Murder of Travis Alexander | |
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![]() Victim Travis Alexander | |
Location | Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |
Date | June 4, 2008 |
Attack type | Murder by stabbing, slashing, shooting |
Weapons | Knife, gun |
Victim | Travis Victor Alexander, aged 30 |
Perpetrator | Jodi Ann Arias |
Verdict | Guilty |
Convictions | First-degree murder |
Sentence | Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole |
Travis Victor Alexander (July 28, 1977 – June 4, 2008) was an American salesman who was murdered by his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Ann Arias (born July 9, 1980), in his house in Mesa, Arizona while in the shower. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on April 13, 2015.[n 1]
Alexander sustained 27 stab wounds, a slit throat and a single gunshot wound to the forehead. Arias testified that she killed him in self-defense, but she was convicted by the jury of first-degree murder. During the sentencing phase, the jury deadlocked on the death penalty option, and Arias was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.[1] Alexander's death and the subsequent investigation and trial attracted widespread media coverage in the United States.[2][3][4]
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