A "For Dummies" Guide to Why Jodi was found Guilty.

Jodi Arias was found guilty by a jury for the 2008 first degree murder of Travis Alexander.  Other then her testimony,  Jodi had little to no evidence to support her claim she was innocent and forced to kill or be killed.  According to some of Jodi's supporters,  Jodi's testimony is evidence of her innocence and must be accepted as fact unless the prosecutor proved she was lying about it.  Not true, George. Not true.

According to the jury instructions for the Arias trial,  each juror had to start with the presumption Jodi was innocent.  This does not mean they had to keep it.  The goal of a trial is to determine if that presumption was correct and ensure a just outcome occurs.   The jury is on neither the side of the defendant nor the prosecution.  They are on the side of justice.  This requires them to carefully listen to the entire trial, which is what some of Jodi's supporters have failed to do.   The jury will listen to all of the evidence presented by both sides, discuss it, weigh it, and determine if guilt has been proven beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt.

The evidence from Jodi's trial included the testimony of witnesses.  When any witness testifies, including Jodi,  the jury needs to evaluate the testimony for credibility.   All witnesses are treated the same when it comes to this evaluation. Jodi does not get special treatment and is not automatically believed over others.  It is only her plea that has to be automatically accepted as being true.  The prosecutor doesn't have to "prove she lied";  he only has to show there is a contradiction between her statements and the evidence.  It is up to the jury to use "tests of truthfulness",  judge Jodi's credibility, and then conclude if she was telling the truth or lying.

Once the defendant testifies,  her statements become evidence.  The prosecutor will present rebuttal evidence to show a defendant lied such as Juan Martinez did to show Jodi lied about the gas cans.
He presented a witness during rebuttal who testified the three purchases in SLC was a purchase totaling 25.3 gallons of gas.  He showed it was too much for the capacity Jodi claimed to have. The defense had the opportunity to cross the witness but could not discredit her statement that the purchase was 25.3 gallons of gas.   The defense had an opportunity to place Jodi back on the stand during surrebutal to explain the discrepancy but they did not.   Nor, did they present any other witness regarding the matter.   The jury was left with the facts:

1. When asked the series of questions about her trip from Yreka to Arizona to Utah, Jodi claimed she only had two gas cans on that trip.
2. The purchase in SLC showed she purchased a total of 25.3 gallons of gas, more than what her vehicle and two gas cans could hold.

The jury cannot make up their own possibilities to account for the overage. This would show bias for the defense.  Again, the jury neither represents the defense nor the prosecution. They represent justice.  The jury can only use the evidence, direct and circumstantial, from within the trial.  They can't make up their own such as many supporters have done.

Using the evidence produced in court, the jury can make a conclusion that a new fact is present. The jury does not have to consider evidence that does not exist, such as some supporter's claim the prosecution's failure to disprove the non-existence of a fourth gas has to be considered.  The evidence, such as that fourth gas can, must be presented to the court before the prosecution is required to show it does not exist. It is the defense's responsibility to present which "possibilities" they want the jury to consider.  Until they do, the evidence does not exist.  The prosecution is not required to disprove a claim the defense has not made just because it is 'possible.'  There are too many 'possibilities' and it would place and unfair burden upon the prosecution to discredit them all.

1. The pumps were wrong
2. Jodi spilled two gallons on the ground
3. Jodi filled up someone else's car
4. Jodi put the extra gas into two empty one gallon milk containers.  
5. The ninjas took some gas from her when she wasn't looking.  
6. The tank in the car had a hole and two gallons drained out before she could fill it up.
7. Her car was the one Ford Focus in the US that had a specialized 15.5 gallon tank created for it to fit in the same area a 13.5 gallon tank would fit.
8. Jodi was thirsty, out of money, so she drank two gallons worth of gas.
9. Jodi was held up at gunpoint and it's all they took
10. Her friends played a trick on her and stole some gas while she was in the bathroom.
11. Jodi used the gas to put on a fire show for some skaters.
12. Jodi purchased a fourth gas can because she changed her mind about it being a waste of money

The finding of a new fact from other facts already determined is called "circumstantial evidence."  

1. The facts are presented
1. When asked the series of questions about her trip from Yreka to Arizona to Utah, Jodi claimed she only had two gas cans on that trip.
2. The purchase in SLC showed she purchased a total of 25.3 gallons of gas, more than what her vehicle and two gas cans could hold.
2. The Jury discusses the situation
• 25.3 gallons cannot fit into 23.5 
• The defense offered no reason for the overage
3. And the jury creates a new fact from the other facts already known
• Jodi lied about having only two gas cans.

IE: 1.  Jodi said she had only two gas cans

                2.  The purchase in SLC shows she had more

                                                                                    >>>>> Jodi lied.

When determining credibility of any witness, the defendant included, the jury will consider multiple factors:

1. The witness ability to see, hear, or know what they testified to
2. The quality of the witness' memory
3. The witness' manner while testifying
4. Whether or not the witness had motive or bias to lie
5. Whether the witness was contradicted by herself or other evidence
6. The reasonableness of the witness' statement

"TESTS FOR TRUTHFULNESS"

THE QUALITY OF THE WITNESS' MEMORY

• Jodi's fog and inability to remember
• Her expert said it was impossible because the memories never encoded -they were never there.
• Jodi remembered the impossible after she was convicted.
• Jodi's memory problems only seemed to occur when faced with tough questions

THE WITNESS' MANNER WHILE TESTIFYING

Side by side comparisons of Jodi's defense testimony against her prosecution cross showed

different responses to the same subject.  For example,  during the defense direct, Jodi acted like a bashful, shameful, embarrassed woman when asked about the alleged pedophilia incident.  When crossed by the prosecution,  she lost the meek embarrassed character and was cocky and direct to the man who was challenging her.

Many of Jodi's responses to the prosecutor were not the meek responses of a woman who "shook like a chihuahua when a mean man like him talked loudly to her."   They were the aggressive cocky response of a woman who was able to stand up to a man, any man.

The change in manner suggests Jodi was not embarrassed and ashamed from something she saw. If so,  her reaction would be the same no matter the person she told it to. Jodi is a chameleon who presents the image needed to manipulate those around her.  It is how she controlled Travis and how she controls many of her supporters.  

DID THE WITNESS HAVE ANY MOTIVE TO LIE?

Jodi's testimony was contradicted by other witnesses.  However, Jodi was the one who had the strongest motive to lie.

• Jodi's motive
• Strong
• her life and freedom were on the line
• Dr. Horn medical examiner
• Weak motive to lie
• his job did not depend on "making Juan happy."
• Darryl Brewer
• strong motive to lie in Jodi's favor
• he was Jodi's good friend and character witness
• Weak motive to tell a lie against Jodi
• Said she told him she was going to AZ
• Ryan Burns
• Weak motive to lie about Jodi.
• he barely knew Travis 
• admitted to trying to develop a relationship with Jodi they both seemed to want
• Would gain very little, if anything, from lying.
• Micheal Galletti, West Jordan PD
• Weak motive to lie
• "Making an AZ prosecutor happy" doesn't help his job or life
• R Columbo,  rental agent
• Weak motive
• met Jodi twice just to rent and return a car
• Lisa Andrews
• Weak motive to lie in Travis' favor
• Strong motive to lie against him
• Travis cheated on her 
• Broke her heart
• Held a grudge for a long time
• ALV
• Moderate motive to lie in Jodi's favor, bias.
•  given only the evidence the defense wanted her to see
• Reported Jodi's story of physical abuse as true without any verification
• Spent multiple hours with Jodi, beyond what is considered appropriate for a non-biased assessment.
• Stated it made her feel sad  for Jodi that so many people hated her.
• an expert witness should not have feelings regarding how her subject is being viewed by others.  They only are supposed to give opinions.
• Stated Jodi told her Travis was looking at child porn on the computer
• Jodi testified it was pictures
• stated Jodi told her she shot Travis while he was in the closet.
• Jodi testified it was in the bathroom
• States Jodi told her the knife was on the night stand.
• Jodi testified she didn't know where it was.

OTHER EVIDENCE SUCH AS DID THE WITNESS HAVE A PATTERN OF DISHONESTY

• "I wasn't there"
• The ninjas
• Dad said Jodi wasn't honest with them since her teens
• Jodi invaded Travis' privacy several times even though she knew she wasn't suppose to but she felt she had the right to do it.
• Her Journal "We continue to violate each other's trust. It's a process I can stop immediately on my part but it drives me mad to not know where I stand."
• They were broken up and in different states when she wrote it.
• Jodi continued to violate his privacy even after she moved back to Yreka.
• She broke into his Facebook account after knowing she wasn't supposed to.
• Travis caught Jodi in several lies 
• The text history
• Jodi admitted to being a liar.
• Her journal
• The G-chat fight.

DID EVIDENCE CONTRADICT THE WITNESS' TESTIMONY?

• PROSECUTION CLAIM:  Jodi planned on going to Mesa to murder Travis prior to leaving on her trip.
• Jodi 's testimony
• She planned on going to Monterey area,  LA area, and the up to Utah.
• No plans to go to AZ until at the last minute while in S. California.
• THE EVIDENCE
• Darryl Brewer Testimony prosecution cross
• Jodi wanted the gas cans for Mesa.
• Well, not necessarily for Mesa, a long trip.
• Darryl Brewer testimony re-examine defense
• "I believe Jodi told me she was going on a long trip to see friends in Big Sur, Las Angeles, and Arizona, and the Grand Canyon I believe.......  She said Arizona, I didn't know if Mesa."
• Jodi's 'friends in Arizona"  all live in Mesa.
• MOTIVE TO LIE ABOUT PLANS FOR AZ
• Jodi had one
• Darryl did not 

The Evidence supports the Prosecution's claim: Jodi planned to go to Mesa. 

• PROSECUTION CLAIM
• Jodi planned on going to Mesa to murder Travis, the gas purchase was part of her attempt to conceal the side trip to AZ.
• Jodi's testimony + her journal
• Travis pressured her to go to Mesa starting a couple of weeks prior to her trip.
• She told him no each time and he got angry about it one of those times.
• She arrived in Pasadena w/ plans to go to Utah so she filled up her extra gas tanks and called Ryan to tell him she was coming.
• The last time they talked, TA "sweet talked/ guilted" her into coming.
• "the very last time I called Travis, I don't know how to describe it.  He had been very sweet. He had been guilting me...Um, kind of making me feel bad that I was taking this big trip and I wasn't going to see him.... And we were trying to hook up and he kept being busy so he had to postpone his plans to come to N. California.  Since I was driving south he wanted me to come to Mesa.  I told him no the first few times. During one conversation he became angry. During the others he stayed calm but he got....  He has this way of talking in this really sweet voice kind of like baby talk... and making me feel guilty.. and he sounded very sweet.  So, when I called him one more time it was just like 'all right, I'm going" so I went.  Prior to calling Travis and deciding to go to Mesa I called Ryan and let him know that my phone was dying so I wanted to turn off the phone to preserve the battery and he said 'that's fine.'  So I started to turn my phone off and I called Travis one more time."

• THE EVIDENCE:
• The recorded phone call (part of the sex tape)
• Jodi told Travis about her travel plans.  He didn't ask her to come visit him instead.
• Phone records + Gas Receipt
• 8:16 Jodi calls Travis
• Jodi claims she is still planning to go to Utah
• 8:34 Jodi calls Travis
• Jodi claims she is still planing to go to Utah
• 8:42 Jodi gets gas from Arco
• Jodi claims she is still planning to go to Utah
• Between 9:00 and 10:00 Jodi calls Ryan
• Jodi claims she is still planning to go to Utah.
• Ryan is the last call recorded before she hangs up her phone
• No record of Jodi's alleged call to Travis after she called Ryan
• When did she tell Travis she was coming?
• It would have had to be before she told Ryan she was on her way which shows she lied about changing her mind after telling Ryan she was on her way.  She knew before she told him this but lead him to believe any delay would be because she slept along the way.  (sleep for 8 hours = to time to side step to Mesa for murder if things went as planned.  They didn't because Jodi strayed from her original plan.)
• How would Travis be aware she was coming and to 'wait up" for her?

The jury must only consider the facts:

1. Jodi testified to this order of events:
1. Gas for Utah
2. Called Ryan to tell him she was coming
3. Called Travis, he finally convinced her to come see him instead.
4. She turned off her phone until the next day
2. The evidence supports this order of events
1. Called Travis twice
2. Got the extra gas
3. Called Ryan to tell him she was coming
4. Turned off her phone.

• The prosecution claimed Jodi planned to go to Mesa and purchased the gas to get through AZ without stopping for gas. It is supported by the evidence 
• Darryl Brewers' testimony Jodi told him she was going to AZ
• The phone records from Jodi's time in Pasadena.
• The Defense claimed Jodi didn't plan to go to Mesa; Travis convinced her.  They claimed the gas was so she did not get lost in Utah
• Brewers testimony shows she did plan on going to AZ to visit friends.
• The phone records from Jodi's time in Pasadena make it near impossible for Jodi's story to be true:  She talked to Ryan last, not Travis.

The evidence supports the Prosecution's claim:  Jodi planned on going to Mesa and bought the gas so she didn't have to stop in AZ.

• PROSECUTION CLAIM:
• Jodi purchased gas prior to her alibi route so she would not have to stop for gas on the way to Travis' home.  
• stopping for gas risk detection 
• IE gas station video surveillance 
• Jodi's testimony
• The extra gas cans were for cheaper gas outside of California
• She filled them up in California because she researched the route before she left.
•   Pasadena to LA area to HWY 15 to  Las Vegas  to Utah
• She wasn't familiar with HWY 15
• She filled the cans in  California in case she got lost on that route
• THE EVIDENCE
• Jodi filled the cans up in California
• Jodi lived in Palm Desert before and went to Vegas while she lived there.
• Directions:  Palm Desert to LA area to HWY 15 to Las Vegas
• She was familiar with part of HWY 15
• same route from Pasadena to Vegas
• Jodi could have saved money on gas and got it before being on an unknown route by filling the cans in Vegas.
• If she really planned on heading to Utah there was not any excuse not to.

The evidence supports the prosecution claim:  The purpose of the gas cans were to conceal Jodi's presence in AZ.

• PROSECUTION CLAIM: 
• Jodi purchased a third can at Walmart because she needed three cans to get through AZ unnoticed 
• Jodi used these three cans to get through AZ unnoticed.
• Jodi's testimony:
• She only had two gas cans because she took back the third.
• She only had two, two cans on that trip from Yreka to AZ to Utah
• THE EVIDENCE
• Jodi purchased 25.3 gallons of gas in Salt Lake City.  
• Her tank was 13.5 gallons and she had two 5-gallon cans.  (23.5 gallon total)

The evidence supports the prosecution's claim: Jodi had a third can that allowed her to pass through AZ without having to stop for gas.

• THE PROSECUTION CLAIM
• Travis was trying to get away from Jodi
• Jodi wouldn't let him go; she was obsessed with him
• It was Jodi's decision to go to Mesa
• Jodi's testimony
• Travis didn't want her to move;  he was angry about it
• Travis wanted to keep her close
• Travis was pressuring her to come to Mesa.
• THE EVIDENCE
• Travis was happy that Jodi was moving
•  He was moving on to other women.
• Jodi didn't want to give up the relationship and move.
• TA journal March
• "I have to admit that I will miss her but I think Jodi moving will be good for both of us...... plus, I need to get married and she can get in the way of that and in fact does."
• TA journal April 3rd
• "Jodi keeps leaving but hasn't yet.  In fact she pulled out of my driveway this morning headed for California but reshowed back up this evening. I know she is having a hard time but I think I'd be better off and so would she if she would just get out of here."
• TA journal April 10th
• I haven't talked to Jodi for the entire day. Wow.  I thought that would never happen. I loved it.
• TA journal he was moving on with other women and looking for a girlfriend with the potential to marry
• TA texts:  he was carrying on a sexual-type relationship with Chaitanya Lay via text.  
• Text -  Jodi didn't want to give up the relationship and move
• Jodi asks to stay at Travis' home
• 4-2 5:59 pm JA "Is it Ok if I crash at ur house 4 a few hours? I've been sleeping in the car but no pillow and it's been hurting my neck"
• 4-2 6:00 pm JA "If you have ppl over that's OK, I can come by later."
• 4-2 6:16 pm TA" Yah"
• Jodi is not currently at Travis' home
• 4-3 11:38 pm JA  I miss u guys already - u and naps that is
• Jodi is "on the road but lets Travis know she is close by, too tired to drive, and the truck is too uncomfortable to sleep in.  Travis doesn't ask her to come back.
• 4-4 2:09 pm JA Here's your periodic update. I am at Signal Butte and the 60
• this is 10 minutes away from Travis' home.
• 4-4 2:10 pm TA:  No accidents
• 4-4  2:29 pm JA:  I am so tired I can barely keep my eyes open
• 4-4  2:50 pm TA: sorry about that. I thought I told you earlier I was going.
• 4-4  3:01 pm JA: nope.  I would have jumped at the chance.
• 4-4  3:02 pm TA: Se la vie. Now go to sleep.
• 4-4  3:03 pm JA:  I'm trying to but the chair doesn't recline
• 4-4  3:07 pm JA:  I'm at the Shell station at Sossamon and Baseline
• This is only 15 minutes away from Travis' home and not along Jodi's path to Yreka
• 4-4  3:08 pm TA:  Jodi, I don't know what to tell you and I also don't know why if gas is so important why you are going in the wrong direction. You've been gone 2 hours, why are you doing this?
• 4-4  3:10 pm JA:  I could't find a good place to park
• 4-4  3:17 pm TA:  I think we both know this is a ploy.  Now go to sleep.
• 4-4  .3:34 pm JA:  No, your wrong. I can't sleep. I'm back on the road again.
• Travis was trying to avoid Jodi before the May fight
• Texts May 22-26
• Jodi keeps telling TA to call her over "something important"
• He says Text it, email it, leave it in a voice mail, not talking to you
• G-Chat May 26th
• TA: I tried to stay away this time but you made sure I heard your voice. You knew that was all it would take...  not how many infractions.
• Jodi called Travis when  he was avoiding her
• After the May fight, Travis was still avoiding Jodi 
• His texts to her were cold and only in response to the ones she sent him.
• The calls he made on June 2nd were because she harassed him until he did.
• The evening prior to her trip,  Jodi pressured Travis to call her and would not leave him alone until he did. Travis tried to avoid talking to her but Jodi insisted he call.
• Txt 6-1 10:49 JA:  Please call me later. I've got some thing to tell ya.
• txt  6-1 10:51 JA:  Oh, things - plural.
• TXT 6-1  10:52 TA:  What is it?
• Between 1-3 am
• JA call
• JA call
• JA call
• JA call
• the longest of these calls was 17 secs indicating either
1. JA left a voice mail
2. TA answered briefly and told her he would call her soon
• TXT: 6-2 02:06 JA:  Hurry up, I am getting sleepy :)
• Jodi's text response indicates he told her he would call her soon.
• TXT:  6-2 02:14 JA zzzzzzz
• TXT - 6-2  02:13 JA: There once was a T-dizzle, who's things would not fizzle. He always kept his word, and had a whistle like a bird. And when he sang, it would sizzle :)
• Jodi's "poem" indicates Travis answered the 17 sec call and told her he would call her soon.
• TXT - 6-2 02:26 "I'm in the middle of something.  I call U as soon as (I) can"
• TXT - 6-2 2:27 am JA OK T-Dogg.... Night Owl.  How did you like my poem?
• ~ 3 am TA calls Jodi
• the call last 18 minutes
• ~ 3:20 TA calls Jodi
• the call lasts 41 minutes
• 6/2 4:03 am JA calls TA
• 6/2 4:30 pm JA calls TA
• 6/2 5:28 pm JA calls TA
• 6/3 12:57 pm JA calls TA
• 6/3 1:51 pm JA calls TA
• 6/3 8:16 pm JA calls TA
• 6/3  8:34 pm JA calls TA

The evidence supports the prosecution claim:   Travis was moving on and Jodi couldn't let that happen; she was obsessed with him.  He did not pressure her to come to Mesa.

• PROSECUTION CLAIM
• Jodi made up the pedophile story 
• Makes her victim look like "no real victim"
• Makes jury dislike the victim
• ruins his reputation
• Jodi's testimony
•  Left an item at his home, called him twice before she returned to get it
• Walked in on him masterbating to a pic of a boy in his underwear and ran out
• He was frantic to get a hold of her so called her lots of times.
• She refused to answer, drove around for a while, ended up at the LDS center, and then went in for a while to sort her thoughts.
• She finally called him back the first time and it was decided to met later.
• They met later and talked, he told her he didn't like that deviant side of himself, and having sex with women made him feel more normal
• She wanted to help so they had anal sex that night
• Travis promised her he wouldn't sleep over at a friend's house who had children and broke that promise.
• Jodi's "pedo letters"
• Travis already raped little boys
• Was targeting a friend's kid
• the anal sex and boy's underwear (Spideys) were a symbol of child sex fantasies
• Jodi's sex tape
• Travis told Jodi she sounded like a 12-year old having her first orgasm.
• THE EVIDENCE 
• Phone history and text history contradict Jodi's story. Travis was not frantic to talk to Jodi and Jodi was not avoiding him.  They never met that night.
• 3:53 + 4:09 PM Jodi called Travis twice (would have to be the alleged calls immediately before the incident)
• 4:29 PM TA calls JA for the first time (20 minutes after the alleged incident)
• 4:53 PM JA calls TA (43 minutes after she allegedly caught him - does not match her story of "avoiding him.")
• 5:11, 5:20, 5:48 TA calls Jodi three times (Jodi had his car)
• 5:53 PM JA calls TA ( second call, does not match her story of avoiding him)
• 6:41 PM JA texts TA (Jodi claimed the incident happened before this and plans were already made to meet that night)
• "exchange car b4 Family home evening? (FHE)"
• 7:00 PM FHE starts
• 7:19 PM JA texts TA again
• "NVM, not going now"
• 7:20 PM JA tests TA again, same one
• 7:24 PM TA finally replies
• Hey, got a ride so you could get it. Go ahead and do it now,  just let me now" 
• Travis isn't going to be home so Jodi won't get to see him.
• 7:25 JA texts Travis
• "I am almost asleep so we'll see.  zzzzzzzzz"
• 7:27 TA replied, annoyed and angry, and they had not talked about the alleged pedo incident yet.
• "you said you really needed it so I went out of my way so it would be there for you and now you are not getting it??"
• 7:29 JA texts Travis
• I was already sleeping before I sent u the other text.  I got woke up and sent it."
• 7:36 JA texts Travis
• I got a bad headache. I can barely move
• AKA "Don't be mad at me, feel sorry for me instead
• 9:11 TA replied 
• Alright, get it tomorrow then
• Jodi claimed at this time there were no plans to meet that night; contradicted her own testimony
• 9:16 JA 
• "Can you talk right now?"
• 9:17 TA
• "Not right now."
• Jodi claimed Travis was frantic to talk to her.
• 1-22 11:30 am JA
• "how long?"  
• JA claimed this meant how long before they could talk
• It meant they didn't talk the night before like Jodi claimed.
• A month after Jodi allegedly received the "pedo letter"  she and Travis had a 'sex date.'  Travis canceled.  Jodi was upset, disappointed, and tried to convince him to change his mind by:
• Suggesting anal sex
• using the Spidey's for a sex outfit
• Telling him to fuck her like a horny little school girl
• After she moved she didn't tell warn the alleged little boy's parents he was in danger despite her claim Travis already broke his promise to her, put himself alone with children, and she was no longer there to monitor him or relief his sexual needs.
• After she moved, she continued to use child sex imagery to get his sexual attention when he wasn't giving it.
• "Would you rather I say I have my fingers in my pussy?  That I am a little girl in need of immediate alleviation?"
• There was not any child porn or related paraphernalia found in Travis' home when it was searched after his unexpected demise.
• The sex tape
• When Travis told Jodi she sounded like a 12-year old having her first orgasm she laughed.   Then, she moaned exactly the same way a bit later in the tape.  Jodi claimed she was faking it.

The evidence supports the prosecution's claim:  Jodi was lying about the Pedophilia.

• PROSECUTION CLAIM
• Jodi lied about the 1-21 pedophilia and 1-22 physical abuse
• Jodi's testimony
• On Jan 21 Jodi learned Travis was a pedophile
• On Jan 22 Travis kicked her in the ribs and broke her finger because she wouldn't loan him money
• THE EVIDENCE 
• TEXT on Jan 22
• Jodi thanked Travis for loaning her money
• Jodi' journal Jan 24
• " I haven't written in a few days cuz nothing noteworthy happened."
• PROSECUTION CLAIM
• Jodi lied about the choking abuse
• Jodi's testimony
• They had a "come clean" conversation a few days before she left Mesa.
• He admitted to her he was seeing Lisa while sleeping with Jodi
• See admitted to him she kissed Abe before she was in a committed relationship with Travis
• Travis flew into a rage and choked her until she passed out.
• Jodi said this incident is what caused her to fear for her life on June 4th.
• THE EVIDENCE
• Jodi recorded Travis. She said it was May 10th, about 1.5 months after the alleged choking incident.
• Travis brought up Jodi's kissing Abe.
• Jodi thought it was hilarious,  laughed loudly, and called him a name and said "that was before we started dating. Your cute."
• In her July 08 family letter and her late 08 manifesto, Jodi told two separate stories involving the "come clean event"
• Happened a month before she moved.
• Happened months before she moved.
• In her testimony, Jodi told two different versions of how she learned Travis was sleeping with her while dating Lisa
1. Travis told her about it during the "come clean" conversation
2. A friend of a friend, Michelle K, came into her work and told her about it.
• Jodi claimed Travis' angry 4-7 text was because he was angry she found out about Lisa

The evidence supports the prosecution's claim:  Jodi was lying about the pedophilia, being abused on 1-22, and being strangled.

• PROSECUTION CLAIM:  
• Jodi dyed her hair to avoid detection in Arizona
• Jodi's testimony:
• She did not changed her hair to hide her presence
• THE EVIDENCE
• Pictures show Jodi's hair was lighter in May than on June 3rd.  No matter what some supporters think, blonde hair does not "fade to brown."
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• At the time she was trying to prove she wasn't there, Jodi implied that if neighbors said they saw her they were lying because the last time she was in AZ she was a platinum blonde.  She claimed they didn't know her well enough to recognize her with brunette hair.
• The rental agent picked Jodi out of a line up but added she was blonde. 
• he did not say platinum blonde
• On May 15th, Jodi's hair was dishwater blonde to light brown with blonde streaks in front
• 

The evidence supports the prosecutors claim:  Jodi changed her hair for the trip so she would not be recognized while at Travis' home.

• PROSECUTION CLAIM
• Jodi lied about Travis' being the aggressor on June 4th
• Jodi's testimony
• Travis was angry that she moved away
• Travis wanted her to stay
• She destroyed Travis $6000 car right before moving away
• Travis tried to help her put the responsibility on Uhaul
• He agreed to let her pay him $100 a month once she got on her feet in Yreka
• Travis used sex to "destress"
• The had sex twice on June 4th, the last time just before his shower.
• She was taking pictures of him in the shower, they were crouched down looking at them, and she accidentally dropped the camera
• He got mad,  and body slammed her.
• She feared for her life.
• THE EVIDENCE
• Travis' journal he was happy she was leaving
• Travis' text about Jodi's need to start paying him for the car
• Travis only tried to help Jodi after destroyed his $6000 car just before she was scheduled to leave Mesa for good.
• Travis and Jodi had a big fight from May 22-26
• Travis tried to cut Jodi loose
• told his friends he was done with her
• he only gave infrequent short, cold replies to her texts
• Jodi continued to call him
• 11 times on her trip over three days
• he replied twice on the same day in the same hour
• 6 texts
• he replied twice
• first to avoid calling her
• second after she kept harassing him to call
• ALV stated leaving is the most dangerous time for a victim.
• Travis tried to cut Jodi loose and he ended up with one gun shot, 29 stab wounds, and a slashed throat.
• Jodi only noted injury was a cut to two of her fingers 
• The detective stated it was a common attacker injury
• Jodi stated she had "scratches to her ankles, a hurt shoulder, and a bump to her head"
• Jodi's credibility was poor as outlined
• The described injuries are extremely minor.

WAS THE TESTIMONY REASONABLE WHEN CONSIDERING OTHER EVIDENCE?

Is it reasonable to believe Travis was an abuser who body slammed Jodi over an undamaged camera after Jodi came back and they "destressed" via sex x when he did nothing to Jodi when she destroyed his $6000 car at a time she was leaving him?

Is it reasonable to suggest Darryl Brewer would be lying about Jodi's plans?

Is it reasonable Jodi would purchase more expensive gas in California when she was traveling a road she traveled before and she could have purchased in in Las Vegas Nevada before being on an "unfamiliar route"?

Is it reasonable to believe Jodi would be appalled by the alleged pedophilia, want to help him, but use imagery she knew he allegedly associated with sexually abusing a child to convince him to have sex with her when he said "no"?

Is it reasonable to believe Jodi would use a child-related sexual imagery after she moved away and no longer had an ability to "watch him" or "help him" if he already broke a promise to her?

Is it reasonable to believe Jodi would  have anal sex with Travis right after learning he fantasized about children when doing it and then continue to do so?

Is it reasonable to believe Jodi's story she didn't dye her hair when pictures show she did?

Is it reasonable to believe that 1.5 months after a traumatic incident Jodi would find almost dying from an alleged violent crime hilarious but at the same time be so afraid from it that it caused her to kill a month later?

Is it reasonable to believe Travis was still trying to "hang on" to Jodi when evidence shows he was looking for a wife and getting his sexual needs met by another woman?

Is it reasonable Travis would loan Jodi money, Jodi promise to pay him back as soon as she could, then ask her to loan him money the same day, and  break her finger when she said she didn't have it?

There were many more inconsistencies in Jodi's testimony when compared to evidence.  Jodi failed to explain as to why the evidence is not consistent with her testimony.  It is not up to the jury to provide the explanation for her.  The jury has the full legal right to follow the rules credibility to determine if Jodi is lying.  And when she fails to present evidence in her favor other than her own testimony, the jury is left only with that evidence which contradicts what Jodi is saying.  Just because Jodi is the defendant does not mean her testimony trumps all other evidence.   The evidence fell into the favor of the prosecution and Jodi had little more than her own words to use in her defense. Jodi's words are not "evidence" of innocence when the entire picture is viewed, as a jury would do.

FreeJodi Wordpress - "Sexual Attraction to Children" debunked

George Barwood's "evidence' that Travis had a sexual interest in children can be debunked as the weak piece of crap it is.   His evidence is based on the words of two liars and he presents their statements as if they were "facts."  Sorry, Barwood, two juries and the majority of the world have already determined these two witnesses had no credibility.  It was only Jodi's mental illness that saved her ass in the end.  Juror 17 felt Jodi was not "normal" so she couldn't in good conscience sentence her to death.

George believes just because someone made a claim it can be used as "evidence" to corroborate someone else's claim. IE: A LIAR SUPPORTING A LIAR. Barwood has forgotten to consider all the evidence and common sense in his article.    For example:  No woman would say she wanted to help a pedophile get better and then use kids' underwear she "knew" he associated with sex with children to arouse him so he would have sex with her after he declined the offer.

The evidence GB could stretch to work in his favor was so few that he had to include evidence unrelated to pedophilia to make his article longer.  AND,  he had to regurgitate "Tweets"  to serve as official "Sources" to try to make his article appear credible.  Sorry, repeating the tweet that repeated the words of a man repeating the lies of another does not a fact or source make.  Try again, George.




THE ARTICLE:  SEXUAL ATTRACTION TO CHILDREN

"This is a summary of the evidence corroborating Jodi's testimony that Travis Alexander had a sexual attraction to children."  FACT:  A person cannot corroborate their claim by making another one.

1.   Travis referred to a 12 year old girl in a sexual way.
• INCORRECT.  Travis was not referring to a 12-year old girl.  He was referring to a 27- year old waitress who was moaning in a little girl voice.  He was expressing the fact JODI was hot sounding like that; not that he wanted to boink a 12-year old.
  Jodi's response?  She giggled and moaned exactly the same way later on. According to Jodi, she was faking it. She could have changed her voice, right?  
• What would it say of Jodi if she knew he was a pedophile, was associating her tone of moaning with child-sex, and she didn't try to change it even though she was "faking"?
  
2. "Spiderman" underwear that Travis gave Jodi as a Valentine's present. Note, the existence of this was corroborated by a text message. (The one where Jodi used the Spidey's to try to convince Travis to have sex with her after he said no.)
• INCORRECT:  The text message corroborated the Spidey's existed, but they did not corroborate Travis gave them to Jodi.   His choice of phrasing is an attempt to make it appear like both Travis giving them to Jodi and their existence was corroborated.  Repeating Jodi's testimony (Travis gave them to her) cannot corroborate her own claim.  AND, just because Jodi said it, does not make it fact.  It does not mean Jodi is to be automatically believed. 
• Travis HATED Spiderman - FACT
• Jodi LIKE Spiderman - FACT
• Who is more likely to buy Spiderman underwear?  Jodi or someone who hates it?
•   According to the "pedo letter",  Jodi would have known the spidey's were allegedly a symbol to fulfill child-sex fantasies.  
• Jodi kept the underwear and used them for sex even though she "knew"
• A month after she allegedly "caught him in the act",  she used the Spideys to try to convince Travis to have sex with her after he disappointed her by canceling their planned sex romp
• What does it say of a woman who would be willing to encourage pedophilia just to fulfill her own sexual needs?
  
3. Pornographic videos found on Travis' computer.
• INCORRECT:  They were videos of adults engaging in a popular sexual fantasy that Jodi and Travis practice.  
• George has to try to "fool" the audience by making it seem like there were child-porn videos discovered.
• It's the stretch of a desperate man without a leg to stand on when he tries to turn adult porn into child porn.
  
4. A witness caught Travis downloading child porn in Jan 2001.
• INCORRECT;  This is not "FACT" that corroborates Jodi's story. It's an allegation in an affidavit by a man too afraid to face cross examination.  Affidavits are not considered strong evidence because they prevent cross-examination, making it easier for the writer to lie in them.
• The "witness" changed his story.
• Part of the "witness'" claim was challenged by another person not afraid to face cross.
• The owner of the computer stated there was only adult porn on it 
• The computer was taken to a shop to remove the adult porn.  No child porn was found.
  
5. The letter was proof.
• INCORRECT:  There was not any proof the letter was authentic.  In fact, anyone with common sense can tell the letter was fake.
• It could easily be created by taking Travis' written word, cutting them out, pasting them together, and photocopying
• JA had access to both TA's handwritten copy of his book and his journals. 
• The letter was a set of many that, if admitted, would support Jodi's claims.  
• Jodi claimed f not admitted, it was detrimental to her case.
• Jodi was informed the originals were needed
• She said someone else had them.
• Jodi was asked for this witnesses name.
• She refused to give it.
• Her case was not known at the time.
• Jodi refusal to either produce the originals or name the witness meant there was no chance the "life-saving" evidence could be considered.
• The letter was dated one year to the date prior to the alleged incident.
• Comparing Jodi's story and the phone call history, only 44 minutes would have passed between the time she allegedly caught him and called him to tell him she would talk about it.
• Why would Travis write, date and sign a letter detailing a felony that would ruin his life forever if the letter fell in the wrong hands when he knew she was going to talk to him?
• According to Jodi,  he talked and she listened for over an hour that night, she forgave him, and they had anal sex.
• Why would Travis write, date, and sign a felony confession that would stigmatize him forever and give it to Jodi if he explained it face-to-face and she forgave him?  -- Especially when she had lied and violated his privacy countless times before.
• According to the letter,  he raped little boys and anal sex was related to his desire for little boys.
• After reading the letter, why would she have anal sex with him if she knew he raped little boys and he associated anal sex with raping little boys?
• How would engaging in an act that an alleged pedophile is supposed to associate with child sex help him?
• According to the letter,  he raped little boys and the purpose of the boy's underwear was so he could fantasize Jodi was a little boy.
• Why would Jodi keep them, continue to wear them for sex, and then use them to get him to change his mind and have sex with her?

George Barwood's details regarding (1)

• Travis referred to Jodi as a porn star and used porn terms like "cream pie".
• THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PEDOPHILIA.
• One month after she allegedly learned of his perversion, Jodi told the alleged pedophile the following when he canceled their sexual liaison
• Fuck her like a horny school girl
• give her ass a good pounding (anal, like in the letter relating it to child fantasy)
• she shaved her pussy to be nice and smooth
• she was putting a school girl outfit together with the spideys (the ones allegedly purposed for child sex fantasies)
• She was very upset, sad, and disappointed when he canceled their sexual liaison and used guilt and sexual innuendo involving anal and kids underwear to get him to give in to her needs.
• During a casual text conversation about looking at emails, Jodi said the following to the alleged pedophile
• Would you rather I say my fingers are in my pussy? That I am a horny little girl who need immediate alleviation.
• Travis directed the conversation back to a civil one.
• During a casual text conversation about pictures,  the following happened
• TA: (Pics) you look like a beautiful adventurous, successful, photo journalist but not trying to hard.
• JA:  Thanks, That is what I was going for.
• TA: You nailed it.
• JA:  I got something you could nail..... kidding, sort of.
• TA redirected it back to a civil one.

George Barwood's details (3) 

• Nurmi said Travis had Jodi dressed in braids and video showed girl teen in braids having sex w/ teacher.
• "NURMI SAID" does not make it fact
• No proof Travis had Jodi dress in braids.
• Jodi liked braids, she thought they were "hot"
• In her own words, sex tape
• Jodi wore braids with other people, not just Travis
• Many adult women wear braids.
• The teacher/ student is a fantasy many adults have IE:
• "Fuck me like a horny little school girl"
• "I was putting together a school girl outfit"
• When Travis told her no sex.

George Barwood details (4)

• Dr Geffner testified a witness told him....
• Notes show the witness made contradicting statements to Geffner.
• The witness changed his story when he learned it didn't work.
• COMMON SENSE
• Witness said file w/ child porn in it and TA name on it popped up
• Why would someone put their name on such a file?
• Said TA admitted it to him and that he was abused at age 12 as a child
• The computer was a communal computer used by many which means it would be unlikely for any pedophile to admit it when they had a way out. Especially when they barely knew the accuser.
• Neither the child porn nor the file were found when the computer was taken in to remove all the porn.  Deleting files does not remove them forever. It would had been found.
• He also said he saw TA holding DR down and saying "get into your fucking head I am not marrying you.'
• THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PEDOPHILIA
• DR denied it ever happened.
• DR was not in the country on the date the witness claimed this happened.
• Witness changed his dates when he found out even though he claimed he used his wife's DATED journal as corroboration.  Said it happened when she returned.
• When DR arrived back, she and TA were not dating or really talking because they were broke up.  She was NOT expecting marriage.

USING TWEETS AS 'SOURCES' DOES NOT MAKE THEM TRUE

"On 21 Jan 2015, it was established that the couch incident happened on 18 Jan 2001"

FALSE:  It was never "established" the "couch incident' even happened.  A witness affidavit is not convincing evidence when the witness refuses to face cross-examination.  

The same witness previously posted that he never saw Travis Alexander being violent towards any woman. Pushing a woman down on a couch and holding her wrists so tightly that cool cloths had to be put on them after would be "violent" if it happened.  So, according to the witness' first statement, it never happened because he never saw TA being violent to a woman.

An In-depth Analysis About Jodi's Helio Phone

Stop.
           Sit down.
                             Guess what?

                                           

 Jodi lied about the details involving the Helio phone call!

.                                       What?
                                                                     You knew that already?
                                                                                                            ..........  Damn.

THE DEFENSE TEAM'S EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL ABUSE

In her 2013 trial, Jodi Ann  Arias alleged she was the victim of domestic violence.  Jodi claimed she was sexually,  mentally, emotionally, and physically abused.  She implied the alleged abuse is what elicited feelings of mortal fear and forced her to use extreme lethal force when she killed Travis Alexander on June 4th, 2008.    Per Jodi's story, in an act of self-defense she shot Travis,  knifed him 29 times, and slit his throat nearly ear to ear.  The brutality of the attack expressed rage, but Jodi said it was fear.  She claimed she had to hurt him so badly because Travis Alexander kept attacking her and was trying to kill her. However, she escaped with barely an injury.


Juror Question number 57:  You say Travis' had attacked you before June 2008, but would apologize to you after he did it, so why was the June 4, 2008 incident so different?

Jodi's answer: "............. it wasn't until that incident (the alleged choking)  when I reflected back on it, I realized I could have died"."

After the alleged choking incident, Jodi implied her fear increased. She realized she could have died. Despite her fear and her desire to be with another man,  Jodi drove 100's of miles to see Travis instead.

 "I'm just not physically attracted to him (Travis) anymore........... I can't wait to finally hang out w/ Ryan."  Jodi's journal, May 18th, 2008

When she arrived at Travis' house,  Jodi's seemed to forget about her fear.  According to Jodi, Travis wanted to tie her to his bed and preform oral sex on her.  Tying her to the bed would have made her vulnerable, but Jodi agreed.   However, Travis' bed was a sleigh bed, and it was pushed up against the wall. It would have been difficult to tie her to the bed.  According to Jodi, it took two of them to make it possible.  Measurements needed to be made, so the rope needed to be cut in the bedroom.  Cutting the rope required a knife to be present.   The bed would have had to be pulled back from the wall to get the rope behind it......  it would have been so much easier to cut the rope into two pieces and tie it to the feet of the bed.



Instead of going the easy route, Jodi claimed the rope was looped behind the headboard.  She told Alyce Laviolette that the knife was left on the nightstand next to the bed.  Despite her fear, Jodi was willing to allow Travis to put her in a helpless position with a knife nearby.  And, to top that, she refused to go through with the oral sex.  Travis hadn't shaved, and it was irritating to her skin.  She was willing to invoke his rage and demanded he stop.  The risk of being stabbed while tied up was favorable to the irritation on her skin.  According to Jodi, Travis stopped as she commanded.

It was acts similar to the "abusive" bondage incident on June 4th that the defense used as a basis of the sexual abuse portion of their claim of domestic violence.  They claimed Travis sexually abused Jodi on multiple occasions and said he forced her into having graphic phone sex from a 1000 miles away.    An hour long phone sex recording (actual time 66 minutes) was presented to corroborate her claim.  According to the defense,  the recording was made up from five recordings stored in Jodi's Helio phone.

At the time, the only Helio phone capable of recording phone calls was the Helio Ocean. It had a feature called "record call."   All the Helio phones had a voice memo recording feature, but it couldn't be used to record calls.  To access the voice memo recording feature,  the main menu of the phone had to be open.  Opening the main menu sent the phone into standby mode.  Calls could not be made in standby mode;  the same keys to dial a number were used to navigate the menu.

During her testimony under oath,  Jodi Arias explained how she recorded the phone call.  To some, her story seemed to make sense.  To others, it didn't.  The instructions in the Helio Ocean manual proved part of Jodi's story was a lie.  However,  the manual couldn't be used to disprove all aspects of her story. For example,  it didn't address if a recording would be lost if the user hung up the phone before pressing save.  To know that, a Helio Ocean phone had to be examined.

I did just that.

The Helio company no longer exists.  However, their phones still can be found.  Calls still can be made on the phone,   but they will not connect to the number dialed.  The call will be redirected to a pre-recorded message to "chastise" the user for trying to make a call without paying the bill.

"Your account could not be validated.  Please contact customer service..... let me say it in Spanish too.....  message 5 switch 3-7-2.....  eeennnnn   eeennnnn ennnnn."

The pre-recorded message allowed enough time to experiment with the phone.  The results of the experiment showed Jodi lied.  Go figure.   A further inspection of the phone could be made if it were able to be connected to service. However, I have no idea how to do that.  If you do, please share your ideas in the comment section.  Also, if you have a question about a function of  the phone, please ask.

THE HELIO OCEAN PHONE 

The hour long recording from the Helio Ocean was played in court while Jodi hid her face on the stand.  Jodi wiped her nose several times to give the impression she was crying.  She hardly ever wiped her eyes. She left her glasses on for the first 25 minutes of recording.  Anyone who has ever wore glasses knows that when the tears flow, the glasses come off.  If they don't, the salt from the tears cloud the lenses.   After the tape had ended,  Jodi didn't wipe her nose once. If she were wiping it because she had a cold, she should have.  Jodi was wiping her nose to make the jury believe hearing Travis voice was painful.  However, not one tear was shed.

After the tape had ended,  Jodi was questioned about it.  She started to lie almost immediately.  Jodi was asked to explain how the call occurred.  She started by explaining how the Helio phone came into her possession.  By the end of the trial,  the testimony would have contradicted another story she told.

"I got my Helio phone on the day I moved out of Arizona.  The phone I had was a Motorola Razor and I put it in the drink cup holder in the Uhaul truck and I went to sleep inside the truck and when I woke up in the morning I realized that I set it ....  in the bottom of the drink holder was a whole bunch of hot chocolate that spilled the day before and it basically soaked in hot chocolate all night so my phone didn't work anymore.  I met up with Gus Searcy somewhere in Southern California.  He has a free phone deal and he let me have the Helio."

 1:23:14

The trip from Travis' house to California only took two and a half hours.  It would have been completed the same day she left.  Jodi implied she slept in the truck the day before she took that 2.5-hour trip.  Later,  Jodi told a different story.

KN: Did you stay with Travis before you moved back?

JA: Oh yeah, I did, the last 4 days,  it was somewhere between a week or almost that.

KN: Where were you sleeping?

JA: In his bed.

Which story is true?  Did she stay in Travis' bed the last four days before she left?  Did she sleep in her truck the night before she left Arizona while her phone soaked in hot chocolate?  Or,  did they put Travis' bed in her truck for the last night she was there so both of her statements could be true?  Jodi either lied about details of how she got the phone or she lied about staying in Travis' bed until the day she moved.  It's possible she may have even lied about both.

RECORDING WITH THE HELIO PHONE

In her testimony,  Jodi explained how she discovered the phone had the ability to record.

"So, as I had this phone and was figuring out the features, I realized I could record on it.  And I told Travis and we joked about recording it.  We tried that and a few times I failed at it because you have to hit a record button on the phone......" Jodi Arias testimony, day 17.

Jodi could have easily discovered the recording capabilities of the "voice memo" feature just from examining and playing around with the phone.  Finding out the "record call" function existed would not have been so easily uncovered.

To uncover the 'voice memo' feature,  Jodi only needed to scroll around inside the main menu.  She would have pressed the menu key, and the phone would have gone into standby mode and opened the menu. After accessing the menu,  she only needed to scroll to "7. plan"  and then to "8 voice memo."   Once she was more familiar with the phone,  she could have used the short-cut feature and pressed "menu + 7 + 8" instead.

Helio Ocean Menu and Sub-menus

1. Customize
1. rings
2. download rings
3. screens
4. download screens
5. settings
2. Surf
3. Snap
1. Camera
2. Video Camera
3. Photo Album
4. Video Album
5. Helio Album
6. Settings
7. Print Photos
8. Memory Info
4. video and music
1. Video
2. Download Video
3. Music
4. Download Music
5. Memory
5. contact
6. games
7. Plan
1. Calendar
2. Wake-up call
3. Alarm
4. Calculator
5. World Time
6. Unit Converter
7. Note-pad
8. Voice Memo  voice memo (page 108)
9. Stop Watch
8. Message
9. Apps

The voice memo feature was easy to find.  On the other hand,  the 'record call' feature was not so easily uncovered.  Unless they read the manual,  a person had to be on an active call to learn it existed.    When a call connected, a prompt for "menu" appeared in the lower left-hand corner of the phone.  Pressing the menu key opened up an 'in-call' menu that could only be accessed during a call. Opening the menu displayed six features that could be accessed during a call:

1. contacts
2. call history
3. speaker-phone
4. three-way calling
5. send message
6. my number

However, there was a seventh.  In order to reach the seventh,  the user had to scroll down to find it. 

     7. record call

Finding the record call function wasn't something the user came casually across,  such as they might when  playing with the phone to 'figure out the features.'

VOICE MEMO RECORDING

The voice memo feature was designed to provide the user the ability to record a personal memo. It was not designed for recording calls and could not be used to do so. When the voice memo feature was initiated,  the recording immediately began.  A user could record up to sixty minutes at a time. After the sixty-minute limit was reached,  the recording would automatically stop and save.  The user didn't need to instruct the phone to save, it just did.  The automatic save was a design feature to compensate for user absent mindedness.

It was possible for the user to record a memo shorter than sixty minutes.  To to this,  she had two choices to choose from:

1. "Hanging up" the phone by sliding it shut.
• Closing, or "hanging up" the phone immediately stopped the recording and the message was automatically saved
• The "save" button did not need to be pressed.
2. Pressing the "save" button (Helio Insignia) when the recorded words were captured.
• keeps phone open and ready to use other features.

The user may have been under the impression the red "end key" would have stopped and saved the voice memo recording as well.  She would have quickly learned she was wrong.  When it was pressed at the end of a voice memo, the end key served as a "start-over" button.  It told the phone "Stop, forget this, go back and start again."  The voice memo was never saved because it was like it never happened.

The end key was also used to end a call.  Someone who learned a voice memo was lost when the end key was pressed may have had the same impression when it came to the record call function.  However, their assumption would have been wrong.


A voice memo could not exceed sixty minutes on the Helio phone.  If a longer message was desired,  another voice memo needed to be started.  When the first memo ended and saved,  it was stored as an audio file in the voice memo menu.  The memo was identified by a ten digit code made up of the date it was created and the order in which it was recorded.  For example,  if it was the first recording on the phone and it occurred on May 5, 2008 the code would be 0505080001.   This memo would be stored in slot one on the voice memo menu screen.  When the user opened the voice memo menu, she would see:

1. 0505080001

The second memo recorded on the phone would have a "2" as the last character of the code.  However, the newest recorded memos were always stored in the number one slot. For example,  if the user saved her second memo on May 8th, 2008, the voice memo screen would show:

1. 0508080002
2. 0505080001

A third memo recorded on May 10th would do the same:

1. 0510080003
2. 0508080002
3. 0505080001

And so on.  If the user deleted one of the memos in between, it would show because the last digits would no longer be consecutive.  For example, if the May 8th memo were deleted, the screen would show: 

1. 0510080003
2. 0505080001

RECORD CALL FEATURE

Recorded calls were saved the same way as voice memos.  For example, if two minutes of a  recorded call were saved on May 11th, 2008,  the voice memo menu would have shown:

1. 0511080004
2. 0510080003
3. 0505080001

The features were stored the same way,  but they did not have the same characteristics.   For example, a  voice memo could be saved up to sixty minutes;  a recorded call could not.  According to the Helio Ocean user manual,  the recording of a call was limited to up to three minutes at a time.

 Helio Ocean page 34

When we recorded things like that, he liked to play it back. The first few times I forgot to save it because it went all one long recording......" Jodi Arias testimony, day 17.

It was impossible for the user to have recorded "one long recording" of a phone call on the Helio phone.  The Helio's call recording was limited to three minutes at a time.  The recording would have had to be "several short recordings."   In order to get "one long recording" on the Helio phone,  Jodi would have had to use the voice memo feature.  A phone call and the use of the voice memo could not have occurred simultaneously.

At the end of the three-minute limit,  the recording would have ended and automatically saved.  There was no user input needed to tell the phone to save the recording;  it just did it.  If "one long recording" was desired,  the user had to command the phone to start recording again.  She only needed to press "menu + 7" to do it.  The prior recording would have been saved in its own slot, and the new one would begin.   Even though the recordings came from one call, they would not be saved as "one long recording."   Instead, they would have been saved as "several short recordings."    For example, if the user made a second call on May 11th and saved nine minutes of it, the voice memo menu screen would have shown:

1. 0511080007   --- (the last three minutes of the call)
2. 0511080006   --- (the middle three minutes of the call)
3. 0511080005   ---(the first three minutes of the call)
4. 0511080004  ---(the two recorded call made earlier)
5. 0510080003  ---(the third recording on the phone via voice memo)
6. 0505080001 ---(The first recording on the phone - the second was deleted)

The phone recording heard in court was not created from "one long recording." It was created from five long recordings.

"...... I received from Mr. Nurmi's office was a recording, uh, actually 7 recordings from the telephone, and I was asked to clean them up."  Bryan Neumeister, testimony, day 13.

"I just want to clarify. On Thursday, I did bring in a DVD that had seven clips on it. And it was agreed by all parties to redact two clips, so this is a modified DVD that has five of the seven original clips that I received." Bryan Neumeister, testimony, day 13.

The Helio phone could only record three minutes of a phone call at a time. There should have been at least twenty-two recordings to create the sixty-six-minute long phone call.  The defense only used five.

The recording of the call could not have occurred the way Jodi Arias claimed it did.  She lied on the stand.

SAVING A RECORDED CALL

The record call feature recorded calls for up to three minutes during the call. Due to the limited time allotted,  most of the time the user didn't have to intervene to save her call.  At the end of the three minutes, the call was automatically saved.  It would have continued to be saved for each time the user pressed "menu + 7" and let the three minutes run its course.   

"So throughout the conversation I began to hit save, save, save so I didn't forget. So at least even if I forgot at the last moment at least a portion of it was saved." Jodi Arias, testimony, day 17.

The phone recording was sixty six minutes long. She didn't need to press "save-save-save."  She needed to press "record-record-record."

The record call feature would record until the three minutes were up.  However, as with the voice memo feature, there may have been circumstances in which the user didn't need the entire allotted time.  If not, she could have chosen three ways to save the recording.  The first two ways were the same method used to save a memo.  The third was not.

1. "Hanging up" the phone by sliding it shut.
• The recording stops and the portion of the call is automatically saved.
• The save button does not need to be pressed to save the message.
• The phone call ends
2. Pressing the "save" button (Helio insignia) when the desired portion of the call has been captured.
• The recording ends.
• The call can continue.
• If desired, recording can continue in a later portion of the call
• Saved as separate recordings.
3. Pushing the red "end key" button.
• Unlike the voice memo,  it does not  erase the phone call.
• What happens when the end key is pressed:
• The "recording" sign on the screen disappears
• A big "SAVED" flashes on the screen
• The call is saved and it ends.

"We tried that and a few times I failed at it because you have to hit a record button on the phone.  And if you hang up the phone at the end of the conversation before hitting save then it doesn't save the conversation."Jodi Arias, testimony, day 17.

"The first few times I forgot to save it, because it went all one long recording, and I would hang up, not thinking and lost the recording and he would get upset." Jodi Arias, testimony, day 17.

Hanging up the phone before pushing 'save' does not result in the recording being lost.  Jodi Arias lied.

HELIO CALL CLARITY

The record call feature of the Helio phone was specifically designed to record phone calls.  The purpose was to capture the words of the speaker on the other end.   It would have been an obsolete feature if the words of the speaker on the other end were not clear.  Voices recorded during a phone call on the Helio phone come out clear no matter if it was the caller or the person on the other end.

" September 15 of 2010  I was asked to enhance an audio recording that was made from a telephone where the person speaking on the phone had recorded the audio and the person on the other side could not be heard really well.  So I was asked to clean it up."  Bryan Neumeister, testimony, day 13.

When a phone call is recorded,  it is usually with a microphone located outside of the call.  The microphone captures the voices of the participants in two different manners.  The voice of the person who is doing the recording is captured directly.   Their voice is recorded more clearly than the person on the other end. The voice of the person on the other end has to pass through a speaker, either the earphone or speakerphone before it is captured.  The speaker causes the voice to be lower, distorted, and harder to understand on tape.  The result is the voices are not 'equal' when the recording is played back.

"Because very often if it's a telephone recording, the person speaking is very loud and the person on the other end is very hard to hear."  Bryan Neumeister, testimony, day 13

"Finally, in order to bring up Mr. Alexander's voice to Ms. Arias' voice, we used a program called "Waves Compression"  where we could set the voices to be equal."

The Helio 'record call' feature was designed for excellent clarity.  The participants are recorded from within the call.  The result is both voices are captured as clearly as the time the words were first spoken.  The voices are equal when the recording is played back.

If Jodi used the Helio record call function to record Travis, his voice would have been able to be heard just as well as hers. Jodi Arias lied

PLAYING BACK RECORDINGS

Playing back recordings on the Helio phone was easy.  If someone could have "figured out" how to record a phone call, they could have easily "figured out" how to play one back.  The recordings were saved in the same spot the user would have gone to use the voice memo record button. If the user was able to create four long recordings after the first one, then she knew where the recordings were saved.  It didn't take much to figure out how to play them back. The word "play" was in the middle of the screen right above the "save/select" button.  It didn't take an IQ of 120 to figure it out.

"I also had 1 or 2 recorded conversations that were equally as scandalous.  I never did figure out how to play those back for him." Jodi Arias,  journal entry, May 22.


Playing back a recording saved in the voice memo menu was fairly easy.

• Press Menu + 7 + 8 to open the 'voice memo' menu (the place a person would check to see if a message saved)
• Once opened, the voice memo menu displayed any saved recordings
• The user could have either pressed the number of the desired recording or use the scroll button to select it and then press the save/select button.
• the recording would automatically  play over and over until the user interacted and instructed the message to stop.

Jodi Arias had 5 long recordings saved on the phone.  She knew how to play them back. Jodi Arias' journal entry was faked.

DELETING A RECORDING

According to Jodi,  "hanging up" the phone before she pressed "save" caused the message to not save. Her story was a lie.   "Hanging up"  a phone call would have neither prevented a message from being saved nor deleted it.    It was difficult to delete a message accidentally.   A user had to go through several steps to delete a message.  And, at they end they were asked "are you sure?"
Steps:

1. Press "Menu + 7 + 8"
2. Scroll to the voice memo to be deleted.
3. Press the "menu" button again (the word "menu" will be noted on the lower left corner of the screen) 
4. Use the scroll key to pick the choice desired
1. Delete
2. Delete all
3. Rename
4. File Info
5. Send Message
5. Press Delete/ or delete all
• A second verification window will open. Press yes to confirm if the file is to be deleted.

HOW?

Jodi Arias did not use the Helio Ocean phone to record Travis. She had to use another device. When she was arrested,  it appeared that Jodi was in the middle of making preparations to flee.  Part of those preparations was to get rid of the evidence before she ran.  A digital recorder was discovered in a trash can at her home.


The discovery of the digital recorder in Arias' trash is a very telling sign.  It supports what many people believe:  The fact she recorded Travis was somehow related to the murder.  If the recording were harmless, she wouldn't have felt the need to lie about it.   The presence of a digital recorder also showed that Jodi had the means to edit the recording heard in court. She could have taped multiple conversations with the digital and used the voice memo function of the Helio to help her get things "just right."

If Jodi used a digital recorder, she would have had to use the speakerphone function on her Helio phone.  There were clues on the phone recording that the speakerphone was used.  The Helio record call function was not accessible in speakerphone mode.   And, the Helio recorded calls from within the call;  outside noises were not usually captured that well.   During the infamous sex tape,  the sounds of Jodi opening and closing her door can be heard. It shouldn't have been if she were using the Helio Ocean to record.  However, if she were using a digital recorder, it would have been noticeable.

Trial Day 17, sex tape, 39:30 mark

• JA: Hang on... I thought I heard somebody. Let me double check. I think it was my purger.
• The door can be heard opening and closing.  
• JA: Ok, we're good. The coast is clear. Let me get back into the groove. hang on a minute.

The quality and characteristics of the recording show that it was the digital recorder, not the Helio recorder, which Jodi used to record Travis. The fact the recordings were taken from the Helio phone and not the digital recorder meant they could have been edited in the process of transferring the audio to the phone.  If you listen close to the phone sex recording, you will notice there are parts where words were cut off,  parts where pieces of conversation seem to be missing, and parts where the subject suddenly changed.  There are further signs of editing in the areas such as clicks or combined digital words.

Sex tape for reference

• Portions removed
• Listen 9:08 - 9:23
• What was the "Hey hey not true lets not go there" referring to?
• Two conversations combined together? Or portions removed?
• Listen 11:06 - 11:14
• The context indicates there was more said or it wasa different conversation.
• Two different conversations?
• Listen 13:35 - 14:10
• Despite the claim the call was for sexual purposes, the conversation abruptly changed from sex to his itinerary.  However, there was a "click" in between
• More cut out or two different conversations?
• Listen 26:00 -26:33

The conversation heard in court could have been from different days, and it likely was.  Per Jodi, the entire conversation occurred on May 10th, 2008.  She claimed it was Travis who was eager to have phone sex again, and they had already on multiple occasions.  However,  Travis' first words do not sound like those of a man who had lots of experience with the phone sex.  They sound like a man who didn't know how to go about it.

TA:  Why don't we talk about happy things for a bit, and get normalized for a moment, and we'll see where it takes us.

And, midway through,  Jodi's comment sounded like a woman who knew she was saying something she shouldn't have been.  If the purpose of the call was for phone sex, there was no reason to cover up her intent with "just joking."

TA: your at the top of the list.
JA: In more ways than one....hahahaha...Just joking. That was funny.
TA: I laughed.

According to Jodi,  the recording was made after a minor argument followed by a discussion online that turned sexual:

" that day I can't remember if we were talking or chatting but he said something kind of mean and I got  offended and then we got online  and started chatting about it. And, the conversation turned sexual again,  he wanted to get off the phone so that we could further the conversation. I told him I needed a little bit of time to psych myself out of the bad mood..... the sad mood I was in because I didn't want to talk to him in that kind of mood. At least that wasn't the mood he wanted me to be in.    After that.....     we logged off  and I think I called him a little while later."

The offensive comment couldn't have been on the evening of May 10th.  Travis wasn't home between 7p and 11:30 pm.  He wasn't by a computer until 11:50 PM.  At 12:05 am,  Jodi asked him if he would check out her profile picture.  Travis asked her where, and she told him MySpace.  Travis looked at it and gave her feedback on the photo.  He told it wasn't her best, but still good.   They continued to text every few minutes until 1:03 when both went t to sleep.

It possibly could have occurred during the late hours of May 9th,  but the conversation in the sex tape makes it unlikely.  During the sex tape,  Jodi asked Travis if he saw her new profile picture.  He didn't, and didn't even ask her where. Instead, he said, "Sorry, I forgot.  I will go check it now."  In the sex tape, Travis already knew where the profile picture was located.  The context implied he went to go look at it at that point.  If so, why would she have asked him again the following night and why would he had said "where?"

The fight on May 9th didn't fit the one Jodi described.  They were neither talking or chatting at the time.   Jodi was upset that day because she discovered, after all the work she did to help him, Travis didn't show his gratitude by mentioning her in his blog. However,  he mentioned another woman who was a friend.   A bit later,  he didn't listen to her poem.  In return, Jodi "accidentally" sent him a text that she claimed was meant for another man.  In the text she implied Travis was invading her privacy.  The text insulted Travis because it was Jodi who violated his countless of times.  Jodi refused to acknowledge why he was mad,  so he pretended to be done with her.  Communication stopped until Jodi "accidentally" sent him another text an hour and a half later.  It was an obvious attempt to goad him on.

"Oh, not that U would, but don't tell him"

The text made Travis angrier and the fight started again.  Travis was the one offended, not Jodi.  In fact, Jodi took responsibility and apologized to him first.  It wasn't until an hour after both had apologized that they went online and started to chat.

The May 10th, 2008 chat has not been posted in it's full context yet.  The people at Beth Karas' site have asked a couple of times and are hoping to get it.  However, parts of the chat were shared in court by the defense. And, from what was shared,  it didn't seem like Jodi told Travis she needed time and would have phone sex with him later.

• 11:57 JA:  I'm still feeling icky emotionally.  Probably better if we didn't right now.  I don't wanna bring you down were I am right now.   Believe me, you don't wanna be here.  Sorry, that's just me. This conversation has cheered me up a bit tho.  Thank you.  I know your not the only one who's had a bad day.  I'm just slow to get cheery some times.
• 11:58 TA: Well, if you erupted it might help
• JA:   Well I'm as dormant as Mt. Shasta right now. Beautiful, majestic, and nowhere near erupting.
• 12:06  JA: Well,  I want you to get scandalous with me. I am tired of the phone. I miss feeling you touching you smelling you.

The content that was released from the May 10th G-chat gave the appearance that Jodi wasn't in the mood for phone sex. The defense's psychologist, Dr. Fonseca,   seemed to have a similar impression.  Per her words, Jodi wasn't giving in this time to Travis' request for phone sex.

""She is just flat, she can't mobilize the energy.  Very different from the past. In the past there has never been a rejection. It wasn't call me tomorrow, I'm too tired... Here, it's I'm too icky."

It was never shared in testimony if Jodi Arias told Travis during the G-chat that she needed time to psych herself up for the phone sex.  It's possible she did,  but if so, why wouldn't either the state or the defense point it out?

  During G-chat,  Jodi also discussed her concerns about not being able to find a husband who could satisfy her sexually.  During the sex tape, she said it again.  However, this time she thought it was 'awkward' to bring up.  How could it be awkward if they just discussed it an hour earlier?

this is kind of an awkward subject to bring up but eventually we are both going to remarry.. (remarry???) people but I just get the feeling that there are not a lot of Mormon guys like that......  I want to marry a return missionary, but like you, someone who could be freaky.  I just worry about that. There are plenty of nice people out there.  I worry that I might feel like a wilting flower is all

CONSENT?

Jodi Arias alleged Travis Alexander agreed to be recorded.  However, his words said something different.  In the May 10th G-chat, the one Jodi claimed occurred just prior to the phone sex,  Travis expressed his fear as to what would happen if the conversation got 'out.'

No, but if someone found this conversation that I would like to have it would get us in trouble."

Travis had concerns about the sexual content getting them in 'trouble.'  It was because he was already on Mormon "probation."  He lost his Temple Recommend and would not get it back unless he stayed on the straight and narrow.   He had too much to risk just to be able to listen to a "repeat" of a conversation.  

Travis would have been risking his future as well.  He only had until his 31st birthday to find a girlfriend who had a potential to marry.  The deadline was three months away, and he was freaking out about it. If the contents of the sex tape were released,  it would have ruined his chances of finding such a woman. And, there would not have been enough time left to allow the scandal to blow over.  Additionally,  Travis wanted to reconcile with Lisa Andrews, even if only in friendship.   Any romantic association with Jodi would have ruined his chances.  Lisa was a lot more important to Travis than Jodi was.

It wasn't only his personal life the phone recording could have caused difficulties in;  his professional life would have been affected too.  Travis worked in a profession where it was important to keep positive relationships with associates.  His advancement depended on people liking him and his ability to influence others.   He was working towards qualifying for Cancun at the time, and he needed the help of others to make the cut.  Additionally, he had his eyes set on becoming the regional manager.   If it got out that he called his co-workers evil, soulless, and a waste of potential it could have been very damaging to his reputation.

Travis had too much to loose to allow such damaging content to remain in the hands of Jodi Arias 1000 miles away.  Jodi had violated his privacy countless of times.   She had lied to him over and over again. He knew she had taken a ring from his house. He believed she had slashed his tires, sent the "John Smith" email to Lisa, and stole his journals.   He was too suspicious of her to give her that kind of control when he had very little to gain.

If Travis wanted to record the call, he could have done it himself. Travis had a smartphone. Jodi testified about it.  Even way back in 2008, Smartphones had apps.

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If he wanted to tape the sex, Travis could have downloaded a call recording app.  That way, he wouldn't have had to worry about Jodi's alleged multiple failures to save the recording. He wouldn't have had to worry about it getting in the wrong hands.  And, he wouldn't have had to wait for Jodi before he could hear it.

WHY LIE?

Jodi had to make up the elaborate story about the "save-save-save" because she knew the tape was edited, and she knew people would notice.  There should not have been any reason for the signs of editing if she admitted to using the digital recorder to record the session.    It would have been, like Jodi stated, one long recording. And, there should not have been any 'clicks' if Jodi used the Helio record call to record him. The "menu + 7" did not produce any sounds when 'resetting' the in-call recording.   The phone recording contained multiple signs of editing that Jodi had to cover up.

The presence of editing in the tape suggested many things.  The context could have been changed.  Jodi could have removed statements involving her prior bad acts.   The tape could have been from many different days. And, if it was it meant she taped him on several different days but never played it back.  Most of all, the presence of editing meant Jodi's intentions for the tape were nefarious in nature.

WHY TAPE HIM?

When Jodi was minutes away from Travis, she had the benefit of controlling him with the promise of sex.  She admitted she used sex to get his attention.

"The sexual part of me was an unevolved way of trying to be more loved.  I knew you weren't in love with me.  I knew you cared, but it wasn't that kind of love.  So when we made love, I was able to convince myself, yes lie to myself...........It's like you nearly worshiped me. I left soooooo loved when we did that. It became absolutely addicting....................   The better I was, the more you wanted me, the more you wanted me, the more we got to be together."

Travis' attention gave her a 'high'.  She was addicted to the way it made her feel and wasn't ready to let it go.  Attention from other men didn't give her the same kind of high.   She tried,  but it wasn't the same.

When Jodi moved, she had a hard time leaving.  She wasn't ready to let go and hoped Travis would ask her to stay.  The defense attempted to say it was Travis who didn't want to let Jodi go, but the evidence shows otherwise.

I know I'll miss her but I am certain it will be the best for both of us. Plus, I need to get married and she (Jodi) and get in the way of that and does in fact." 3/27/08

"Jodi keeps leaving but hasn't left.....  I know she is having a hard time, but I think I'd be better off and so would she if she got out of here."4/3/08

"I want a girlfriend that has the potential to marry.  Now that Jodi is gone and DeAnna is moving, space is created, less drama can ensue."4/08/08

When Jodi finally left,  she lost the benefit of being close.  She could no longer rely on sex to keep his attention.   On April 10th, Travis had enough strength to stay away.

"I didn't speak to Jodi for the entire day. Wow. I thought that would never happen. I loved it. No negativity." 4/10/08

Jodi discovered she could get attention from Travis through the use of phone sex.  But it was short-lived.  According to his texts, Travis was getting the real thing from Chaitanya Lay.  There was not much Jodi could offer him over the phone that Chaitanya couldn't offer him in person.  "Fun time with Jodi" had become obsolete.  And Jodi didn't like it.  Jodi could no longer control Travis, so she decided to eliminate the competition.  The phone sex call would have been sure to chase away any
"proper" Mormon woman.  And, if other opportunities were gone, Travis would have had no choice but to turn back to Jodi to fulfill his sexual needs.

Pictures are Worth a 1000 Lies: Jodi's Unbroken Finger

During the 2013 trial, Juan Martinez presented evidence which showed Jodi Arias lied about her deformed finger getting that way due to Travis breaking it on January 22st, 2008.   Juan Martinez provided a picture that was taken on May 15, 2008.  The picture did not show an obvious deformity.

In rebuttal, the defense team recreated the picture.  To many, it appeared that Jodi's finger could have been broken in the May 15th photograph. However,  a side-by-side comparison shows that Jodi is bending all of her fingers more in the recreation. It was necessary for Jodi to do this so the deformity would not stand out from the rest.  It allowed her to give the appearance her finger could have been broken in that May 15, 2008 photograph.

In March 2008, after her finger was allegedly broken,  Jodi Arias went on a road trip with Travis Alexander. She wrote about it in her journal. 

Jodi's journal, Thursday, March 5th
"I am truly excited about is our road trip, which is happening now for sure. We will be checking 3 more things, if not more, from the list of 1000 Places"
Jodi's journal, March 13, 2008 
"We arrived in Rosewell, NM and toured the Roswell museum."

"P.S. By the way,  I lied about my left ring finger being deformed in January, 2008"

Jodi's journal March 13, 2008
"Then we got to OKC.  We stopped at the temple, and looked around, took some photos. Then we drove to the OKC memorial site. It was profound.  I took some amazing pictures.  Then we went to the Sheraton and chilled there w/ everyone for several hours before heading to bed."

By the way, I lied about my deformed finger occurring in January 2008.

Dear Mr. Prosecutor,  you used the wrong photograph.

Jodi Arias' finger was not broken on January 22, 2008.  It was a lie she told to create medical evidence to support her claim of self-defense.  Travis did not physically abuse her, and he did not kick her.  Jodi needed to make others believe he did, so she used her finger that was deformed sometime after March 13th to corroborate her allegation.

Jodi Arias had no evidence to corroborate the deformity to her finger was the result of an untreated fracture.   The defense could have taken one simple and inexpensive step to provide that evidence: A $250 x-ray of her finger.  If Jodi were telling the truth,  an x-ray would have shown the finger was broken, and the break was several years old.   Jodi had everything to gain and nothing to loose if she was telling the truth.  Nonetheless,  there was no attempt made to obtain an x-ray of the allegedly broken finger.  It was because,  as the OKC photo shows, Jodi Arias' finger was not broken..

Jodi's finger was not damaged on January 22, 2008. If it is damaged, it occurred on June 4th, 2008. Her injury looks very similar to  the result of an untreated cut tendon.  It's highly probable Jodi injured her tendon on June 4th, resulting in an extensor tendon injury.

If Jodi's finger were broken from an impact injury on January 22, 2008, the injury would have been noticeable to those around her. Jodi stated her finger was splinted for a couple of days.  She worked as a waitress and would not have been able to do her job without anyone noticing her injury. A broken finger takes weeks to heal, and even longer if it is not properly splinted.  Jodi's injury would have interfered with her job and been noticeable to her coworkers until it healed.  According to Jodi, a couple of people at work noticed her injury. However, she was not able to produce even one witness to corroborate her story. On the other hand,  the state was able to produce two people who say Jodi only for a day and remembered band-aids to her fingers.

1. On June 5th,  Ryan Burns noticed a bandage on two of her fingers and asked her what happened. Ryan testified that Jodi Arias told him  she cut her fingers at a restaurant called Margaritaville. 
2. Leslie Udy saw Jodi on June 5th, and they went out to dinner. Jodi sat between Leslie Udy and Leslie's husband.  Lexile recalled her husband asking Jodi about an injury she had to her hand. Jodi stated she had broken a glass at work and cut her fingers.
3. During her interrogation, Jodi Arias initially told Detective Flores she cut her finger on June 4th when she broke a glass at Travis' house.
4. On July 16th,  Jodi Arias told Detective Flores her left ring finger was damaged on June 4th, 2008.  She claimed a female intruder cut her with a knife on her left ring finger.
5. During her pre-trial interview with Alyce LaViolette, Jodi Arias said she cut her fingers while slicing apples.
6. During her testimony, Jodi Arias claimed her finger was deformed because Travis Alexander kicked it on January 22, 2008.  Pictures show it was not injured on March 13th, 2008
7. During her testiomony, Jodi Arias claimed the injuries to her fingers were on her right ones and it was related to an incidence at her work, Casa Ramas. She said "It was not a glass breaking event, I jammed it on a metal ledge."

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Jodi Arias was not able to provide any evidence that corroborated her story Travis kicked her on January 22, 2008 and broke her finger.  However, the prosecution was able to provide evidence which contradicted Jodi's story. 

On January 24th,  despite her claim abuse occurred on January 21st,  Jodi Arias wrote in her journal that nothing noteworthy happened.  She also wrote about plans to go to the snow with her friends to take some pictures or to attend a dinner for new ward members at her Bishop's house.  The journal entry did not appear to be written by a woman who had a broken finger from abuse and wanted to hide it from everyone.  Taking pictures in the snow required the use of her hands and put them front and center for all to see.   She was willing to go because her finger was not broken on January 22, 2008.  And, Jodi Arias wrote nothing noteworthy happened because nothing had happened. 

Jodi alleged the trigger for Travis' rage which resulted in her broken finger was her inability to lend him money on January 22, 2008.  Once again,  the evidence indicated she was not telling the truth.  On January 22, 2008,  Travis Alexander was the one loaning money, not borrowing it. 

Text Messages 1-22-08

The prosecution had texts, journals, witnesses, the fact that Jodi told multiple stories, and photographs to show Jodi was lying about Travis breaking her finger.

Jodi had only her words to show she was telling the truth.  And, her words were lies