Travis Alexander's house

This is Travis Alexander's former house.

It is located at 11428 East Queensborough Avenue in Mesa, Arizona.

On June 9, 2008, Alexander's friends entered the property to check up on him.

At the time, they were concerned for his well-being, as nobody had heard from him in days. He had also recently missed an important work call.

When they stepped inside the hallway, they saw pools of blood near the master bedroom. Moments later, they discovered Alexander's body in the shower.

He had been stabbed nearly 30 times and shot in the head.

Alexander's ex-girlfriend, Jodi Ann Arias, quickly became the prime suspect in the killing, as she had reportedly been stalking him and vandalizing his car.

Jodi Ann Arias

Alexander was a salesperson for a legal services company. He met Arias at a work convention in Las Vegas in 2006.

Although she was in a long-term relationship at the time, she ended it to date Alexander.

The pair had a tumultuous, long-distance relationship.

Alexander struggled with guilt because he was a devout Mormon who believed that sex before marriage was wrong.

Arias exhibited controlling behavior, as she reportedly checked his emails, phone, and social media profiles for evidence he was communicating with other women.

When Alexander finally ended their on-and-off relationship, Arias allegedly slashed his tires and broke into his home.

Evidence

During an examination of the house, investigators found a camera in the washing machine. Although the camera was damaged, a forensic examination recovered deleted photographs from the device.

The images, which were taken on the afternoon of June 4, showed Alexander and Arias together at the residence. Other photos from later that evening showed Alexander bleeding on the bathroom floor.

Following her arrest, Arias repeatedly changed her story.

At first, she claimed that she wasn't in Mesa at the time of the murder.

When this was proven false, she told investigators that two intruders broke into the house and stabbed her boyfriend.

Her final version of events came two years later, when she claimed that she had killed Alexander in self-defense.

Although Arias' lawyer argued that the stabbing was a justifiable homicide, a clinical psychologist for the prosecution team testified that there was no evidence that she had been abused or that she was suffering from PTSD.

It was also revealed that she had purchased a large can of gas in her hometown of Salinas, California, one day before the stabbing took place.

The prosecution argued that she did this to avoid being seen at any of the gas stations near Mesa.

On May 7, 2013, the jury found Arias guilty of first-degree premeditated murder.

After a sentencing mistrial and two years of appeals, she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.