that's why i picked you. >> and in rich's case, taylor has given him a reason to want to stay young. and in many ways, that's better than sex. >> a stored did story of sex, lies. >> i'm not guilty. >> and audio tapes. >> the trial of jody ann arias. >> we the jury find the defend as to count one, first degree murder guilty. >> though unanimous on their verdict, the jury deadlocked on the right penalty for arias.

>> this is a case, a story, a criminal defendant unlike any other we have met before. >> this tale of passion gone wrong cost travis alexander his life. now a new jury will have to determine whether it will cost jodi arias hers. in the next half-hour, revisit the scene of the crime, review the evidence, and you decide whether jodi arias deserves life or death. in the "cnn spotlight, the trial of jodi arias." monday, june 9, 2008, 90 minutes to midnight in mesa arizona community, mountain ranch. nobody had heard from travis alexander in five days. a handful of concerned friends went look for him. they found their friend, pale and lifeless on the shower

floor. travis' bed had 29 stab marks including the slash across his nick from ear to ear. there was a 25 caliber gunshot wound over his right eyebrow and massive amounts of blood all over the master suite. his friends had immediate suspicion as but who did it. jodi arias. the woman travis met in las vegas two years before. >> we were there for a convention, our company had a big event there. i was there in las vegas with

him. >> travis! >> travis alexander was a motivational speaker, compelling and effective. he was also a close friend and co-worker of david hughes, in the fall of 2006. >> i knew he was single. and he was always looking for missal ex ander. >> enter sales woman and aspiring photographer, jodi arias. >> i told travis, hey, there is a cute girl i work with. you should meet her. he was like introduce me. i introduced them. they were able to develop a relationship pretty quickly from there. >> they met in vegas. the night they met it seemed that -- things heated up very quickly. because jodi arias said within a week or so they are having sex in the car. >> jody and travis had an instant physical connection. a whirlwind romance. but a long distance one with her in palm desert, california, and

him five hours away in mesa, arizona. still, that wouldn't slow them down. the author of "picture perfect" about the case. >> from the beginning, travis and jodi were in con tant communication, talked every day. exchanged thousands of e-mails and text messages. >> reporter: there were signs of trouble from the start. >> right away, travis' friend were concerned. it was clear she liked him a lot more than he liked her. >> by summer of 2007, their relationship cooled. in part because of jodi's increasing jealousy over travis' interests in other women. >> jodi went through the phone and discovered flirty messages to other women and decided to end the relationship at that point. at the say time, travis was looking to end the relationship. >> jodi and trach is did break up. but that didn't mean they weren't still friend with

benefits. >> clearly jodi enjoyed her sexual life with travis. but it must have been tormenting. in her diary, she writes how she loves travis so fully and completely she didn't know any other way to be. he was just her entire focus. she was extremely obsessioned with him. >> reporter: an obsession that led jodi to spying and violence against travis. >> she slashed his tires. broke into his e-mail account. hacked into his facebook page. broke into his house, stole his journals. she read his diary. she just did crazy stalking behaviors. >> on june 4th, 2008, she made one last visit to her estranged lover's home. arriving in the wee hours of the morning. vinny politan, covered the trial for hln. >> travis is there according to her. he is online. they go to sleep. but when they wake up, then they get back to what travis and jodi

always do. which its engage in sex. >> reporter: when travis was stabbed to death, jodi was immediately a suspect. but when investigators reached jodi by phone, she insisted she had been nowhere near mesa for months. this was version one of her story. but investigators are table to place her at the crime scene thanks to a hair print, hair and travis' camera discovered in his washing machine. at 5:30 p.m., jodi uses the camera to take the last picture of travis alive. he is in the shower.

by now, it was july. jo dim. was in police custody. but she was still sticking to version number one. >> you need to tell me the truth. this is absolutely over. you need to tell me the truth. >> if this is the shower. i was sitting here. >> the very next day, jodi decided to change her story to version two. claiming two intruders came into the house attacked her and fatally stabbed travis.

>> reporter: then in 2010, two years after the murder, jodi's lawyers file a shocking court document. indicating, jodi will change her story yet again. she would finally admit to killing travis, but claim it was self-defense. >> story one. i wasn't there. wasn't there. what are you talking about? version two, all right. i was there, but there were these two ninjas that came in and they killed travis and threatened to kill me. i was able to get out of there. story three. i was there. and i did it. but, but, i did it in self defense because travis was going to kill me. >> reporter: coming up, the trial. jodi takes the stand to give her side of the story. >> he called me a -- and kicked me in the ribs.

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one. first degree murder, premeditated murder. >> it has been more than four years since friends discovered travis alexander's dead body crumpled in his bathroom shower. >> jodi arias killed travis alexander. there is no question about it. the million dollar question is what would have forced her to do it. after telling two different stories about her innocence. jodi arias admitted under oath she was the killer. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> but she denied the charge against her. that she had planned travis' murder. >> why? >> the simple answer is he attacked me. and i defended myself. >> she pled not guilty, claiming self defense. she was forced to kill travis.

>> it just, those two minutes. jodi had to make a choice -- she would either live or she would die. >> the death penalty case you want sympathy. you need an explanation for the defendant's actions and what they did. >> the defense's explanation was to blame the victim. defense witnesses pour frrtraye travis as conflicted. publicly a devout mormon, respected in his community. privately a man with lewd interests. jodi was in the word of her defense attorney travis' dirty little secret. something she vividly demonstrated in this lurid phone call. >> you, you were hot. start touching yourself. >> when you hear this call, it's, it's crucial to understand the difference. the difference between the type of person that travis pour frayed hpour --

portrayed himself to be. ver su versus the things he said on this recorded call. that was so hot. that actually, so like the way you moan sounds like, sound like a 12-year-old girl having her first orgasm. it's so hot. >> then, there were the text messages. >> he says that this photo shoot is going to be one of the best experiences of your life and his. >> text messages from travis. appearing to treat jodi as the his sex slave. >> he also says -- you'll rejoice in being a whore, that's sole purpose in life is to be mine to have animal sex with and to please me in any way i desire. >> the defense is trying literally to trash travis. >> to the defense it was travis the monster.

jo di jodi his victim. but to the prosecution it was all an unsustainable lie. >> the road to the death penalty here is paved with premeditation. that's what the prosecution has to prove. stow whe so where do they go for premeditation. for starters, prosecutor, juan martinez says was jodi's attempt at a cover-up. including this message left on trach is travis' voice mail after he was dead. >> my phone died. so i wasn't getting back to anybody. and what else? oh, and i drove over 100 miles in the wrong direction. over 100 miles. so yeah, remember new mexico. a lot like that. >> the reason you went to great lengths too do that. if there was any suspicion it wouldn't be drawn to you, correct? >> not immediately, that was the point, yes. >> you wanted, the police to

look elsewhere, right? >> i guess. >> so you called mr. alexander. you left him a message, right? >> yes. >> but despite her early efforts at a cover-up, jodi took the jury through the grisly details of her version of the killing. starting when she dropped travis' new camera. off off -- >> at that point. travis flipped out again. he stood up and stepped out of the shower. he picked me up as he was screaming that i was a stupid idiot. and he body slammed me again on the tile. he told me that a 5-year-old could hold a camera better than i can. when he hit the tile, i rolled over on the side and started running down the hallway. so, i ran into the closet.

i slammed the door. >> then, jodi reached for the 25 caliber gun. she said, travis kempt on the shelf. >> i grabbed the gun. i ran out of the closet it. he was chasing me. i turned around and we were in the middle of the bathroom. i pointed it at him with both of my hands. i thought that would stop him. so pointing a gun at me, i would stop. he just kept running. he got, he got like a linebacker. he got kind of low and grabbed my waist. before he did that. he was lunging at me. the gun want off. the gun went off. >> there was zero evidence, independent evidence, evidence other than words out of jodi arias' mouth. that established travis alexander as a gun owner. there is -- there is none. >> your grandfather also had guns didn't he? >> but there is evidence that jodi's grandfather owned a gun. a gun that martinez believed jodi stolen a burglar she she

staged at the home she shared with her grandparents. when travis' bed was found in the shower, there was only one bullet wound. but almost 30 knife wounds. and he nearly had been decapitated. an unforgettable scene. that jodi claims she doesn't remember. >> i have no memory of stabbing him. i was in the bathroom. i remember dropping the knife. and it, it clanged on the tile. made a big noise. i just remember screaming. i don't remember a lot after that. the whole day, there are a lot of gaps. i don't know if i blacked out or what. there is a huge gap. >> but prosecutor martinez didn't buy any of it. in his final exchange, made his

most important accusation. that jodi arias was a liar. >> so you lied, right? >> well -- >> objection, argumentative. >> you didn't tell the whole story, then, right. that's what you said, right? >> that would be accurate. >> next, jurors get a turn to ask questions. what is your understanding of the word skank? >> a hint of what they might be thinking. first thethen a littleeck-in.... weekend to remember.

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>> can you imagine how much it must have hurt mr. alexander when you stuck that knife right into his chest. that must have hurt, right? >> argumentative. >> sustained. >> in arizona lawyers aren't the only one whose can grill witnesses. after weeks of testifying, jodi arias faced questions from the jury. read allowed by the judge. this its the time set for the court to ask the questions you have submitted. how is it that you were so calm on the television interviews? >> it is rare jurors get to ask questions. this jury asked hundreds and hundred of questions to witnesses and to the defendant herself. i mean this is the woman who is facing murder one charges and death penalty. and the jury asking her questions. some of them very, very

important questions. others, a little sarcastic. >> what is your understanding of the word skank? >> they had questions about jodi's sex life with travis. >> if you didn't want to be tied up to a tree, why would you go up and look for a place where he could do that? >> question as but her killing travis? >> were you mad at travis while you were stabbing him? >> and question after question about jodi's many lives. >> why did you decide to tell the truth two years after the killing? why did you wait for so long to tell the truth? would you decide to tell the truth if you never got arrested? >> i honestly don't know the answer to that question. >> after the barrage of questions, both sides wrapped their cases. after five months of testimony, including 18 days with jodi on the stand her fate was in the hands of the jury.

>> please be seated. the record will show the presence of the jury, the defendant and all counsel. ladies and gentlemen, i understand-up have reached a verdict? >> it would take just over 15 hours to reach a verdict. >> the state of arizona versus jodi arias, verdict, count one. we, the jury, duly empanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oaths do find the defendant as to count one, first degree murder guilty. >> wow. wow. 12 people, all agreeing this was premeditated murder. huge win for juan martinez. >> jury 4 is this your true verdict? >> yes. >> the victim's family was relieved. outside the courthouse, the public celebrated. >> you have more of a reaction from travis alexander's siblings all seated behind everything. and you can hear them.

you can see them. some were hugging. others are just breaking down and crying. >> in jodi arias -- >> i don't think jodi arias was shocked. but i think this is a confusing part of her life. because i think she always got her way. because she took advantage of her looks, took advantage of who've she was. she was able to talk her way through everything. but you can't talk your way out of the first degree murder. >> but jodi arias wasn't finished talking. as the the case moved into the sentencing phase, jodi focused on convincing the jury that she deserves to live. >> over the years i spent in incarceration, i have received request from women to teach them spanish or american sign language. because my case was pending, i just didn't have the time. in prison i will. until rerecently, i could not he

imagined standing before you and asking you. to me life in prison was most unappealing outcome i could think of. i thought i would rather die. but as i stand here now, i can't in good conscience ask you to sentence me to death. >> ultimately the jury deadlocked at the sentencing phase. >> no unanimous agreement. >> voting 8-4 for the death penalty. the judge had no choice but to declare a mistrial. now, more than a year later, a new jury will convene to sentence jodi arias. new witnesses will be called, and a jury of her peers will findly decide her fate. giving her either life or death. tonight on "unwarded wi e"u rachel nichols" from the floor of the u.s. senate to jon

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