Summary of Shanna Hogan's Picture Perfect

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 Dallin and his girlfriend, Michelle, were sent to check on the house. They rang the doorbell five times, but no one answered. They went to the garage and saw Travis’s car.

#2 Travis’s friends were worried about him. They went to his house to check on him, but found it empty. It was unlike Travis to not respond to numerous emails and phone calls. They thought he might have gone out of town suddenly.

#3 The house smelled terrible, and Dallin noticed that the dog’s bowl was full of food. He checked each downstairs room, flicking on lights. In the living room, on top of the couch, two tall bar stools rested on their sides.

#4 When Dallin and Zachary entered the room, they saw a pool of blood on the floor. Travis had been stabbed, and his throat had been cut. He was naked and curled up in the shower.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669385417

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Dallin and his girlfriend, Michelle, were sent to check on the house. They rang the doorbell five times, but no one answered. They went to the garage and saw Travis’s car.

#2

Travis’s friends were worried about him. They went to his house to check on him, but found it empty. It was unlike Travis to not respond to numerous emails and phone calls. They thought he might have gone out of town suddenly.

#3

The house smelled terrible, and Dallin noticed that the dog’s bowl was full of food. He checked each downstairs room, flicking on lights. In the living room, on top of the couch, two tall bar stools rested on their sides.

#4

When Dallin and Zachary entered the room, they saw a pool of blood on the floor. Travis had been stabbed, and his throat had been cut. He was naked and curled up in the shower.

#5

At 11 p. m. , Mesa Homicide Detective Esteban Flores arrived on the scene. He took note of the reddish brown stains on the carpet and the pool of blood in the shower. The body was well into the stages of decomposition.

#6

The murder scene was a mess. There was so much blood, it was clear that the victim had fought back. The medical examiner determined that Travis had been shot in the face, stabbed twenty-seven times, and his throat had been slit from ear to ear.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Travis was a handsome young entrepreneur who had the world at his feet. He was only thirty years old, and had already started writing a book about his life. He had eight siblings, and his childhood was consumed with violence, poverty, and neglect.

#2

Travis’s parents were extremely abusive, and he and his siblings were often the victims of their fights. His mother would often throw him against the wall if he got the bathroom floor wet, and his father would destroy her belongings if she brought him home from a fight dirty.

#3

Travis’s grandfather was very aware of the situation his grandchildren were in, and would always tell them that they were special, despite their awful living conditions.

#4

When Travis was six, he decided that there was a God. He screamed all day, begging the Lord for his grandmother Norma to take him away for the weekend. His grandmother did, and he went straight to her house.

#5

As he invested in his faith, Travis became inspired to better himself, and began working part time after school. In 1995, he graduated high school. The following year he used his savings to serve a two-year mission to spread the Mormon message.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

Travis Alexander, who was murdered, had ambitious goals for his life. He wanted to be independently wealthy, travel the world, and get involved in politics. He was also hungry to change the world. He would write down the ending of each day, and ask himself if it would be an amazing day.

#2

Travis’s faith was one of his most important qualities. He was a member of the Riverside Singles Ward, a congregation dedicated to young single