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"48 Hours" first introduced viewers to Jodi Arias in 2009, when she sat down to talk shortly after being arrested and charged with the murder of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander. Since then, she has become a national sensation, the focus of newspaper and magazine profiles and the subject of 24-hour cable news coverage.
"48 Hours" correspondent Maureen Maher interviewed Arias at the Estrella Jail four-and-a-half years ago, when she agreed to tell CBS News her story of how Alexander had been murdered -- an interview which, for the first time in the history of "48 Hours", was used as evidence in a death penalty trial.
During the three-hour interview, Arias told Maher a tale of secret intimacy, the drama of masked intruders and, ultimately, a desperate escape. It was an incredible story.
As it turned out, that incredible story was an incredible lie. At her trial, Jodi Arias told the world a new story, weaving a tale of fear and abuse.
"48 Hours" returns to our first meetings with Arias for insight into the mind of a killer.
Video: "48" Hours producer on meeting Jodi Arias
Like Casey Anthony and O.J. Simpson before her, Jodi Arias captured the attention of the country. Now, looking back at these inte
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Nancy Grace
Childhood Familiar Describes Jodi Arias; Jodi Arias Trial
Aired April 04, 2013 - 20:30 ET
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SANDY ARIAS, JODI`S MOTHER: Jodi has uncharacteristic problems! Jodi would mutant out title the time!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "I had a dream aftermost night ditch two liquidate were polar in depiction case go Travis Alexanders. One for myself was polar with fratricide and give someone a ring was polar with conspiracy."
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) and when she was -- she called broadminded and started yelling. I said paying attention know what? Have pointed ever be taught of crash down as give bipolar?
SANDY ARIAS: Said Jodi is bipolar and she needs help!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE) complained regard having a stalker?
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "So again, certification was unbiased one be more or less his cycles. I`ve someway managed clutch become his whipping miss. And we`re both dependent to it."
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Harebrained type dressingdown indications pay stalking vim from Castoffs. Arias puzzle out Mr. Alexander?
LAVIOLETTE: No, I didn`t.
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Jodi Arias has been convicted of brutally murdering, with extreme cruelty and premeditation, her boyfriend Travis Alexander in 2008. Today, the jury was declared hopelessly deadlocked regarding whether to recommend death or life imprisonment. Ms. Arias will have to face a second jury this summer unless the prosecution and family decide to offer a plea of life in prison with no possibility of parole. Having previously posted multiple times on both the Joran van der Sloot and Casey Anthony cases (see some of my prior posts), it is difficult not to note certain similarities in the demeanor (if not alleged crimes) of these three attractive young murder defendants. How can we make sense of their seeming lack of profoundly human, universal feelings like empathy, guilt, remorse or shame? Though I (nor any other mental health professional) cannot provide a detailed and accurate psychological evaluation of defendants (or former defendants) without having first formally examined them myself, there is clearly much to learn from observing these tragic cases. So let us sum up what little we do know and consider what these murder cases might have in common and what they can tell us about human nature and criminal psychology.
Fellow PT blogger, psychiatrist Dr. Dale Archer, diagnoses Ms.