02-28-2015, 08:01 PM
Duluth, here is that article you said you didn't read:
Jodi Arias: *New* Travis's roommate describes the fear he and others felt following the murder
Enrique Cortez was one of Travis Alexander's roommates at the time of his murder. Enrique recently contacted me and talked about what he and others went through following Travis' death. I had never heard this story and I thought I had heard everything surrounding this case. Jodi Arias has caused and continues to cause horror, grief, sadness, fear and a myriad of other emotions to those who knew and loved Travis Alexander. As I sit at the courthouse in Maricopa County, Arizona, waiting for a jury of twelve citizens to determine if Jodi Arias will be sentenced to life or death, I decided to finally post this story.
Thursday would have been about June 13th, 2008. This was the week we found Travis. Lisa Andrews and her roommate Elena hadn't slept at their house all week. Everyone was a little shocked and unnerved at the news Travis had been murdered.
That Tuesday night, our bishop held a meeting in our church building to discuss what information Travis’s sister passed on to him. There were a couple theories floating around such as a business deal gone wrong. I think everyone who knew Travis when was dating Jodi suspected her of doing it. I had only met her briefly at the memorial, as I had said on Nancy Grace. When Detective Flores questioned me at the police station, he asked questions about Travis having a lady friend and that he thought Travis and a woman were having a sexual encounter. In fact, all 6 of us crime scene witnesses pointed the finger at her.
That Thursday, Lisa and Elena spent their first night in their house. They had a bunch of friends over for a party with all the lights on. I had been spending the week at Kent Flake’s and Kody Miller’s house. Zack Billings stayed at Dominick Daidone's, whom Lisa would marry later on. Kent had to go out of town on personal business and since Kody was going to spend the night at Lisa’s, I decided to go as well since I didn’t want to stay in their house alone.
Kody not only came with a loaded gun, but he also swapped vehicles with his brother and parked around the corner since Jodi would have recognized his truck. Once everyone left, it was time to go to bed.
Lisa and Elena slept in the master bedroom together. I slept outside the master in the family room with another guy named Josh Craig. This was also where you have the patio door. Kody slept alone in the living room at the front of the house with the loaded gun. I have to admit I was a little nervous when I went to bed that night, but it was better than staying alone without protection.
Waking up in the morning, Kody told me the police finally opened up the house. It had been closed off as a crime scene all week and now I could finally go and get my stuff out, as well as Zack.
In October 2008, we went on our delayed family trip to Disneyland on Columbus Day weekend. Me and the girl I was dating at the time all of this happened drove to Riverside to visit Travis’s grave.
Every trip to Disneyland I usually go to his grave. We ran into Mimi Hall, who was traveling with her parents. While the 3 of us spent a few minutes together at the grave, she had told us that before the murder, she got a harassing phone call. The only thing I remember Mimi saying about it was something along the lines of, “I know what you’re doing; you better stop it.” Lisa got a letter, Mimi got a phone call.
Needless to say, Zack and I wouldn't feel safe if she ever found a way to slip through the cracks.
http://www.courtchatter.com/2015/02/jodi-arias-new-traviss-roommate.html
Jodi Arias: *New* Travis's roommate describes the fear he and others felt following the murder
Enrique Cortez was one of Travis Alexander's roommates at the time of his murder. Enrique recently contacted me and talked about what he and others went through following Travis' death. I had never heard this story and I thought I had heard everything surrounding this case. Jodi Arias has caused and continues to cause horror, grief, sadness, fear and a myriad of other emotions to those who knew and loved Travis Alexander. As I sit at the courthouse in Maricopa County, Arizona, waiting for a jury of twelve citizens to determine if Jodi Arias will be sentenced to life or death, I decided to finally post this story.
Thursday would have been about June 13th, 2008. This was the week we found Travis. Lisa Andrews and her roommate Elena hadn't slept at their house all week. Everyone was a little shocked and unnerved at the news Travis had been murdered.
That Tuesday night, our bishop held a meeting in our church building to discuss what information Travis’s sister passed on to him. There were a couple theories floating around such as a business deal gone wrong. I think everyone who knew Travis when was dating Jodi suspected her of doing it. I had only met her briefly at the memorial, as I had said on Nancy Grace. When Detective Flores questioned me at the police station, he asked questions about Travis having a lady friend and that he thought Travis and a woman were having a sexual encounter. In fact, all 6 of us crime scene witnesses pointed the finger at her.
That Thursday, Lisa and Elena spent their first night in their house. They had a bunch of friends over for a party with all the lights on. I had been spending the week at Kent Flake’s and Kody Miller’s house. Zack Billings stayed at Dominick Daidone's, whom Lisa would marry later on. Kent had to go out of town on personal business and since Kody was going to spend the night at Lisa’s, I decided to go as well since I didn’t want to stay in their house alone.
Kody not only came with a loaded gun, but he also swapped vehicles with his brother and parked around the corner since Jodi would have recognized his truck. Once everyone left, it was time to go to bed.
Lisa and Elena slept in the master bedroom together. I slept outside the master in the family room with another guy named Josh Craig. This was also where you have the patio door. Kody slept alone in the living room at the front of the house with the loaded gun. I have to admit I was a little nervous when I went to bed that night, but it was better than staying alone without protection.
Waking up in the morning, Kody told me the police finally opened up the house. It had been closed off as a crime scene all week and now I could finally go and get my stuff out, as well as Zack.
In October 2008, we went on our delayed family trip to Disneyland on Columbus Day weekend. Me and the girl I was dating at the time all of this happened drove to Riverside to visit Travis’s grave.
Every trip to Disneyland I usually go to his grave. We ran into Mimi Hall, who was traveling with her parents. While the 3 of us spent a few minutes together at the grave, she had told us that before the murder, she got a harassing phone call. The only thing I remember Mimi saying about it was something along the lines of, “I know what you’re doing; you better stop it.” Lisa got a letter, Mimi got a phone call.
Needless to say, Zack and I wouldn't feel safe if she ever found a way to slip through the cracks.
http://www.courtchatter.com/2015/02/jodi-arias-new-traviss-roommate.html