01-29-2015, 10:59 PM
Welcome Justice. Excellent post. Taylor Searle, Travis Alexander's best friend, was on the original state rebuttal witness list for the retrial as was Alexander's roommate Zach Billings. Neither testified in the last trial. Both have been on HLN.
The only friend of Alexander's I recall testifying at the trial was the man who took the video of Alexander at a PPL event with Jodi Arias lying in his lap, his arm around her as he told friends about the robber who put the gun to his head, pulled the trigger, the gun jammed as several of his friends surround them. Martinez showed the video without the sound to prove that Arias was affectionate with Travis Alexander at a PPL event. The witness was called to rebut the defense claim that Arias was Alexander's "dirty little secret" and that Alexander never took Arias around his friends or held her hand. He said that Alexander brought her to PPL events all the time. He said when Arias and Alexander were dating, they were a couple.
Billings found Alexander's body and witnessed Alexander and Arias arguing when she came over to get her junk out of his garage and moved back to Yreka. Searle said Alexander was unhappy when he found out Arias had moved to Mesa after they broke up and was relieved when she moved back to Yreka. Searle helped Alexander get rid of the virus on Alexander's computer, which was putting on porn sites. Alexander also told Searle showed him the "harsh" text messages he sent to Arias in which he called her a sociopath and said she was the worst thing that happened to him. Searle said he asked him if he should have sent those messages and asked him if he was afraid she might do something to him. Travis told him no. He was just glad it was over and looking forward to moving on, said he had met a girl he really liked. He was relieved Arias was finally out of his life.
Searle said Alexander had confided in him about the sex he was having with Arias. He said she was a nymphomaniac and he knew he should resist the temptation and he was working with the bishop to repent and stop the sex with Arias.
If Alexander told anybody he had been molested as a child, he would have told Searle or Deanna Reid. He would not tell Arias or McGee.
The only friend of Alexander's I recall testifying at the trial was the man who took the video of Alexander at a PPL event with Jodi Arias lying in his lap, his arm around her as he told friends about the robber who put the gun to his head, pulled the trigger, the gun jammed as several of his friends surround them. Martinez showed the video without the sound to prove that Arias was affectionate with Travis Alexander at a PPL event. The witness was called to rebut the defense claim that Arias was Alexander's "dirty little secret" and that Alexander never took Arias around his friends or held her hand. He said that Alexander brought her to PPL events all the time. He said when Arias and Alexander were dating, they were a couple.
Billings found Alexander's body and witnessed Alexander and Arias arguing when she came over to get her junk out of his garage and moved back to Yreka. Searle said Alexander was unhappy when he found out Arias had moved to Mesa after they broke up and was relieved when she moved back to Yreka. Searle helped Alexander get rid of the virus on Alexander's computer, which was putting on porn sites. Alexander also told Searle showed him the "harsh" text messages he sent to Arias in which he called her a sociopath and said she was the worst thing that happened to him. Searle said he asked him if he should have sent those messages and asked him if he was afraid she might do something to him. Travis told him no. He was just glad it was over and looking forward to moving on, said he had met a girl he really liked. He was relieved Arias was finally out of his life.
Searle said Alexander had confided in him about the sex he was having with Arias. He said she was a nymphomaniac and he knew he should resist the temptation and he was working with the bishop to repent and stop the sex with Arias.
If Alexander told anybody he had been molested as a child, he would have told Searle or Deanna Reid. He would not tell Arias or McGee.