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Look out for each other. but on this particular night things didn't go as planned. >> we had planned to meet at lavish. we went in there, and she wasn't in there. >> reporter: kenia had gotten a ride downtown with two other girls she didn't know very well. her plan was to meet janet and some other friends at lavish, but she didn't show up. >> i started texting her, and no response. and i called her three times. nothing. >> reporter: what janet didn't know is that kenia and the two other girls couldn't get into the club. the bouncers weren't buying their fake i.d. cards. so they went to another...

>> reporter: and for kenia's 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. we'd text each other every day. every morning, every night, throughout school. she would call me sometimes. she'd just want to say i love you. >> what did you have in common, the two of you. >> we liked to watch "csi" together. we liked to pick on my lit...

Infectious smile on her face that she brought a gift for me. >> it's a bracelet. it's 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 kenia's 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 monge's disappearance was big news in denver. >> she was last seen wearing a black skirt, black jacket, and red high-heeled shoes. >> reporter: kenia's family was frantic, desperately hoping she was still alive. >> i couldn't sleep. i'd pray. i'd get on my knees every day, god, please, bring kenia home. please. >> reporter: janet gomez and kenia's other close friends kept looking, hoping someone would come forward with a clue. >> we kept just putting flyers everywhere. we had to do it. you know, sh...

>> 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 wouldn't 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 morning she said with some guy and then she disappeared. they looked for her but couldn't find her, ...