Jodi Ann Arias was born in Salinas, California, on July 9, 1980, to William Angelo and Sandy D. Arias. She has four siblings, an older half-sister and two younger brothers and a sister. Her childhood years are unremarkable, however, she experience child abuse, claiming her parents hit her with wooden spoons and a belt. The abuse allegedly began when she was 7-years-old. Arias later dropped out of Yreka Union High School in the eleventh grade, she sought out to pursue her interest in professional photography. To maintain a respectable life in California Arias found work at various part-time facilities. January 2003, Arias began dating 40 year old, Darryl Brewer, manager at one of her many part time occupations. Later that year, the couple purchased