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Reporter admitted killy jody arias has sobbed every day of trial, but prosecutors say tears shouldnt be enough to save her life. They say the petite, soft spoken 32yearold deserves to die because alexanders death was so heinous. He was found butchered in the shower of his mesa, arizona, home in june of 2008. He had been stabbed 27 times, his throat was slit so deep he was almost decapitatdecapitated was shot in the head. The testimony of ryan burns this week may have made her look even worse. He was a romantic interest of jodi arias, who she visited in utah less than 24 hours after she committed the crime. What was her demeanor like . She was fine. She was laughing about simple little things, just like any other person. She was i never once felt that there was anything wrong. Reporter burns told the jury right after killing one man, she was kissing another. At some point, i mean, we were talking and we kissed. And did this kissing continue . Or did it just stop at one kiss . Eventually, we kissed probably many times. Every time we started kissing, it got a little more escalated. Reporter his testimony is especially damaging because jodi arias says she killed Travis Alexander in selfdefense. The couple only dated a few months after meeting at a Work Convention in las vegas. But her attorneys claim the 30yearold successful businessman and devout mormon was actually a sexual deviant who controlled and abused arias long after they broke up. But burns testified she wasnt the least bit distraught when she showed up at his place. We were kissing. And what else happened . She got on top of me pretty aggressively and we were kissing. Reporter burns sat down with abc news to discuss their relationship. While we were watching a movie, we kissed a few times. We never had sex. But she certainly wasnt acting like she had something troubling her. Reporter burns also told the jury while she acted normal, she looked different. Her blonde hair was dark, she had cuts on her hands. She told him she broke a glass while bar tending at a restaurant called margaritaville back in Northern California where she lived. Prosecutors believed jodi was lying. Is there a business establishment, a bar, a restaurant by the name of margaritaville . No, sir. So there is no restaurant by the name of margaritaville there . No, sir. Reporter thats one of many lies jodi arias has told. I didnt hurt travis. I would never hurt travis. Reporter in a series of interviews, she first denied being at his house the night of the murder. I would be shaking in my boots if i had to answer to god for such a heinous crime. Reporter two weeks later, she had a new story, saying she was there but didnt do it. I witnessed travis being attacked by two other individuals. Who . I dont know who they were. I couldnt pick them out in a police lineup. Reporter she also lied to the lead detective investigating alexanders murder. The day after his body was found, she told him she hadnt seen her ex in months. It was around april that you left, right . You havent been back in town since then . No, i havent at all. Reporter when faced with a mountain of forensic evidence, arias finally admitted she was the killer, but says she did it to protect herself. In just two minutes, jodi had to make a choice. She would either live or she would die. Reporter prosecutors say its nonsense, that jodi arias stalked her victim long after they broke up, that she flew into a jealous rage when she found out he was dating other women. They say she snapped these pictures of Travis Alexander posing in the shower, then pulled out a knife and attacked him. When you say they werent up to the bones, it means that they stopped there or did the knife blade continue past the bone . They appear to all have been stopped by the boens. Reporter the medical examiner testified that alexanders body was covered in stab wounds. He told the jury that some of the wounds were defensive, that he was fighting for his life. If you have injuries to the back, to the forearms or to the palms or backs of the hands, its consistent with someone trying to either grab the knife or fend off wounds, or fend off injury. Does that mean that there alexander was alive at the time that these injuries were inflicted . I believe he was. Reporter prosecutors have introduced what seems like an unending parade of gruesome photos and bloody items from alexanders bathroom where they say arias slit his throat and shot him in the head. Theres different color ration on the shirt, but i dont know the cause. Reporter alexanders sisters often cry in court. They sit in the front row to honor their brother but at least once theyve had to leave the courtroom. The graphic pictures just too much to bear. There is one picture in particular which may seal jody ariass fate. After she took those shots of travis alkpaexander in the show she dropped that camera. One shows her actually moving his bloody body. Police recovered those images from the memory card of this camera they found inside alexanders washing machine. They believe arias was literally trying to wash away the evidence. But like so much in this case, that too caught up with her. Jodi arias won a christmas carolling contest behind bars, but she may have a tougher time winning over this jury. Most expect she will take the stand to try to justify why she killed. If she cant, jodi arias may soon have a lot more to cry about. Im ryan owens for nightline in phoenix. Thanks to ryan for the report on that trial. Just ahead, from the nfl, could those famous blows on the field have led to the shocking suicide of football legend junior seau . The new discovery, and an abc and espn exclusive as his family speaks out for the first time. 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But after his sudden and shocking suicide just eight months ago, a gunshot to the chest, some speculating he knew his brain needed to be preserved for examination, and many agree that all those hits in the 43yearolds head could have played a role in his own death. He just toughed everything out. Reporter and now seaus family says they did play a central role. Did he know that he was getting concussions . Oh sure, he did. Reporter and the family has results from a study on seaus brain at the National Institutes of health to back them up. Abc news and espn have learned exclusively that seaus brain showed signs of cte, chronic traumatic encepolopaty. What was found in junior seaus brain was cellular changes consistent with cte. It means that he had a lot of headtohead collisions over the course of 20 years of playing in the nfl. Reporter the actual cells in his brain you now know suffered damage. Exactly, yeah. Reporter gina seau, juniors former wife to whom he remained close and his four children decided to donate his brain to the nih to try to understand why the man they loved and knew as an outgoing leader on and off the field changed so drastically in his final few years and ultimately ended it all, detached and alone. A lot of things towards the end of his life, patterns that we saw and things that worried us. His Decision Making and his ambition decreased. He would sometimes lose his temper. He would get irritable over very small things. Kind of go off the grid for a couple weeks. Reporter all symptoms, experts say, of cte. Impulsivity, aggressiveness, depression, sometimes suicidal. Reporter a once deeply respected and highly devoted family man, seaus behavior became confusing for his children. At the end, it just became more and more apparent that he was disconnecting, and i didnt understand, but i just took a different seat and just went with it. Now do you understand . Now i do. I had no idea it could be something this serious. Reporter the night before he shocked everyone by shooting himself, seau sent out this short phone text of love. Just three words. I love you. Reporter means a lot. Sorry. The man lived for family. That love was so important to him. So for him to take his own life, i cant imagine how severe his anguish was. Reporter the game that he loved so passionately, that gave his family everything may in the end have taken it all away. To see that this was the final outcome is really bittersweet and really sad. Reporter but sadly, not uncommon. Dave duerson of the Chicago Bears shot himself to death, too. His brain diagnosed as riddled with cte. The combination of depression and lack of impulse control probably contributes to the suicide that we see in this group of individuals. Reporter dr. Robert cantu says junior seaus death may make a difference to Football Players and fans, a Tipping Point of sorts and signal that no one is immune to the chronic hard hits of the game they may love. Junior seau played a position at high risk for head trauma, middle linebacker where individuals are funneled to you to make the hit. So its really no surprise to me that junior seau had cte, that he died so violently and so young, that certainly perhaps is a bit of a shock. Reporter seau is the highest profile player to be connected to cte and sh rivers went through the league today. Marcellus wiley was a teammate. To know that that was his fate. The sleepless nights you have, you start to wonder, are you down that path towards cte . Reporter the nfl is facing a lawsuit brought by 4,000 former players contending that the league did not do enough to protect them and hid longterm effects from its players. The nfl denies that it intentionally hid any risks from players, and today had this statement in response to seaus diagnosis. The finding underscores the recognized need for Additional Research to accelerate a fuller understanding of cte. The nfl is committed to supporting a wide range of independent medical and Scientific Research that will both address cte and promote the longterm health and safety of athletes at all levels. We have work to do and were doing it. Cte can only be detected after death by examining the brain under a microscope. So far, 50 brains have Football Players have been diagnosed with cte. 35 of them, nfl players, and six of them, high school athletes. The seaus say they just want todays players to make an informed decision, to know the risk for even the toughest in the league. What should the nfl be doing . I think the nfl has to take a bigger role in making sure that people are aware of what the side effects could be. If youre going to play the sport and you love the game, be aware, and be careful and know the signs and symptoms. Be extremely aware of what could potentially happen to your life. Reporter theres a big risk. Theres a huge risk. Reporter the man with a thousand hits may now change the game he loved in ways he never dreamed of. For nightline, im jim avila in san diego. A huge challenge for the game of football. Thanks to jim avila for that important report. Next up, hollywood. The agony and the outrage of the oscar snub. We bring you a look at this Years Academy rejects. Thatll save the day. So will bounty selectasize. Its the smaller powerful sheet. The only one with trap lock technology. Look one selectasize sheet of bounty is 50 more absorbent than a full size sheet of the leading ordinary brand. Use less. With the small but powerful picker upper, bounty selectasize. In the middle of the night it can be frustrating. Its hard to turn off and go back to sleep. 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Abcs david wright brings us this look at this years oscar outcasts. Reporter directors voting on this years Oscar Nominations for best director may not have appreciated this line from argo. You teach somebody to be a director in a day . You teach a monkey to be a director in a day. Reporter ignoring Box Office Success and critical acclaim, the academy snubbed director ben afflecks latest endeavor. Shoot him, hes an american spy. Reporter they also snubbed Kathryn Bigelows zero dark thirty about the plot to find and kill osama bin laden. The directors category was a shock to everybody in hollywood, the fact that both of them were left off the list is shocking. And then youve got tom hooper, who directed les miserables, which a lot of people love. Reporter Tom Hoopers Les mis also shut out for best director. So too Quentin Tarantinos django unchained. But all four movies are up for best picture. Go figure. 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