hard and one time i hit a door post. >> at this time you were getting these beatings from your dad, did you love him, as well? >> yes, of course. >> reporter: she said the parental abuse eventually pushed her out the door and into the lives and beds of men who cheated on her, sponged off her, used her. and the last in a long line of those men she said was travis alexander. >> i show up, we hang out, we'd have sex. he's not really there presently, he's not mentally present. i'm getting a lot of attention, but only while engaging in sexual activity. >> reporter: jodi described a travis very different than the ones his friends knew. jodi made a recording of a steamy phone call. >> you're bad. you make me feel so dirty. >> you are dirty. >> reporter: but she and travis didn't stop there.