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Parking lot. and monica poole told one of the detectives, hey, that's my grease barrel. what's it doing down there? >> reporter: travis claimed he was using it to burn some moldy marijuana. the barrel was sent to the crime lab. >> we ran that for dna. we ran that for fingerprints. >> reporter: but nothing turned up. if there were any clues in that barrel, they had been burned. 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 he's just not a weird guy? >> reporter: a...

Every little detail that night, had trouble recalling one small but rather critical fact. >> um. what's her name? >> kenia. >> kenia. yeah. >> and we were all watching. and we lost it. that was the only name in town. and i wanted to go talk to him about that interview. that was another time when she got down on her hands and knees and begged me not to go. and this time i didn't go. >> reporter: so tony and his family waited. let the investigation run its course, hoping, praying that kenia would walk in the front door safe and sound. and travis forbes remained free. not even aware, quite possib...

And they spoke spanish. and that was it. that was the last -- that was it. then i went home. >> and that's the last you see her? >> yes. >> reporter: travis was cool, calm, even contrite about 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 walking 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 didn't...

19-year-old kenya, terrifying. >> i just kept calling her and calling her. we were all worried and scared. >> where was she? kenya was supposed to have met her friends at a downtown bar the night before. she didn't show. now she didn't answer her phone. >> we didn't know what happened. nobody knew nothing. >> kenya's friends, truly frightened now kept texting and calling. but not a single lead turned up. no tips, no clues. and no kenya. >> we were just trying to be strong, because we didn't want to think negative or anything. we had a lot of thoughts. i don't know, maybe we shouldn't have done...

One of colorado's top high schools and considering careers in tv production or criminology. here she is directing a student film. all the more remarkable, because just seven years earlier, kenya didn't know more than a word or two of english. and not a single person in denver. apart that is, from her maria, who had migranted from honduras afr few years before. and when she and kenya were finally reunited. >> it was the happy day of my life when i held her, hold here. oh, my god, i was so happy. and we went home. telling her how much i miss her, and she said i miss you, too, mom. now we are tog...