Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias met in 2006 and dated briefly in 2007, breaking up that June. In June 2008, Jodi rented a car and drove to Travis' home in Mesa, Arizona. On June 4, they engaged in sexual activities and took intimate photos together. The last photo of Travis alive was taken at 5:30pm. At some point that afternoon or evening, Jodi stabbed Travis nearly 30 times, shot him in the head, and slit his throat from ear to ear, killing him. She then engaged in efforts to clean the crime scene and fled, returning the rental car on June 7. Travis' body was found on June 9. Over subsequent months, evidence was collected linking Jodi to
Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias met in 2006 and dated briefly in 2007, breaking up that June. In June 2008, Jodi rented a car and drove to Travis' home in Mesa, Arizona. On June 4, they engaged in sexual activities and took intimate photos together. The last photo of Travis alive was taken at 5:30pm. At some point that afternoon or evening, Jodi stabbed Travis nearly 30 times, shot him in the head, and slit his throat from ear to ear, killing him. She then engaged in efforts to clean the crime scene and fled, returning the rental car on June 7. Travis' body was found on June 9. Over subsequent months, evidence was collected linking Jodi to
Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias met in 2006 and dated briefly in 2007, breaking up that June. In June 2008, Jodi rented a car and drove to Travis' home in Mesa, Arizona. On June 4, they engaged in sexual activities and took intimate photos together. The last photo of Travis alive was taken at 5:30pm. At some point that afternoon or evening, Jodi stabbed Travis nearly 30 times, shot him in the head, and slit his throat from ear to ear, killing him. She then engaged in efforts to clean the crime scene and fled, returning the rental car on June 7. Travis' body was found on June 9. Over subsequent months, evidence was collected linking Jodi to
Day of Week Time Location Event 2006 Sept Las Vegas, NV Travis' sister, Tanisha Sorenson, says Travis and Jodi meet at conference Nov 26 Tanisha says Travis baptizes Jodi into Mormonism 2007 Feb 2 Travis and Jodi begin dating June Jodi finds texts from another girl on Travis' phone 29 Travis and Jodi break up July Jodi moves to Mesa, AZ to be closer to Travis Dec Travis begins dating another girl (conflifting reports: July or Dec) Travis' tires slashed. Travis and girlfriend notice Jodi following them. New girlfriend received email from John Doe. 2008 Jan 8 Text (J to T) "Ahhh!! I fell asleep! But to answer your questio, yes I want to grind you. And I want to be LOUD. And I want to give you a nice, warm "mouth hug" too :)" 18 Text (J to T) "My pussy is SO WET" March Oklahoma City, OK Picture of Travis and Jodi reportedly taken in front of LDS temple (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) Amarillo, TX Picture of Traviswith statue reportedly taken (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) April Mesa, AZ Jodi moves to California (not Phoenix, AZ...as originally posted) 14 Mon Travis' Blog Travis posts "Why we are here..." (first blog post) 16 Wed Travis' Blog Travis posts "Auto Suggestion"..."This year will be the best year of my life" 20 Mon Text (T to J) "I am at a night club right now and it helped me to come to the conclusion that you are one of the prettiest girls on the planet" 21 Mon Text (T to J) "send me a naughty picture" 22 Tues Travis' Blog Travis posts "Creating An Amazing Day." 27 Sun Jodi's Blog Jodi posts "Religion and Dogma" 29 Tues Jodi's Blog Jodi posts "Awaken" 30 Wed Jodi's Blog Jodi posts "Why Do Children Climb Up Slides?" May 1 Thur Jodi's Blog Jodi posts "If..." 4 Sun Jodi's Blog Jodi posts "The Law of Attraction (here we go again...)" 5 Mon Travis' Blog Travis posts "Introduction to 'Rasing You'" 10 Sat Jodi's Blog Jodi posts "Journal Entry" 10 Sat Text (T to J) "Why don't you have him come and fuck you in the woods, I can only imagine you are so worried about me reading. You are paranoid because you have no respect for people privacy and you dare insult me of all people. Someone you should through your actions you hate more than love by denying me a human right of privacy countless times. You have a lot of freaking nerve. We are all not like you in that aspect" 11 Sun Travis' Blog Travis posts "Stepping Stones and Stumbling Blocks" 18 Sun Travis' Blog Travis posts "Why I want to mary a Gold Digger" June 1st Week Travis mentions to friends he thinks Jodi hacked his FB account. He tells her to stay out of his life forever. 2 Mon 8:04 AM Redding, CA Jodi rents car from Budget Rent-a-Car 3 Tues Jodi claims (on 6/25/2008) to leave Yreka on 48 hour trip to Salt Lake City (20 hours without cellular phone) 4 Wed Mesa, AZ Jodi arrives at Travis' home 4 Wed 9:00 AM Jodi told Ryan Burns should would arrive in Salt Lake Wed. morning 4 Wed 12:13 PM Mesa, AZ Last outgoing call made from Travis' phone. Followed by unanswered incoming calls and texts. 4 Wed 1:40 PM Mesa, AZ Start of series of naked pictures of Travis and Jodi (2 of Travis, 6 of Jodi) in provacative sexual poses 4 Wed 4:19 PM Mesa, AZ Police determine last laptop activity occurs at 4:19 PM 4 Wed 5:22 PM Mesa, AZ Time stamp of first deleted picture 4 Wed 5:30 PM Mesa, AZ Last picture of Travis alive (deleted) 4 Wed 5:31:14 PM Mesa, AZ Ceiling Picture taken 4 Wed 5:32:32 PM Mesa, AZ Picture of Travis being dragged 4 Wed 7:00 PM Mesa, AZ Travis misses important conference call with Chris Hughes 4 Wed 10:30 PM Jodi and Ryan talk for 30-60 minutes. She says she got lost and took a nap 5 Thurs morning Jodi claims (on 6/25/2008) to arrive in Salt Lake in the late morning from Yreka. 5 Thurs Salt Lake City, UT Participates in last day of conference. 7 Sat 1:08 PM Redding, CA Jodi returns car (late) to Budget Rent-a-Car 9 Mon Mesa, AZ Travis' friends find him dead at home 9 Mon 10:27 PM Mesa, AZ Friends call police 10 Tues Mesa, AZ Travis and Marie Hall were planning on going on a trip to Cancun, Mexico this day 10 Tues 9:53 AM Mesa, AZ Search Warrant issued. Search performed at 9:53 AM. 10 Tues 2:35 PM Police contact Jodi via phone interview. Claims last time she saw Travis was April 2008. Claims she last spoke with Travis on Tuesday June 3, 2008 between 8:00-9:00 PM driving form Yreka to Salt Lake City 13 Fri Jodi's Blog Jodi posts a gallery on her MySpace page titled "In Loving Memory of Travis" 17 Tues Jodi visits Mesa Police Department voluntarily 19 Thur Police receive images from camera. 21 Sat Riverside, CA Travis' funeral held 25 Wed Police contact Jodi via phone interview. Claims she left Yreka for Salt Lake Conference on 6/3/2008 (48 hour trip, 20 hours without cellular phone). Claims to arrive in Salt Lake late morning of 6/5/2008 26 Thur Latent print in blood on bathroom wall identified as Jodi's 26 Thur Mesa, AZ Jodi attends memorial service for Travis. July 3 Tues Police Crime Lab contact investigators with initial DNA typing results from palm blood print (mixture of Travis' and Jodi's blood) 3 Tues Police Crime Lab contact investigators with hair in blood identified as Jodi's 9 Wed California Grand jury in California indicted Arias on first-degree murder charges in Alexander's death. Trial set for Feb. 21, 2012 15 Tues Jodi is arrested and has been in jail since. Sept 11 Thur Jodi entered a not guilty plea at her arraignment 23 Tues Jodi tells "Inside Edition" she witnessed a masked mn and woman attack Travis, she fled, and too scared to call police 31 Wed Prosecutors file a motion seeking the death penalty for Jodi Nov 6 Fri State files its amended notice of intent to seek the death penalty and aggravating factors Dec 16 Wed Ms. Washington files a motion on behalf of defendent seeking to allow Public Defender's Office to withdraw 2010 June 1 Tues Defendent discloses to the State copies of letters purportedly written by Travis between 11/27/2006- 5/27/2007 18 Fri State makes oral motion for disclosure of the original handwritten letters 22 Tues Defendent files Notice of Defenses, noticing she intended to assert justification defenses 2011 Dec 22 Thur The courts is granted motion to withdraw after discussion during sealed proceeding 2012 Jan 3 Tues Defense orally moves for a continuance, which the State opposed Dec 10 Mon Jury selection for Jodi's trial begins 2013 Jan 3 Thur Phoenix, AZ Marie "Mimi" Hall is first witness to take the stand in Jodi's trial Other Information Jodi's Birthday is July 9th Havasupai Falls, AZ Undated picture of Travis and Jodi taken (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) Painted Desert, AZ Undated picture of Travis taken (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) Disney Land, CA Undated picture of Travis and Jodi taken (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) Albuquerque, NM Undated picture of Travis and Jodi taken at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) Chama, NM Undated picture of Travis and Jodi taken at the Cumbres and Toltec Rail Road (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) Palmyra, NY Undated picture of Travis and Jodi taken at the LDS Sacred Grove (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) Niagara Falls, NY Undated picture of Travis and Jodi taken at Niagara Falls (later posted on Jodi's MySpace page) Travis' Roommates Zachary Billings and Enrique Cortez
United States of America Ex Rel. Richard MacHado Relator-Appellant v. Hon. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden of Attica State Prison, Attica, New York, 351 F.2d 892, 2d Cir. (1965)