From: jcs
Jodi Ann Arias was born on Wednesday, July 9, 1980, at exactly 11:54 p.m. in Salinas, California [00:00:04]. Unbeknownst to her parents, she was “destined to become one of the most infamous people in the United States of America” [00:00:12].
Childhood and Education
Despite what her defense team would later claim, there is “virtually nothing in Jodi’s childhood that can be linked as a contributing factor” to her later actions [00:00:31]. The only notable detail from her early life is that she dropped out of high school in the 11th grade to pursue a career in photography, which ultimately “went nowhere” [00:00:44].
Early Adulthood and Meeting Travis Alexander
In February 2006, at 26 years of age, Jodi began a new job as a salesperson for a network marketing company called Pre-Paid Legal [00:00:51]. It was through this occupation that she met Travis Alexander [00:00:59]. Travis Alexander was a 28-year-old practicing Mormon from Arizona, who also worked part-time as a motivational speaker [00:01:04]. They initially crossed paths at a business conference in September 2006 [00:01:28].