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You being good? hey, youre not contacting me. >> reporter: the next morning the texts continued from kenias friends, all asking where was she. >> and then there was a dead area, and then the next text that came in was about 7:00 p.m. that night. >> reporter: but this one? this one jumped off the screen, was just plain weird. >> and the message said, "hey, this is travis, the guy in the creepy white van, smiley face. did you get home okay?" >> reporter: travis? who was travis? nobody in kenias ci...

Concerned. they were about to get a clue. her cell phone turned up and on it her father would discover a mysterious text from a stranger. who was he and could he lead them to kenya? again is keith morrison. april 1st, 2011. dawn in denver, colorado. calm, spring-like. and for the friends of 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...

Place, but they didnt find much. travis was there so they took him downtown for questioning. >> travis, this is detective gurule. >> hows it going? >> hes a talker. very, very charming. very, very manipulative. >> i never met her before then and -- >> and talk travis did, reciting the very same story hed told tony lee about picking up a lost and distressed kenia downtown then stopping for cigarettes at that gas station, where she met another man who said hed take her home. >> she put her arm thr...

These sightings because you dont know. >> reporter: but then something 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, ...

>> i looked at lydia and wished it was kenia. i hate to say that. but im glad she was able to escape the monster. >> yeah. >> it was overwhelming, you know, to see the amount of her strength and her will to live. you know, and what she did during her court proceedings on the day that he was sentenced for what he did to her. >> reporter: what she did that day was simply amazing. hard to believe. sitting just feet away from the man who raped her, smashed her face and body, doused her with bleach, ...

Id say im leaving myself a message because i need to do this. he she said id talk in my sleep about it, kenias name or traviss name. she said youre dreaming about this. >> youre obsessed. >> tenacious. >> reporter: kenias family wasnt sleeping much either. >> i thought that she might have been like kidnapped and like put in the basement and like they werent letting her get any contact with anyone. i had dreams and things i still felt like i had that sister connection, that she was just still her...

Kenia disappeared, and gurule had good reason to worry. >> our detectives are watching. he goes out to the bar district in fort collins, and hes acting like a fool. jumping on peoples cars, you know, raising -- just trying to get a lot of attention. >> reporter: so fort collins police, unaware that travis was the subject of a denver investigation, pulled him aside there in the bar district, had a little talk with him, nothing serious, no charges, just conversation. >> after they finished the con...

Strong because we didnt want to think negative or anything. we had a lot of thoughts. i dont know, maybe we shouldnt have done that. >> shouldnt have done what? >> going out to, you know, were just 19. we were not 21. >> yeah. and you should have looked after her? >> yeah, she wasnt with me. because i know if she would have been with me, she would have been safe. >> even her sister kim, with whom kenia texted constantly, hadnt heard a word, but she did get a call from kenias boyfriend who had be...

Here again is keith morrison. kenia monge was at a downtown denver nightclub with her friends one week ago. >> police -- >> kenia monges disappearance was big news in denver. >> she was last seen wearing a black skirt, black jacket and red high heel shoes. >> kenias family was frantic, desperately hoping she was still alive. >> i couldnt sleep. i praying. i get on my knees every day, god, please, bring kenia home. please. >> janet gomez and kenias other close friends kept looking, hoping someo...

Charges on the stolen car. she was very adamant that he didnt do anything wrong. >> why did that happen? >> i would talk to her sometimes daily, and she was his biggest supporter. >> she wouldnt believe that he was a dangerous guy. >> absolutely not. not the travis forbes she knows. there is no way that he did anything to kenia. >> but here was the problem. without the stolen car charge there was no way to keep travis in jail. they had to let him go. deputy d.a. kerri lombardi was -- >> nervous....