I am certainly not a mental health professional and I don't even play one on TV. However, I think JA has a lot of shit going on in that head.
Several years ago, I was in charge of a non-public school where all the students had some type of emotional disturbance. I find myself thinking of many of those students in relation to JA and her qualities. I would imagine studying someone like Stabby would be fascinating from a clinical point of view.
There is no doubt that JA and Bundy have a few things in common, but Bundy was a true psychopath and a sexual sadist. Bundy was also incredibly intelligent and a master manipulator; he makes JA look like a novice. Everyone loved Bundy before they found out what he really was and he was very charming. It seems JA was not very charming and she had very few social graces. Most describe her as weird or "off" and it seems like the whole Mormon church knew that she had something to do with the murder. Bundy had IQ (intelligence quotient) and EQ (emotional quotient), Jodi has the EQ of a dog toy.
I know JA is very dangerous, but I have my doubts about serial killer status. If Travis wouldn't have come along, she might have killed some guy anyway, but I think the situation would have had similar circumstances: rejection, perceived cheating, lack of importance. Travis was the victim here and no one deserves to die the way he did, but he continued to let her into his life and into his bed. I know I get grief for this, but Travis told all of his friends how she was stalking him (which she was) and how he was so done with her. She kept communicating with him, but he responded and he let her into his bed. I think Deanna said it perfectly when she said that Travis liked the attention JA gave to him. Every warning flag was flying in that poor man's face, but he couldn't stop seeing her. I am not blaming the victim here by any stretch, so I don't want y'all to jump on me.
I have tried to think about this case in the "what if's".
What if JA would have kept her big mouth shut from the beginning? Would we still be so adamant about her guilt? Would we all have gotten so invested? More than likely, she would have gotten Murder 2 and been out in 12 years.
What if we switch genders for Jodi and Travis? In other words, Travis showed up at Jodi's house and killed her. Would we feel differently or would we be asking why didn't she call the police. Do we expect more of women when it comes to unwanted stalking behavior. Come on, ladies.... How many of you would have let him in? Would you have called the police right away if your ex just showed up standing behind you at 4:00 AM?
Just my opinions.... Nothing more.



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Nicely done. I still think that it's mostly sock puppets over there (the site's admin posing as supporters) but I'm sure there's a few that are real and candidates for some serious therapy.




