Personal Narrative Essay: The Murder Of Travis Alexander

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On June 9th, 2008, Travis Alexander’s lifeless body was discovered by his friends in the shower of Travis’s home. His body had been stabbed twenty-seven times, throat slit, and a gunshot wound to the head. It didn’t take long for investigators to find the perpetrator of this awful murder. Friends and family of Travis Alexander had pointed their fingers at Jodi Arias who was his ex-girlfriend at the time. According to Travis’s friends, Jodi, had been stalking Travis, going through his Facebook, and slashed his tires after they had broken up. The day of the murder, Jodi and Travis were having sexual intercourse at Travis’s home. They took sexual pictures of each other and even made a video. After, Travis went to take a shower not knowing this

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