I wonder what his parents think about all of this? I think I read somewhere that they weren't super TBM, more like jackmo's. But even so, I wonder if they are totally in denial about his level of sexual activity? I'm guessing they just brush it under the rug and put the blame completely on her? She may have embellished some of their encounters, but he def wasn't a goody peter priesthood either.
but I usually catch up on it in the evening. I think sister arias has held her own pretty well on the stand.
I have heard that Travis's parents are both dead, but he does have several siblings in the courtroom. It must be horrendous for them to listen to all this.
Travis sent the missionaries to her house thinking she would be the perfect convert. So the mormon missionaries kind of stalked her a bit didn't they?
Villager Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > but I usually catch up on it in the evening. I > think sister arias has held her own pretty well on > the stand. >
Tupperwhere Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > if so, does she get cookies from the HT/VT's in > jail?
Home teachers visit members who are prisoners?
Actually, I'm quite sure that Joseph Smith would approve of that policy. His 1844 political tract was extremely sympathetic to jailed offenders, whether they were members or not.
Anyway, I hope she has the Standard Works with her in her cell. That might help convince the jury how honest and sincere the lady(?) is...
My guess is that Arias will be excommunicated if she's convicted, if she hasn't been already. As for Travis, I don't think anything will happen as he's dead since I've never heard of anyone being excommunicated once they're dead.
Does anyone else find it weird that Travis's throat was slit from ear to ear? That was one of the temple penalties pre 1990, right? It just seems strange that Travis, who claimed to be a TBM, lived with a bunch of Mormon roommates, and committed the sin second only to murder (according to MOrmons), would have his throat slit in such a Mormon related manner.
I had not thought of that but without blaming the victim here, I believe Travis was kind of a perv. Sounds like he thought he could pull off the good Mormon boy facade while still trying to be a ladies man. He should have found another religion - perhaps one that didn't delve so much into a person's sex life. Then again, I think Jodi should have walked away once she realized he was a user. He didn't deserve to die - only deserved to be left alone. His karma would have caught up with him anyway. She didn't have to inflict her own on him - regardless of how crappy he treated her. I believe he emotionally & possibly sexually abused her but I think she could have ended it without murdering the guy. Just my 2 cents.
emma forgot login Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone else find it weird that Travis's > throat was slit from ear to ear? That was one of > the temple penalties pre 1990, right? It just > seems strange that Travis, who claimed to be a > TBM, lived with a bunch of Mormon roommates, and > committed the sin second only to murder (according > to MOrmons), would have his throat slit in such a > Mormon related manner.
Really? emma... do you know of ***any*** knife-wielding killer who slits their victim's throat up and down and not ear to ear?
emma forgot login Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Really? emma... do you know of ***any*** > knife-wielding killer who slits their victim's > throat up and down and not ear to ear? > > @matt - as a matter of fact............. I think > you missed my point. Bless your heart.
I saw your point. But did not agree with it.
I doubt very much it had anything to do with the older style temple ceremonies.
Maybe it is possible that the older temple penalty is significant in the way she killed him.
Sis Arias most likely read everything she could find online about mormonism; including mormon temple ceremonies.
The wounds that were the most deadly were the knife wound in the abdomen that struck the Vena cava, the ear to ear neck wound and the gunshot wound to the head, according to an expert on TV.
I don't think that the defense would bring up that possible scenario unless sis Arias herself does.
Interesting to see a female psychiatrist on Dr Drew slap down a friend of Alexander's who called sister arias just a booty call.
I have followed this story from the beginning and Sister Arias is considered by most experts a pathological lier, basically Scott Peterson without a dick. She has been on the stand for three days spinning yarns that would make Joseph Smith proud. She is remembering details from four years ago, stuff that is not even relevant, that can only come from thin air, the Press loves it.
The only person who can refute what she is spouting on the stand has 2 bullet holes in his head 27 slash and stab wounds and a throat cut from ear to ear so deep that the only thing keeping his head on was his spinal cord
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He probably saw suicide as the only way to get away from her.
I have never in my life heard of a trial that got into this much detail about someone's sex life. It's going to be must-reading/watching for teenage boys everywhere. Lady Chatterly's Lovers for the 21st century.
She killed him in self defense because she drop his new camera and he attacked her soooo
She told him wait , hang on ( ran into the other the other room they were in the bathroom naked) to get the 25 caliber gun she stole form her parents one week before and a knife so she can defend her self from this viscous attack because she drop his new camera