but all of this attention helped elevate the public persona of ron martinez.g of a prosecutor. now a prominent co-star in the jodi show. just ask some of the trial tourists, the mostly women who traveled from around the country to witness the trial firsthand. >> ron martinez, you never know what he's going to pull out of his hat. >> he's travis's voice and we admire him for that. >> oh, yeah. >> sisters amy markham and dawn johnson both took the week off from their jobs in st. louis in hopes of getting a ringside seat here and maybe meeting some cable tv celebrities. >> once you go into the courtroom, it's so surreal. like you've been seeing all these people on tv and -- >> and here they are in person. >> yeah. this is like hollywood. >> one of the stars the sisters were hoping to spot was katie wick. >> oh, dr. drew, what a crazy day. >> every night katie gave her take on the trial. during hln's "dr. drew" show. >> i have a lot of respect and admiration for ron martinez. >> she wasn't an anchor, reporter, or an attorney. just a regular spectator who caught th