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Leaving kenia with that strange fellow at the gas station. >> if she had made the choice to -- to go back home or to get right in, i would have taken her home. i would not -- i mean, and if i had felt any sort of -- any sort of weirdness about her walk over with that guy, i would have done something. >> he was really worried about this whole, very about this missing girl. but we believe you. he didnt do anything. >> reporter: in fact there, was no evidence travis did anything wrong. he certainly...

>> reporter: so gurule and lombardi pored through traviss cell phone records to see where he was at the time of kenias disappearance. and they noticed he made and received several calls from a rural area near a little place called keenesburg, about 40 miles northeast of denver. not exactly one of the stops along travis granola bar delivery route. >> we sent probably 25 detectives up there, looking at fields, running the gulches, checking the ponds, talking to neighbors, see if they saw a white v...

>> i stuck my hand out, said appreciate it. and we shook hands. and when i shook his hand, it was as if an earthquake was going on under his feet and it was only in my hand i could feel it. his arm wasnt shaking, his body wasnt shaking, there was no quivering, but i felt that shake. and i looked at it. and i knew id shaken the hand of the last person that had seen kenia alive. there was no doubt in my mind. i knew in that instant. >> and you believed as of that moment that she was dead? >> yes. ...

>> that was the hardest thing ive ever done. then i -- >> she had been hanging on to hope. >> she had been hanging on to hope. >> you had to finally -- >> i had to snatch that rug out from under her. and she lost it. and there was nothing i could do for her because i had already lost it myself. >> reporter: then tony had to tell his children. kenias little sister and brother. >> and the first question out of both of their mouths at the different times, is she alive? and i had to tell them no. i ...

>> we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off and we didnt know what to do first. so we were just trying to figure out what have we got to do. >> reporter: and then, one terrifying day later, the mysterious travis finally returned tonys calls. and travis had some rather stunning news about kenias whereabouts and just who she might be with. coming up, tony on a mission that would leave his wife paralyzed with fear. >> i was so afraid. >> grabbed the 9-millimeter pistol, and i pac...

Travis forbes, despite all his suspicious behavior and his strange story, was still just a person of interest. >> people do weird things in their normal life. how do we know that hes just weirgu >> 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 ...

Happened to travis forbes that weekend. he apparently had second thoughts about his own second thoughts. >> and when i got back on monday, i got a call and they said the deals back on, its being finalized, we should be able to be going next week. >> sometimes taking a weekend away is quite profitable. >> yes. the weight of the world just got lifted from me. >> the deal with travis was quite straightforward. no death penalty, no sex crimes charges. and no exchange he would give them a complete co...

Give it to her. >> it was kenias favorite ring. >> i gave it to her. she was so happy. she said thank you and she was holding me. and that moment i was holding her, its like i was holding kenia. >> we are related in tragedy. we have a connection with each other unfortunately for the rest of our lives. and because of travis. >> reporter: the family build a memorial here on the high plains where kenia was found. she continues to live in their hearts, her loss has taken a toll. in 2018 tony and mar...

I said maybe its a joke. and my sister got very worried. she said i dont think so its a joke. >> when i got back home from my daughter kim and she said that 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 bar hopping the night before in those lodo nightclubs. >> it was very, very, very confusing because these girls were -- they were not telling me the trut...

I knew that he would eventually hang himself. but i didnt think hed go out and try to murder again this soon. and i was shocked. we were shocked. >> yeah. >> reporter: but they still didnt know what happened to kenia. quickly, the lee family called a news conference and delivered a message to travis forbes. >> anybodys going to relay any messages to him, tell him, or if you guys talk to him, tell him weve got just one question. where is kenia? thats it. >> reporter: but travis wasnt talking anym...