Jodi Arias

Almost nothing.

I have no memory of stabbing him.

No. And I just remember screaming. I don't remember anything after that.

There was an attraction, and, you know, it found an outlet on occasion.

I didn't know, but I didn't think he was. I was scared and I couldn't imagine calling 911 and telling them what I had just done.

Yes.

And because I may be the only person that will ever be able to say what happened that day, I wrote them a letter.

Yes.

Yes. When you asked me if I was angry or outraged, I'm more angry and outraged that his life was taken and that he had so much potential. I know that I'm innocent, and even though this is a very serious thing to be charged with, There's no reason for me to be sad because I know that I'd never hurt Travis. I did see Travis the day that he passed away, and a lot of things happened that day.

I almost lost my life as well.

There were two individuals walking toward us, and I just heard a loud bang, and Travis was screaming.

That's correct. I have faith that in the end everything will be made known, everything will come out, and in the meantime, smile, say cheese.

Usually when men like you are screaming at me or grilling me or someone like Travis doing the same.

He was holding the gun at my forehead, and he pulled the trigger, and nothing happened with the gun. And so I just grabbed my purse, and I ran down the stairs and out of there, and I left him there. It was an incredible story. So at that point, I remember pulling over again at the Hoover Dam, and I thought, I'm going to call Travis. And I tried calling him, and it just went to voicemail.

He lost his temper a few times, and it wasn't anything that really required me to... that I felt... I never felt my life was in danger. I'll say that.

Yes. But I was able to hide it pretty well, I think. Arms? Arms, legs, torso.

He called me a bitch and he kicked me in the ribs. He went to kick me again and I put my hand out and it clipped my hand and hit my finger.

I would have never called the police on Travis.

I walked in and Travis started grabbing at something on the bed. It was a photograph.

It was a picture of a little boy. He was dressed in underwear. He seemed very...

And I called him again, and it went to voicemail.

I don't know.

Yes.

He didn't leave welts as often as my mom. She also used a belt. My dad was very intimidating, so I don't think he needed to hit us quite as hard to get the point across. My mom didn't carry that fear factor with her, so I think she used more force.

I grabbed the gun. He was chasing me. I turned around, and I didn't even know that I shot him.

He called me a bitch and he kicked me in the ribs.

I would have never called the police on Travis.

The lies that I've told in this case can be tied directly back to either protecting Travis's reputation or my involvement in his death.

Who do you think killed him? I have no idea.

I know that I won't be held accountable for killing him because I had nothing to do with that. I had everything to lose and nothing to gain if I were to kill Travis.

I didn't kill Travis.

If a conviction happens, I know that I won't be the first person to be wrongly convicted and possibly wrongly sentenced for either life in prison or the death penalty.

No, we didn't argue at all that day.

Um, yeah, that's when the gun went off.

And he's just screaming angry. He had already almost killed me.

Was he ever abusive to you in any way? He lost his temper a few times. I never felt my life was in danger.

If I had my choice, I would take the death penalty because I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison.

Yeah. Did you know that that relationship was going on? No, I would have never allowed him and I to continue to behave the way we did had I known.

I don't believe that I'm going to be convicted. I don't think that I'm going to spend one day in prison.

I know that people will look at me and say, oh, yeah, he really meant a lot to you, didn't he? By the way that you just left him there. Not only that, they think that this is a fabrication and that I was the one that murdered him.

I know that I won't be the first person to be wrongly convicted and possibly wrongly sentenced for either life in prison or the death penalty. And personally, if I had my choice, I would take the death penalty because I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison.

I have nothing but time on my hands to think. And that's when I really began to try and remember and relive that day. And then it just gets so horrible that I shut it out and I don't want to think about it.

Yes, it is. This is consistent with the 25 auto bullet.

Yes. He was, like, on his knees like this, doing something like this or something like... I don't know. And I was like... I was like, are you okay? What's going on? What's going on? He's like, go get help. Go get help. And I said, okay. And I turned around. There were two people there. One was a guy and one was a girl.

I think I was inconsistent in my lies, yes.

I don't think I was out very long. But when I came to, Travis was on all fours on the tile. And he was, well, I say all fours, but one of his hands was actually holding his head.

Yes.

Neither of them. Well, it's all the same thing. It's just different versions.

She was in the bathroom standing over Travis. and I charged her.

I ran down that hall, and I pushed her as hard as I could, and she fell over him.

They just kept arguing back and forth whether or not, you know, to kill me.

It's like everything just stops when you... when someone else is sitting there with a gun pointed to your head, deciding your fate.

I've always had my camera, always. So it goes everywhere I go.

I couldn't hurt Travis.

Travis flipped out and he stepped out of the shower and he picked me up and he body slammed me again on the tile.

Um, the simple answer is that he attacked me and I defended myself.

And what Jodi had to say was shocking. I'm taking pictures of him. We were trying out different poses. and when I went to delete the photos, as I moved the camera, it slipped out of my hand.

Travis flipped out and he stepped out of the shower and he lifted me up and he body slammed me again on the tile. I remembered where he kept a gun, so I grabbed it. He was chasing me. I turned around and we were in the middle of the bathroom. pointed it at him with both of my hands. I thought that would stop him, but he just kept running. I didn't even think I was holding the trigger.

Today, I am interviewing with you. I've been charged with first-degree murder of my friend, Travis Alexander, and I'm just here to have a conversation with you about it.

I just was pointing it at him. And I didn't even know that I shot him. It just went off. And after I broke away from him, he said, kill you, bitch.