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Dateline NBC

Obsession: The Jodi Arias Story

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NBC News

True Crime, Culture, Social, Society & Culture, News

4.438K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this Dateline classic, Josh Mankiewicz takes an in-depth look into the case and trial of Jodi Arias, the 32-year-old Arizona woman who admitted to killing her former boyfriend, Travis Alexander. Originally aired on NBC on May 10, 2013.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Jody became Travis' drug. He very much recognized how bad she was for him.

0:06.0

But she kept showing up in his life and just like a drug addict, he kept letting her

0:11.1

ride back in the door.

0:14.0

The trial that riveted the country is finally over.

0:18.0

We have the jury find the defendant as to count one first degree murder, Gilney.

0:23.0

Jody Arias, who brutally murdered her lover, could face death herself.

0:30.0

Did he ever think that she would do what she did? Who would think that?

0:34.0

It was a steamy story of sex.

0:37.0

We hang out, we have sex.

0:38.0

Lies, she's able to tell a lie, she believes the lie, and murder.

0:43.0

The detective, and the defendant.

0:46.0

You see any cuts on her?

0:47.0

Tiny, little cuts.

0:49.0

He was very afraid of her, but every time he tried to break things off with Jody, she would threaten to kill herself.

0:55.0

Inside, the Jody Arias trial.

0:58.0

This isn't a right at Disneyland, Kai. This is somebody who was tragically murdered.

1:02.0

I'm Lester Holt, and this is Date Line. Here's Josh Megois.

1:08.0

Mr. Alexander was that. You would have known was that, right?

1:12.0

Yes. It would be you that did it.

1:18.0

Correct?

1:19.0

Yes.

1:21.0

The Jody Arias trial never played as a murder mystery.

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