A grisly photograph of a deceased Travis Alexander with his eyes wide open, lips shrunken and a slit across his throat from ear to ear was presented in the court room on day 11 of Jodi Arias' first-degree murder trial.

According to reports, when a prosecuting attorney presented the graphic photograph in the Maricopa County court, one of the victim's family members immediately fled and Arias broke down in tears and sobbed.

Arias, 32, is accused of killing her ex-lover in 2008. Prosecutors allege that Arias shot Alexander, 30, in the face, slit his throat from ear to ear and stabbed him 27 times. She admitted that she committed the crime but that it was an act of self-defense.

An ex-girlfriend of Alexander's was brought in as a defense witness on day 11. Lisa Daidone dated Alexander in 2007 after he broke up with Arias. She testified that Alexander lied and cheated on her with his murderer. The on-and off couple split after she learned from his roommate that he was still sleeping with Arias. Daidone and Alexander, both devout Mormons, met at a singles church in July, 2007.

Prosecuting attorney Juan Martinez asked Daidone if she thought it was appropriate to take a knife and slash somebody's throat. "Is this what a normal relationship looks like to you?" he asked before he presented the grisly photo.

The showing of the image caused Arias' defense team to yell "Objection! Objection!" according to a report. The judge paused the trial briefly and after the recess the judge denied the defense team's request for a mistrial. Judge Sherry Stephens also asked everyone in the court room to remain silent for the rest of the trial.

Daidone testified that she was saving herself for marriage and never had sexual intercourse with Alexander. Daidone assumed that Alexander was also a virgin so she was shocked to hear that he was sleeping with his ex-girlfriend Arias while dating her.

"After Travis' death were you shocked to learn that he was not a virgin?" Arias' defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott asked Daidone.

"Yes," Daidone replied.

Arias' murder trial has made global headlines because if she is charged guilty for the crime, she will likely be sentenced with the death penalty. If so, Arias will be the fourth woman in Arizona's history to die by lethal injection.

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