"I said, 'Travis, I'm afraid we're gonna find you chopped up in her freezer.' Lovingier Hughes said that Arias would follow Alexander to the bathroom and stand outside the door or eavesdrop on his conversations. Travis Alexander, 30, was a salesman and the boyfriend of amateur photographer, Jodi Arias. Her trial stirred headlines for televising salacious evidence, along with shocking testimony depicting the couples stormy relationship. At 4:03 a.m., Arias called Alexander again, and the call lasted two minutes, 48 seconds. When the Hugheses got the news, Chris Hughes said, "I remember just saying -- almost howling -- 'no, no, no, no, no' and 'Oh my gosh. Travis Alexander. While the cremation was not originally part of the investigation into Alexanders death, it became a key piece of evidence during Arias trial. "This is around the time where she became very possessive of him.". "The law of chastity basically says your body is a sacred space. I didn't expect to walk away. Soon after Alexander met Arias, he sent missionaries to her home. She's friendly, has long, blonde hair. The case will be featured in an episode of ABCs 20/20 on February 14, 2020. Its the old, If I cant have you, nobody can.. Travis Alexander's passing on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 has been publicly announced by Westgate Funerals and Tributes in Waukegan, IL. Somebody wanted to make sure that he was dead.". [30] On June 6, she left Salt Lake City and drove west toward California. [16], Arias testified that her relationship with Alexander became increasingly physically and emotionally abusive. 7 jury members: Guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and felony murder, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 22:49. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. This article was originally published by Fox News and appears here with permission. She wasnt willing to let him go. Travis Alexander April 2, 2020 at 2:57 am - Reply. Books and shows should be based on Travis Alexander, not Jodi Arias I think Travis and his family deserve that.. [52] Arias later testified that after she cut her finger, "I had a bazillion margaritas to make. They were happy. Alexander's friends mentioned Arias by name as a possible suspect, stating that Alexander had told them that she had been stalking him, accessing his Facebook account and slashing his car's tires. [117] She started her sentence in the complex's maximum security Lumley Unit,[118] but has since been downgraded to the medium security level. He baptized her. The two hit it off, with Alexander even inviting Arias to the company's formal executive dinner as his guest. Given his extensive defense wounds, including stab marks and slashes to his hands, arms and legs, it was not likely the shot came first. As sad as it is, everybody focused on Jodi. According to the funeral home, the following services have . Just seeing the evidence and seeing what was transpired before Travis was killed. People who suffer from such a disorder "have a terrified feeling of being abandoned by others," DeMarte told jurors. Still, Mendes admitted there was no denying Arias strange behaviour after her former lover was savagely killed in his own Mesa, Arizona, home. Surreal. Authorities later learned that the blood from the palm print belonged to both Alexander and Arias. You were only a child at the time. Prosecutor Juan Martinez was played by Ugly Betty actor Tony Plana and David Zayas, of Dexter, portrays detective Esteban Flores. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. "The first thing I thought was there was a major struggle in here. TRAVIS ALEXANDER OBITUARY TRAVIS VICTOR ALEXANDER July 28, 1977 ~ June 4, 2008 Travis was born on July 28th, 1977 in Riverside, CA and passed away on June 4th, 2008 in Mesa, Arizona.. [16], Alexander was murdered on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. [2][3][4][5][6], Travis Victor Alexander was born on July 28, 1977,[7] in Riverside, California, to Gary David Alexander (19481997) and Pamela Elizabeth Morgan Alexander (19532005). We had a lot of fun together. After having sex, she allegedly stabbed him in the shower and took photos of him. [30] However, it could not be verified that the car had floor mats when Arias had picked it up, and the red stains could not be analyzed as the car was cleaned before police could examine it. March 5, 1927 - February 20, 2023 On February 20th, 2023, Mary Moritz passed away peacefully in her home in Huntington Beach, CA. I think thats just the way things went. [80], On May 7, 2013, after 15 hours of deliberation, Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder. Travis Victor Alexander (July 28, 1977 June 4, 2008) was an American salesman who was murdered by his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Ann Arias (born July 9, 1980), in his house in Mesa, Arizona. [18][19][42][43][44], On April 6, 2009, a motion to reconsider the defendant's motion to disqualify the Maricopa County District Attorney's office was denied. At the close of his cross-examination of Arias, Martinez replayed the video and prompted Arias to affirm that she had said during the interview that she would not be convicted because she was innocent. [132], On April 11, USA Today reported that during the testimony of defense witness Alyce LaViolette, public outrage was extreme concerning her assertions that Arias was a victim of domestic violence. [24] In the 9-1-1 call (not heard by the jury), the dispatcher asked whether Alexander had been suicidal or if anyone was angry enough to hurt him. "[53] Later, the prosecution argued that the presence of a .25 caliber round found near Alexander's body and the theft of a handgun of the same caliber from Arias' residence in Yreka the previous week proved that she had staged the burglary and used the gun to kill Alexander. Arias and Alexander met in September 2006 at a PPL conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. AUTOPSY of Travis Alexander - murdered - stabbed 27 times and shot in the head by his jealous ex GF Jodi Arias (Warning graphic)! "Whatever they come back with I will have to deal with it, I have no other choice." You can search by first or last name, state and publication date. Alexander's friend Clancy Talbot said Arias was very possessive. Arias remained in prison for more than four years while awaiting trial. I will never forget you and will always be in your heart. The state has denied those allegations in its response and says that Arias received a fair trial. To me, that was just weird.. Jeffery Earle Gifford, born in Royal Oak, Michigan on February 25, 1948, passed away peacefully on the evening of February 17, 2023, after a four-year battle with cancer. Although they lived in different states -- he was in Mesa, Arizona, and she was in Palm Desert, California -- they maintained a long-distance relationship for a few months and would meet at the Murrieta, California, home of Lovingier Hughes and her then-husband Chris Hughes. When she went to Arizona for Alexander's memorial service, she agreed to be fingerprinted by the police. "It was emotional. [129], NBC broadcast a story of the murder on 6 October 2019 in an episode of Dateline titled "Along Came Jodi. I think she was not a good witness. [16] Instead, DeMarte said that Arias suffered from borderline personality disorder, showing signs of immaturity and an "unstable sense of identity." Funeral Homes Local obituaries for Independence, Kansas 177 Results Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Add Photos Add a Memory Louis L. Bolin Jr. Louis Bolin's passing at the age of 66 on Saturday,. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. During the trial, she tried to argue that Alexander had abused her, and she acted in self-defense. The seller was her brother; he claimed that the profits went towards covering the family's travel expenses to the trial and "better food" for Arias while she was in jail. In addition to sexual harassment allegations, the lead prosecutor has been accused of lying to investigators. At the time, we were watching it from the next room, recalled Mendes. Discussing the statement during her testimony, Arias said, "At the time [of the interview], I had plans to commit suicide. I dont mind if I have to work. "I'm calling him and I'm texting him, 'Do you wanna do this? [130], The site of the homicide was featured on Season 2, Episode 1 of Murder House Flip which aired on 12 August 2022 on The Roku Channel. When people are put under a lot of stress that energy has to go somewhere, so you do see a lot of bizarre things in the interrogation room. Friends said the connection was instant when they met. Weeks later, she moved to Mesa, where he was living. The relationship, the relationship of chaos, that ended in chaos as well. In 2008, a jury found Arias guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced him to life in prison with no chance of parole. He said that Arias had likely been suffering from acute stress at the time of the murder, sending her body into a "fight or flight" mode to defend herself, which caused her brain to stop retaining memory. [30] Neither these calls nor their transcripts were presented in Arias' trial. And she kind of ran with it. Arias claimed that she'd arrived at 3 a.m. and that they'd slept and had sex. At one point, an Internet denizen digitally superimposed his face onto a crime-scene photo of Alexander dead in the shower of his Mesa home. Mendes also revealed Arias family, whom he described as hardworking and normal, were stunned by their daughters horrific actions. For a lot of folks that was the first time they had seen someones sexual exploitations plastered all over the media. I was a little surprised by the relationship that they had, said Mendes. Arias denied being in Arizona at the time of Alexander's slaying, he said. Travis Alexander was a devout Mormon. At one point, Arias held up a white T-shirt with the word "Survivor" written across it, telling the jurors that she would sell the clothing and donate all proceeds to victims of domestic abuse. In early June 2008, Alexander had plans to attend a company retreat in Cancun, Mexico, with a Mormon woman he was pursuing named Mimi. A detective testified that no restaurant by that name had ever existed in the Yreka area; at the time, Arias was working at a restaurant called Casa Ramos. "None of it affects the fact that she murdered my brother and she's admitted to it," he said. The following day, Arias met Burns in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan and attended business meetings for the conference. On June 22, from that account, Arias tweeted, "Just don't know yet if I will plea or appeal. A person suffering from borderline personality disorder exhibits instability in their mood, behavior, and relationships. Meanwhile, Alexander began dating a woman named Lisa, Lovingier Hughes said. We were all hugging and just was preparing for the next phase. [102], On October 21, 2014, Arias' sentencing retrial began. "[135], On May 24, Victoria Washington, who was one of Arias' attorneys until she had to resign in 2011 because of a conflict, said "Arias' lead attorney, Nurmi, was pilloried in social media. [119] This decision, made by a three-judge panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals, overruled Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens' original decision, which would "allow a witness to testify in private, as jurors [weighed] whether to give [Arias] the death penalty. Nothing indicates that this is anything less than a slaughter. Who is Benjamin Ernest Ernst? [26] On May 28, a burglary occurred at the residence of Arias' grandparents, with whom Arias was living. I was baptized into the Mormon church in November 2006. With over 1,900 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 375,000 families a year. [114], In an interview on April 8, 2015, Arias' attorney Jennifer Willmott discussed the social media furor, death threats she received, Arias' statements at the sentencing, the holdout juror, and stated that she believed that Arias testified truthfully. The rental clerk testified that the car was missing its floor mats and had red stains on its front and rear seats. [35][37] Arias later told police that two intruders had broken into Alexander's home, murdering him and attacking her. [113] By March 5, 2015, Arias' trials cost an estimated $3 million. None of these claims were ever proven. She was an ex-girlfriend and she wouldn't leave Travis alone," he said Alexanders friends had told him. He was stabbed nearly 30 times and shot in the head with a .25 caliber pistol, Fox News reports. They were devastated. The report also noted that there was evidence of sexual assault, and that Alexander had been bound at the wrists and ankles. The report stated that the cause of death was homicide. Comfort the family with flowers or a sympathy gift. "I was excited and Travis was excited," Lovingier Hughes said. Alexander's grandmother eventually took him and his siblings in, and began clothing and feeding them, Steven Alexander said. Alexander was a salesman and motivational speaker for Pre-Paid Legal Services (PPL). Send a note, share a story or upload a photo. Travis Monroe Alexander was born on November 9, 1967 and passed away on April 19, 2020 and is under the care of Olinger Highland Mortuary & Cemetery. [141], On January 21, 2023, Lifetime did another Jodi Arias movie titled Bad Behind Bars: Jodi Arias which stars Celina Sinden as Jodi Arias, Tricia Black as Donovan Bering, and Lynn Rafferty as Tracy Brown.[142][143]. ", "Jodi Arias Trial: Video Shows Defendant Confronted About Handgun Stolen From Grandparents", "Jodi Arias on tape: I have never owned a gun", "Jodi Arias Trial: Prosecution Rests as Evidence Mounts", "Call Me? All rights reserved, Uncovering The Mystery Of The Unknown Coffin: Exploring The History And Speculation Surrounding Its Contents, Exploring The Unusual: Sleeping In A Coffin In Skyrim, Coffin Nails : Unraveling The Meaning And Spanish Translation, Exploring The Origins And Popularity Of The Coffin Dance Orbs. Colleen McDannell, a professor of religious studies at the University of Utah, told "20/20" that for Mormons, sex and sexual activity outside of the bounds of marriage are forbidden. Much of it was aimed at Arias, though plenty of people tweeted at the media coverage, such as the antics of HLN host Nancy Grace. But that was the thing with Jodi. The lead detective originally claimed that the gunshot occurred first, followed by the stabbing and slitting of the throat. She was convicted in his June 2008 murder and sentenced to life in prison. Those wishing to share a memory or make online condolences may do so. The Arizona State Prison Complex, which houses the states prison system, is managed by the Arizona Department of Correction. Photo: Maricopa County Medical Examiner The primary motive, according to prosecutors, was of jealousy and anger. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. I think she just wasnt willing to share him with anybody else, he said. Sunday, January 29, 2023. Police were able to recover deleted images showing Arias and Alexander in sexually suggestive poses taken at approximately 1:40 p.m. on June 4. By late evening on June 3, Arias had apparently set out for Salt Lake City. So I was extremely confident that no jury would convict me, because I didn't expect any of you to be here." Throughout your life, you were always fond of spending time with your brothers and sisters. In April, Alexander asked to change his travel companion to another female friend. According to the prosecution, she threw a direct strike to his throat and killed him. 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