I had a friend who was murdered by her boyfriend several years ago. She was stabbed over 100 times, and basically bled completely out! I honestly don’t know how the funeral director/embalmers did such a beautiful job on her, because at her viewing, she looked absolutely beautiful! She only had a few visible wounds on her hands.
@@MaryClareVideos Given that Arias stabbed Alexander 27 times, cut his throat and shot him in the head and then the body wasn't discovered for several days it must have been a job to make him presentable for viewing. I guess it could be better to see reality than have horrible images of what he looked like for real. I prefer not to see the dead in any state but I know it's vital [ha] for some people.
I have a guilty complex when it comes to my morbid fascination of death, murders, true crime. I am not a sociopath or anything like that, I swear! Lol I love the science, the forensic perspective & the psychology of people's minds that inflict these horrific acts upon other people. Thank you for this awesome channel!
Yes. It's fascinating, without being morbid, how the various insects, in a kind of heirarchy, attend, visit a lifeless organic body, (animal or vegetable) to carry out the essential work of recycling. Science. Lovely. 😷🌈
Same. Like most I fear death. But it is inevitable. Hopefully a full life is led and not cut short in some way. I think in a way learning about death in an educational and professional/respectful way is sort of cathartic. I learn a lot about law from true crime and also how to possibly avoid certain situations and warning signs of unstable people.
@THISIS THEGIRL Yes, I understand what you're trying to say. But, trust me, there are many people who don't like it. Many people can't handle the gory details, the macabre images & the violence. That is why so much is censored on RU-vid. There have been many instances people have looked at me like I have three heads when they find out this fact about me. 😄
I never thought I would listen to something like this. But I did find it very interesting probably because I was listening to true professionals. Well done folks. 👍
Love how Kari says “ afternoon delight” . Jodi Arias is diabolical. She couldn’t have Travis so she selfishly took his life. I believe it was premeditated and she deserves never to see the outside walls of prison.
@@sandrabrown2132 Exactly! That's the most important point period. It doesn't matter what he did to her (as far as getting another girlfriend). She "agreed" to be his friend with benefits. So I'm not sure what she thought that entailed, but nobody held her captive in this situation, he didn't deserve to be murdered. She premeditated getting him in his most vulnerable situation (nude & in the shower) and then making her move. 😢
This is by far the most saddening story you guys have done that really pulls the heart strings thus far. This guy didn't deserve this.. I love how compassionate you all are, watching your body language while you look at these photos, You can see how much it bothers you to see it, yet keeping that professional appearance .. That speaks volumes.. True angels all of you are. The first time I listened to this, I researched the photos an was just in a deep sad funk for days..
I've been to funerals of accident victims, and one murder victim, who was shot, but it was in the chest/torso area. Travis Alexander, what a horrendous death. I've seen his autopsy photos online, as I followed her trial. If he had an open casket viewing, then that undertaker must've been an artist. And I'm not trying 2b funny either. Rest in peace Travis. You really deserved better.💐🕊✝️
I've actually looked through the crime scene pictures, and the autopsy pictures. If they were able to make him really viewable, that's honest skill right there. I'm not in the industry, but it fascinates me and leaves me in awe with the care and artistic skill you all have.
I saw the autopsy photos. Very horrible what Jody did to him. I never believed her many self defense stories but this was clearly overkill! Thanks for explaining things.
@@Ann-kg1zd oh wow how sad I just had to watch the (This is Monsters) again just to hear everything She is a Monster 👹 Period horrible Narcissist Selfish Horrible Monster!
Have you seen the This is Monsters One on this Case? If not I suggest you do so if you had a good day because if you didn't it may make you just have a worst one she is just horrific of a thing I can't even say or type a human My Mind just won't let me shes a Monster!!!
I googled the autopsy photos, and I actually find it encouraging that someone with that kind of trauma and decomposition could be made presentable to the point that his family could view his remains, recognize him, and not have to suffer further psychological agony because of being confronted with visual evidence of the horrors their loved one had been subjected to. I think that recognizable viewing would bring some comfort to a crime victim's family.
I think he was an absolute schmuck, but no, he didn't deserve to die for it. Nobody deserves to die for being a womanizer and nobody deserves to experience the level of brutality that Travis did.
She was completely narcissistic ....oooh he was a womaniser...there are plenty of them ..she was no goody goody either... She knew he was a liar, he was a fake Mormon wasn’t he ? If she was butt ugly nobody would give a toss
It's sad that they have to hear her name constantly forever but her and Travis will always be connected because of their relationship and the murder it's just a fact
Correction: Jodi was NOT his g/f. She used him for sex, stalked him, broke into his phone, iPad and computer many many times after finding his passcodes. She sent dreadful messages to all his female friends, broke into his house, slashed all 4 of his very expensive tyres twice, spied on him and recorded his telephone conversations without his knowledge. And when he dumped her after 2 - 3 months, because he said she was a nutcase, she butchered him. She almost decapitated him when she slashed his throat from one ear to the other, stabbed him 27 times and shot him in the head. She lied and lied and lied. And is still doing it. Changing her story 3 times... Ending on, "It was self defence." Travis was an Elder in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Not a Mormon... Mormon is a prophet from the Book of Mormon. They don't worship Him, they worship Christ. The clue is in the name of the church.
I have been waiting so badly to watch this!!! I've always found this subject,and this case, really fascinating,please do more of these types of stories in the future,if you can and want to that is of course!!! Thanks again for the great content as always!! 🙂
Thanks to the three of you for showing such compassion. Seeing what she did to him and she has to be given a chance to have her makeup perfect for interviews. Her looks are important and she did this to this great looking guy!
I found you accidently tonight & subscribed! I followed this case through & through. I learned a lot. Feel all of you were very respectful & careful with your expertise in viewing & sharing this tragic case, without being sterile & unfeeling. Ty! 🧐 😷
My Father died in a yard accident. He helped tip out a tree another man was using a chainsaw to cut up the tree. My Father tripped and fell into the saw cut his neck and left collar bone. With EMT &ER care within minutes. The county did the autautopsies . Funeral home used a larger shirt. This helped me understand what they did for my Dad
...FYI - there wasn't an exit wound. From Dr. Horn's testimony - the bullet was lodged and recovered from the left cheek. You guys are freaking amazing!! I worked in a shock trauma unit in a large inner city hospital for 22 years so I've seen it ALL and this is beyond interesting! Thank you for an exemplary upload! Keep it up PLEASE! Xoxo
This is such a sad,heartbreaking case. I appreciate what all of you do,to be able to let a family have some time with a loved one,who has died in such a traumatic way. Thank you all 3 for the video, really very interesting.
I will never forget being in the 4th grade and my mom coming to check me out because my brothers best friend ( they were both 13 n had the same birthday) he was murdered by his own mother. She stabbed him 30 or 40 times. Cut his throat and removed fingers.. It was heartbreaking and down right I stilll hear my big brother sobbing in the bed in my mom's arms. So many people were at the funeral. School staff. From every school he went too even our bus drivers.. the funeral home done an amazing job because family really wanted a viewing. He was dressed in a tux. And had gloves on. They laid a lace material over him and it had a card asking not to touch him. A couple years later Alex's aunt also murdered her baby and left it on church door step. She claimed she heard voices says to harm child. And then they" told her to take the baby to God's house to be heald.
@@KaritheMortician have you seen the picture of how he was found? To me his facial skin looks “normal” but then that autopsy photo is, like you said, mummy like. Why would it change like that?
Ive been waiting patiently for this episode! So fascinating!! Please cover more popular true crime stories like this in the future!! Its just sooo interesting!! Thanks Kari and the other professionals for doing this story!! And of course what you do for these people and victims of the familys,i know that cant be an easy job to do at all,so thank you for being one of those people who can help these people at the end of their life.
I'm so fascinated by the work morticians do. Theo Von interviewed a guy and I found the interview very informative and interesting. I have also been fascinated by Travis Alexander's body and the state it was in when found. I really enjoyed this roundtable!
The wounds to the back of the head were more stab wounds, leaving marks in his skull. The throat slash was to the spine. Medical Examiner said it severed the trachea, Jugular, and Carrotid. There was no exit wound for the bullet, (25cal) It lodged in his cheekbone. Medical Examiner did also say there was some mummification, especially on the hands.
They showed all the pictures and the autopsy photos. We saw the gash across his neck, and there’s a picture of her foot and she’s holding his chin up to cut his throat. It was just awful. I think this was the most emotional charged murder and trial forever. I watched the entire trial.
This is so sad. I've learned a lot from watching your videos just to get a general knowledge of how things are done in your line of work. Nobody deserves something like this no matter what. I've broken up with ex boyfriends, but I sure would never have murdered them. I was angry of course which is normal, but to outright murder in cold blood I just don't understand. Thank all of you for your takes on what occurs and how you would care for the deceased individuals. I enjoy the videos, but of course not the fact that an individual passed. The videos really bring forth a better understanding of what you all do to care for individuals in your funeral establishments.
Interesting concept. I love it! I’m going to watch your episode 1 of this series! Thanks Kari & guys. I always love any content you produce. Thanks for the education.
It's just absolutely crazy the damage she did, seeing him young,healthy, very attractive to his deceased body after day's I can't wrap my head around the violence and aftermath
UNLIKE CASEY Anthony, she is getting away with murder of her little girl Caylee. All murderers deserve the death penalty but aren't always allowed 😒. In Biblical times if someone murdered someone then, they would have lost their life meaning soul for soul that was murdered and life stolen from them. Deuteromy 27:25 - Cursed is the one who bribes to kill an innocent person.
I have learned a lot from your channel and this has got to be one of the most diabolical crimes that I have learned about. I went and looked at the photos and just gruesome way to die. It’s hard to imagine an individual with so much disdain for another that they brutally murder them
Thank you, Kari, Ryan, and Brian. The autopsy photos of Mr. Alexander showed some drying effect --- his lips had pulled away from his teeth, and his hands looked very dry, like from the inside. The mottling looked like it was widespread, from the top of his head to his feet. For family viewing after embalming/makeup, do you use a 'foundation' color to mitigate the discoloration? Do you close the wounds, and how? Good comments about his overall condition. He was a good looking man. So sad. Such a horrific killing. His poor family - just having to view for identification would have been traumatic.
Kari, I really appreciate watching your videos. They're tactfully and professionally done. It takes a very special person to do what you do on a daily basis. You provide closure for us and beauty to those who have passed away. I admire your dedication and knowledge very much. Thank you for your care and concern for those who have passed and for us who mourn their absence. God bless you.
I'm reading the book "Our Friend Travis" which was written by a couple who were close friends of his. He sounded like a wonderful human being...kind, caring, giving..just the type of person narcissists (like Jodi) seek out. Very sad.
There is so much in an expired body that teaches us about the living body…I had Covid last yr. & it caused a heart attack and blood clots up my left arm and left subclavian. My fingertips on my left hand and areas all up my arm turned black and I had to have my fingertips amputated. I was on a ventilator for 45days, had covid pneumonia, severe yeast overgrowth in my body, & sepsis…I’m still on 2L of oxygen, & in a lot of pain still. When you spoke of black fingers and discoloration in the hands, it reminded me of my left arm and hand. I have very big, deep scars on my left arm, but something about them being black & dead was just so darn scary to me. My lungs are forever damaged as well. I wonder if they have the same black dead tissue in them? My left side was paralyzed. I am only 48yrs old. I had to learn to talk, eat, & walk again. Drs at my local hospital worked on me for 15 min. to get my heart started, they put a chest tube in me, & told my family to pull the plug on me. My brother (bless his heart) said that was unacceptable, & had me sent to a trauma hospital about 35min. away, & against all odds, I survived. You all are so fascinating to me. I lost my 27yr old son on 12/19/21, while he was incarcerated, from a fentanyl OD, & the coroner did an autopsy on him. I wonder if he suffered?
Eva Peron would be interesting maybe? How to keep a body in good condition that long and also the restoration when her body was found after going missing.
Great post. There was quite a dark backstory to the disappearance of Eva Peron's embalmed body. From memory, I recall a story about a senior military man taking charge of it for years, and becoming obsessed with it. I believe necrophilia was suspected. Dreadful!
When I worked for a FH, there was a young man whom was found murdered by shotgun at close range & his family insisted upon having an open casket after being told the extent of trauma. There was virtually nothing left of the head, so the head embalmer reconstructed the skull & what was left of the face with Plaster of Paris which took an entire day. There were no current photos of this man, so the embalmer did his best with what he had with heavy make-up, a veil with many straight pins secured to the casket's head panel to deter people from looking too close, & low lighting. The family was very pleased & a huge crowd of the curious showed up for the visitation. My hat came off to the embalmer for his valuable skills. The family praised him personally for his efforts although in my opinion he did not look like someone whom could be properly identified other than by fingerprints. Cases with extensive head trauma like this are usually closed casket.
As long as we're on the subject, I'd love to know how Benjamin Keough was prepared for open casket. I don't understand the logistics, but he died from a self-inflicted intraoral shotgun wound. The exit wound was in the chest, so does that mean the gun was pointed downward? I hope your vids get monetized so you're around for the long haul! It doesn't feel morbid, bc awful things happen to good people, unfortunately. But your expertise is the silver lining for bereaved loved ones.
Just from the LDS funerals that I have personally been to. They usually have a viewing prior to the services. So you would see the body, then have the funeral, then go to the cemetary for the burial. I'm sure theres differences in preference between families though. I've never been to a funeral that was of a crime victim.
The ones who killed my loved one used fire to try to destroy evidence, and I would like to know if it's possible to know if he suffered as he was trapped inside Tower 1, trying to find a way out when out of five exits, every damn one of them was blocked. I'd like to know if they can tell, through having his hand, if he suffered too. They didn't say. I don't think his mom wanted to know. All they ever found of him was one of his hands But they were able to tell things from that one remain that I was astounded to learn of - and I was a paramedic at the time. I know some things about death that I cannot tell laypersons.
I dated a man in 2018 named Greg, a funeral director in Richwood Ohio. We met up for an overnight rendezvous and in his van was dead woman that he just picked up from the morgue. I questioned the amount of time he had until she needed to be embalmed and he said she’d be fine. I was so creeped out I’ll never forget it!
By all accounts he was a bit of a cad. But this murder was so so brutal. It just shows us how fragile we are. She’s a stone cold psychopath. Poor dude. Worse for his family.
Anyone who saw this trial has already seen the autopsy pictures. Not to mention, the autopsy pictures are all over the Internet. Wouldn't it help your audience to show us the pictures as you explain the trauma and the difficult task of embalming him? Speaking for myself, I'd appreciate seeing the pictures as you explain things. Thanks very much.
I live in New Zealand and we have a beautiful 'reality' show here called Casketeers. I would so love for you to do a sort of reaction video. They are fabulous at Tipene Funeral Home, so uniquely kiwi and just great people.
I like the show too, I'm in the UK. The family who own the funeral home are so respectful and obviously serve their community well. Some humour and lighter moments in the series but still respectful to the deceased, family and general public. Very professional.
I went to the funeral of a young friend that had fallen overboard in Florida during a Jimmy Buffett concert. The concert goers were mostly on boats in a bay. He was run over in the water and hit in the head and neck with a boat propeller. His mother insisted on an open casket funeral. The mortician did a pretty decent job of making him presentable. She should not have gone with the open casket.
My uncle died self harm. And open casket with a minor looking bruise, type “scratch”. I was very shocked at how minor the wound was. My husband was killed in a car wreck when I was 22 & he was 25. It broke his neck when thrown out the car window. He had a net covering the casket & we was warned if anyone touched the net, the coffin would immediately be closed. My uncle & his son was murdered at their family business. They were open casket. But from the details I gathered, they essentially had to reconstruct their faces, possibly from clay? It took over a week before their viewing. My aunt died in a house fire & that was NOT open! But I never understood why my husband had a net draped over the casket & the lighting was very dim, also matching the color of the net . Is there a huge difference in a broken neck, than a gun wound? His passing was in 97, & I’ve never been able to talk to the mortician about my husband’s viewing.
Wow that is a lot of tragic deaths in one family! he may have also had a lot of small trauma to his face, cuts and such which required a lot of wax work
@@KaritheMortician Thank you for the reply♡ Thats what I was thinking. Especially after the murders of my uncle & cousin in 2014. I knew they were essentially wax. Even though we were married with a 3yr old son, his parents must have dealt with those details.? And the decision of open or closed coffin.?. Its all a blur. And we do NOT talk about it. I had a nervous breakdown. And I had never even thought about "who" took care of the open, or closed, coffin details.?. Yes, it has been a lot of trauma. Not to mention the *many* thats passed for various reasons. 💔 🤧
@@KaritheMortician, I’m sure. I worked with a lot of first responders, and have tried to impress folks about the silent killers of families, marriages, mental health, substance abuse, etc...all the things people with secondary trauma experience. I was just hoping y’all have protocols in place to help mediate the dangers. Thank you for responding.
After great loss myself, I find myself wondering if my role in this world should be this profession and to comfort people by doing the best by their lost loved ones
The creepiest thing was Jodi's interview room antics. She's standing on her head, looking through garbage and also singing some song like she auditioning for American Idol.
@@KaritheMortician Hi, I’m not a psychiatrist, nor am I a therapist. My assessment of her standing on her head was a clear indication was that she was satisfied with what she had accomplished.
Kari, this is a very good video within an excellent series. I like your new background and love the interruption by your daughter. Kari it seems to me this series would make an excellent learning experience to an advanced group of embalming students or as a learning visual to accompany a book or text. Thanks again, Kari, for your hard work and outstanding product! Robert.
I’m a writer and while it’s hard to hear this it’s also hard to describe. So sad. I saw the images. Horrible. Even my imagination could never have thought this. So sorry for the family. Jodi is a monster.
Such an interesting take on this case! I remember following this as it was going on! I’m amazed that having viewings when a person is this far gone is a real possibility! Two questions! There is something silver over his right eye like metallic eyeshadow or something! What would you speculate that to be??? In addition to the decomp and retraction of the lips and face due to dehydration, smell would have to be a huge obstacle? Does embalming fluid neutralize that smell by itself?? And how do deal with that?? If you can??
Reflection of moisture most likely Yes definitely there would have been a strong odor The smell never goes away but we can use odor absorbers and stop the decomp at the point it is at or at least delay it the best we can.
I followed this case so well & I'm 100% positive she shot him 1st & thought he would die but he didn't die do she had to stab him until he did! However due to the lies JA started saying everything from child molestation to rape & abuse! I completely understand why the prosecutor wanted to change that order a little bit to gain a conviction and eliminate the possibility any jurer would think it was self defense. However in my opinion the actual order and how I believe it went down makes JA much more awful because she had the opportunity to get help & realize what she was doing but decided to continue & brutally murder him! Years ago when this trial was happening I found an amazing animated video on this theory and it makes much more sense! The RU-vid channel is Gray Hughes and the video is called "Jodi Arias Gun First Theory" definitely check it out!
My cousin supposedly shot himself in the stomach with a shotgun, when his wife left him for another man. I never believed it. I think she or her lover murdered him, and the cops were just too lazy to bother with my cousin.
My cousin was shot in the head and killed. I thought there would be a closed casket, but it was open. They did a great job on him. You could not tell he has any trauma at all. You all are amazing at what you can do!
I have an obsession with true crime, psychopathy, I guess that's the word, watching Jodi Arias in the confession room especially when she was alone in there just fascinated me, just getting a glimpse of her true mind was Extremely scary.
Travis was most likely buried in his temple garments since he was Mormon. He also would have been wearing the white outfit they wear inside the temple. Mormons typically have viewings, which is typically the case in Utah.
As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints I can say, not all members have been to the temple so If he had not been to the temple he would not have been buried in temple clothing.
There is no limit to the pain and agony a person can inflict upon another. My prayers to his family, friends and loved ones. I pray that God will punish Arias in kind!💕🐾🙏🏻
