A lot of people have asked why Jodi used a knife instead of the gun. And some people who defend her question why, if she had stolen a gun, she would use a knife.
Knives are higher risk. They force you to be in contact with your victim, and they can also inflict a decent amount of damage to you if you aren't careful.
These are fair questions, and I wanted to see what other folks thought.
For someone like Jodi, I'm not sure a gun would be enough. I think because she is a highly sexualized person, she needed the outlet and release of the kill with a knife. I've heard in other cases where detectives believe that a knife is considered a highly sexualized way to kill someone. And I believe that this played a huge (albeit unconscious) role in the choice of weapons used.
Also, knives feel very much like a branding. Each stab, each slice, is a mark of ownership. The killing doesn't make me think of rage either; I think she enjoyed the killing. I think she enjoyed planning it, fantasizing about it, and I think she enjoyed carrying it out.
I truly believe that if she hadn't killed Travis, the next boyfriend she had would have been the one to die. There is something about the way she acts about the mend in her life that makes me very certain that if she hadn't been caught, she may have even become a serial killer.
If we dismiss my rambling as pure nonsense, then I think that easiest answer to why a knife was used could be explained very simply: guns make too much noise, knives don't. She was working very, very hard to cover her tracks, so the gun would have been used as a last resort.
Also, I have a (mostly) unrelated question: My aunt called and asked me about "Vincent(?) Arias". She said he was a boyfriend or something? I was probably at work during this testimony. Who the hell is that?!
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Originally Posted by oh right
