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- Missing teen, kenia monge,
was last seen
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At a denver nightclub.
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She reportedly went
to the restroom,
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Left her purse
and cell phone behind,
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And never came back.
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- Where is my sister?
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What if she's part of, like,
a sex trafficking ring?
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What if someone kidnapped her?
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- Everybody was considered
a suspect
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That came in contact with her.
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- I'm going through her phone,
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And her friends were
sending her messages,
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Trying to get
in contact with her,
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You know, and she's not
responding to it at all.
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- I don't know
if they had a girl code
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Or if they followed
a girl code.
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- Do not leave your friends.
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- We see them going
into the apartment building.
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- Well, kenia's in danger.
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- You think,
how does this happen?
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- Every day, I would tag her,
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I would write
on her facebook page
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Like, "kenia, where are you?"
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- This case just
pulled at my heart.
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- Everyone had hope.
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[ominous music]
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♪ ♪
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- A young woman
is missing tonight
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After leaving a bar
with a stranger,
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Then texting "help"
to a friend.
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♪ ♪
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- You are watching
her terrifying abduction.
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♪ ♪
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- A missing woman's nude body
was discovered in this ravine.
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- Miraculously,
the young woman survived.
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♪ ♪
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- There is an alarming crisis
of violence, kidnapping,
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And murder
against innocent women.
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- The senseless murder
has struck a chord
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With thousands of women.
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- This has sparked
a global movement online
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Of women sharing
their own fears.
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- They're united
under a hashtag,
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#textmewhenyougethome,
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A phrase that women are all
too familiar with.
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[tense music]
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♪ ♪
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- My name is kim monge-lee,
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And I'm kenia's little sister.
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There was nothing that
we wouldn't talk about,
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Everything and anything,
I'm just--
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I'm so blessed to be able
to call her my sister.
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She was so beautiful,
just breathtaking.
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Like, she had
a beautiful smile.
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Kenia was very trusting
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And she was such a kind person.
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She expected
that kindness back.
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Kenia is my big sister
from my mom's side.
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My dad is her stepdad,
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But he never really referred
to himself as the stepdad
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'cause he raised her.
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- She didn't
like "stepfather."
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She said,
"I don't feel like that."
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And I told her, "I don't
feel like that either."
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She said,
"do we have to use that?"
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I said,
"do you want to use it?"
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And she says,
"no, I don't. You're my dad."
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There was nothing else
we were ever going to be.
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And she just looked up
at me and she said, uh--
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Um, then she just looked at me
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And said, "thank you, daddy."
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[indistinct chatter]
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Yeah.
- Oh, thanks, daddy.
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It's so cute.
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- At the time
she was in school,
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She wanted to be a director,
a producer, or just,
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You know, like, being the
mastermind behind all of that.
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She loved that.
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Kenia moved out
of my parents' house
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And into her boyfriend
leo's apartment.
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- When I was told that that
was her decision to do that,
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I didn't have a problem with
it, you know, it's like, okay.
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I mean, I did the same thing
at the same age, you know?
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And it was like, yeah, okay,
this is what you do.
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- She wasn't living with him
that long, maybe a few months.
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It wasn't the most healthy
relationship.
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Kenia just kind of
lived her life.
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She wanted to have fun
with her friends,
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So they did
the bar scene and party.
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- I had noticed, you know,
that they were--
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Her and her friends,
they were going out a lot.
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- Thursday, March 31st,
I spoke with her that day.
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We were texting all day.
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Kenia loved
a girls' night out.
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That was their thing.
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They would go out
and just hit clubs
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And just, you know,
just really enjoy their time.
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The last thing
I told her was just,
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Like, you know, "have fun."
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We always say, "bye,
I love you" to each other.
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Usually, she'll call me
after she goes out.
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When I was talking to her
that day,
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I just thought it was going to
be a regular night for her.
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She was gonna go out,
and then she was gonna tell me
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About the night the next day.
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Lodo is downtown denver.
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You can hit one bar
and then go to another bar
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And go to another bar.
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It's just a really nice
nightlife type of thing.
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She had the same
group of friends
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That she known since
she was in high school.
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I don't know
if they had a girl code
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Or if they had, like,
a buddy system going on.
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It was just a bad night,
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And it could have
happened to any of us.
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I didn't know that kenia was
going to 21 and up clubs.
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I didn't know
she had a fake id.
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And I guess
they weren't really
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Checking that much for that,
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Which is why kenia was able
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To go into that bar that night.
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[upbeat music playing]
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[indistinct chatter]
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The way kenia drank,
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There's just no way
that she could be that drunk.
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She knew her limits.
She always knew her limits
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Because she didn't want to be
that drunk.
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[tense music]
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I remember
I was folding towels,
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And I was on the phone
with my friend,
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And I get a call
from my sister's boyfriend.
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I'm like, "oh, girl,
I'ma call you back.
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"my sister's
boyfriend's calling me.
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"it may be some drama
or something.
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I'm ready to hear it."
so I answer the call.
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And he's like, "hey, have
you heard from your sister?"
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"no. Why? What's going on?"
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And he's like,
"well, she didn't come
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Back home last night."
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And he was like, "yeah,
the girls that she was with,
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They don't know
where she's at either."
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And I'm just like,
"it's April fool's.
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"are you playing?
Like, this is a sick joke.
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I--like, where is my sister?"
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He's like, "no, kim,
I promise it's not a joke."
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I hung up with him.
I immediately called my dad.
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And he's like, "that's weird,"
because he knows
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That if I don't talk
to my sister,
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Then my mom would talk to her.
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And neither one of us have
heard from her.
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- It was in that instant
where I went into high alert,
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Because I knew they talked
several times every day.
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And if, by 1:00,
kim had not heard from her,
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That was concern to me.
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- He was just like,
"okay. Let me call the police."
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She was 19,
so that's considered an adult.
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- They let me know,
"we'll contact you Monday.
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"and if she hasn't come home,
you know,
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"we'll look into this
a little bit more.
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And she's most likely
gonna be home."
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So you know, I got off
the phone and I was pissed.
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- My dad's like, you know,
"that's not good enough.
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I need to know
where my daughter is."
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I did reach out to the girls
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That she was out
that night with.
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They just were like,
"kenia just walked away.
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We didn't know
where she went."
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Which irritated me
because I'm just like,
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"have your friend's back."
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- They told me she left
all of her stuff there,
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Her purse, her phone,
and all that.
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I said, "you have it?"
and she said, "yes."
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You know, and I just told her,
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"look, I need that phone.
And I need it now."
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- They bring her things to us.
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And they just,
like, were very apologetic.
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You could tell
that they were, like,
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Shaken up
about the whole situation.
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I'm just like,
"why wouldn't you follow her?"
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First of all, like, she's
the tiniest one in the group.
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- They're telling me,
"we were at the bar."
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And I said,
"you guys are going to bars
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Where they are serving
alcohol, liquor?"
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Then they said, "yeah,
that's what we were doing."
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You know,
and I'm debating myself
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On how I am going to handle
this particular thing
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That she's doing
when I see her.
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- Maybe she went to go hang out
with another guy
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After the club, or maybe--
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There was millions of thoughts
racing through my mind.
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I was just like,
"oh, my goodness.
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"what if she's part of, like,
a sex trafficking ring?
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What if someone kidnapped her?"
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Luckily,
my mom knew her passcode,
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So we went into her phone.
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- I'm going through her phone,
and her friends were
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Sending her messages, trying
to get in contact with her,
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You know, and she's not
responding to it at all.
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- And we see a text message
from this guy named travis.
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And the text message reads
like, "hey, this is travis,
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"the guy
with the white creepy van.
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Did you make it home okay?"
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- I must have called
that phone number 20, 25 times
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Over the next 24 hours.
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And I left messages.
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It got to the point
where I was not calling
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Any of her friends anymore
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Because I felt that this person
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Seemed to have been the last
person to have seen her.
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In the meantime,
kenia's friends
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Wanted to get actively
involved, so they created
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These handmade posters,
you know,
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And had some printed up,
and everybody went.
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You know, my daughter, kim,
my son, anthony,
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They went also with them.
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And on the night of April 2nd
at about 8:00 p.M.,
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Is when I got my first call
from travis forbes.
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We started talking, you know,
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Nice guy I'm thinking,
you know, and I said,
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"well, you seem
to have been the last person
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"to have spoken to her,
so can you kind of
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Tell me what happened?"
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And he proceeded to tell me.
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- Travis is like, "oh, yeah,
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Like, yeah, I gave her a ride."
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- He was dropping off
one of his friends
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At this place called
the lofts apartments downtown,
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And he saw this girl talking
to a homeless man.
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He asked her, "hey, you know,
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Is there anything
you need help with?"
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You know, and she says, "yeah,
I need to get to my friends."
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- Travis said that he picked
her up in front of a loft
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And that he just knew she got
kicked out of the club.
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- Kenia and this guy
had been kicked out
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Of the club at some point.
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♪ ♪
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00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:59,598
And so travis let
her use his phone
250
00:09:59,749 --> 00:10:03,176
To call the friends that
she was supposed to be with.
251
00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:04,344
Nobody answered.
252
00:10:04,496 --> 00:10:05,770
♪ ♪
253
00:10:05,922 --> 00:10:10,016
And where she lived
with her boyfriend, leo,
254
00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:14,261
Was maybe a mile away
from travis's job
255
00:10:14,356 --> 00:10:17,949
And where he had been staying.
256
00:10:18,101 --> 00:10:21,845
You know, and he just offered
to take her home.
257
00:10:21,938 --> 00:10:24,271
He explains to me that,
you know,
258
00:10:24,366 --> 00:10:27,959
As they were leaving downtown,
kenia wanted a cigarette.
259
00:10:28,111 --> 00:10:29,794
And he said,
"well, I don't smoke."
260
00:10:30,021 --> 00:10:31,946
He said,
"we see this gas station."
261
00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:33,781
They pulled in.
262
00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,618
"we see this guy,
and he was smoking."
263
00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:39,971
- Travis is like,
"she met this guy named dan.
264
00:10:40,123 --> 00:10:42,198
"and they were speaking
spanish to each other,
265
00:10:42,217 --> 00:10:43,867
"and she felt
comfortable with him.
266
00:10:43,885 --> 00:10:46,035
And they were smoking
a cigarette, so I just left."
267
00:10:46,054 --> 00:10:48,796
- And I said, "that's the last
you've seen or heard of her?"
268
00:10:48,890 --> 00:10:50,540
You know, and he said, "yeah."
269
00:10:50,633 --> 00:10:52,651
- Kenia probably did go
with dan,
270
00:10:52,878 --> 00:10:54,560
Because kenia did
smoke cigarettes,
271
00:10:54,655 --> 00:10:58,047
And she did speak spanish,
and she was very friendly.
272
00:10:58,141 --> 00:11:01,885
So I thought that it was
a credible story.
273
00:11:01,978 --> 00:11:03,052
- "okay, where's
this gas station?
274
00:11:03,146 --> 00:11:04,478
"what direction did she go?
275
00:11:04,498 --> 00:11:06,723
Where--did you see
or anything like that?"
276
00:11:06,741 --> 00:11:09,501
He says, "hey, look,
this gas station is off
277
00:11:09,652 --> 00:11:12,228
Of 3rd and speer.
Why don't you meet me there?"
278
00:11:12,321 --> 00:11:15,173
And I told him,
"I'm on my way."
279
00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,754
[eerie music]
280
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♪ ♪
281
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- I went upstairs,
and I got my pistol.
282
00:11:32,417 --> 00:11:33,858
And I'm going down
the stairs, you know,
283
00:11:34,085 --> 00:11:35,694
And maria was on her hands
and knees,
284
00:11:35,921 --> 00:11:38,604
Begging me not to go.
She says, "tony, don't--
285
00:11:38,699 --> 00:11:40,590
Don't do this.
Let's just call the police."
286
00:11:40,683 --> 00:11:42,775
I said,
"maria, we've done that."
287
00:11:42,869 --> 00:11:45,370
And so, I--you know,
I pulled my arm away from her,
288
00:11:45,597 --> 00:11:48,614
You know, and went down
to my truck, and I left.
289
00:11:48,709 --> 00:11:50,934
- My mom, she knows my dad
more than anything.
290
00:11:51,027 --> 00:11:52,544
So she calls the police
and she goes,
291
00:11:52,771 --> 00:11:54,620
"you need to meet my husband
right now
292
00:11:54,773 --> 00:11:56,047
"because he's meeting up
with this man.
293
00:11:56,274 --> 00:11:57,623
And I don't think
it's gonna end well."
294
00:11:57,718 --> 00:12:00,610
So before my dad gets there,
the police are already there.
295
00:12:00,703 --> 00:12:02,295
- The officers
are dispatched there
296
00:12:02,447 --> 00:12:05,631
Because mr. Lee's wife says,
297
00:12:05,784 --> 00:12:07,617
"hey, he's gonna go there
and he has a gun,
298
00:12:07,710 --> 00:12:10,061
And he's gonna
confront this guy."
299
00:12:10,288 --> 00:12:14,307
- As I'm pulling in,
I see two police cars.
300
00:12:14,401 --> 00:12:18,811
And as I'm getting out,
one of the officers came over,
301
00:12:18,964 --> 00:12:22,056
And he knew my name. He said,
"mr. Lee, I'm officer monahan.
302
00:12:22,150 --> 00:12:23,408
"I'll tell you why we're here.
303
00:12:23,635 --> 00:12:27,412
You know, we got a call
from your wife."
304
00:12:27,639 --> 00:12:29,080
And, you know,
and his first question,
305
00:12:29,307 --> 00:12:31,232
"where is your firearm at,
mr. Lee?"
306
00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:32,642
I said, "it's in my truck."
307
00:12:32,735 --> 00:12:34,660
And he told me,
"leave it there."
308
00:12:34,755 --> 00:12:35,828
I says, "okay."
309
00:12:35,981 --> 00:12:41,760
♪ ♪
310
00:12:41,987 --> 00:12:44,578
There was no evidence.
There was no signs
311
00:12:44,672 --> 00:12:47,748
That kenia had ever been inside
of that van, front or back.
312
00:12:47,842 --> 00:12:54,088
So he had no choice but to take
a statement and let him go.
313
00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:56,516
And he says, "hey, would you
be interested in talking
314
00:12:56,610 --> 00:12:59,260
"to travis over here?
315
00:12:59,354 --> 00:13:02,947
He would like to talk to you,
you know, before he goes."
316
00:13:03,099 --> 00:13:05,099
And I says,
"yeah, I'd be happy to."
317
00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:08,435
He was tall, thin, clean cut,
318
00:13:08,530 --> 00:13:10,696
Blonde hair and blue eyes,
looked very clear to me.
319
00:13:10,791 --> 00:13:13,850
You know, and in my mind,
it's like, I'm thinking,
320
00:13:13,868 --> 00:13:15,852
You know--you know, he's
a nice enough looking guy.
321
00:13:15,870 --> 00:13:17,611
You know, that this--
if somebody picked up
322
00:13:17,705 --> 00:13:19,372
Your daughter and they picked
them up off the street,
323
00:13:19,524 --> 00:13:22,300
This is kind of what I would
want that guy to look like.
324
00:13:22,527 --> 00:13:24,636
- He sees travis
and he's like, okay, you know,
325
00:13:24,787 --> 00:13:26,879
Good-looking man,
doesn't look like a boogeyman.
326
00:13:27,032 --> 00:13:29,290
You know, he's like, okay,
well, if my daughter is going
327
00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:32,293
To get picked up by someone,
hey, why not this guy?
328
00:13:32,387 --> 00:13:33,886
He looks pretty trustworthy.
329
00:13:34,039 --> 00:13:35,555
- He tells me,
"look, you know,
330
00:13:35,649 --> 00:13:37,816
"I'm sorry I didn't
follow through, you know,
331
00:13:38,043 --> 00:13:40,393
"with what I intended
to do by taking her back
332
00:13:40,545 --> 00:13:42,153
To her boyfriend's house,"
you know?
333
00:13:42,380 --> 00:13:45,973
And I told him,
"look, man. Thanks."
334
00:13:46,067 --> 00:13:50,219
- I do remember my dad telling
us that travis felt bad
335
00:13:50,238 --> 00:13:51,979
For leaving my sister with dan
336
00:13:52,073 --> 00:13:55,558
Because he knew that if she
would have stayed with him,
337
00:13:55,577 --> 00:13:57,335
She would have been safe.
338
00:13:57,562 --> 00:13:59,562
♪ ♪
339
00:13:59,581 --> 00:14:01,989
- By Monday morning,
I got a call
340
00:14:02,083 --> 00:14:03,508
From missing persons.
"have you heard anything?"
341
00:14:03,735 --> 00:14:05,568
I said,
"no one's heard anything."
342
00:14:05,587 --> 00:14:07,512
And they said,
"there is something here."
343
00:14:07,739 --> 00:14:11,424
Later that day,
we got a call from the fbi.
344
00:14:11,576 --> 00:14:13,426
They said, "we feel that
our resources can help
345
00:14:13,578 --> 00:14:15,669
In finding kenia."
346
00:14:15,689 --> 00:14:18,764
That really, you know,
just kind of threw us into,
347
00:14:18,917 --> 00:14:20,692
Okay, this is big, big now.
348
00:14:20,919 --> 00:14:22,527
♪ ♪
349
00:14:22,754 --> 00:14:24,696
- We didn't really have,
like, a specific person
350
00:14:24,923 --> 00:14:26,772
That we thought,
but we always had something
351
00:14:26,925 --> 00:14:29,183
In the back of our mind,
like, maybe the boyfriend,
352
00:14:29,202 --> 00:14:30,776
Because they did have
kind of a--
353
00:14:30,929 --> 00:14:33,946
What we like to say now,
a toxic relationship.
354
00:14:34,099 --> 00:14:36,541
Maybe he lost his temper,
or maybe--we didn't know.
355
00:14:36,692 --> 00:14:38,359
We just always thought,
like, question the boyfriend.
356
00:14:38,378 --> 00:14:40,712
Ask him, 'cause that's usually
who you would go to.
357
00:14:40,939 --> 00:14:44,198
- Kenia's boyfriend, leo,
was considered a suspect.
358
00:14:44,292 --> 00:14:47,201
Everybody was considered
that came in contact with her
359
00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:48,636
And who was part of her life.
360
00:14:54,302 --> 00:14:55,393
- We looked
at his phone records.
361
00:14:55,544 --> 00:14:57,120
We looked
at her phone records.
362
00:14:57,213 --> 00:15:00,456
And he sent a lot
of text messages to her,
363
00:15:00,549 --> 00:15:02,549
Asking her,
you know, where she was,
364
00:15:02,644 --> 00:15:04,569
What she was doing,
was she being--is she okay.
365
00:15:04,796 --> 00:15:09,298
♪ ♪
366
00:15:09,392 --> 00:15:10,909
Everybody got involved
in this,
367
00:15:11,060 --> 00:15:14,412
And we just sent detectives out
looking for video,
368
00:15:14,639 --> 00:15:17,248
Do canvasses, I mean,
interviewing people.
369
00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,584
It was kind of
a shotgun effect.
370
00:15:19,811 --> 00:15:22,403
There's no video
of her leaving the bar.
371
00:15:22,497 --> 00:15:25,739
The first video we find is
her at the apartment building.
372
00:15:25,759 --> 00:15:28,593
[eerie music]
373
00:15:28,820 --> 00:15:34,081
♪ ♪
374
00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:37,160
We see them going
into the apartment building.
375
00:15:37,178 --> 00:15:40,346
♪ ♪
376
00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,182
- I didn't know that there
was any type of surveillance
377
00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:44,834
On my sister that night.
378
00:15:44,852 --> 00:15:46,686
I didn't know that she went
to the loft.
379
00:15:46,838 --> 00:15:49,263
I know that the police
questioned the guy
380
00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:51,007
That she was with.
381
00:15:51,025 --> 00:15:53,785
[upbeat music playing]
382
00:15:54,012 --> 00:15:58,915
♪ ♪
383
00:16:03,797 --> 00:16:07,707
- She actually goes up to the--
mr. Davis' apartment,
384
00:16:07,859 --> 00:16:12,195
Is in there for a few minutes,
leaves.
385
00:16:12,213 --> 00:16:15,306
There's a homeless guy--
he seems to be a homeless guy.
386
00:16:15,458 --> 00:16:17,383
He kind of starts
chatting her up.
387
00:16:17,535 --> 00:16:20,703
- They showed video of her
in that lobby
388
00:16:20,796 --> 00:16:23,297
Of her talking
to the homeless guy.
389
00:16:23,391 --> 00:16:26,892
She went outside and around
to the right there.
390
00:16:26,987 --> 00:16:29,654
- We see her across the street
at a hotel.
391
00:16:29,805 --> 00:16:31,897
It looks like she went
to the restroom area
392
00:16:32,050 --> 00:16:35,218
At the hotel,
and then she comes back.
393
00:16:35,236 --> 00:16:38,387
About that time
is when travis sees
394
00:16:38,406 --> 00:16:41,907
Kenia sitting
on the sidewalk crying.
395
00:16:42,060 --> 00:16:44,227
♪ ♪
396
00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:45,728
- Travis,
this is detective gurule.
397
00:16:45,821 --> 00:16:47,505
- How's it going?
- This is travis forbes.
398
00:16:47,732 --> 00:16:49,065
- When I first
interviewed him,
399
00:16:49,083 --> 00:16:51,658
What he tells me
is that he goes up to her,
400
00:16:51,753 --> 00:16:53,419
"hey, I can give you
a ride home.
401
00:16:53,513 --> 00:16:55,680
My bakery is down that way."
402
00:16:55,907 --> 00:16:58,683
- To my knowledge,
he made granola bars
403
00:16:58,910 --> 00:17:00,501
At the bakery
that he worked at.
404
00:17:00,595 --> 00:17:02,078
And then he would go out
in the morning
405
00:17:02,096 --> 00:17:04,747
And deliver those granola bars
to different businesses.
406
00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,173
- She gets in the van
with him,
407
00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:09,418
And she tells him
that she wants a cigarette.
408
00:17:09,512 --> 00:17:12,255
So he drives down
speer boulevard
409
00:17:12,348 --> 00:17:14,866
And goes to a gas station.
410
00:17:15,093 --> 00:17:20,263
♪ ♪
411
00:17:20,356 --> 00:17:21,706
- Travis gave an alibi,
412
00:17:21,933 --> 00:17:24,191
And then she substantiated
the alibi.
413
00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:25,618
Didn't seem to care.
414
00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,603
You know,
she didn't have any concern
415
00:17:27,696 --> 00:17:29,622
About this person
that was missing.
416
00:17:29,716 --> 00:17:31,457
- We listened to the rest
of his story.
417
00:17:31,609 --> 00:17:33,885
He tells me about dan.
418
00:17:34,036 --> 00:17:36,279
And then we ask him
to come back for a polygraph.
419
00:17:36,297 --> 00:17:43,377
♪ ♪
420
00:17:43,471 --> 00:17:45,897
We go out and try
to find this person.
421
00:17:46,124 --> 00:17:48,140
- It made no sense.
He leaves her with somebody.
422
00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,551
Like, who does that?
423
00:17:50,645 --> 00:17:52,219
You know, the whole time,
she was trying to get home,
424
00:17:52,238 --> 00:17:53,387
She was trying to get
to her car,
425
00:17:53,406 --> 00:17:55,147
She was trying
to find her friends.
426
00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:58,301
Really doubtful she would just
leave with a random stranger
427
00:17:58,319 --> 00:18:00,411
At a gas station at 2:00 in the
morning or 3:00 in the morning.
428
00:18:00,638 --> 00:18:03,806
- Even if this
dan doesn't exist,
429
00:18:03,825 --> 00:18:06,158
We still have to do our due
diligence in the investigation.
430
00:18:06,252 --> 00:18:10,830
- So we had the boyfriend,
we had travis, we had chad,
431
00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:13,833
This homeless man,
this guy named dan,
432
00:18:13,985 --> 00:18:15,835
And there was actually
another guy named travis
433
00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:17,486
That texted my sister
434
00:18:17,505 --> 00:18:19,097
Who was the bouncer
at the club,
435
00:18:19,324 --> 00:18:20,673
So we reached out
to him as well.
436
00:18:20,825 --> 00:18:24,102
But just nothing was really
leading to where kenia was.
437
00:18:24,329 --> 00:18:27,421
- Posters can be seen
all over downtown denver
438
00:18:27,515 --> 00:18:29,756
For missing teen, kenia monge,
439
00:18:29,851 --> 00:18:32,777
Last seen at the club 24k.
440
00:18:32,928 --> 00:18:34,520
She reportedly went
to the restroom,
441
00:18:34,672 --> 00:18:37,356
Left her purse
and cell phone behind,
442
00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:39,191
And never came back.
443
00:18:39,344 --> 00:18:46,290
♪ ♪
444
00:19:04,144 --> 00:19:06,385
- Monica poole sees travis.
445
00:19:06,537 --> 00:19:10,556
He brings this white cooler in
that's duct taped shut
446
00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:13,634
And puts it
into the walk-in freezer.
447
00:19:13,728 --> 00:19:15,802
And what caught her as strange
448
00:19:15,897 --> 00:19:18,805
Is that every time somebody
would walk into that cooler,
449
00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:20,641
He would walk in after them.
450
00:19:20,660 --> 00:19:23,161
- It's very eerie to watch,
451
00:19:23,388 --> 00:19:24,662
Really unsettling.
452
00:19:24,889 --> 00:19:26,889
♪ ♪
453
00:19:26,982 --> 00:19:28,833
- She sees him walk
into the office
454
00:19:29,060 --> 00:19:33,320
After everybody leaves
with long cleaning gloves.
455
00:19:33,414 --> 00:19:35,673
And he unplugs the recorder.
456
00:19:35,824 --> 00:19:38,250
And she just thought
that was odd.
457
00:19:38,403 --> 00:19:41,512
We write search warrants,
and we search down there.
458
00:19:41,739 --> 00:19:43,406
We find nothing
inside the bakery,
459
00:19:43,424 --> 00:19:45,349
But we find out back, a barrel
460
00:19:45,576 --> 00:19:48,244
Where things have been
freshly burned.
461
00:19:48,262 --> 00:19:50,188
Um, we found a zipper,
462
00:19:50,339 --> 00:19:53,432
And it was on some type
of black clothing.
463
00:19:53,584 --> 00:19:55,526
♪ ♪
464
00:19:55,678 --> 00:19:58,437
- You know,
monica poole really made
465
00:19:58,589 --> 00:20:01,106
A huge impact on this case.
466
00:20:01,259 --> 00:20:07,788
♪ ♪
467
00:20:14,622 --> 00:20:17,548
- All around that van, you
know, was the smell of bleach.
468
00:20:17,700 --> 00:20:21,201
And I've watched enough,
you know,
469
00:20:21,295 --> 00:20:23,128
True crime stories and whatnot,
470
00:20:23,281 --> 00:20:25,056
But bleach means something.
471
00:20:25,283 --> 00:20:27,725
♪ ♪
472
00:20:27,952 --> 00:20:30,953
As I look back on things now,
in my mind,
473
00:20:31,046 --> 00:20:33,547
It all goes back
to that handshake
474
00:20:33,641 --> 00:20:35,791
That night at the gas station.
475
00:20:35,810 --> 00:20:38,978
As I was shaking his hand,
476
00:20:39,130 --> 00:20:41,313
He was trembling
inside of him.
477
00:20:41,466 --> 00:20:42,907
And it wasn't visible.
478
00:20:43,058 --> 00:20:46,226
I mean, he wasn't visibly
shaking or anything,
479
00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:47,912
It was just in that handshake.
480
00:20:48,139 --> 00:20:49,638
♪ ♪
481
00:20:49,657 --> 00:20:51,824
I could not share that
482
00:20:51,976 --> 00:20:54,735
With my family, friends,
public, or anybody like that,
483
00:20:54,829 --> 00:20:57,162
Because everyone involved
484
00:20:57,315 --> 00:21:01,650
In what was going on
with kenia had hope.
485
00:21:01,744 --> 00:21:04,670
And it is what got everyone up
every day
486
00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:08,491
With the passion
to continue looking for her.
487
00:21:08,509 --> 00:21:10,826
♪ ♪
488
00:21:10,919 --> 00:21:14,179
When I needed to let it go,
489
00:21:14,274 --> 00:21:17,424
I'd go to my walmart,
490
00:21:17,518 --> 00:21:19,926
And I would park way out front,
491
00:21:19,946 --> 00:21:21,520
And I'd lose it.
492
00:21:21,672 --> 00:21:23,672
Hey, I got to go to the store,
be back.
493
00:21:23,766 --> 00:21:26,117
Go pick up a pack of gum
just to show
494
00:21:26,344 --> 00:21:29,011
That I had went to the store,
but that's where I went,
495
00:21:29,030 --> 00:21:31,680
'cause I could not do it
in my wife's arms
496
00:21:31,774 --> 00:21:33,198
Or in my children's presence
497
00:21:33,351 --> 00:21:35,960
Because I was the rock
in all this thing,
498
00:21:36,187 --> 00:21:38,296
You know,
and I had to maintain that.
499
00:21:38,523 --> 00:21:45,428
♪ ♪
500
00:21:48,032 --> 00:21:50,215
- Since you're a person of
interest, let me ask you this.
501
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:51,976
Did you do something with her?
502
00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:59,224
- It's been two weeks.
Nobody's heard from her.
503
00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:01,393
There's been no trace of her.
504
00:22:01,487 --> 00:22:04,322
[tense music]
505
00:22:04,549 --> 00:22:05,823
♪ ♪
506
00:22:05,974 --> 00:22:10,235
Like, it's...
507
00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:11,720
It's surreal.
508
00:22:11,739 --> 00:22:14,056
I--I don't even know
what to think of it.
509
00:22:14,075 --> 00:22:15,558
- We were all together
and watching it,
510
00:22:15,651 --> 00:22:17,484
And it comes to a point
where he says,
511
00:22:17,503 --> 00:22:19,244
"um, what was her name again?"
512
00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:21,488
- Um--what's her name?
513
00:22:21,582 --> 00:22:24,083
- Kenia.
- Kenia. Yeah.
514
00:22:24,177 --> 00:22:26,569
- And--and that just--
515
00:22:26,662 --> 00:22:28,346
At that time,
that was the only name in town.
516
00:22:28,573 --> 00:22:30,181
It was the only story
in denver.
517
00:22:30,408 --> 00:22:33,075
- Since you're a person of
interest, let me ask you this.
518
00:22:33,094 --> 00:22:35,168
Did you do something with her?
- No.
519
00:22:35,262 --> 00:22:36,687
- Did you kidnap her?
- No.
520
00:22:36,914 --> 00:22:38,689
- Did you sexually assault her?
- I did not.
521
00:22:38,841 --> 00:22:42,918
- She asked him directly,
"did you kill kenia?"
522
00:22:42,937 --> 00:22:45,679
- Did you murder her?
- I did not. No.
523
00:22:45,773 --> 00:22:47,439
- He shook his head "yes."
524
00:22:47,533 --> 00:22:50,426
Unconsciously, I think,
he shook his head "yes."
525
00:22:50,444 --> 00:22:53,871
- Did you murder her?
- I did not. No.
526
00:22:54,098 --> 00:22:57,116
♪ ♪
527
00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:59,618
- He had just admitted it
right there.
528
00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:00,786
He said "yes."
529
00:23:00,938 --> 00:23:02,621
- He says one thing,
530
00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:05,624
And his nonverbal communication
is entirely different.
531
00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:07,610
- I mean, everybody who watched
that interview
532
00:23:07,628 --> 00:23:08,611
Thought the same thing.
533
00:23:08,704 --> 00:23:10,129
I think they even
wrote comments
534
00:23:10,223 --> 00:23:12,390
On the news station
saying "this guy's lying."
535
00:23:12,541 --> 00:23:15,284
- Travis is
the ultimate narcissist.
536
00:23:15,377 --> 00:23:18,712
And he believed he could
sell everybody on this,
537
00:23:18,731 --> 00:23:21,306
And he portrayed himself
as a hero
538
00:23:21,459 --> 00:23:24,309
And a good samaritan
and that--how much he cared.
539
00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:26,795
And I think he really
believed people would buy that.
540
00:23:26,889 --> 00:23:29,073
- I could've intervened more,
you know,
541
00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:32,576
And not just said, okay,
and--and gone home.
542
00:23:32,803 --> 00:23:34,153
- I think he was
so narcissistic
543
00:23:34,247 --> 00:23:36,229
He probably thought he did
a great job on the interview,
544
00:23:36,249 --> 00:23:38,307
But I think things were
closing in on him.
545
00:23:38,325 --> 00:23:42,235
♪ ♪
546
00:23:42,255 --> 00:23:44,313
- He obviously does not
come back for a polygraph.
547
00:23:44,331 --> 00:23:46,148
- I think he ran.
548
00:23:46,167 --> 00:23:50,836
That certainly was, you know,
scary that he had disappeared.
549
00:23:50,988 --> 00:23:57,676
♪ ♪
550
00:23:57,828 --> 00:23:59,344
- Her closest friends,
they came and helped.
551
00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:01,997
We even had strangers helping
with the search party,
552
00:24:02,016 --> 00:24:04,424
Especially since it was
on the news.
553
00:24:04,444 --> 00:24:06,277
One day, I would feel hopeful,
like, you know what,
554
00:24:06,504 --> 00:24:08,279
I just feel it in my heart,
kenia's still live.
555
00:24:08,506 --> 00:24:10,856
Kenia is okay.
We're going to have her back.
556
00:24:11,008 --> 00:24:12,432
And then the next day,
I'm just like,
557
00:24:12,526 --> 00:24:14,193
It's just been too long.
558
00:24:14,345 --> 00:24:19,123
♪ ♪
559
00:24:19,274 --> 00:24:21,200
If I could go back
to the night
560
00:24:21,352 --> 00:24:24,778
That kenia was going out,
I would text her actually.
561
00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:27,614
I would say, "hey, kenia,
do you want to come over
562
00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:29,633
"and maybe
we can watch a movie
563
00:24:29,860 --> 00:24:33,862
Or we could just
have a girls' night?"
564
00:24:33,881 --> 00:24:38,291
♪ ♪
565
00:24:38,385 --> 00:24:41,553
Just so that she wouldn't have
had to even go out that night.
566
00:24:41,706 --> 00:24:43,647
She would just be home,
safe with me.
567
00:24:43,874 --> 00:24:46,299
She still had a bed
where I was staying at,
568
00:24:46,319 --> 00:24:48,377
So she could have stayed
in the bed right next to me.
569
00:24:48,395 --> 00:24:49,820
♪ ♪
570
00:24:50,047 --> 00:24:52,656
I wanted to believe
that she was alive.
571
00:24:52,808 --> 00:24:56,327
But if she was,
why wouldn't she call me?
572
00:24:56,554 --> 00:24:58,053
Every day,
I would tag her, I would write
573
00:24:58,072 --> 00:25:00,480
On her facebook page like,
"kenia, where are you?"
574
00:25:00,574 --> 00:25:01,815
Like, "baby, we miss you.
575
00:25:01,834 --> 00:25:04,150
We hope you're okay,
wherever you are,"
576
00:25:04,245 --> 00:25:07,079
And just hope that somebody
had some type of information.
577
00:25:07,173 --> 00:25:09,489
But all I would get
was just the community saying
578
00:25:09,583 --> 00:25:11,917
That they're praying for us
or willing to help.
579
00:25:12,069 --> 00:25:13,418
I could see
that they really cared.
580
00:25:13,513 --> 00:25:16,088
But there was just not much
information anyone had.
581
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,423
♪ ♪
582
00:25:18,576 --> 00:25:22,094
- I wrote a search warrant
for travis's phone records
583
00:25:22,188 --> 00:25:28,008
And covered the time
from April 1st till April 8th.
584
00:25:28,102 --> 00:25:30,528
And the way the phone tracked,
585
00:25:30,755 --> 00:25:32,771
It went
to northeastern colorado
586
00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:34,865
To a town called keenesburg.
587
00:25:35,092 --> 00:25:37,350
Keenesburg's this little town,
and it's all farmland.
588
00:25:37,370 --> 00:25:39,762
- Really tiny town.
I'd never been there.
589
00:25:39,855 --> 00:25:41,521
I'd never even heard of it
before that.
590
00:25:41,615 --> 00:25:43,356
- We sent detectives up there.
591
00:25:43,376 --> 00:25:47,269
And I think we spent four days
up there searching.
592
00:25:47,288 --> 00:25:50,214
Later on, me and one of the
detectives that I work with,
593
00:25:50,365 --> 00:25:52,216
We went up there
with bloodhounds,
594
00:25:52,443 --> 00:25:56,870
And we went to every spot
the phone showed,
595
00:25:56,889 --> 00:25:59,281
And we don't find anything.
596
00:25:59,300 --> 00:26:06,313
♪ ♪
597
00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:15,739
Within, I want to say, hours,
598
00:26:15,891 --> 00:26:17,741
My lieutenant walks
into the office,
599
00:26:17,968 --> 00:26:19,893
And she said,
"go home and grab a suitcase
600
00:26:19,987 --> 00:26:21,637
"'cause you're going to austin.
601
00:26:21,730 --> 00:26:23,305
"they just found
the stolen car.
602
00:26:23,324 --> 00:26:24,415
He's taken into custody."
603
00:26:24,566 --> 00:26:26,917
So I fly down to austin
604
00:26:27,069 --> 00:26:28,644
And conduct an interview
down there.
605
00:26:28,737 --> 00:26:30,813
When he first saw me walk in,
606
00:26:30,831 --> 00:26:34,333
The blood just drained
out of his face.
607
00:26:34,485 --> 00:26:37,744
I start asking him pointed
questions about the case.
608
00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:41,156
And finally, he says, "uh,
I think I need an attorney."
609
00:26:41,175 --> 00:26:44,101
I told him, "okay."
and I slide a warrant
610
00:26:44,252 --> 00:26:45,510
To get his dna.
611
00:26:45,605 --> 00:26:48,088
- We had probable cause,
612
00:26:48,107 --> 00:26:50,590
Which is the legal standard
to get someone's dna,
613
00:26:50,684 --> 00:26:51,942
Based on all of the evidence
614
00:26:52,094 --> 00:26:54,427
That we had compiled
on kenia's case.
615
00:26:54,447 --> 00:26:55,520
So we were able to do that.
616
00:26:55,615 --> 00:26:56,947
It's called a rule 41.
617
00:26:57,174 --> 00:26:59,950
- I take that dna,
and I bring it back to denver.
618
00:27:00,177 --> 00:27:06,874
♪ ♪
619
00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:12,630
- I got the call on June 30
620
00:27:12,857 --> 00:27:15,357
That they are needing
to release him
621
00:27:15,450 --> 00:27:18,360
Because the girl
who he borrowed the car from
622
00:27:18,379 --> 00:27:20,638
Eventually dropped the charges
of the stolen car charge.
623
00:27:20,789 --> 00:27:23,031
And that's all we have
on him right now.
624
00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:27,536
So we have no choice
but to let him go.
625
00:27:27,629 --> 00:27:28,628
- Personally speaking,
of course,
626
00:27:28,648 --> 00:27:30,055
It's, like, sickening, right,
627
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:31,965
That you have to let
someone like that go,
628
00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,985
Because I knew--
certainly, we all knew he--
629
00:27:35,212 --> 00:27:36,820
Who he was
and what he had done.
630
00:27:37,047 --> 00:27:38,897
We didn't have enough evidence
to arrest him.
631
00:27:39,049 --> 00:27:41,474
It was really a actually
pretty stressful time.
632
00:27:41,494 --> 00:27:46,312
- My biggest concern was,
I need to know where he's at.
633
00:27:46,407 --> 00:27:49,667
This way, I know
other people are safe.
634
00:27:49,894 --> 00:27:53,504
♪ ♪
635
00:27:53,731 --> 00:27:56,248
Fort collins is
a college town.
636
00:27:56,342 --> 00:27:58,658
Lot of young women.
637
00:27:58,752 --> 00:28:01,178
They have a bar district.
638
00:28:01,405 --> 00:28:04,014
It was scary
to have them there.
639
00:28:04,241 --> 00:28:10,245
♪ ♪
640
00:28:10,264 --> 00:28:13,916
- There was bleach involved
and a fire involved.
641
00:28:13,934 --> 00:28:15,842
And it was pretty evident
right away,
642
00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,444
It was travis forbes.
643
00:28:21,592 --> 00:28:23,425
- Friday afternoon,
I get home from work,
644
00:28:23,444 --> 00:28:27,353
And I get a call from
a detective jaclyn shaklee
645
00:28:27,448 --> 00:28:29,022
From fort collins police.
646
00:28:29,041 --> 00:28:33,285
And she tells me a young woman
was blitz attacked,
647
00:28:33,437 --> 00:28:34,953
Pushed into her apartment.
648
00:28:35,105 --> 00:28:37,439
She was sexually assaulted,
649
00:28:37,458 --> 00:28:39,365
Beaten beyond recognition.
650
00:28:39,385 --> 00:28:41,293
The house smelled of bleach
651
00:28:41,445 --> 00:28:43,703
And was set on fire.
652
00:28:43,723 --> 00:28:45,447
She jumps out of the window.
653
00:28:45,466 --> 00:28:47,057
She breaks her ankles.
654
00:28:47,209 --> 00:28:48,374
An officer gets there.
655
00:28:48,394 --> 00:28:50,969
She tells the officer
through motions
656
00:28:51,121 --> 00:28:52,896
That she was
sexually assaulted.
657
00:28:53,048 --> 00:28:55,140
And then she has a stroke.
658
00:28:55,292 --> 00:28:58,736
♪ ♪
659
00:28:58,963 --> 00:29:01,572
- She was out enjoying,
you know, fireworks.
660
00:29:01,799 --> 00:29:03,890
It was a holiday.
She was out with friends.
661
00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:05,634
At some point, she went home.
662
00:29:05,652 --> 00:29:07,469
I think he had followed her.
663
00:29:07,488 --> 00:29:09,488
What we do know
from the physical evidence
664
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,990
Is that he broke
into her home,
665
00:29:12,142 --> 00:29:14,659
That he very violently
assaulted her,
666
00:29:14,812 --> 00:29:16,736
That he poured bleach on her
667
00:29:16,756 --> 00:29:17,980
To try to get rid of evidence,
668
00:29:18,073 --> 00:29:18,255
To try to get rid of evidence,
669
00:29:19,241 --> 00:29:20,257
That he set her apartment
on fire.
670
00:29:20,484 --> 00:29:22,317
- Detective shaklee tells me
all this.
671
00:29:22,336 --> 00:29:26,263
And she said, "I understand
that you were surveilling
672
00:29:26,414 --> 00:29:28,340
"a guy named travis forbes
673
00:29:28,434 --> 00:29:33,345
On a possibly similar case
that happened in denver."
674
00:29:33,497 --> 00:29:37,757
And I just told her,
I said, "this is him."
675
00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:40,760
And she said,
"well, we have dna."
676
00:29:40,780 --> 00:29:42,687
I told her,
"I have dna from him."
677
00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,766
♪ ♪
678
00:29:46,786 --> 00:29:51,029
Fort collins police notice
that he's following a girl.
679
00:29:51,123 --> 00:29:52,790
♪ ♪
680
00:29:52,941 --> 00:29:55,793
He starts talking her up,
and they're walking together.
681
00:29:56,020 --> 00:29:59,445
And he's kind of leading her
off the beaten path.
682
00:29:59,540 --> 00:30:01,447
And police contact him,
683
00:30:01,542 --> 00:30:03,358
He gives a false name,
684
00:30:03,377 --> 00:30:06,136
And they split them up.
685
00:30:06,363 --> 00:30:08,454
Well, then later on
in the night,
686
00:30:08,474 --> 00:30:11,533
He's doing it again,
and he's following a girl.
687
00:30:11,626 --> 00:30:13,126
This time, it was called,
688
00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,703
And one of their sergeants
says, "you know what,
689
00:30:14,721 --> 00:30:16,462
Just arrest him
for the false information."
690
00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:18,874
So they arrest him
and put him in jail
691
00:30:18,967 --> 00:30:20,208
For the false information.
692
00:30:20,227 --> 00:30:22,060
And just as he's getting
released,
693
00:30:22,212 --> 00:30:24,229
They get their results back,
694
00:30:24,323 --> 00:30:26,214
And they get a match.
695
00:30:26,233 --> 00:30:32,663
♪ ♪
696
00:30:32,890 --> 00:30:36,558
- When she was attacked,
it hit the news.
697
00:30:36,577 --> 00:30:39,169
I didn't really make
a connection at that point.
698
00:30:39,321 --> 00:30:42,005
I just thought, because it was
in another town, you know,
699
00:30:42,157 --> 00:30:45,008
It wasn't here in the denver
metro area, you know.
700
00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,160
But it was interesting to me
for some reason, you know.
701
00:30:47,179 --> 00:30:50,589
And so on the morning
of July 12th,
702
00:30:50,683 --> 00:30:54,167
I got a call from
kerri lombardi, the denver da.
703
00:30:54,261 --> 00:30:55,744
And she told me
704
00:30:55,762 --> 00:31:00,506
Travis forbes has been
arrested in fort collins
705
00:31:00,526 --> 00:31:03,435
For the attack
on this young lady.
706
00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:05,604
And I said, "you mean
the girl who's been on tv?"
707
00:31:05,756 --> 00:31:06,938
You know, and she said, "yes."
708
00:31:07,091 --> 00:31:09,941
- After hearing
about this case
709
00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:12,594
And that travis was involved,
it kind of made
710
00:31:12,613 --> 00:31:15,280
Our family think like,
"whoa, this man is dangerous.
711
00:31:15,432 --> 00:31:16,615
"kenia's in danger.
712
00:31:16,709 --> 00:31:18,524
"like, what--what could
he have done to kenia
713
00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:19,618
If he did this to this woman?"
714
00:31:19,712 --> 00:31:25,883
♪ ♪
715
00:31:26,110 --> 00:31:29,202
- He says,
"I'll tell you what I did,
716
00:31:29,296 --> 00:31:30,629
"where her body is,
717
00:31:30,781 --> 00:31:33,131
"as long as you don't label me
a sex offender
718
00:31:33,283 --> 00:31:35,450
And you don't give me
the death penalty."
719
00:31:35,469 --> 00:31:37,043
And I said,
"you'll tell me everything?"
720
00:31:37,062 --> 00:31:39,229
He said, "yeah."
I said, "okay."
721
00:31:39,381 --> 00:31:41,289
I go back to the da's
in denver,
722
00:31:41,383 --> 00:31:43,291
And they cut a deal with him.
723
00:31:43,310 --> 00:31:47,387
♪ ♪
724
00:31:47,481 --> 00:31:49,631
So we get a truck.
725
00:31:49,650 --> 00:31:52,242
He takes us to this area,
726
00:31:52,394 --> 00:31:54,894
And it's a grove of trees
right next to a highway.
727
00:31:54,988 --> 00:31:57,155
So we get him out.
728
00:31:57,307 --> 00:32:00,066
And he says,
"she's over by the trees."
729
00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:02,477
And I walked down
this little ravine,
730
00:32:02,496 --> 00:32:04,329
And I look up at him,
I say, "where is she?"
731
00:32:04,423 --> 00:32:06,498
And he goes, "take two steps
to your right."
732
00:32:06,650 --> 00:32:08,166
I take two steps to my right,
and he says,
733
00:32:08,318 --> 00:32:09,909
"you're right on top of her."
734
00:32:09,929 --> 00:32:13,171
So he knew exactly
where she was.
735
00:32:13,323 --> 00:32:14,264
♪ ♪
736
00:32:18,345 --> 00:32:19,344
And we marked the spot.
737
00:32:19,496 --> 00:32:21,271
We called the crime
scene unit out.
738
00:32:21,423 --> 00:32:23,682
She was pretty far down.
739
00:32:23,834 --> 00:32:26,092
She was buried, like,
5 1/2 feet down.
740
00:32:26,186 --> 00:32:28,761
- They put up a tent, because
the media was everywhere
741
00:32:28,781 --> 00:32:30,596
On this case.
742
00:32:30,616 --> 00:32:34,934
And I was really, really
worried about tony lee and them
743
00:32:35,028 --> 00:32:37,120
Finding out from the media
744
00:32:37,272 --> 00:32:38,771
That there was
a search going on.
745
00:32:38,865 --> 00:32:42,775
And so once they dug up
746
00:32:42,869 --> 00:32:45,295
What appeared to be her--
747
00:32:45,522 --> 00:32:48,039
And it was probably
one of the most
748
00:32:48,192 --> 00:32:50,634
Horrifying things I've seen,
749
00:32:50,785 --> 00:32:52,135
Because she was, like,
750
00:32:52,362 --> 00:32:54,638
Rolled up
in a little fetal position,
751
00:32:54,789 --> 00:32:57,532
Naked, buried, you know.
752
00:32:57,551 --> 00:32:59,718
And you have in your mind
these gorgeous pictures
753
00:32:59,812 --> 00:33:02,628
Of this girl out that night,
having fun.
754
00:33:02,723 --> 00:33:04,815
Like, all the things you know
about her at that point,
755
00:33:04,966 --> 00:33:06,725
And to see that
756
00:33:06,877 --> 00:33:10,303
Was such a--just a surreal
sort of stark contrast to,
757
00:33:10,322 --> 00:33:11,471
You know,
what was in your head
758
00:33:11,490 --> 00:33:13,824
About this beautiful
young girl.
759
00:33:13,975 --> 00:33:16,660
- The da at the time,
kerri lombardi,
760
00:33:16,811 --> 00:33:19,571
Thought it would be
a good thing
761
00:33:19,723 --> 00:33:21,556
To let tony lee know
762
00:33:21,649 --> 00:33:23,241
That we might have found her.
763
00:33:23,393 --> 00:33:25,818
- I just felt like,
as a parent,
764
00:33:25,838 --> 00:33:27,820
Like, I don't want you
to hear about this on the news.
765
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,248
This is, you know,
the worst news you could get.
766
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:31,733
And I knew they were
holding out hope.
767
00:33:31,752 --> 00:33:34,069
At least her mom was still
holding out hope.
768
00:33:34,162 --> 00:33:36,755
And so I called them to say,
769
00:33:36,849 --> 00:33:38,998
"I think that this is
what we have found.
770
00:33:39,018 --> 00:33:40,425
"it's not for sure, but I'm--
771
00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:42,185
"you know, we're pretty
certain that this is it.
772
00:33:42,412 --> 00:33:43,595
I don't want you to see it
on the news."
773
00:33:43,747 --> 00:33:45,838
And, of course,
that was horrifying for him.
774
00:33:45,858 --> 00:33:48,341
And then he had
to tell his family.
775
00:33:48,435 --> 00:33:52,754
- I got the call from district
attorney kerri lombardi,
776
00:33:52,773 --> 00:33:56,925
And she says, "you are about
to hear news reports
777
00:33:56,943 --> 00:34:00,537
"of maybe some possible
activity with kenia.
778
00:34:00,764 --> 00:34:03,615
We just need you
to be aware of this."
779
00:34:03,767 --> 00:34:06,951
It was at that moment
that I knew that,
780
00:34:07,104 --> 00:34:13,275
Okay, they--they found kenia,
and--and I needed to get home
781
00:34:13,293 --> 00:34:19,872
And let maria and the kids know
before this thing hit the news.
782
00:34:19,966 --> 00:34:21,950
So I went out to my truck
783
00:34:22,043 --> 00:34:27,472
And I kind of just sat there.
784
00:34:27,566 --> 00:34:31,142
I had to control myself
before I could go
785
00:34:31,295 --> 00:34:33,144
And take away their hope.
786
00:34:33,238 --> 00:34:36,055
And I had--and that--
787
00:34:36,075 --> 00:34:38,983
[somber music]
788
00:34:39,136 --> 00:34:41,319
♪ ♪
789
00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:43,488
[no audible dialogue]
790
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,640
♪ ♪
791
00:34:45,733 --> 00:34:48,326
And that was
the toughest thing
792
00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:49,828
I've ever done.
793
00:34:49,980 --> 00:34:51,479
♪ ♪
794
00:34:51,498 --> 00:34:53,757
Woke maria up.
She asked me what was wrong.
795
00:34:53,984 --> 00:34:55,150
And I looked at her,
and I says,
796
00:34:55,243 --> 00:34:58,578
"maria, they--
they found kenia."
797
00:34:58,672 --> 00:35:02,657
And she asked me this question,
798
00:35:02,750 --> 00:35:04,175
"is she alive? Where is she?"
799
00:35:04,328 --> 00:35:08,330
I says, "maria, she's dead."
800
00:35:08,348 --> 00:35:11,441
She lost it.
801
00:35:11,668 --> 00:35:15,003
And there was nothing
I could do for her.
802
00:35:15,021 --> 00:35:18,189
And I told her,
803
00:35:18,342 --> 00:35:20,859
"I need to go
and get the kids."
804
00:35:21,011 --> 00:35:26,014
♪ ♪
805
00:35:26,107 --> 00:35:27,773
- I remember I was in class.
806
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:29,942
It was my 11th grade
english class.
807
00:35:29,962 --> 00:35:32,629
And my teacher was like,
"hey, kim,"
808
00:35:32,780 --> 00:35:35,132
Like, "it's time for you to go.
Your dad's downstairs."
809
00:35:35,283 --> 00:35:36,967
And I'm like, that's weird.
Why?
810
00:35:37,118 --> 00:35:39,878
And I just see my dad just
looks very serious, very calm.
811
00:35:39,972 --> 00:35:42,030
And he's like, "you have
a dentist appointment."
812
00:35:42,048 --> 00:35:44,048
I'm like, "okay."
but usually he tells me, like,
813
00:35:44,143 --> 00:35:45,791
A month in advance that I have
a dentist appointment.
814
00:35:45,811 --> 00:35:47,978
But I'm like, "whatevs."
so I get in the car.
815
00:35:48,129 --> 00:35:51,873
The radio's off.
It's just silent in the car.
816
00:35:51,892 --> 00:35:54,818
- She asked me, "why's
your radio not on, dad?"
817
00:35:54,969 --> 00:35:56,895
And I said, "I don't feel like
listening to this stuff today."
818
00:35:57,047 --> 00:35:59,489
- We get home.
I hear my mom,
819
00:35:59,716 --> 00:36:02,233
She's just crying
like crazy upstairs.
820
00:36:02,327 --> 00:36:05,053
Like, I'll never be able
to forget this cry.
821
00:36:05,071 --> 00:36:07,480
He's like, "um, I have
something to tell you."
822
00:36:07,499 --> 00:36:08,981
I'm like, "what's going on?"
823
00:36:09,001 --> 00:36:11,559
And he's like,
"well, they found kenia."
824
00:36:11,578 --> 00:36:14,245
And my first question was,
"dead or alive?"
825
00:36:14,339 --> 00:36:17,007
And he said, "dead."
826
00:36:17,158 --> 00:36:19,009
I didn't think that that was
the news that I was gonna get.
827
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:20,418
I always thought that
my sister
828
00:36:20,570 --> 00:36:21,827
Was gonna come back to me.
829
00:36:21,847 --> 00:36:23,663
So when he said that
in that moment,
830
00:36:23,682 --> 00:36:25,831
It was almost like,
"how dare you say that?"
831
00:36:25,851 --> 00:36:27,851
Like, how? Where?
832
00:36:28,002 --> 00:36:29,686
Why? Where is she?
833
00:36:29,837 --> 00:36:32,747
And I just broke down
right there.
834
00:36:32,766 --> 00:36:36,601
I just couldn't remember
where I was, anything.
835
00:36:36,753 --> 00:36:38,753
- Kim fell on the floor
in the kitchen,
836
00:36:38,846 --> 00:36:42,106
And my son fell on the stairs.
837
00:36:42,259 --> 00:36:44,108
♪ ♪
838
00:36:44,261 --> 00:36:46,277
And there's nothing
I could do for them.
839
00:36:46,371 --> 00:36:49,781
Um, so, uh,
840
00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:52,951
We were all just a mess.
841
00:36:53,045 --> 00:36:54,436
- It was really awful.
842
00:36:54,454 --> 00:36:57,380
It was, uh,
843
00:36:57,607 --> 00:36:59,123
Unforgettable
and just really awful.
844
00:36:59,218 --> 00:37:01,033
Especially when you have kids
and you think,
845
00:37:01,127 --> 00:37:04,537
How does this happen?
Where one minute,
you're having fun,
846
00:37:04,631 --> 00:37:06,798
And you're enjoying your life,
and you're young and beautiful,
847
00:37:06,892 --> 00:37:11,636
And then your, like--
one encounter with, you know,
848
00:37:11,788 --> 00:37:15,214
A monster, and that's
how your life turns out?
849
00:37:15,308 --> 00:37:18,568
- Once we find her, that's when
we start doing the interview.
850
00:37:23,650 --> 00:37:27,727
- That day, travis confessed
to murdering my sister.
851
00:37:27,821 --> 00:37:30,247
- He says that she passed out.
852
00:37:30,474 --> 00:37:32,807
He has sex with her
while she's asleep.
853
00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:34,584
- He said that he raped her.
854
00:37:34,811 --> 00:37:36,586
- She wakes up,
she confronts him,
855
00:37:36,738 --> 00:37:38,146
She starts hitting him.
856
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:39,923
- He said that
he strangled her.
857
00:37:40,074 --> 00:37:42,150
- He panics,
doesn't know what to do.
858
00:37:42,243 --> 00:37:44,319
So he puts her in the cooler,
859
00:37:44,337 --> 00:37:48,656
And he describes how rigor
mortis had already set in,
860
00:37:48,675 --> 00:37:53,252
And that how hard it was
to put her arm down
861
00:37:53,346 --> 00:37:55,105
And hold the lid down,
862
00:37:55,256 --> 00:37:57,274
So he said
he had to tape it up.
863
00:37:57,425 --> 00:37:59,167
And then he goes back
to the shop
864
00:37:59,260 --> 00:38:00,668
Where we have him on camera.
865
00:38:00,687 --> 00:38:02,946
He says that he takes her
into the cooler.
866
00:38:03,097 --> 00:38:04,856
He unplugs the video,
867
00:38:05,008 --> 00:38:06,432
And then he says
he takes her out
868
00:38:06,451 --> 00:38:08,693
Of the cooler
that he had her in.
869
00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:12,347
He takes all her clothes off,
burns everything,
870
00:38:12,365 --> 00:38:14,607
Pours bleach on her
and cleans her with bleach,
871
00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:17,294
Puts her back in the van,
and then takes her
872
00:38:17,445 --> 00:38:19,354
Up to keenesburg
where he buries her.
873
00:38:19,447 --> 00:38:20,538
- He said he wanted to find
874
00:38:20,690 --> 00:38:23,691
The most peaceful place
to bury her.
875
00:38:23,710 --> 00:38:26,952
He found a tree,
and he just dug right there,
876
00:38:27,047 --> 00:38:28,713
And he buried her.
877
00:38:28,865 --> 00:38:31,957
- There was never
a dan guy anyway.
878
00:38:31,977 --> 00:38:33,476
It was always travis.
879
00:38:33,628 --> 00:38:37,147
It validated what I felt
880
00:38:37,298 --> 00:38:39,057
After that handshake
that night.
881
00:38:39,209 --> 00:38:51,553
♪ ♪
882
00:38:51,571 --> 00:38:55,147
Actually I think she is a pretty
despicable person
883
00:38:55,167 --> 00:38:58,910
Because had she been honest,
lives, you know,
884
00:38:59,062 --> 00:39:00,562
Would not have been altered.
885
00:39:00,914 --> 00:39:03,731
[somber music]
886
00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:20,690
♪ ♪
887
00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:24,419
It was a terrible case
888
00:39:24,437 --> 00:39:26,679
But she's really kind of
the hero of stopping him,
889
00:39:26,773 --> 00:39:28,606
Because without her,
890
00:39:28,700 --> 00:39:31,776
I'm not sure we would have ever
had enough on travis
891
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:34,537
Or found kenia, frankly.
892
00:39:36,023 --> 00:39:38,023
- I have nothing
but respect for her.
893
00:39:38,118 --> 00:39:42,286
She's just such a sweet woman
and so strong and positive.
894
00:39:43,048 --> 00:39:44,881
When I gave her a hug,
I broke down.
895
00:39:45,032 --> 00:39:46,532
I just--
I don't know, it was weird.
896
00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:48,443
I just felt, like,
a connection with kenia
897
00:39:48,461 --> 00:39:49,719
When I was hugging her.
898
00:39:49,946 --> 00:39:51,871
It was like I was almost
hugging my sister.
899
00:39:52,616 --> 00:39:55,058
I'm not sure how to
really explain that.
900
00:39:56,895 --> 00:40:01,046
- This case just--
901
00:40:01,066 --> 00:40:05,793
Um, it just--it just--
902
00:40:05,887 --> 00:40:07,645
It just pulled at my heart.
903
00:40:07,797 --> 00:40:16,079
♪ ♪
904
00:40:19,734 --> 00:40:21,325
- My only message
was to tell him
905
00:40:21,478 --> 00:40:22,827
That I pray for him every night
906
00:40:22,979 --> 00:40:25,255
And that, you know,
I hope he finds peace
907
00:40:25,406 --> 00:40:27,148
And I hope he finds god.
908
00:40:27,167 --> 00:40:29,333
He wrote me a six page,
909
00:40:29,486 --> 00:40:31,928
Dark, dark, dark,
very dark letter.
910
00:40:32,079 --> 00:40:33,838
I don't think that I've ever
shared it with anyone.
911
00:40:33,990 --> 00:40:41,012
♪ ♪
912
00:40:41,347 --> 00:40:42,680
I did not write him back,
913
00:40:42,832 --> 00:40:44,590
Because I said
what I had to say.
914
00:40:44,609 --> 00:40:47,835
- I truly feel, to this day,
that he's a serial killer.
915
00:40:47,854 --> 00:40:51,355
And that there are many, many,
many more that are out there.
916
00:40:51,508 --> 00:40:53,265
- He's absolutely a predator.
917
00:40:53,359 --> 00:40:56,101
And I frankly, don't think
these are the only two people.
918
00:40:56,121 --> 00:40:57,695
You never know.
919
00:40:57,789 --> 00:41:00,848
There's always, always
somebody out there,
920
00:41:00,942 --> 00:41:02,617
Looking for an opportunity.
921
00:41:03,853 --> 00:41:06,296
- I know kenia's story
can and has helped
922
00:41:06,447 --> 00:41:08,298
A lot of women,
including myself.
923
00:41:08,525 --> 00:41:10,374
When going out,
I know a lot of women,
924
00:41:10,469 --> 00:41:12,302
They do the buddy system,
they make sure, hey,
925
00:41:12,529 --> 00:41:14,362
I need to know
where my friends are.
926
00:41:14,380 --> 00:41:17,640
- I created a foundation, and
then through this foundation,
927
00:41:17,867 --> 00:41:20,125
I help families
of the missing.
928
00:41:20,145 --> 00:41:21,311
It's a passion that I've got.
929
00:41:21,538 --> 00:41:23,387
It's something that I--
that I do.
930
00:41:23,540 --> 00:41:25,315
- Now, me and my friend
will say,
931
00:41:25,542 --> 00:41:27,150
"hey, just text me
when you get home.
932
00:41:27,301 --> 00:41:29,544
"let's be in each other's
business because, you know,
933
00:41:29,562 --> 00:41:31,212
"you being in my business
934
00:41:31,231 --> 00:41:33,615
Could potentially save
my life."