Did Jodi Arias Get Away With Murder? The Travis Alexander Verdict

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June 4 marks 15 years since Travis Alexander ’s shocking murder at the hands of his ex-girlfriend. The four-month-long murder trial convicting Jodi Arias for the 2008 murder of her. Here is the evidence that got Arias convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole in April 2015. Investigators first tied Jodi Arias to the Travis Alexander murder scene through a bloody handprint discovered outside his bedroom. In June 2008, Travis Alexander , Arias ’ on-again, off-again boyfriend, was found in the bathroom of his Mesa home. Arias , then 28, shot Alexander , 30 in the head, stabbed him nearly 30. Alexander was found dead in June of 2008 after his friends failed to get in touch with him for days on end. Arias was later arrested for the murder, taking the stand in a trial that often. Travis Alexander was found dead, stabbed at least 27 times and shot in the head, on June 9, 2008. Jodi Arias , a former girlfriend, was convicted in his murder in 2013. Arias , 32 , was charged with murder in the 2008 death of Travis Alexander. As the guilty of first-degree murder verdict was being read, she began crying. The woman admitted she killed Alexander. A jury found Jodi Arias , 32 , planned the killing of Travis Alexander, 30, a motivational speaker and salesman. Initially blaming the killing on intruders, Arias later said she had killed. On February 6, Arias testified that she had killed Alexander in self-defense and stated that Alexander was abusive during their relationship. On May 8, 2013, the jury reached a verdict . Arias claimed she killed Alexander , a motivational speaker and salesman for a legal services company, in self-defense. But prosecutors insisted it was an act of first-degree murder that could.