After Murdering, Now, After Marriage, Siblings, Family, Biography, Personal Life, Age.
After being charged with the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the American citizen made national headlines.Her prosecution has been viewed by many as an example of a media trial and a circus by the national media.
She was 40 years old in July 2020.On July 9, 1980, she was born in Salinas, California.
She is the daughter of two people.She has five siblings, two sisters and two brothers.
Alexander was a motivational speaker and insurance salesman who attended the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.They met at a conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2006 while living in Arizona and Palm Desert, California.They were married the next year.At the end of June 2007, the two had separated but still had a sexual relationship.
Alexander was found dead in the bathtub.He had been shot in the head and had his throat cut.There have been conflicting reports about the number of stab wounds, with some saying 29 and others saying 27 after the trial.Alexander's jugular vein, common carotid arteries, and windpipe had been diminished according to the medical examiner.Alexander had wounds on his hands.Horn testified that Alexander may have been dead at the time of the gunshot, which was condemned as a crime.
Richard Samuels was a witness for the prosecution.He said that at the time of the assassination, she was likely to go into a fight or flight state to protect herself.Alyce LaViolette, a psychologist specializing in domestic violence, testified that Arias was a survivor of domestic assault.Janeen DeMarte, a professional psychologist for prosecutors, said there was no evidence that Alexander had abused Arias.It was believed that complete memory loss over extended periods of time was compatible with traumatic PTSD-associated amnesia, which presents as much shorter memory gaps.
Ari was suffering from a borderline personality disorder, displaying symptoms of immaturity and an unstable sense of identity, according to the defense.
Alexander told people at the beginning of 2008 that he would be going to Cancn, Mexico, in June.Alexander asked a female friend to change his travel partner.The home of the grandparents of Arias was burgled on May 28.There was a pistol that had never been found.The shell case was found near Alexander's body.On her way to Utah for a job conference, she met friends in Southern California, including Ryan Burns, a co-worker.She called Alexander several times and left messages on his phone.There were red stains on the front and rear seats of the vehicle that she returned.On the evening of June 4, she missed an important phone call and the next day she went to Burns to hold business meetings.Alexander's roommates thought he was out of town when a group of friends went to their home on June 9, 2008.Blood pools were found in the corridor to the master bathroom, where his body was found.
In a call, friends pointed to a possible suspect.In July of 2008 she was charged with the murder of Alexander.She pled not guilty.Two years after her conviction, she told the police that she had been a survivor of domestic abuse and had killed Alexander in self-defense.She told the police that two people broke into Alexander's house, killed him, and raped her.She was arrested six days later at her home and charged with murder.She has changed her story many times, saying that she killed him in self-defense.
The request to review the motion to disqualify the District Attorney's Office was rejected.On May 18, the court ordered Arias to take the IQ and competency exams.The defense tried to get text messages and e-mails.The trial began at the Supreme Court.On December 10, 2012 the jurors were screened.The indictment excluded women and African-Americans according to defense counsel.
The designated L counsel was present at the time.They argued that Alexander was killed in self-defense.She testified for 18 days in her own defense after taking a stand on February 4.Mark Geragos, a criminal defense attorney, characterized the amount of time that Arias spent at the stand as unprecedented.She testified that Alexander had unconsciously considered teenage boys and girls sexually appealing, and that she was attempting to assist him with these desires.
A phone sex tape was played in which Alexander said he wanted to have anal sex with her while she was dressed as Little Red Riding Hood.Alexander's computer analysis did not find any traces of obscene content.She testified that her relationship with Alexander had become more violent.The instability of their relationship reached its climax when she killed him in self-defense after he lost his camera.The September 2008 interview with Inside Edition was broadcasted earlier in the courtroom.After a few days, she confessed to killing Alexander, despite her earlier reports of a loss in her memory.