02-06-2015, 01:30 PM
Prosecution’s witnesses testimony in case for the death penalty in a nutshell:
Dr. Kevin Horne: Travis Alexander suffered 11 stab wounds to his upper back between the shoulder blades, two stab wounds to the top and back of his head, one stab wound to the back of his neck and ear, four stab wounds to the heart and chest, three stab wounds to the belly, one stab wound across the throat, which severed the right carotid artery and airway, five defensive wounds to the hands and one single gunshot wound to the head.
He was killed three times over. Either the stab to the heart, the slit throat or the bullet in the brain could have killed him. He was alive when the knife was plunged into his heart and his throat was slit but he was dead when the bullet was fired into his brain. He suffered excruciating pain for two minutes.
Detective Estevan Flores: Bloody Arias palm print on bathroom wall matches that of Jodi Arias and the blood is a mixture of Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander’s blood. Bullet casing found lying on top of blood came from a .25 caliber gun just like the gun stolen in a burglary at the home of Jodi Arias grandparents where she was living. Arias’ hair was found in the shower. Pictures were found on Travis Alexander’s camera of Arias naked and Travis Alexander naked and pictures of Alexander taken seconds before and while he was being stabbed to death, which place Arias at the scene.
Yreka Detective – Arias grandfather reported a burglary at his home a week before the murder and the only item stolen was a .25 caliber gun identical to the one Arias used to shoot Travis Alexander a week later.
Ryan Byrnes- Arias called him a week before the murder and said she was coming to visit him in Salt Lake City. She left June 3 and he had no communication with her for 20 hours until she showed up at his house June 5. She was stopped by a cop because her license plates in back were upside down. She wore band aides to cover two cuts on her fingers. She grinded with him and appeared normal.
Rental car agent – Arias rented a car 100 miles from her home with blonde hair and returned it with the floor mats missing and a red stain.
Darrell Brewer- Arias called him a week before the murder and asked to borrow two gas cans and picked them up on her way to kill Travis Alexander.
Wal-Mart employee – Arias bought a gas can at a Salinas. CA store but never returned it.
Bishop Vernon Parker – There was no kiddy porn on his computer and Travis Alexander was not responsible for pop ups of scantily clad women similar to ads you see in a J.C. Penny catalogue and did not live in his house when a defense witness claims he confessed to being sexually abused as a child and to being responsible for putting kiddy porn on the bishop’s computer.
Deanna Reid- Travis Alexander never put his hands on her in an offensive way and she never met Marc McGee who said in an affidavit he witnessed Travis Alexander curse and yell at Deanna, knee her in the stomach and hurt her wrist.
Dr. Janeen DeMarte – Jodi Arias has a pattern of pursuing men, stalking them when they try to leave her, has a fear of abandonment and bursts of angry violence, gets involved with men too quickly and then devalues them and she devalued Travis Alexander by murdering him. She never reported any child abuse to any of the several psychologists who evaluated her and she told conflicting stories about domestic violence abuse and there is no evidence that she was ever abused by Travis Alexander.
Defense’s witness statements for mitigation:
Jodi Arias – She killed Travis Alexander and only lied to the police, friends, family and the media and denied killing Travis Alexander for two years because she couldn’t face that she had committed this horrific crime and she wishes she could do that day over again. It isn’t her fault because her mean mother beat her with a wooden spoon and smoked pot the day she was born and her violent father used cocaine, beat her with a belt and threw her against a wall and Travis Alexander cheated on her.
Dr. Miccio-Fonseca- Jodi Arias killed Travis Alexander because unrequited love leads to homicide. She wanted love. He just wanted sex. Travis Alexander had a jeckyl and hyde personality – T Dog and Travis Alexander. Jodi Arias “suffered in silence.”
Dr. Robert Geffner – Jodi Arias does not have a personality disorder. She has PTSD. Travis Alexander used and abused her and she was just after love and cuddles. Coworkers said she was a wonderful employee. A friend of Travis Alexander’s says Alexander confessed to him he was molested as a child and the child porn on the bishop’s computer was his. Carl, Arias brother, said that their father beat them with a belt and a friend of Carl’s said he witnessed Bill Arias throw Carl against a refrigerator.
John Smith, computer expert – There was porn on Travis Alexander’s computer.
The jury is charged with determining if the mitigators outweigh the aggravators.
It seems to me the state’s aggravators weighs a ton where the defense’s mitigators are light as a feather.
If the jurors do their job, death row is a very strong possibility.
Dr. Kevin Horne: Travis Alexander suffered 11 stab wounds to his upper back between the shoulder blades, two stab wounds to the top and back of his head, one stab wound to the back of his neck and ear, four stab wounds to the heart and chest, three stab wounds to the belly, one stab wound across the throat, which severed the right carotid artery and airway, five defensive wounds to the hands and one single gunshot wound to the head.
He was killed three times over. Either the stab to the heart, the slit throat or the bullet in the brain could have killed him. He was alive when the knife was plunged into his heart and his throat was slit but he was dead when the bullet was fired into his brain. He suffered excruciating pain for two minutes.
Detective Estevan Flores: Bloody Arias palm print on bathroom wall matches that of Jodi Arias and the blood is a mixture of Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander’s blood. Bullet casing found lying on top of blood came from a .25 caliber gun just like the gun stolen in a burglary at the home of Jodi Arias grandparents where she was living. Arias’ hair was found in the shower. Pictures were found on Travis Alexander’s camera of Arias naked and Travis Alexander naked and pictures of Alexander taken seconds before and while he was being stabbed to death, which place Arias at the scene.
Yreka Detective – Arias grandfather reported a burglary at his home a week before the murder and the only item stolen was a .25 caliber gun identical to the one Arias used to shoot Travis Alexander a week later.
Ryan Byrnes- Arias called him a week before the murder and said she was coming to visit him in Salt Lake City. She left June 3 and he had no communication with her for 20 hours until she showed up at his house June 5. She was stopped by a cop because her license plates in back were upside down. She wore band aides to cover two cuts on her fingers. She grinded with him and appeared normal.
Rental car agent – Arias rented a car 100 miles from her home with blonde hair and returned it with the floor mats missing and a red stain.
Darrell Brewer- Arias called him a week before the murder and asked to borrow two gas cans and picked them up on her way to kill Travis Alexander.
Wal-Mart employee – Arias bought a gas can at a Salinas. CA store but never returned it.
Bishop Vernon Parker – There was no kiddy porn on his computer and Travis Alexander was not responsible for pop ups of scantily clad women similar to ads you see in a J.C. Penny catalogue and did not live in his house when a defense witness claims he confessed to being sexually abused as a child and to being responsible for putting kiddy porn on the bishop’s computer.
Deanna Reid- Travis Alexander never put his hands on her in an offensive way and she never met Marc McGee who said in an affidavit he witnessed Travis Alexander curse and yell at Deanna, knee her in the stomach and hurt her wrist.
Dr. Janeen DeMarte – Jodi Arias has a pattern of pursuing men, stalking them when they try to leave her, has a fear of abandonment and bursts of angry violence, gets involved with men too quickly and then devalues them and she devalued Travis Alexander by murdering him. She never reported any child abuse to any of the several psychologists who evaluated her and she told conflicting stories about domestic violence abuse and there is no evidence that she was ever abused by Travis Alexander.
Defense’s witness statements for mitigation:
Jodi Arias – She killed Travis Alexander and only lied to the police, friends, family and the media and denied killing Travis Alexander for two years because she couldn’t face that she had committed this horrific crime and she wishes she could do that day over again. It isn’t her fault because her mean mother beat her with a wooden spoon and smoked pot the day she was born and her violent father used cocaine, beat her with a belt and threw her against a wall and Travis Alexander cheated on her.
Dr. Miccio-Fonseca- Jodi Arias killed Travis Alexander because unrequited love leads to homicide. She wanted love. He just wanted sex. Travis Alexander had a jeckyl and hyde personality – T Dog and Travis Alexander. Jodi Arias “suffered in silence.”
Dr. Robert Geffner – Jodi Arias does not have a personality disorder. She has PTSD. Travis Alexander used and abused her and she was just after love and cuddles. Coworkers said she was a wonderful employee. A friend of Travis Alexander’s says Alexander confessed to him he was molested as a child and the child porn on the bishop’s computer was his. Carl, Arias brother, said that their father beat them with a belt and a friend of Carl’s said he witnessed Bill Arias throw Carl against a refrigerator.
John Smith, computer expert – There was porn on Travis Alexander’s computer.
The jury is charged with determining if the mitigators outweigh the aggravators.
It seems to me the state’s aggravators weighs a ton where the defense’s mitigators are light as a feather.
If the jurors do their job, death row is a very strong possibility.