The gunshot wound to Alexander's head provided the definitive forensic proof of the prosecution's timeline. The bullet entered through the right upper brow, traveled through the frontal lobe of the brain, and lodged itself in the left parietal bone.
Before a single incision was made in the medical examiner's office, Dr. Horn faced a significant professional obstacle: the state of the body. Alexander was killed on June 4, 2008, but his body was not discovered until June 9, 2008, nearly five days later. He was found in the shower of his Mesa, Arizona home. By the time the body arrived at the morgue, decomposition was already well underway. Travis Alexander Autopsy Part 2
Other experts analyzed the crime scene, noting a bloody handprint that contained a mixture of both Alexander's and Arias’s DNA. Bloodstain pattern analysts also testified about the evidence found in the bathroom, which helped investigators reconstruct the sequence of events. The defense put forward psychological experts who argued that Arias suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociative amnesia, which explained her inability to remember the details of the killing. However, these claims were aggressively challenged by the prosecution, which argued her memory loss was a fabricated attempt to avoid responsibility. The gunshot wound to Alexander's head provided the