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Look out for each other. but on this particular night things didnt go as planned. >> we had planned to meet at lavish. we went in there, and she wasnt in there. >> reporter: kenia had gotten a ride downtown with two other girls she didnt know very well. her plan was to meet janet and some other friends at lavish, but she didnt show up. >> i started texting her, and no response. and i called her three times. nothing. >> reporter: what janet didnt know is that kenia and the two other girls couldnt...

>> reporter: and for kenias little sister, kimberly, it felt like the best thing that ever happened. >> tomorrow kenia makes one whole year in america. >> i thought she was going to be like the big sister everybody dreams of. it was even better than i imagined. >> better? >> mm-hmm. she was very loving and caring. i felt like she was my twin. wed text each other every day. every morning, every night, throughout school. she would call me sometimes. shed just want to say i love you. >> what did yo...

Infectious smile on her face that she brought a gift for me. >> its a bracelet. its on -- >> may i open it? >> yes. an acronym for my name. >> ah. >> it says live your days inspired anew. >> which, of course, spells lydia. there is great sadness surrounding the story of travis forbes. unending sadness for kenias family. for the unknown other families who, as many now suspect, may have been victimized by his past behavior. and then from that darkest place came the indomitable lydia who

Kenia monge was at a downtown denver nightclub with her friends one week ago. >> reporter: kenia monges disappearance was big news in denver. >> she was last seen wearing a black skirt, black jacket, and red high-heeled shoes. >> reporter: kenias family was frantic, desperately hoping she was still alive. >> i couldnt sleep. id pray. id get on my knees every day, god, please, bring kenia home. please. >> reporter: janet gomez and kenias other close friends kept looking, hoping someone would come...

>> she had left her purse, a phone and her i.d. and all that stuff in the bar. >> reporter: her stuff. kenia never went anywhere without it. especially her cell phone. and she certainly wouldnt just leave it with two people she hardly knew. >> something is really wrong. something is wrong. >> reporter: the night after kenia was last seen here in lodo, one of the girls she was drinking with showed up at the lees house to drop off her belongings. kenia was happily dancing till about 1:00 in the mo...

Life. when i held her, hold her, oh, my god, i was so happy. and we went home and telling her how much i miss her. and she said me too, mom, and now we are together, nothing going to separate us. >> reporter: by the time kenia came to colorado maria was married to tony lee and together they had two children. now kenia made three. >> i remember meeting her for the first time. the first words that she said to me were "thank you, daddy." ill never forget that. and she hugged me. >> reporter: so con...

Their normal life. how do we know that hes just not a weird guy? >> reporter: and then a few days later gurules investigation turned up more surveillance video, which seemed to tell a whole new story because there was kenia with another man entirely. this caught the two of them in the lobby of an apartment building near the club where kenia had been drinking. was she going up to his place? well, if she was, she didnt stay long because a few minutes later kenia showed up in yet another surveillan...

The trouble started before kenia monge went missing. trouble at this denver bakery, that is. the one where travis forbes rented space to bake his granola bars. somebody was pilfering money from the bakery cash register. owner monica poole was at first puzzled by the discrepancy, then gradually became sure there was a thief in the shop. fortunately, monica had allowed for the possibility of that sort of thing when she had surveillance cameras installed around the shop. so by now, a couple of days...

Richmond police were searching for a missing 16-year-old girl and her 1-year-old son.

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