02-26-2015, 03:33 PM
(02-26-2015, 07:32 AM)VWÂ Vixen Wrote: Great point about the weight of the gas negating any potential price difference per gallon.
I am curious about your thoughts regarding the order the wounds were inflicted on Travis. I know the Prosecution says that the gun shot was last but I'm not sure about that. I tend to believe that the gun shot was first. That JA really did want to keep it as simple and easy as possible. Knowing that the gun was an antique makes it even more plausible that the gun shot was first.
My own hypothesis on what happened was that JA got Travis to sit in the shower and pulled out the gun and pointed it at him. His reaction would be to turn his face away from the gun and that is how the bullet went in above his right eye and traveled down into his left cheek. I believe the bullet missed his brain but tore up his nasal cavity and blood gushed from his nose. Gun jams so JA cannot fire again. Did she bring the knife to the bedroom or did she have to go get it from the kitchen? Either way, she must fetch it from where ever it is. Travis is dazed in the shower and gets up and moves to the sink to see the damage. Â Jodi returns and starts to stab his back while he is at the sink. Travis is still very out of it and it takes a bit for him to realize he is being attacked from behind. He turns to face her and this is where he gets the stab wound to the heart. He is freaking out. Spitting blood, crying, screaming and he is dying. He makes an attempt to flee her down the hall but the wound to his heart is too much. He slides along the wall to the floor where he lay dying. JA is pumped full of adrenaline and just wants it to be done. Travis is making a lot of gruesome noises as he lay there dying and JA wants it to stop. This is when she slits his throat. It was to get him to shut up quickly.
I was a bit bothered by Dr. Horn changing his testimony and his report. I actually think he lied and I really hate saying that. Why was the Prosecution so insistent that the gun shot was last?
Vixen, I can't bring myself to believe that the medical examiner lied. What would it serve him to lie? He did say that he can't say for 100% sure, but that in his experience, he thinks it is more likely that the gunshot wound came last because there was no sign of bleeding and he suspects that the body was dead at that point. I know a lot of people think he is wrong and that the gunshot came first, but apparently he has done autopsies of thousands of dead bodies and probably has an idea of these things. I am saying that I think he has some experience and while he might be totally wrong in his observations, (so many people think he is wrong) I don't see how it would serve him to lie and I certainly do not believe Juan got him to lie because Juan wants the gunshot to be the last wound for some reason I don't understand. I also consider that Travis had defensive wounds on his hands and had the gunshot to the head been first, I can't imagine how Travis would be able to try to fend off the knife attack while suffering from the gunshot wound because surely his hands would be on his head, I think. And I also, like Nern, think that the bullet casing that is laying in a pool of blood and has no blood on the top of it tells a story. Either way, I too don't see what it matters except that the defense uses anything they can to screw up the testimony of the prosecution witnesses. My bottom line is I think the medical examiner would be taking a very serious chance with his profession if he willingly changed his evidence (the autopsy) to somehow make it more plausible because Juan wanted the slaughter to be in a particular order of wounds. Maybe he isn't good at his job but I don't think he lied. Too risky for his professional reputation, I would think. His thought was simply that the bullet track didn't show signs of bleeding which he thinks shows the body was dead at that point. We will never know because Arias would never tell the truth.