The jury learned gruesome details about the violent death of 30-year-old Travis Alexander during day three of the Jodi Arias murder trial on Tuesday.
As bereaved family members watched in a Phoenix courtroom, a medical examiner began testifying in graphic detail about the brutal attack that resulted in Alexander's death.
Dr. Kevin Horn, of the Maricopa County Medical Examiner office, described how Alexander was stabbed 27 times, shot in the right brow with a .25-caliber gun, and nearly decapitated when his throat, voice box and arteries were cut. As Horn spoke, jurors looked at photos of the dead Arizona man whose body, Horn said, was found in his Mesa home June 9, 2008, several days after he was killed, decomposing and starting to mummify.
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The drivers license Jodi Arias presented when she rented a car prior to Travis Alexander's murder.
WARNING
Some photos in this slideshow are graphic and may be disturbing to some viewers.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Jodi Arias taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at Travis Alexander's home. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken on the same day of Alexander's murder.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his home. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken on the same day of Alexander's murder.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Jodi Arias taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at Travis Alexander's home. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken on the same day of Alexander's murder.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken on the same day of Alexander's murder.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Evidence
The last photo ever taken of Travis Alexander, directly before his murder. The photo was recovered from the camera card.
Camera Photo's
A photo of Travis Alexander taken from the camera card found in the washing machine at his. Prosecutors allege this photo was taken minutes before he was murdered.
Travis Alexander Crime Scene
A photo of Travis Alexander's body in the shower of his apartment.
Travis Alexander Crime Scene
A photo of Travis Alexander's body in the shower of his apartment.
Travis Alexander Crime Scene
A photo of Travis Alexander's body in the shower of his apartment.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
The prosecution contends this photo, shown in court on Jan. 8, 2013, shows Travis Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers that indicate he had fought for his life during the knife attack.
Autopsy Photo
Autopsy photo of Travis Alexander's legs.
Autopsy Photo
Autopsy photo of Travis Alexander's foot.
Travis Alexander Crime Scene
A photo of Travis Alexander's body in the shower of his apartment.
Autopsy
X-ray image of Travis Alexander's skull that was shown in court.
Autopsy
X-ray image of Travis Alexander's skull that was shown in court.
During the testimony, Alexander's family members left the courtroom. Arias cried as post-mortem photos were shown and appeared to use her long dark hair to shield herself from the jury.
Prosecutors say that Arias, a 32-year-old photographer from Yreka, Calif., killed Alexander in cold blood, but her defense team claims she acted in self-defense.
According to Horn, Alexander's stab wounds were very deep and inflicted with major force. It was, Horn testified Tuesday, impossible to determine if Alexander was dead before he was shot due to the amount of decomposition. The cause of death was excessive blood loss from the victim's body, he said, and Alexander had multiple self-defense wounds to his palms and fingers, a key element of the prosecution's case.
Heather Connor, a Mesa Police Department fingerprint examiner, continued her testimony Tuesday after first taking the stand Friday. Tuesday, Connor took the court through photos of Alexander's hallway, master bedroom and bathroom. The jury was also shown a photo of a bloody handprint on a wall that prosecutors said contains a mixture of Alexander's and Arias' DNA.
Last week, Connor unveiled evidence found at the crime scene, including blood, a bullet casing, a broken camera and a SIM card prosecutors said contains deleted images of Arias naked on a bed and of Alexander's body.
Conner is expected to take the stand again Wednesday morning.
If convicted, Arias could face the death penalty.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page. According to the caption, the photo was taken at Havasupai Falls in Arizona.
Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Travis Alexander that Jodi Arias posted to her MySpace page. According to the caption, the photo was taken near Amarillo, Texas, in March 2008.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page. According to the caption it was taken in Oklahoma City, in March 2008.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Travis Alexander that he posted to his MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Travis Alexander that he posted to his MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page. The caption below the photo read: "Travis and me, right before I was baptized."
Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Travis Alexander that was posted to Jodi Arias' MySpace page.
Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Travis Alexander that Jodi Arias posted to her MySpace page. According to the caption, the photo was taken at the Painted Desert in Arizona.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page. According to the caption, the photo was taken in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in March 2008.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page. According to the caption, the photo was taken at Disney Land.
Jodi Arias And Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander that she posted to her MySpace page. According to the photo caption, it was taken at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page. According to the caption, the photo was taken at the Cumbres and Toltec Rail Road, in Chama, New Mexico.
Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Travis Alexander that he posted to his MySpace page. According to the caption, the photo was taken in Hawaii.
Jodi Arias And Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander that she posted to her MySpace page. According to the photo caption, it was taken at the Sacred Grove in Palmyra, New York.
Jodi Arias And Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander And Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page. The caption below the photo read: "All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Travis Alexander that he posted to his MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
Travis Alexander
An undated photo of Travis Alexander that he posted to his MySpace page.
Jodi Arias
An undated photo of Jodi Arias that she posted to her MySpace page.
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