS, BUT AT THAT POINT,
IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE SHE HAD MUCH OF A CHOICE
BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS HAD TO GET BACK TO WORK.
Narrator: IN THE MEANTIME, FIVE DAYS HAVE PASSED,
AND NO ONE HAS HEARD FROM TRAVIS ALEXANDER.
HE'S MISSED SEVERAL IMPORTANT EVENTS.
HIS FRIENDS ARE ALARMED.
I'D INVITED TRAVIS TO BE THE GUEST SPEAKER
ON A WEEKLY CONFERENCE CALL THAT I DO,
AND HE NEVER SHOWED UP.
I CALLED HIM AND TEXT HIM WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
JUST TO SEE WHERE HE WAS,
AND HE NEVER PICKED UP.
AND I SAID TO SKY, "SOMETHING'S HAPPENED."
Narrator: WORRIED FRIENDS HEAD TO TRAVIS' MESA HOME TO CHECK ON HIM.
Billings: I FOUND THE KEY TO TRAVIS' BEDROOM,
AND SO I UNLOCKED THE DOOR.
AT THIS POINT, MY HEART WAS POUNDING,
JUST 'CAUSE I FEARED FOR THE WORST.
I OPENED THE DOOR,
AND IMMEDIATELY, AS SOON AS I OPENED IT,
THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF BLOOD ON THE CARPET.
AND SO, AS SOON AS I SAW THAT, I WALKED IN, WALKED PAST IT.
I LOOKED DOWN THE HALLWAY TO HIS BATHROOM,
AND SO, I COULD SEE THE BLOOD ALL OVER THE GROUND,
ALL OVER THE WALLS.
Narrator: THERE, IN THE SHOWER STALL, IS A HORROR --
A BODY BLOATED BEYOND RECOGNITION.
IT'S TRAVIS.
HE'S BEEN STABBED 27 TIMES,
THROAT SLASHED EAR-TO-EAR, AND SHOT IN THE FACE.
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE TRAVIS JUST LYING THERE.
Narrator: POLICE ARRIVE QUICKLY,
AND THE FIRST WORDS HIS FRIENDS CAN FIND ARE, "JODI ARIAS."
AT THE CRIME SCENE,
INVESTIGATORS DON'T HAVE FAR TO LOOK FOR PROOF.
Hogan: DETECTIVES FOUND A BLOODY PALM PRINT ON THE WALL,
WHICH WAS A MIXTURE OF TRAVIS' AND JODI'S BLOOD.
THEY FIND HER HAIR ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR.
THE SHELL CASING OF THE .25-CALIBER GUN,
AND IN THE WASHING MACHINE,
THEY FIND THE MOST COMPELLING EVIDENCE OF ALL...
...THE DIGITAL CAMERA.
Narrator: AND ON THE CAMERA'S MEMORY CARD, A GHOULISH SERIES OF PICTURES.
THERE'S THREE BATCHES OF PHOTOS ON THE CAMERA.
THE FIRST BATCH IS TRAVIS
SHOWERING IN THE MASTER BATHROOM.
THE SECOND BATCH IS TRAVIS AND JODI
IN SEXUALLY PROVOCATIVE POSITIONS
EARLIER THAT AFTERNOON.
Narrator: THE THIRD BATCH DEFIES ANY SORT OF LOGIC.
Hogan: AS THE ATTACK WAS HAPPENING,
THEY THINK THE CAMERA FELL ONTO THE FLOOR AND SNAPPED A PHOTO.
THE CAMERA WAS STEPPED ON AND SNAPPED ANOTHER PHOTO,
AND THEN STEPPED ON AGAIN AND SNAPPED ANOTHER PHOTO.
THE PHOTOS WERE SHOCKING.
TRAVIS IS LAYING ON HIS BACK.
BLOOD IS RUNNING DOWN HIS ARM, AND IN THE FOREGROUND IS A FOOT.
THE PHOTOS ARE ALL TIME-STAMPED WITH THE SAME DATE, JUNE 4th,
THE DAY JODI TOLD RYAN BURNS SHE'D BE IN SALT LAKE CITY,
BUT SHOWED UP A FULL DAY LATE ON JUNE 5th.
JODI IS ARRESTED
AND CHARGED WITH THE *** OF TRAVIS ALEXANDER.
Hogan: JODI ORIGINALLY DENIED EVER BEING IN MESA,
OR HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ***.
AFTER BEING IN JAIL FOR A DAY, JODI'S STORY CHANGED SHARPLY.
SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS THERE.
SHE WITNESSED EVERYTHING, BUT SHE WAS NO KILLER.
JODI TOLD THE POLICE THAT ON THE DAY HE WAS KILLED,
TWO INTRUDERS BROKE IN AND BRUTALLY MURDERED HIM,
AND THAT SHE BARELY GOT AWAY WITH HER OWN LIFE.
JODI'S STORY CHANGED ONCE AGAIN.
NOW SHE SHIFTED ALL THE BLAME ONTO TRAVIS,
AND THAT SHE KILLED HIM IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Narrator: IN A HIGHLY PUBLICIZED TRIAL,
THE SORDID DETAILS OF JODI AND TRAVIS' SEX LIFE
GO ON DISPLAY FOR THE WORLD,
AND WITH A GRIPPED AUDIENCE WATCHING,
THE PROSECUTION LAYS OUT ITS THEORY
AS TO WHAT HAPPENED ON JUNE 4, 2008.
INSTEAD OF DRIVING TO SEE RYAN BURNS IN SALT LAKE CITY,
JODI HAD DRIVEN ALL THE WAY TO MESA, ARIZONA, TO SEE TRAVIS.
BECAUSE, AS SOME BELIEVE,
TRAVIS HAD INVITED HER FOR YET ANOTHER ROUND OF MAKEUP SEX.
Jordan: WHEN JODI SHOWS UP AT TRAVIS' HOUSE,
4:00 IN THE MORNING AFTER DRIVING 1,000 MILES,
HE'S UP, AND HE'S WAITING FOR HER,
AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF THEY WERE READY TO HAVE
THIS EXPLOSIVE SEX THAT THEY BOTH MISSED.
THEY BOTH CURL UP IN HIS BED, AND THEY GO TO SLEEP.
THAT AFTERNOON WHEN THEY WAKE UP, THEY HAVE SEX,
AND FOR THAT ENCOUNTER, THEY USED A CAMERA,
AND THEY BEGAN RECORDING EACH OTHER
IN SEXUALLY PROVOCATIVE POSES AND PICTURES.
SHE WANTS TO TAKE PICTURES OF HIM IN THE SHOWER.
THEY GO UP INTO HIS MASTER BATHROOM SHOWER.
HE TAKES OFF HIS CLOTHES.
JODI IS SNAPPING PHOTOS AFTER PHOTOS.
JODI DIRECTS TRAVIS TO SIT DOWN ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR.
SHE SNAPS ONE MORE PHOTO,
AND AS TRAVIS SAT ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR,
SHE TOOK THE KNIFE, AND SHE PLUNGED IT INTO HIS CHEST.
TRAVIS STAGGERS TO THE BATHROOM SINK.
JODI IS RIGHT BEHIND HIM THE ENTIRE TIME,
STABBING, STABBING, STABBING.
HER USE OF A KNIFE WAS ALMOST THE SIGNATURE
FOR JUST HOW PERSONAL A RELATIONSHIP THIS WAS.
NOT JUST THE USE OF THE KNIFE,
BUT THE MORE THAN TWO DOZEN STAB WOUNDS,
JUST FILLED WITH RAGE.
JUST BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM.
Hogan: THE ENTIRE TIME, HE'S TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HER.
HE COLLAPSES ON TO THE BATHROOM HALLWAY.
JODI GOES BEHIND HIM,
TAKES THE KNIFE, AND SLASHES HIS THROAT.
SHE DRAGS HIS BODY TOWARDS THE SHOWER.
AT THAT POINT, MAYBE HE SHOWED A SIGN OF LIFE AGAIN,
BECAUSE SHE PUT A BULLET IN HIS HEAD.
[ GUNSHOT ]
27 STAB WOUNDS IS SO MUCH OVERKILL
THAT I BELIEVE JODI IS SYMBOLICALLY LASHING OUT
AT EVERY MAN WHO'S EVER LIED TO HER.
Narrator: JODI ANN ARIAS IS CONVICTED OF FIRST-DEGREE ***.
HER SENTENCE IS STILL PENDING.
[ BELL TOLLS ]
JODI ARIAS IS ONE OF
THE MOST DEPRAVED PEOPLE I'VE EVER SEEN --
A SOULLESS MONSTER, OBSESSED AND PRIDEFUL.
SHE SPUN A WEB OF *** AROUND TRAVIS ALEXANDER,
AND IN HIS WEAKNESS, GLUED HIM TO HER TRAP.
SHE ULTIMATELY TURNED THE MAN OF HER DREAMS
INTO NOTHING BUT PREY.
Hogan: THIS RELATIONSHIP VIOLATED ALMOST EVERY DEADLY SIN,
AND ULTIMATELY, ENDED IN ***.
Chris: I HAVE NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT JODI ARIAS IS EVIL.
SHE EMBODIES IT.
Jordan: THE REAL UNDOING OF JODI AND TRAVIS' RELATIONSHIP
WAS JODI'S WRATH.
SHE WANTED LOVE, NOT ***,
AND IN THAT MOMENT OF REJECTION, THE WRATH BOILED OVER.
Narrator: THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SINS TURN DEADLY.