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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

BOMBSHELL! Sex killer Jodi Arias ensnares new boyfriend. Part 2

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Convicted killer Jodi Arias has a new boyfriend. Benjamin Ernst apparently visits the cold-blooded murderer several times a month in prison. Meanwhile, Arias, who's behind bars for slashing and shooting former boyfriend Travis Alexander to death, is waiting on an appeal decision. Her attorneys declared her murder trial "unfair," citing a media frenzy and a supposed corrupt prosecutor. But the evidence cannot be refuted. Joining Nancy Grace to discuss:Kirk Nurmi: Arias' former Attorney & Author of "Trapped with Ms Arias" Bobby Chacon: Former Special Agent FBI, Star of FB Watch Series, "Curse of Akakor" Dr. Caryn Stark: PsychologistJoe Scott Morgan: Forensic Expert, Professor of Forensics & Author of "Blood Beneath My Feet"Alexis Tereschuk: Investigative Reporter at Radaronline.com

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0:00.0

I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.

0:01.7

I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.

0:04.8

The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment that I was going to try

0:09.5

to be as compassionate as I possibly could, because when families are rocked by death, the

0:15.0

only thing they really want are answers.

0:18.2

They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.

0:26.8

Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:36.8

What are we learning about Jody Areas' life behind bars?

0:40.8

Well, a lot.

0:41.8

I hope you're sitting down.

0:44.0

Jody Areas convicted in the murder of her lover Travis Alexander, even converting

0:50.7

to Mormon, the Mormon religion, to please her lover Travis Alexander, a devout Mormon.

0:57.2

He ends up dead.

0:58.9

His body decomposing in the sheriff's stall with about 28 to 29 stab wounds.

1:04.4

Nobody was ever sure how many because of overlapping stab wounds and a gunshot wound to the head

1:10.6

in the prime of his life.

1:12.7

Why?

1:13.7

Although the state doesn't have to prove motivation.

1:16.0

It was speculated because he insisted on breaking up with her and dating a new woman,

1:21.0

actually planning a trip with a new person.

1:24.9

But as I said, it ain't over yet.

1:28.6

Right now an appeal hangs in the balance with Jody Areas as we learn disturbing new information.

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