The Jodi Arias Trial--Fatal Attraction – The Murder of Travis Alexander

[HairOfTheDog]

Here's the transcript regarding the gas can return to Salinas Walmart, which Nurmi either forgot ever happened or lied to the jury about during his closing argument.

March 7^th 2013

MARTINEZ: But you did tell us that you do have a very good memory for detail previously, though, right?

ARIAS: Usually, yes.

MARTINEZ: Ma`am, the other thing that you told us was with regard to these gas cans, is that you purchased one in Salinas, California, right?

ARIAS: Yes.

MARTINEZ: Five-gallon gas can, right?

ARIAS: Yes.

MARTINEZ: And then you purchased this gas can in Salinas, and you said after a short period of time -- well, you didn`t say a period. You said that you returned it back to the store, the Wal-Mart in Salinas, right?

ARIAS: That`s correct.

MARTINEZ: And it`s the same store that you bought it from, right?

ARIAS: Yes.

MARTINEZ: Because it was in -- probably because it was in the same general vicinity, right?

ARIAS: Right.

MARTINEZ: And, ma`am, one of the other things that you said was that the reason that you did this was because you -- it was expensive and -- it didn`t seem to make sense to you to get that gas can, right?

ARIAS: Yes, in hindsight I realized it didn`t make sense.

MARTINEZ: All right. So why is it -- are you -- why is it then, ma`am, that you showed up with three gas cans in Salt Lake City?

(I CUT OUT SOME TESTIMONY ABOUT GAS FILL UPS HERE)

MARTINEZ: Ma`am, exhibit No. 237.008. Wal-Mart receipt. You see this, correct?

ARIAS: Yes.

MARTINEZ: This is the Wal-Mart that you went to in Salinas, and you purchased a five-gallon gas can, right? You told us that before, right?

ARIAS: Yes, I did.

MARTINEZ: And you were there on June 3^rd of 2008 at 3:22 in the afternoon when you made that purchase, right?

ARIAS: That`s correct.

MARTINEZ: Would it surprise you to find out -- and you said that you got a refund in cash, didn`t you?

ARIAS: Yes, I did.

MARTINEZ: Would it surprise you that Wal-Mart does not have any record of any refund for a gas can on that date of June 3^rd of 2008?

ARIAS: Considering that I returned it, that would surprise me.

MARTINEZ: Pardon?

ARIAS: Considering that I returned it, that would surprise me.

MARTINEZ: It would surprise you?

ARIAS: Yes.

MARTINEZ: Because you claim you returned it on that day, right?

ARIAS: Yes, I did, and I received cash for it.
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What was Nurmi thinking? It's bugging me.