Arias And Alexander's Friend Case Study

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Much of Arias and Alexander’s relationship was disliked by a lot of Alexander’s friends. Her “fatal attraction”, claims his friends, was what signaled to them that her love would lead to a destruction. On May 28, 2008, a burglary occurred at the residence of Arias' grandparents, with whom she was living. The missing object was a .25-caliber ACP. This became significant in the trial because a shell casing from a .25 caliber was found near Alexander's body at the murder scene.
On June 2, in the early hours of the morning, approximately 1a.m. to 3a.m., Arias called Alexander four times but Alexander did not answer. After 3am, Alexander and Arias exchanged phone calls that lasted no more than an hour. Arias was contemplating about whether to visit
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Alexander missed an important conference call on the evening of June 4. On June 9, having been unable to reach Alexander, a concerned group of his friends went to his home. His roommates stated that he was out of town. After finding a key to Alexander's master bedroom, his friends entered the room and found pools of blood in the hallway to the master bathroom. His body was discovered in the shower. In the 9-1-1 call made to the authorities, Alexander's friends mentioned Arias who Alexander had said was stalking him, accessing his Facebook account, and slashing his tires. (“Sex, Violence, and Lies”) Arias tried to cover her tracks by calling Alexander multiple time and leaving concerning …show more content…
Police were able to recover deleted images showing Arias and Alexander in sexually suggestive poses, taken at around 1:30 p.m. on June 4. The final photograph of Alexander alive was taken at around 5:30 p.m. that day. Alexander was in the shower when the photo was taken. Photos taken moments later show an individual believed to be Alexander 'profusely bleeding' on the bathroom floor. Arias threw the camera in the washing machine hoping it would erase the pictures her and Alexander took earlier that day. A bloody palm print was discovered along the wall in the bathroom hallway; it contained DNA from both Arias and Alexander. (“Jodi Arias

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