Travis Alexander Is A Sinner Or A Saint But Either Way Is Dead

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Depending on who you listen to - this guy was either a sinner or a saint.
No motive or suspect has been found.



Entrepreneur's Death Baffles Police

Mesa investigators said they are stumped over who killed a 30-year-old entrepreneur in his bedroom this past week.

Friends found Travis Alexander dead inside his 3,700 square-foot home in Mesa on Monday, after they hadn't heard from him in several days, detectives said.

Investigators said they believe Alexander was targeted. Alexander sold prepaid legal insurance, a multilevel marketing business that police said they consider shady.

Alexander was one of the top sellers in the West, and at conferences would don a mullet wig to perform motivational skits for clientele.

Police said they are also trying to learn if there was possibly a dark side to this apparently clean-cut victim.

http://www.kpho.com/news/16606350/detail.html

Murder of young motivational speaker puzzling

Travis Alexander was a young, successful businessman, a well-known motivational speaker and a devout Mormon. Alexander wanted to get married some day and have a family.

The 30-year-old Mesa man who had recently finished a self-help book to inspire others didn't get the chance.

On Monday, friends who hadn't heard from him in days discovered his body in his 4,500-square-foot home near Elliot and Meridian roads. He had trauma to his body and police are investigating it as a homicide.

"Everyone loved Travis," said Samantha Alexander, his sister who is a Carlsbad, Calif., police officer. "His life was about helping other people and making the world a better place. He was a great person and very religious. This doesn't usually happen to people like him."

Alexander, who didn't have a college degree, worked hard to secure a successful life.

He owned a company and became a top seller of legal insurance for Prepaid Legal Services Inc. and frequently traveled giving motivational speeches for the company.

Several years ago, he moved to Mesa for business opportunities and to build a life in a strong Mormon community. It was a change from how he grew up.

Alexander was raised in Riverside, Calif., with three brothers and four sisters. It was a tough childhood with two parents, now deceased, who were drug addicts. As a teenager, he became active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his faith guided his life, another sister, Hillary Wilcox, said.

After graduating from high school, he served a two-year mission in Denver.

"He was a really good example of how you are supposed to live," Wilcox said.

Travis didn't smoke or drink alcohol or caffeine. He kept fit with yoga, ate nutritious foods and wore a calorie counter to stay on track.

Recently, he had become concerned about the environment and began recycling, bought cloth grocery bags to give friends, and traded his BMW for a Toyota Prius hybrid.

One of his proudest accomplishments was a spiritual motivational book he had recently finished that addressed, in part, how he overcame his struggles in life, titled Raising You. His friends plan to publish the book.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...ictim0614.html

His MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endid=36976228
His motivation site: http://www.travisalexander.net/

YouTube Tribute
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GdCuaPQzCM"]YouTube - A Tribute to Travis Alexander[/ame]
His schtick for PrePaid Legal on YouTube
Travis Alexander as Eddie Snell doing a standup of the 10 Core Commitments (10 Poor Commitments.)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw6F8YMoCNY"]YouTube - Eddie Snell 10 Poor Commitments for Prepaid Legal Associates[/ame]

Will be interesting to see how this unfolds.

[impqueen]

i noticed his house grew 800 square feet between reporters :D

it's a really interesting story. I'm gonna follow it and do some research. He seemed like a smart, successful yuppie guy - the only thing that bugged me was in his Who I'd Like To Meet section, where he says "Really most people, well except for whores."

Um, okay. Most guys would be like "bring on the whores", but whatever.

[SoUncool]

Maybe the top pic doesn't do him justice but he looks like a prick...just saying.

[SoUncool]

OK, so after reading his MySpace, I'm seriously voting for prick...not sinner, PRICK. He brags about his fucking biceps, brags about playing "the Strings of Love", says TV is for the weak, and lists HIMSELF as one of his heroes. I want to fucking punch him in the face. Oops, looks like somebody already did that.

About me: I'm a simple man really. Smart, successful smashing good looks, a real suiter. I love nature, helping the homeless, and cooking with my grandmother just to create memories. Do I work out you ask? Well I'd like to be modest, but can you say Tri-athelete, and if you can't say that well simply say 16 1/2 inch biceps. If I look familiar you are probably an avid reader of GQ or Mens Health.

You might say to yourself yes but what are Travis' Talents. Well if I must answer, Poetry, playing the Spanish Guitar (or what I like to call the strings of Love) and understanding more than just peoples voices, but understanding peoples hearts. Atleast thats what Maya Angelou said at the awards ceremony when I was nominated for my first Nobel Peace prize. If you'd like to know more. Don't be shy, go ahead and drop Travis a line. Unless of course a common phrase you use is "Thanks for the add" in that case, you are wasting your life on my space, you should probably go do something more productive like read a book or build an ant farm.


TV Shows: TV is for the weak. But if you have Tivo Lost, and the office.

Heroes: Gordon Hinckley, Harland Stonecipher, Killer Kane, Jeff Olsen, Travis Alexander, Darnell Self, and Adam (for getting this party started)

[Abroad]

OK, so after reading his MySpace, I'm seriously voting for prick...not sinner, PRICK. He brags about his fucking biceps, brags about playing "the Strings of Love", says TV is for the weak, and lists HIMSELF as one of his heroes. I want to fucking punch him in the face. Oops, looks like somebody already did that.

Can you say big-headedness masquerading under a thin veneer of false modesty?

And who the H*** cooks with his granny "just to create memories"? Most people would cook with her because they enjoy her company and they can learn from her. I wish I had had my granny longer. (Not that I would have wanted to learn cooking from her. Her skills in the kitchen were questionable.)

[Dakota Valkyrie]

i noticed his house grew 800 square feet between reporters :D

Since the larger house is in the saint article, I bet they "puffed up" his house just like it seems they did to him.:D

[SoUncool]

Since the larger house is in the saint article, I bet they "puffed up" his house just like it seems they did to him.:D

I think he puffed himself up. He didn't need any help. Okay, so there's no way in hell I'd be associated with this guy because I hate assholes like this who think they're better than everyone else and are EXTREMELY self-centered but killing someone is not the way to deflate a prick like this.

[SqueakyClean]

I kind of thought it sounded like he was trying to be tongue in cheek.

[Abroad]

I kind of thought it sounded like he was trying to be tongue in cheek.

It is entirely possible that you are right, but it is difficult to carry off and I think if that was the intention he failed spectacularly. He just sounds full of himself when he says things like:

Do I work out you ask? Well I'd like to be modest, but can you say Tri-athelete, and if you can't say that well simply say 16 1/2 inch biceps. If I look familiar you are probably an avid reader of GQ or Mens Health.

Not that that is a reason to kill someone. I am very curious as to motive for this one, SqueakieClean.

[Lizard]

i noticed his house grew 800 square feet between reporters :D

Whichever, still a big fucking house for one person.

[RevAnne]

Seriously? The "strings of love"? *vomits*

He sounds like a puffed-up egomaniac to me.

[crazyboarder2002]

Just have to defend a friend. I cant say travis was a close friend of mine. He was like a brother to my uncle and because of this i have known him for years. He was a great guy. If you cant tell his myspace was a joke. Check out his website travisalexander.net specifically this the intro to his book. http://www.travisalexander.net/2008/...o-raising-you/ He was a great guy and a great friend to all those that knew him. He made a life for himself when most would have given up. This really was a huge shock to all that knew him and would love to know how you would feel if people were trashing your brother or mentor or friend...

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I am glad I didn't have the life he had growing up. I just read a portion of the book's introduction but still wonder how much of his MySpace is a joke. Either way, it doesn't matter what I think because he is the victim here. Just because some may think he's a jerk, doesn't mean he should be dead. If that was the way of the world, I know quite a few folks that would be gone by now.

I do know by reading the articles that he has a great number of friends and family that cherish him - that much was obvious. crazyboarder2002 I am sorry for your loss.

[SoUncool is HAWT!]

OK, so after reading his MySpace, I'm seriously voting for prick...not sinner, PRICK. He brags about his fucking biceps, brags about playing "the Strings of Love", says TV is for the weak, and lists HIMSELF as one of his heroes. I want to fucking punch him in the face. Oops, looks like somebody already did that.

Can I please have the few seconds of my life back it took to read your comments. You obviously lack the capacity to understand when someone is joking! Not only that you have nothing better to do than sit around & disrespect my friend you don't know that's dead & can't even defend himself....How about you get a life you fat bastard! Travis Alexander accomplished more by 30 than you will in your entire life you pathetic peasant! As far as punching someone in the face I hope we meet one day so I can rip your head off & shit down your neck. Since you're an expert on PRICKS go find one & fuck yourself with it!!!

[Aelwynn]

He seemed like a smart, successful yuppie guy - the only thing that bugged me was in his Who I'd Like To Meet section, where he says "Really most people, well except for whores."

Um, okay. Most guys would be like "bring on the whores", but whatever.

Eh...that sounds like most Mormons. My hubby is a devout Mormon (I was raised Mormon, totally not really religious anymore...don't have time for it). My hubby personally cannot stand whores. In my personal experience with LDS people, they aren't too fond of "loose" people.

Seems like his little info-section on myspace is more of an add selling himself to get a date. Maybe E-Harmony turned him down. (lol) It does sound like a joke though.

I'm not trying to defend him in any way, even if he is/was/isn't/wasn't a stuck-up prick. However, for those of you that are posting on here as his "family friends" etc, I would strongly suggest NOT to insult people for poking fun at something they find funny..especially on this website.

If you don't want people to made snide comments about personal stuff that the deceased wrote, then put his myspace to private and do NOT insult other people just to get a point across. This is never the way to go. It's all about freedom of speech hunny.

I would also suggest not sinking down to the level of a middle schooler, and assuming someone is a fat bastard just because they thought something was funny. As for ripping off so-and-so's head and shitting on their neck...seriously is that a way to talk to someone? You could at least be a bit more creative with the insults here - IF you are going to be ignorant enough to insult people.

[Shadow]

Can I please have the few seconds of my life back it took to read your comments. You obviously lack the capacity to understand when someone is joking! Not only that you have nothing better to do than sit around & disrespect my friend you don't know that's dead & can't even defend himself....How about you get a life you fat bastard! Travis Alexander accomplished more by 30 than you will in your entire life you pathetic peasant! As far as punching someone in the face I hope we meet one day so I can rip your head off & shit down your neck. Since you're an expert on PRICKS go find one & fuck yourself with it!!!

There was no need to go off on SoUncool to get your point across. You could've chosen to be diplomatic about it or even try to be respectful, even if you thought they were being disrespectful. You're mad because someone disrespected your friend who's passed away. I can understand being upset, but to verbally attack someone for voicing their thoughts on a message board, is a good way to make yourself look like the assjacket. I guess somethings are better left, unsaid.

~ceisdsgil

[Dakota Valkyrie]

SoUncool is HAWT! not laughing at SU being hot - laughing at the tard's name.

I hope "SoUncool is my bitch" comes back to see the magic of the Dreamin' Demon forum gods and godesses. Way to go you guys!!!

[Morbid]

I just found this thread, and after reading his Myspace page, I was instantly hit with a feeling that the guy was fucking around. Besides, if his childhood is truly the way it was, and he is as successful as he seemed to be, I would be cocky and bragging to. Just sayin'.

I may front page this one later just to remember to keep up with the investigation.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I just found this thread, and after reading his Myspace page, I was instantly hit with a feeling that the guy was fucking around. Besides, if his childhood is truly the way it was, and he is as successful as he seemed to be, I would be cocky and bragging to. Just sayin'.

Even if every thing he wrote about his childhood is a lie, he does have a bit of insight in the writings on he personal site. Between what is presented there and the perception of most folks on prepaid legal multi-level marketers, it is confusing.

His MySpace seems a bit goofy in light of his other things... but I do know actual guys who think that way. I doubt there is much more than a couple grains of truth in that site.

[Unamused Cat]

His ex-gf was arrested. Jodi Arias

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndid=112614781

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndid=149621967

[SoUncool]

http://www.azcentral.com/community/m...rrest0717.html

Mesa police detectives and Siskiyou County (Calif.) Sheriff's deputies arrested Jodi Arias, 28, on Tuesday in Yreka, in northern California.

Arias was booked in the Siskiyou County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder and is awaiting extradition, Mesa police Sgt. Ed Wessing said.

Police conducted several search warrants in Yreka in connection with the case.

"I am very glad to here that this person didn't get away with my brother's murder," said Samantha Alexander, Travis' sister. "Hopefully, justice will be served and she will pay the price."

Police provided few details of what led them to Arias, including a possible motive and when and how long she dated Alexander.

It is unclear whether Arias ever lived in Mesa or knew Alexander from his time in California.

[w8ng4msrgt]

Ex-girlfriend arrested in homicide of Mesa man


03:38 PM Mountain Standard Time on Wednesday, July 16, 2008

MESA – Police have arrested a suspect in the homicide of a 30-year-old Mesa man.

Officers responded to the 11400 block of E. Queensborough Avenue on the night of June 9 after someone called reporting finding their friend dead inside his residence.

Officers found signs of trauma on the victim who was identified as 30-year-old Travis Alexander.

The investigation continued as detectives waited for results from the Maricopa County Medical Examiner, which led to the arrest of 28-year-old Jodi Arias. The suspect was arrested on July 15 in Yreka, California by Mesa Police and sheriff’s deputies from Siskiyou County on a first-degree murder warrant.

Detectives reveal they determined Arias and Alexander were involved in a prior relationship. Arias was booked in Siskiyou County jail and is waiting to be extradited.

Link

It seems UC forgot the link to the story

[Unamused Cat]

Mesa police found photos of a murder victim posing nude in a shower and, minutes later, lying in his bathroom "bleeding profusely," according to a report released this week.

The photos, found on the digital card of a water-damaged camera, include his suspected killer posing naked on a bed the afternoon of the killing.

The graphic photos from the June slaying of Travis Alexander, 30, a businessman and motivational speaker, were revealed in a Mesa police report after defendant Jodi Ann Arias, 28, the victim's ex-girlfriend, was extradited from northern California on Friday to face first-degree murder charges.

Police also found other evidence tying Arias to the murder, including a bloody palm print that matched both her and Alexander's DNA.

Arias was indicted Monday by a Maricopa County grand jury, and Juan Martinez, one of the state's top death-penalty prosecutors, was assigned to the case.

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office has not formally filed legal papers to seek the death penalty.

"Jodi was described as being completely obsessed with Travis by his family and his closest friends," the report said.

When police were called to Alexander's upscale east Mesa home June 9, they found his body sitting in the shower, with his throat cut from ear to ear, the report said. It is unknown how long his body was there, but the report noted it was "well into the decomposition process."

Wounds show that Alexander attempted to fight his attacker, the report said. A spent .25 caliber casing was found near the sink. An autopsy found Alexander sustained 27 puncture wounds and one gunshot wound, with the bullet found in his left cheek.

The digital camera, which belong to Alexander, was heavily damaged in the washing machine but the digital card was intact. Scientists in the Mesa police crime lab recovered the photos, some of which had been deleted.

Deleted pictures showed the victim posing naked in the shower on June 4 at 5:22 p.m., with the last picture showing him alive at 5:30 p.m. Subsequent photos showed him bleeding while on the floor, the report said.

The pictures of Arias posing naked on Alexander's bed were taken at 1:40 p.m. the same afternoon, the report said. "All were nude pictures and some in provocative sexual poses," the report said.

Arias' bloody left palm print was found on the bathroom wall, the report said. Arias' DNA also was found in hair recovered from a bloody hallway wall.

The report said the photos are important because they show Arias lied about not seeing Alexander since April 2008. Busted. LOL

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articl...ander0911.html

[michelle]

What a dumbshit, NEVER, never take pics of a crime scene.

[tricia381]

maybe he called her a whore after fucking her and she flew into a rage??

[Unamused Cat]

Arias said the couple often took provocative nude photographs. She also said detectives told her the camera went off by itself during the slaying.

"I had no part in (the killing)," she said.

As for her DNA found at the murder scene, she said, "There is an explanation for all that and that will be made known very soon."

"I need to be honest," she added. "The evidence is very compelling, but none of it proves I committed murder."

http://www.kpho.com/news/17459959/detail.html#-

[michelle]

http://www.kpho.com/news/17459959/detail.html#-

What bullshit. Okay- you didn't participate, you didn't stop it or go for help either. Guilty of something.

[crickett]

What bullshit. Okay- you didn't participate, you didn't stop it or go for help either. Guilty of something.

Travis was bragging about his "16-1/2 inch biceps" and "tri-athelete" self. I do NOT see how this tiny looking female could have killed him all by herself. Granted he was shot, but in the cheek, no brain injury. And he was stabbed multiple times. Does NOT sound right. I am in fairly good shape but would not EVEN consider using a knife as a sole weapon because someone is likely to take it away from me and then kill me with my own knife. I would think that Travis would be quite capable of taking that knife away from her. Which leads me to believe that she had an accomplice.

[Envy]

As far as punching someone in the face I hope we meet one day so I can rip your head off & shit down your neck.

DUDE! I love DUKE NUKEM! i thought i was the only one that remembered his catch phrases! Tell me, prick, do you have BALLS OF STEEL?

[lilbay]

So sorry for your Loss to those who were friends and family of this guy.
I do not care how much of a jerk he may or may not have been no one deserves to have their throat cut and left to die in their bathroom alone.
That is just sick and whomever done it I hope they pay in the end.


As for the bytch who likely killed him why in hell would she have left that camera behind?
She knew enough about cameras I am sure from the looks of her sites to know to take those cards out of the camera. It just seems weird was she really that stupid to think water would have prevented them from being recovered?


As for her being able to handle him he may have been drunk or drugged. I mean he was after all sitting in the shower.
According to the camera she was there all day So maybe they were partying drinking not hard for her to drug him. Have they got the autopsy and tox screens yet?
It just seems so odd.

I look forward to hearing more about this case seems it has a long ways to go before we will understand it.