![]() ![]() 25 caliber round was found near Alexander's body at the murder scene. This information later became significant as a shell case from a spent. Among the missing objects was a handgun chambered in. On May 28, a burglary occurred at the residence of Arias's grandparents, with whom Arias was living. In April, Alexander asked to change his travel companion to another female friend, Marie Hall. In early 2008, Alexander told acquaintances that Arias would join him for a work-related trip to Cancún, Mexico scheduled for June 15. He was buried at Riverside's Olivewood Memorial Park cemetery. Horn further testified that Alexander may have been dead at the time the gunshot was inflicted, and that the back wounds were shallow. Medical examiner Kevin Horn would later testify that Alexander's jugular vein, common carotid artery, and trachea had been slashed and that he had defensive wounds on his hands. He sustained 27 stab wounds, a slit throat, and a gunshot wound to the head. Murder Īlexander was murdered on Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Alexander's friends who knew Arias and observed them together tended to have a negative opinion of her, stating that the relationship was unusually tumultuous and that Arias's behavior was worrying. Īlexander and Arias dated intermittently for a year and a half, often in a long-distance relationship, taking turns traveling between their respective Arizona and California homes. In April 2008, she moved to Yreka, California, and lived there with her grandparents. Arias moved to Mesa to live closer to Alexander. Alexander and Arias began dating in February 2007. Arias converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which Alexander was a member, and was baptized by him on Novemin a ceremony in Southern California. Īrias and Alexander met in September 2006 at a PPL conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jodi Ann Arias was born on July 9, 1980, in Salinas, California, to William and Sandra (née Allen) Arias. Travis performed stand-up comedy under the alter ego "Eddie Snell". Travis told a friend that, prior to engaging with a church, he would frequently engage in fights. Alexander was a salesman and motivational speaker for Pre-Paid Legal Services (PPL). After his father's death in July 1997, his seven siblings were also taken in by their paternal grandmother. At the age of 11, Travis moved in with his paternal grandparents. Travis Victor Alexander was born on July 28, 1977, in Riverside, California, to Gary David Alexander (1948–1997) and Pamela Elizabeth Morgan Alexander (1953–2005). Alexander's death and the subsequent investigation and trial received widespread media attention in the United States. During the sentencing phase, the jury deadlocked on the death penalty option, and Arias was thus sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Arias testified that she killed him in self-defense, but she was convicted by the jury of first-degree murder. Īt the time of the murder, Alexander sustained 27 knife wounds and a gunshot to the head. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on April 13, 2015. Travis Victor Alexander (J– June 4, 2008) was an American salesman who was murdered by his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Ann Arias (born July 9, 1980), in his house in Mesa, Arizona. Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole
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