Jodi Arias left behind a scene of bloody carnage after she slashed at her ex-lover in his shower, and even tried to forge erotic correspondence to try and frame her doomed lover Travis Alexander as a sex maniac. Then she tried to blame the crime on her former boyfriend by saying he had an obsession with the 1962 thriller “Psycho” — claiming Travis was obsessed with homicidal fantasies of bathroom slaughters….
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Travis is seen here in what prosecutors claimed were his final photos, taken while he was in the shower at his home in Mesa, Ariz. The disturbing images were found on a camera card in his washing machine. Jodi had traveled to see him in Mesa on June 5 for a sordid afternoon of sex — despite Travis having broken up with her earlier. [GRAPHIC IMAGES FOLLOW...]
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The camera card also had recent photos of Jodi naked, and photos of the crime scene. After his body was found in the shower on June 9, Jodi denied having been there. Then she told police that she'd witnessed homicidal intruders break into Travis' home.
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She later insisted
that she'd killed Travis in self-defense — with Travis having been shot in the head, in addition to having his throat cut and being found with over 20 stab wounds on his body. An insider reported that those brutal details gave Jodi the inspiration for a new defense where Travis had a sick fascination with the "Psycho" scene.
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"She claims he was sexually aroused by the idea of a naked woman being attacked in a shower," said the insider, referencing the movie scene where
Janet Leigh's character was brutally slaughtered by a knife-wielding lunatic. "But when he started roughing her up, things got out of hand. If not for that, she says the knife she used never would have been in the bathroom to begin with."
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The source added that Jodi had detailed her new defense on legal pads — writing down notes that she planned to turn into a book modeled on
O.J. Simpson's attempt
to sell his own confession. "Jodi wants to be free," said the insider, "have fun, and enjoy the rest of her life after being locked up. She figures that writing a best-seller will help her to achieve that goal."
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The insider also revealed Jodi's plan to accuse Travis of ignoring her after she had a miscarriage with her child. "He was so coldhearted about it," said the insider, "she felt as though he had stabbed her in the heart." Jodi's claims about the miscarriage were never confirmed, though.
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Photo credit: Getty/Files
Travis is seen here in what prosecutors claimed were his final photos, taken while he was in the shower at his home in Mesa, Ariz. The disturbing images were found on a camera card in his washing machine. Jodi had traveled to see him in Mesa on June 5 for a sordid afternoon of sex — despite Travis having broken up with her earlier. [GRAPHIC IMAGES FOLLOW...]
The camera card also had recent photos of Jodi naked, and photos of the crime scene. After his body was found in the shower on June 9, Jodi denied having been there. Then she told police that she'd witnessed homicidal intruders break into Travis' home.
She later insisted
that she'd killed Travis in self-defense — with Travis having been shot in the head, in addition to having his throat cut and being found with over 20 stab wounds on his body. An insider reported that those brutal details gave Jodi the inspiration for a new defense where Travis had a sick fascination with the "Psycho" scene.
"She claims he was sexually aroused by the idea of a naked woman being attacked in a shower," said the insider, referencing the movie scene where
Janet Leigh's character was brutally slaughtered by a knife-wielding lunatic. "But when he started roughing her up, things got out of hand. If not for that, she says the knife she used never would have been in the bathroom to begin with."
The source added that Jodi had detailed her new defense on legal pads — writing down notes that she planned to turn into a book modeled on
O.J. Simpson's attempt
to sell his own confession. "Jodi wants to be free," said the insider, "have fun, and enjoy the rest of her life after being locked up. She figures that writing a best-seller will help her to achieve that goal."
The insider also revealed Jodi's plan to accuse Travis of ignoring her after she had a miscarriage with her child. "He was so coldhearted about it," said the insider, "she felt as though he had stabbed her in the heart." Jodi's claims about the miscarriage were never confirmed, though.
