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Leave it with two people she hardly knew. >> something was very wrong. something was wrong. >> reporter: the night after kenia was last seen here in lodo, one of the girls she was drinking with showed up at her house to drop off her belongings. kenia was happily dancing until about 1:00 in the morning with some guy, she said, and then she disappeared. they looked for her and couldnt find her. when the bar closed, they took her purse and cell phone and just kind of assumed that kenia would get ho...

Were at the gas station, too, so the cops, not tony, did most of the talking with travis. >> he told them that same story that he told me on the phone and it was very consistent. the story he told them matched exactly. i told the officer, man, everything he told you just dont sound right. it just dont sound right. >> reporter: it didnt sound right to the cops, either. but they had nothing to hold travis on. he had been cooperative, forthcoming, concerned for kenia, so they let him go. as the mee...

Welcome back. travis forbes had struck a plea deal. in exchange for taking sex crimes charges and the death penalty off the table, he led authorities to the ravine where hed buried kenia monges body. he later confessed to kenias murder and to the attempted murder of lydia tillman. all that was left was the sentencing. but unbeknownst to travis, trhee was one more surprise in store. here with the cons clooug conclusion of the story is keith morrison. she was home now. after five long, horrible ...

We shook hands. when we shook hands, it was like an earthquake was going through my feet. his body wasnt shaking, there was no quivering, but i felt that shake. i looked at it and i knew i was shaking the hand of the last person that had seen kenia alive. there was no doubt in my mind. i knew it at that instant. >> reporter: you believed as of that moment that she was dead? >> yes. >> coming up, was he right? they were about to come across a disturbing clue. >> reporter: he was determined to era...

>> yes. an acronym for my name. >> huh. >> it says "live your days inspired anew." >> reporter: which of course spells lydia. theres 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 forgave, who won, who told us live your days inspired anew.

Said, i dont think its a joke. >> when i got my call from my daughter kim and she said she had not heard anything from her that day, thats when i went into high alert. >> reporter: but when tony called kenias friends, they werent exactly straight with him about their underage barhopping the night before in those lodo nightclubs. >> it was very, very confusing because these girls were -- they were not telling me the truth about what they were doing or where they were at because they were covering...

>> kenia monge was in a denver downtown nightclub with her friends one week ago. >> reporter: kenias 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 >> i would get down on my knees and pray to god. bring kenia home, please. >> reporter: her friends kept looking, hoping someone would come forward with a clue. >> we just kept putting flyers up everywhere. we had ...

She would never run off with a strange guy and leave her purse and phone and keys behind. in fact, when tony saw this video, he was convinced kenia wasnt drunk. something was done to her. >> i absolutely believe 100% that she was slipped a date rape drug. because everything she did in that club that night was against anything shes ever done before. >> reporter: gurule tracked down the young man from the apartment lobby, and he admitted dancing with kenia at the club and showing her his loft. but...

>> reporter: april 1st, 2011. dawn in denver, colorado. bright, springlike. and for the friends of 19-year-old kenia monge, terrifying. >> i just kept calling her and calling her. we were all worried and scared. >> reporter: where was she? kenia was supposed to have met her friends at a downtown bar the night before. didnt show. and now she didnt answer her phone. not like kenia. not at all. >> we didnt know what happened. nobody knew nothing. >> reporter: kenias friends truly frightened now kep...

To a colorado jail. but the smooth talker wouldnt stay there long. here again is keith morrison. >> travis forbes was right where they wanted him. behind bars. they were holding him on suspicion of stealing a friends car, not for kenia monges disappearance. but at least he was here back in colorado. >> getting him back, how important was that to you? >> very important. i wanted to know where he was. >> and you wanted him in your town. >> yes. >> detective nash gurule was hoping to coax travis to...