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To play victim. >> juan martinez, closing arguments, theme is manipulation. if jodi arias manipulates everybody, including the members of the jury, by lying to them, lying to travis, lying to investigators. that's a theme throughout. >> then, it was the defense's turn. >> it's not even about whether or not you like jodi arias. >> something happened in the heat of passion between these two people who, at one time, were linked as lovers. >> he called her stupid. he says even a five-year-old

Five hours away, in mesa, arizona. still, that wouldn't slow them down. shanna hogan is the author of "picture perfect," about the jodi arias case. >> travis and jodi were almost in constant communication. they exchanged thousands of e-mails and text messages. >> jodi was so attracted to travis, she converted to the church of latter day saints because travis was a mormon. >> i'm sure that made their relationship even stronger. >> to outsiders, travis and jodi appeared devout. appearances, as was often the case with these two, would prove deceiving. >> secretly, behind the scenes, travis and jo...

Years since friends discovered travis alexander's dead body crumpled up in his bathroom shower. >> jodi arias killed travis alexander. there is no question about it. the million dollar question is what would have forced her to do it. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008? >> yes, i did. >> but she denied the charge against her that she had planned travis' murder. >> why? >> this is the last time he attacked he. >> she pled not guilty, claiming self defense, that she was forced to kill travis. >> in just those two minutes, jodi had to make a choice.

Monday, june 9th, 2008. 90 minutes inside a mesa community. nobody heard from travis alexander in five days. so a handful of concerned friends went looking for him. >> they get to the garage, they go inside the house. it smells. there's a fowl odor hanging in the air. >> they found their friend pale and lifeless on the shower floor. travis' body had nearly 29 stab marks, including the slash across his neck from ear-to-ear. there was a gunshot wound over

Travis wanted a lot more life. jodi wanted to be with him more than anything. and it was extremely unhealthy bond that they shared. >> and a normal, healthy life was something that travis had wanted desperately, since growing up in riverside, california. >> travis' childhood was full of poverty, neglect, physical violence. >> his parents were both addi addicted to drugs. his grandmother was the one who raised him. it was a tough upbringing. >> jodi, too, has said she didn't have it easy growing up. that she was no stranger to abuse. >> she grew up being very artistic. she had a lot of brothers...