Dear Jodi – I read your letter…

Ohh Jodi, he will nevermore be that

“amazing friend” that “saw inside”,

and made you

“feel like a beautiful person inside”.

You killed that.

 

 

YOU ALONE, get to live with that until your last breath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Via Elizabeth Ann Schilling
Jodi wants all supporters to see this msg:

MESSAGE FROM JODI ANN ARIAS – May 17, 2014

“I’d like to address and correct some things that recently came up regarding my art website and who runs it, and the Jodibands and who distributes them. This may be old news to most of you, but the negative affects are still quietly rippling through the atmosphere due to the damage caused by a misguided supporter.

First, the art website. Heinz redesigned it after the woman I stupidly trusted disappeared with the rest of the “Cat’s eye” prints, “Hourless” prints, three of my raw files and some of my family’s money. Heinz and I agreed that this was a temporary arrangement until I could get my ducks in a row, and he quickly put together a secure temporary website to get my art back up and running. He’s nothing short of a superhero. In addition to his day job, he had side jobs, he was a full-time parent to Choppie, who required extra care, and he runs and maintains Jodispage.com, including the ever-evolving book club (a huge undertaking in itself). In addition to all that, he agreed to allow the Jodibands and Survivor t-shirts to be sold at Jodispage.com, despite his initial resistance, and he maintains the mail room including all postage involved out of his own pocket. My art website is perpetually evolving as new content is added.

Heinz does not have the time to continually follow up with the never-ending modifications, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that it used to weigh on my conscience every night when I would count my blessings and realize how much I’m always asking of him. So I switched web designers which, by my logic, is a win/win: Heinz has one less beastly headache to deal with and when I need something added or changed, it’s not an issue. All done.

When I initially settled on which web designer I was going to go with, I told all of one person in the Facebook groups (big mistake on my part; lesson learned). So you can imagine my shock, to put it politely, that this person not only began slandering SJ before I even had a chance to tell Heinz myself, but also waged a hate campaign against SJ that was eerily similar to the one waged against me—the one that thoroughly disgusted all of you. I asked for proof—PROOF—that SJ is the bad guy this “supporter” was claiming him to be, but instead I was sent a blog full of fiction that proved nothing and cited as it’s sole authority in the entire piece a tabloid article from the UK. A tabloid? Really? That’s like saying “See? The National Enquirer said so!”

Other probably well-meaning supporters joined in this mini hate orgy against SJ. Some have said SJ is guilty of scams. What scams? Show me. They accuse him of being a con artist because he saves people’s email addresses. OK then. Amazon, EBay, WalMart, your bank, Facebook, Twitter, and every other social networking site must be scammers too then, right? In fact, by that standard, anyone who has contacts saved in their phones or an email account is a con artist.

The most amazing hypocrisy lies in the fact that some (not all) of SJ’s biggest detractors themselves have criminal histories. I don’t take that into account when I give thanks every day for being unbelievably blessed with an army of awesome people in my corner. I can only say that an assault charge here or a white-collar crime there is by far not as shameful as what I was convicted of last year.

Some cite SJ’s ties to the FBI, if you think SJ is wanted by the FBI, then you are not giving the government enough credit. Trust that if he were a wanted man, he’d be in custody by now. The country in which he resides cooperates with and extradites to the U.S. In fact, the government flew him to the U.S. – he was their star witness for the prosecution in a federal case. And therein lies the extent of his involvement with the FBI.

I’m so sorry that some of you have been deceived by lies about SJ. But even if you choose to continue to believe them, I love you anyway. Everyone is entitled to their feelings and beliefs. But please know this: my family and I avow that SJ has never pilfered a single dime from us. In fact, like Heinz, he refuses to be compensated. He will not accept any money. During trial, the donation button on jodiariasisinnocent.com linked to my brother’s PayPal account or my cousin Aimee’s. SJ had no access to either of these. He never had the passwords. Had funds ever been tampered with, there would be an electronic trail detailing their withdrawal or transfer. He merely put the link on his site as a favor to my family after my Mom was fired from her job because she decided to show up to her daughter’s trial—God bless her. Today, SJ does not have access to my art or the PayPal associated with it. He’s just the web designer. Someone else physically handles the art and the sales. (And no, it’s not Maria De La Rosa! LOL)

As for the Jodibands, SJ is not involved in this fundraiser. Neither is Heinz. Heinz was simply generous enough to allow a link on Jodispage.com so people would have a way to get them. The “supporter” who tried to undermine the Jodibands by slandering the good people assisting with this endeavor sounds more like a hater to me. But the sad thing is he wasn’t a self-professed hater. Only someone who decided to act like one. I wouldn’t be writing this if he were an insignificant hater because nobody believes what they say anyway. But this “supporter” used his influence to cast doubt and suspicion on two things he was not even in the loop on. The Jodibands, like the art, are aboveboard. They have raised something in the low four figures for appeals. Or put another way, a few days of an appellate attorney’s time. Now that might sound like a little or a lot depending on how you look at it, but either way, these are funds that you all have helped to raise and I can’t adequately express how grateful I am to all of you who are now wearing a Jodiband. (I feel a little silly calling them that, but it is kind of a cute term that’s been coined.)

I don’t tend to hold grudges and I’ve long since forgiven the person who sparked this. The purpose of this message is to repair the remaining damage that was caused. I have no doubt that the haters will get ahold of this message and get their panties all in a bunch like they always so predictably do. (They probably will have already proven me right by the time some of you read this). But dogs don’t bark at a parked car and I should be flattered that they’re still paying so much attention to me.

Anyway, I love you all and I’m cool if you’re cool with agreeing to disagree if you don’t agree with what I’ve said. I would just ask that, please, before anyone throws SJ or any supporter under the bus, remember first who you’re supporting. I am the LEAST worthy among all of you and still you throw me your love so generously. In the future, if any supporter attacks another supporter’s character, please turn a deaf ear to their slanderous accusations when there is no legitimate proof to back them up.

In your long winded message you stated “after my Mom was fired from her job because she decided to show up to her daughter’s trial”. 

*look of disgust*

The ONLY person to blame for this is YOURSELF.  Your poor Mother probably can’t even shop at stores in her neighborhood anymore!  YOU chose to disrespect your Mother and you outright killed somebody.

You are a selfish spoiled little girl who has completely dishonored her Mother.  The wake of destruction your actions leave in other family members lives pale in comparison to what you have done to the only person on this planet that will always love you unconditionally.  WTG.   Have you asked her how she feels about you making money to try and get out of being responsible for your own actions by using HER plight?  The plight that YOU yourself rained down on her?  I’d LOVE to hear that response.  It would either up your sales/donations, or help your Mother on her journey of healing.

I had not chosen a side on this until I read your “letter”.  I firmly believed that you acted out of being jilted when you slaughtered Travis Alexander.  I’d suggested you admitting to that and try starting up a community service for women who have had JLS.  I was thinking that  that might help to show you could contribute to society and possibly remove the DP from your future.  It sure would save MONEY.   I had felt some compassion for you.  Not anymore. 

Whatever the decision is on your punishment, I hope that you consider you family, and simply disappear.   No appeal.  Remove your presence from the public view.  Let YOUR FAMILY try to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives and move on.   YOU have done quite enough.

~Pesky~

 

 

Seems ole Georgie was kind enough to send this out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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