According to a juror from the infamous Jodi Arias trial, Arias planned the murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander and wanted to ensure she was the last person he would have sex with.
Tara Kelley was the Alternate Juror Number 17 and she revealed in an online interview with WildAboutTrial the camera Arias left at the scene of the murder was the most pivotal piece of evidence, as it "showed a timeline of how quickly things happened."
Kelley also disclosed that she did not believe that Jodi Arias was a victim of domestic abuse. When she was asked if the analysis of defense expert witness Alyce LaViolette that Arias was a victim of domestic violence applied to Jodi was fair, Kelley responded in the negative.
"No! I feel she is an advocate and truly believed Jodi was abused! However there was NO proof only her word."
"I thought at times he said some mean things but I never thought she was abused," she added.
Tara even has her own theory of Jodi Arias's crime: She believes that Travis Alexander found out about the sex tape (an audio recording made by Jodi Arias) and Jodi tried to blackmail him with it.
"I believe on May 26, Travis was trying to break it off completely with Jodi!" Tara theorized. "She got mad and threatened him with the sex tape! He started calling her those names b/c he thought if he did she would finally leave him alone, especially when he said u r the worst thing that ever happened to me!
"He was hoping that would make her stop! It only made her really mad knowing he no longer wanted her! She couldn't take it!
"She planned the burglary and started planning his death! She wanted to make sure she was the last he ever had sexually! She wanted that power of knowing she was his last."
Kelley added that Arias was compulsively lying on stand, in her opinion, and that the police interview with Arias' parents would have disclosed a lot.
"I think those parent interrogation videos could have been a game changer!" she said. "Shows they weren't shocked she did it."
If you want to read the interview of Kelley about the Jodi Arias trial, then head over to WildAboutTrial.
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