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 inc