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SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2007

The Havasupai Falls Trip

Later that summer, Travis, Jodi, Dan, and Desiree planned a weekend trip to Havasupai, an isolated Indian reservation featuring spectacular waterfalls.

As they were preparing to leave for the trip, Travis and Jodi got into an argument. Jodi had overpacked her luggage and when Dan tried to take some items out of the bag, Jodi burst into tears and ran upstairs. Travis chased after her, and in the bathroom they argued loudly, until Dan came upstairs.

Eventually they all got in the car and left for the trip. For half an hour Jodi stared vacantly out the window, not saying a word. By the time they made it to Havasupai, however, they had made up.

That night they camped, sleeping in hammocks. The next morning, hiking around the plains, they came across a hidden oasis in the arid desert—the Havasupai Falls.

Located in a remote canyon of Havasupai, the spectacular waterfalls are called paradise on Earth. The tallest of the waterfalls is Mooney Falls, its water tumbling 190 feet into a large blue pool.

Staring up at the waterfalls, Travis was in awe. As he looked on, Jodi snapped photos of him from behind, the entire falls in view. Later they stripped off their clothes, changed into their swimsuits, and swam in the natural pool.

In one photo, Travis and Jodi were in their swimsuits at the base of the falls. The water foaming around them, Jodi was seated on Travis’s lap, both arms wrapped around his neck. In her left hand, she held Travis’s chin.

In the picture Jodi was smiling wide and bright. Travis, however, looked uncomfortable. The corners of Travis’s mouth were upturned slightly in a contrived grin.

While adventurous, these trips were costly. Jodi and Travis split their expenses, with Travis funding his portion with the money he had withdrawn from the equity of his house. Over the course of 2007, however, Travis noticed his business began to suffer. The more time Travis spent with Jodi, the less time Travis devoted to Prepaid Legal.

Soon, Travis’s wealth was depleted.

(Picture Perfect: The Jodi Arias Story by Shanna Hogan)

Unable to sever ties with his past, that September Travis and Jodi went to Havasupai Falls in Arizona, another region of stunning natural beauty near the Grand Canyon. They went with Dan and Desiree Freeman, the brother-and-sister team they had traveled with that past spring. This trip was also not without uncomfortable arguments, at least at the outset. In one antagonistic confrontation, Jodi had filled a backpack with ten pounds’ worth of beauty products, everything from lotions to hand sanitizer. Travis and Dan wanted to make it lighter, and as they started taking items out of the bag, Jodi began crying and ran upstairs, with Travis close at her heels. Dan described how the two barely talked to each other at the start of the trip, although within a half hour everyone was joking and happy again.

Of course, lost in all this was the fact that Travis was still dating Lisa. Finally, later that month, Lisa decided that she’d had enough. For a while Travis’s communications with other women had been concerning her, as it seemed either Jodi, Deanna, or both were always trying to get in touch with him. What made it worse, though, was that Travis was always responding. The behavior made her very uncomfortable. However, when Lisa learned from one of Travis’s former roommates that he had been cheating on her with Jodi, she knew enough was enough, ending things with him less than twenty-four hours after hearing about his infidelities. Lisa had been under the impression the two were exclusive, but Jodi made sure that didn’t happen.

(Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias by Jane Velez-Mitchell)

September 14, 2007 (Friday)

Jodi Arias Journal Entry

“… This trip [to Havasu Falls with Travis & the Freemans] this weekend is what life is about. Although it’s led me to question other parts of my life and reflect on my past decisions. As if I weren’t already carrying around enough regret. Truthfully, I will swallow my pride right now and say that I miss Matt McCartney. I miss his friendship and the good times. When we weren’t busy arguing, we were laughing, joking, and enjoying the strange, yet human aspects of life. I miss the way he appreciates the little things, like little animals, amphibians, or insects. That aspect of his personality really jived w/my own.”

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The next two witnesses were Desiree and Dan Freeman, the sister and brother friends who had taken two trips with Jodi and Travis, one day trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon, the other a three-day trip to Havasupai Falls in the Grand Canyon region. Desiree testified first. She said Travis became quite enraged at Jodi on one occasion when they were all together, and seemed “over the top.” She even used the word “shocked” when Jennifer Willmott asked her how she felt witnessing the confrontation.

Desiree’s brother was next. In 2010, Dan Freeman had actually been considered as a witness for the prosecution as well as the defense, and he had even stopped watching the news about this case in the event he was called. At the time, he was caught in the middle, as he regarded both Travis and Jodi as friends. On the stand, he tried to stay completely objective. He testified that he had seen Jodi and Travis fight on more than one occasion, but nothing extraordinary. He and his sister accompanied Travis and Jodi on the September 13–15, 2007, trip to Havasupai Falls that started out with a fight between Jodi and Travis at Travis’s house. Sometimes, he got the distinct feeling that Travis didn’t want to be alone with Jodi, lest he lose his willpower and do something sexual he’d regret later. Dan reinforced that Travis was cozier with Jodi when fewer people were around.

(Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias by Jane Velez-Mitchell)

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April 2007

Jodi’s own words from the police video [20:25]

JA: Yeah, ‘cos he was very resistant to prayer … with me…I mean, I think (unintelligible) I feel it may be because we were driving away the Spirit constantly, umm…or maybe he felt that by inviting the Spirit he would feel guilty about later on in the evening or… I don’t know what the deal was…or the excuse he used was because I’m a convert I need more practice saying prayers. He was like…so I’d say, Would you say a prayer? He’s like, Why don’t you say a prayer? I’m like, Why don’t you say a prayer? Why don’t you say a prayer? So we’d go back and forth, and… I don’t know…until… I don’t know… it was just… one time when I was on the trip to Havasupai we were all getting on the road and I think… it was with Dan Freeman and his sister, Desiree, and they were all like, “Jodi, will you say a prayer?” and I said, “Sure” and Travis was like… (giggles)… anyway… I didn’t want to argue with them so… umm…anyway, what was I saying?

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Jodi on the Stand

Nurmi continues, “So, Mr. Alexander expressed his anger in the fall of 2007 about you going on a date with Mr. Dixon, right?”. Jodi answers, “Yes, he found out the morning we were leaving for Havasupai”. Havasupai? Wasn’t that trip taken instead of attending the recap event that happened in September, 2007? Was she referring to a date with John Dixon that had happened months before, or a week before Havasupai?

Nurmi continues, “But it didn’t stop him from having sex with you or ejaculating on your face, right?”. Jodi answers, “No”. Hey, why is Nurmi allowed to deflect? Forget “ejaculating on your face”. We’ve heard it, and heard it, and heard it again. We want to know when Arias went on a date with John Dixon. From what I recall, it was long before the Freeman chaperoned Havasupai trip. Martinez says, “Objection, asked and answered”. He is overruled again.

Jodi, the wilted weed, says, “No, it didn’t stop him from that”. As I understand it, the face ejaculation episode happened months earlier. Why don’t dates matter here? I’m seriously confused, and I believe the judge is as well.

Nurmi says, “And it didn’t stop him from going to Havasupai with you, right?”. It could also be said that it didn’t stop her from going to Havasupai with him, but what difference does that make? I’m surprised that Travis Alexander was able to drive anywhere – Havasupai or otherwise. Nurmi makes it sound like the man had an ejaculatory condition that prevented him from being in public.

Nurmi asks, “Did it stop you from dating John Dixon again?”. Jodi answers, “Yes”. Well, of course it did. There was only one date. He may have “found out” because she told him, but I believe they have successfully avoided exposing the fact that there was never a second date with John Dixon. If there had been, where was the detailed agenda of the date? We always find out what Jodi did on her dates. Sushi, movie clips, sex, visits to the restroom, etc.

Happily off of the subject of John Dixon, Nurmi asks, “Did it stop you from dating anyone else?”. Did what stop her from dating anyone else? A bad mood? A stern voice under his breath. A wrist grab as she went to grab his hand in a crowded, dark room? Perhaps we are about to enter the world of choke outs and broken bones. He had better get there because he’s looking like an obese puppet master who needs to sit down, and his client looks like a badly chiseled marionette.

Jodi answers, “Um, I went on a couple more dates at the time”. Now wait a minute. Ten minutes ago she was able to recall one, and upon further reflection, two dates, she had gone on. Suddenly, there’s several more dates she went on “during that time period”. Let’s hear about the other dates.

Before Nurmi can speak, she adds that there were several more through the next year: one to two, to a few more, to several more. This is a carefully crafted, carefully unfolding lie. It’s taking place under oath in a court of law. There’s the seal of the State of Arizona, and there’s the American flag. I guess this means nothing to her, and from all appearances, it means nothing to Nurmi.

Nurmi asks, “Did you tell Travis, or did you try to keep those a secret?”. Jodi answers, “No, I learned to stop telling him anything about my social life regarding that. I didn’t tell him about John. He found out”. I wish John Dixon had been called as a witness. I will never believe there was a late fall date with John Dixon, unless he actually says there was.

Nurmi wants to know why Jodi didn’t cut the cord with the current “state of affairs”. Jodi answers, “Well, we’re focusing on the negatives, but there were things he did that made me feel like a million dollars, um…”. Nurmi interrupts, “Describe those things for us”.

Jodi says, “It was more the things he did for me at times. He would say little things that were sentimental, things that had meaning between us. He got me little gifts – things that weren’t expensive (details – we deserve details, after having to hear about his semen), it was the thought, and just the gestures that he did, and he still would allude to the fact that he wanted to marry me (despite the fact that she said it never came up unless he was joking), even though I don’t know if he was very serious (bingo)”.

Nurmi does a “come hither” gesture with his fingers and asks, “Kept telling you things you wanted to hear? (because every woman dismisses her beloved’s mocking laughter after the subject of marriage comes up)”. Jodi answers, “Yep. Yeah, he did”. Nurmi fans the flames, “He kept promising you…come on, come on, Jodi, maybe I’ll marry you some day?”. Jodi answers, “No, it wasn’t quite like that”. Nurmi asks, “How was it (she’s already told us how it was, but ask again, if you must)?”. Jodi answers, “If I did something that he liked, or pleased him in some sort of way, he would…like…something I said, or something I did, he would just look at me with this enigmatic smile and say, marry me, and it wasn’t like an actual proposal (she looks like a mother watching her 6 year old son hit a home run in little league – it’s a “that’s my boy” smile), you know, it was kind of a joke, but I took it as a compliment”. This would be Nurmi’s cue to say, “Was he ejaculating on your face while flashing the enigmatic smile and saying, ‘marry me’?”.

Nurmi asks, “Why, why would you take that as a compliment?”. Jodi replies, “Because he only said those things when I did something that would merit me being a good wife, potentially”. Well, it’s safe to say she failed that test with flying colors. He’s dead now.

Nurmi wants that last part repeated. Jodi complies, “Being a good wife, potentially. Like if I did something that might be in line with that, because that was my goal at the time, and that’s what I wanted to become”.

There’s another foundational truth that escapes amidst the flood of lies: being his wife was her goal, and that’s what she wanted to become.

Nurmi likes the wife talk. He asks, “Did you want to become his wife…Travis’ wife?”. Well, I hope so. He was ejaculating on her face, after all. Jodi answers, “That was my desire for a while until after Havasupai”. Nurmi continues, “What changed after Havasupai that made you change your mind and say, I don’t wanna marry this guy?”. Um, maybe the fact that he brought chaperones? Just a guess.

Jodi answers, “My feelings for him didn’t necessarily change, but in my mind, we had a very bad fight that morning, and he said some very ugly things to me, and it was a boundary we had never crossed before, and I couldn’t imagine marrying somebody who had ever said those things to me, or raising children with a man who, had, who…their father had said those things to their mother, kind of thing…that’s how I saw it”.

Well, she got further in the mental process than Travis ever did. I don’t believe he ever considered Jodi Arias, anal queen, to be the potential mother of his children. Secondly, for all of her family values and concern about the character of her fictitious offsprings’ father, she still had no problem squealing about how she liked to be debased by him months after she had allegedly reached the conclusion that she couldn’t breed with him. During that phone sex conversation in May, 2008, she also had no problem talking about the boring, vanilla Mormon husband she would actually end up with – while he ignored that particular subject on the other end of the phone.

Nurmi wants to know what “ugly things” Travis said. Juan Martinez immediately objects with “Hearsay”. Nurmi goes though his “truth of the matter asserted, it goes to the affect on the listener”. Judge Stephens says that it is time for the afternoon recess.

(Behind the Words: A Logical & Satirical Guide to the Impossible Defense of Jodi Arias by Kim Anne Whittemore)

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