How far does a survivor have to fall before anyone finally listens? That question drives Savage Revenge: The Selena Savage Story, the second installment in Kelli Roberts’ evolving True Crime series. The book delivers a stark account of trauma, missed warning signs, and the violent chain of events that can unfold when a system fails the very people it is supposed to protect.

The story centers on Chelsea Perkins, who in 2017 reported a rape to police. Prosecutors declined the case. There was no follow-up and no investigation. With no path forward, she rebuilt her life under a new identity as Selena Savage, an adult content creator with a rapidly growing following. But the past resurfaced in 2021, when the man she once accused reappeared in her online world.

Months later, on March 6, 2021, he was found dead on a wooded trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, shot once in the back of the head. The woman who walked out of the forest did not contact authorities. She posted online instead, sharing tattoo photos and writing, “What a great weekend.” It took the FBI nine months to unravel what happened.

In Savage Revenge, Kelli Roberts blends investigative reporting with first-person insight. Drawing on case files, interviews, and her own twenty-year career in advocacy within the adult industry, she details:

• The unprosecuted allegation that shaped the lives of both Chelsea Perkins and Matthew Dunmire.
• The digital evidence and ballistics work that federal investigators used to build the case
• The nine months in which Selena Savage continued filming and posting content as the investigation quietly unfolded
• The events that followed, including a vigilante encounter, another shooting, and a suicide
• The broader institutional failures that continue to define how sexual assault cases are handled across the United States

“This series is about more than crime,” Roberts said. “It is about the human cost of institutional failure and the irreversible tragedies that follow when survivors are ignored.”

Savage Revenge presents a raw and unsettling portrait of how a single uninvestigated allegation can echo for years. It challenges readers to confront the reality that when justice breaks down, something darker often fills the void.

Savage Revenge: The Selena Savage Story is now available on Amazon.

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