The first-degree murder trial of Jodi Arias, who is accused of the brutal killing of her one-time boyfriend, Travis Alexander, will outline the twists and turns in the investigation into his 2008 death, as well as Arias different versions of exactly what happened during their brief relationship.
Investigators say that in the June of 2008 Arias, 32, stabbed Alexander 27 times, slit his throat and shot him in the head at his Mesa, Ariz., home. Arias, who has been locked up since her arrest, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
Since her arrest later that summer, Arias has denied any involvement in the crime, implicated others, and eventually claimed self defense after years of abuse. Her trial, which began Jan. 2, will outline what
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As the trial opened on Jan, 2, prosecutors describing Alexander as a "good man," who was seduced and then stalked by Arias, and killed by her in a jealous rage when she learned he was dating other women. The couple only dated a few months. In June 2007, Alexander and Arias split up, though they maintained a sexual relationship. In April 2008 Arias had had enough, according her defense team, and moved back to California. Wilmot said it wasn 't Arias who roped Alexander back in, it was actually Alexander who couldn 't let her go, and he kept pressuring her to stay in contact with him. Prosecutor Juan Martinez told the court that it 's clear that Arias murdered Alexander. Willmont maintains that her client was abused and controlled by Alexander, who she claims was a sexual deviant. Willmott showed the jury a t-shirt she says he made Arias wear, with lettering that says "Travis Alexander 's." "That t-shirt is the perfect example of how Travis treated her," she said. After his body was discovered, police found a camera in Alexander 's washing machine. They say Arias was literally trying to wash away the evidence. Found on the camera 's memory card were pictures of their final sexual encounter, shots of Alexander in the shower seconds before he was killed and pictures that appeared to be taken accidently when the camera was dropped. One of the images shows Alexander 's bloody body, and another shows Arias actually