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Who Is Travis Alexander's Murder?

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Travis Alexander’s mutilated body was discovered on June 9, 2008 in the shower of his home in Mesa, Arizona by his friends after not hearing from him for several days. The body had multiple knife wounds, a slit throat, and a gunshot wound to the head, which were inflicted five days prior to his discovery. The perpetrator, Jodi Arias, age 32, was charged with Travis’ murder on July 9, 2008 and put on trial in early January of the following year. Before her trial, Ms. Arias originally denied having any involvement with the crime, which she changed to claiming they were attacked by two intruders who let her live after they killed Travis. While on trial, she then stated that she had ‘killed Travis out of self-defense’ when she was attacked by him

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