On June 4, 2008, salesman Travis Victor Alexander was killed by his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Ann Arias, in Alexander's house in Mesa, Arizona. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013 and sentenced to life in state prison on April 7, 2014, almost 6 years after the murder.[n 1] At the time of the killing Alexander sustained multiple knife wounds and a gunshot to the head. Arias testified that she killed Alexander in self-defense, but did not convince a jury. The murder and trial recei