Inside the Murder of Travis Alexander, How He Was Murdered by His Obsessed Lover

Travis Alexander thought he'd met the love of his life when he first met Jodi Arias. Instead, he'd met his assassin. Arias stabbed him at least two dozen times in the shower and shot him in the head less than two years after they met.

What went wrong in their love story?

In the trial that captivated the nation, Jodi Arias claimed that Alexander had assaulted her and that she was compelled to kill him in self-defense. Nevertheless, Alexander's acquaintances reported a different narrative, stating that Arias had developed a profound fascination with him, even spying on him and reading his emails.

Ultimately, in 2013, a jury would find Arias guilty after viewing gruesome crime scene photographs she had taken of Alexander both before and after his murder. Nevertheless, what ultimately motivated Jodi Arias to kill Travis Alexander on June 4, 2008?

Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias Meets

Travis Alexander, who was born on July 28, 1977, endured a tough childhood. He and his six siblings, had drug-addicted parents and experienced physical violence from their mother. Alexander and his siblings moved in with their grandmother when he was ten years old.

But by the time Alexander was an adult, he had built a stable livelihood for himself. He gained employment as a salesman with Prepaid Legal Services after converting to Mormonism. And in September 2006, Alexander first encountered Jodi Arias at a business event in Las Vegas.

It was love at first sight for both of them. Alexander and Arias, a blonde freelance photographer, talked till 4 a.m. The next morning, Alexander told his pals that he'd found his wife.

Despite the fact that Arias lived in Palm Desert, California, and Alexander in Mesa, Arizona, their relationship appeared to be strong at first. Arias converted to Mormonism after only a few months of dating Alexander, and the couple journeyed through the southwest together. Nonetheless, cracks quickly developed.

How The Love Turned Sour

Travis Alexander felt guilty, which reduced his happiness upon meeting Jodi Arias. The Mormon faith outlaws premarital sex, which he and Arias were engaging in.

He occasionally lashed out, even calling Jodi "slut" in texts and emails.

A lot of Alexander's friends also started to believe that Arias had an unhealthy infatuation with him. She listened in on his talks, perused his emails and social media profiles.

Arias obsession with Alexander became a thing of worry for his friends who asked him to be careful.

Alexander maintained that he sincerely liked Jodi Arias and that she was a decent person, but he ultimately made the decision to break things off. The U.S. Sun claims that Alexander stopped seeing Arias because he felt too bad about having extramarital sex. But despite their breakup, they continued to see each other.

This exacerbated Arias' fixation on Alexander. Alexander told friends that Arias harassed the women he went out with, hacked into his Facebook account, and slashed his tires as he began meeting other women. She occasionally even broke into his home.

Their love had turned toxic over time. According to texts and emails sent by the two in May 2008, Alexander and Arias got into a heated argument during which Alexander referred to Arias as a "sociopath." Don't be shocked if you discover me dead one day, Alexander even warned his buddies.

Jodi Arias’ Murder Alexander

Friends of Travis Alexander began to worry on June 9, 2008. As they were trying to plan activities for a trip to Cancun, it seemed especially strange that they hadn't heard from him in five days. Some of them went to his residence in a small group. They discovered Alexander's wounded, mangled body inside the shower.

The 30-year-old had had had his neck slit in addition to being stabbed 27 times and shot in the head. In addition, they discovered a digital camera in the washing machine, long brown hairs, and a bloody handprint on the wall.

Alexander's friends pushed authorities to look into Jodi Arias as they began their investigation into his murder.

Arias Story and Her Conviction

For her part, Arias originally refuted going to Alexander's home. She reportedly even admitted to detectives that it had been two months since she had last seen Alexander. But, the waterlogged camera's shots, which were recovered by the investigators, told a totally different story.

Time-stamped images from June 4 that showed Alexander and Arias in bed together were discovered by investigators. Alexander was seen in the shower in one, which was taken by 5:29 PM of the same day. The following images captured by the camera showed him bleeding on the ground.

Jodi Arias provided an explanation in response to the images of Travis in the shower. She confessed to the police that on June 4, she had driven to Alexander's home. She allegedly began snapping pictures of him in the shower after they allegedly had intercourse, according to Arias. She claimed that two disguised intruders then showed up and killed him.

The invaders allegedly threatened her life if she contacted anybody about the incident. Investigators, however, didn't believe her and accused Jodi Arias of first-degree murder.

The prosecution presented additional evidence that Jodi Arias killed Travis Alexander at the trial. They explained that Alexander had been killed and that DNA from both Arias and Alexander had been discovered in the bloody handprint on his wall. They also said the type of gun used in killing Alexander was the same that was missing from Aria’s grandparent’s apartment.

They said that Alexander had invited Arias to travel to Cancun with him before retracting it. The prosecution said that she became enraged with jealousy and killed him when she learned that he had invited another woman in place of her.

Jodi Arias and her attorneys, however, provided a very different account. They claimed that Arias had murdered Travis Alexander out of self-defense. She asserted that she dropped the camera, which caused him to grow agitated, and that she was compelled to kill him to defend herself.

Ultimately, a jury decided to convict Arias of first-degree murder after siding with Alexander rather than Arias. Jodi Arias was given a life sentence.