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Kenia Monge,19, CO. murdered
#21
Denver News7

7NEWS has obtained a copy of a search warrant Denver police filed in connection with her disappearance.

It describes police researching evidence connected to a man who has admitted to giving Monge a ride the night she disappeared. He said he dropped her off a gas station off at Speer Boulevard and Pennsylvania Street and watched her walk away with another man.

According to search warrant, the man sent Monge a text on the evening of April 1. 7NEWS is not naming the man because he has not been charged with any crime. The text message read, "Hey, this is (name), the guy who gave you a ride last night, white creepy van Smiley_emoticons_smile did you get home okay?"

The search warrant also details police searching the man's van. The officer reported seeing and smelling what seemed like new carpet. The man's friend who was with him the night they picked up Monge told police when he was last in the van on April 1, there was a black rubber mat covering the floor.

Police also went to a bakery in Denver where the man rents space. The owner of the building told police that she found the security system turned off. The owner said the video showed the man turning the video off on the evening of April 1. She said he was wearing what appeared to be a latex glove up to his elbow.

An employee of a neighboring business told police that he saw two or three men standing behind the bakery on the night of April 1, burning materials in a 55 gallon barrel.

Police took a yellow rubber glove and a metal barrel into evidence.

The officer who filed the search warrant termed the investigation a "very suspicious missing persons case."

Rest of article here http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/275...etail.html
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#22
Denver Post

When police reviewed the tape they saw Forbes at 7:10 p.m. wheeling a cart to the back door of Deby's with a large white cooler on top. The cooler appeared to be bound with black duct tape. He rolled the cooler inside Deby's just 24 minutes after Forbes had texted Monge's phone asking about her well-being, court documents say.

A man who works nearby told police he was leaving his store around 8:30 p.m. that night when he saw two or three men behind Deby's burning something in a 55-gallon metal drum. He saw a white cargo van nearby, according to the court documents.

The next day, Saturday April 2, between 2 and 3 p.m., the owner of a neighboring business again saw Forbes parked behind the bakery. Forbes was cleaning the inside and outside of a large white cooler in the back of his van.

rest of article here http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_17848317
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#23
I got some decent advice for would be criminals...don't come forward and offer up that you were the last to be seen with someone who is more than likely dead and YOU did it! What a dumb mutha and I so thank him and all like him. If it weren't for dumb criminals some cases wouldn't get solved. Thank you dumbass! I'm sure LE appreciated it! At least this poor family will have closure just for the fact that they will probably be able to bring their daughter home and bury her.
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#24
I think he was caught on tape at the gas station vs. coming forward on his own.
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#25
frankly i think this guy is good for it.

News9 NBC Denver

DENVER - Search warrants served against the last man known to have seen 19-year-old Kenia Monge two weeks ago, and obtained by 9Wants to Know, show police are collecting growing evidence against the man.

On April 1, the day Monge disappeared, Travis Forbes was at a bakery where he worked and turned off surveillance cameras for two hours, according to search warrants. He was not scheduled to work that night.

The video shows him wearing what appeared to be "latex cleaning gloves that went up to his elbows." Later that night, the warrants say a witness saw two or three men standing outside the bakery, "burning something in what appeared to be a 55 gallon barrel."

Police have seized the rubber gloves and the metal barrel, according to the warrants.

When police searched Forbes' white van, a detective says it appeared to be very clean and the "rug covering the back floor of the van appeared to be new and even smelled new." A witness had told police earlier that there was a black rubber mat covering the back floor of the van.

9Wants to Know could not reach Forbes Thursday for comment about the evidence contained within the search warrants.

In an interview on Wednesday, Forbes said he and a friend were coming home from a bar when they spotted Monge outside another club. Forbes says she was inebriated and upset.

Forbes told 9NEWS his friend walked home and he drove Monge to the Lavish bar where she thought she had left her friends and her car. When they didn't find anything, Forbes said he started to drive her home, which was near the bakery where he made food.

He says they stopped at a Conoco gas station along Speer Boulevard to get cigarettes, but it was closed. He says she started crying again and he was trying to calm her down when she spotted a man outside the van and jumped out to borrow a cigarette from him.

"She walked off with him. There was no reason for me to have thought anything about it. And it was 3 in the morning. I was like, 'OK, well...' So I went home," Forbes said Wednesday.

He says she left with a well-dressed man who was drinking and smoking and called himself "Dan."

The next day, Forbes says he texted Monge to see if she was OK.

"Hey this is Travis, the guy who gave you a ride last night. - white creepy van.Smiley_emoticons_smile did you get home okay?" the text said, according to the search warrant.

Forbes says he never heard back from her.

Monica Poole, owner of Deby's Bakery & Café, rented her kitchen to Forbes in the evenings so he could make and sell gluten-free granola bars and sandwiches for his business, Forbies.

Forbes admits he often slept in the office because he is homeless. He was evicted from his home in January for not paying rent, according to his landlord.

Forbes admits he spent time in prison when he was younger for burglary and drug offenses.

Poole describes Forbes as energetic, a partier and often times, a liar.

"He told us all he had been dishonorably discharged from the Marines because he served in Afghanistan and killed somebody and refused to go back to that country," Poole said.

Forbes told 9Wants to Know he has never served in the military.

Poole forced Forbes to leave the bakery this month because she says he kept stealing money and food from her business.

"It's dishonest. I kicked him out. You just don't do that. And he lies so easily it's distressing to me," Poole said.

Poole installed cameras in every room in her bakery about four years ago to make sure that no one was stealing food from her freezers. When she asked Forbes why he turned off her surveillance cameras April 1, he said he wanted to change his clothes. However, Poole says he did not sleep in the bakery office that night.

















































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#26
His FB account is now gone. He had posted a comment on his wall on March 31 at around 2 in the afternoon where he talked about how life was effing great and everyone should go dancing. Kenia went dancing that very night and never returned...
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#27
From the denverpost.com (same article as above)

Later that day, Lee met Forbes and Fajardo at the Conoco station. Just before the meeting ended, Forbes told Lee: "I wish I knew more about what happened to your daughter but I told you everything I know." He had tears in his eyes, his voice was unsteady and his whole body was shaking.

In an interview with The Post, he said he hadn't realized how serious the incident was until he sensed Lee's anxiety.
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#28
from denverpost.com

A man who describes himself as a suspect in the disappearance of a 19-year-old Aurora woman has a criminal history that includes convictions for unusual and, at times, violent behavior toward women.

Travis Forbes once stole three pairs of a woman's panties, poked holes in two of them and marked them with her first initial. It was one of several burglaries he committed.

Years later, without provocation, he threw rocks at two female joggers, striking one in the head.

Now, by his own account, Forbes, 31, is a suspect in the disappearance of 19-year-old Kenia Monge.

In an interview two weeks ago with The Denver Post, he said he was only trying to help Monge when he offered her a ride home in the early morning of April 1 as she left her friends, personal belongings and cellphone behind in a LoDo nightclub. He said he let her out at a gas station, and she walked off with a stranger, never to be seen again.

Although police have not identified a suspect in Monge's disappearance, they have searched Forbes' business, van and a farm in Larimer County. They found holes in his story and have outlined odd circumstances in search-warrant affidavits.

People close to Forbes say they have mixed feelings about his connection to the Monge missing-person investigation.

Monica Poole, who owns Deby's Bakery and Cafe at 2369 S. Trenton Way, said she could no longer lease space to him after he repeatedly lied and stole from her. But, at the same time, she doesn't believe he could kill.

"He's not a violent person," Poole said. "I don't think he did it. It's very much in his character to stop and help someone."

In the interview two weeks ago, Forbes said he is not the same person he was years ago, when he broke into houses and businesses to support a drug addiction.

When he was 17, Forbes broke into 16 Fort Collins homes and businesses, stealing more than $15,000 worth of money and merchandise, according to court records.

When police searched his room, they found several pairs of women's underpants, including three belonging to a woman whose first name started with an M. Two of the white panties had an "M" written in marker that the woman had not inked and a 1½-inch rip in them.

more in the rest of the article: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17886779
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#29
as i said, i think he's good for it. but still no body is there? i've been focused on some other cases.

















































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#30
Nope, no body has turned up yet. I thought this one would be quick to solve.
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#31
So just to correct something -- I had theorized that when people saw her leaving the 24K with a guy, it was actually her boyfriend and they were headed to the Lavish. But I just stumbled across an interview with the boyfriend, with whom she had been living for the past 6 months, and he wasn't out with her that night. Says he'd like to know who it was she left the club with (of course), and that the friends looked and looked for her before they left, then figured she was grown and could take care of herself.

video and story here http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-boyfriend-...4095.story
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#32
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18013474

Coloradan man linked to missing Aurora woman was arrested in Texas
Denver Post, 05/07/11

Travis Forbes showed up at his new rental home in Austin, Texas, offering his roommates gluten-free granola bars.

But the goodwill he earned Tuesday was forgotten Wednesday when a fugitive task force of U.S. Marshals and Austin police armed with assault rifles swept in and arrested him.

"It was a pretty intense operation," said Elliot Hallmark, 29, one of Forbes' new roommates.

Hallmark went online after the raid and saw that Forbes had acknowledged being a suspect in the missing-person case of Kenia Monge, 19, an Aurora woman who disappeared from Denver's Lower Downtown on April 1.

Forbes, 31, was arrested without incident on a felony aggravated car theft warrant out of Wheat Ridge, said Veneza Aguiñaga, an Austin police spokeswoman.

Lt. Wade Hammond, a Wheat Ridge police spokesman, said he is unaware of any connection between the stolen car and Monge's case. Extradition proceedings were pending.

Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said police continue to investigate Monge's case.

Hallmark said Forbes had contacted him through Craigslist. He agreed to rent a room in a home on Cherry Wood Road in central east Austin for $450 a month. At one point, Hallmark had trouble reaching Forbes by cellphone.

At first, Forbes told him he had met a drunken woman who took off with his phone. He later said he threw the phone in a lake, Hallmark said.

He told Hallmark that while driving a gold 1990 Toyota 4-Runner to Texas he swerved to avoid deer in the road and ran into a fence, damaging the bumper. He duct-taped the bumper back on, Hallmark said.

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#33
From 9news.com

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He is being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond on charges of first-degree motor vehicle theft.

The Colorado case traces back to a warrant from Wheat Ridge, where he was wanted for a car-theft charge from April 8. His arrest warrant was issued on May 5.

"He's the only name that's been out there... He's the last one that's seen my daughter. So, if he's got anymore information with him being in custody, if that helps resolve this. You have to watch it closely," Monge's stepfather, Tony Lee, said.

The family says every time the phone rings, their hearts drop.

"You always hope that it has something to do with Kenia," Lee said.

They got a phone call from police on Friday, letting them know about Forbes' arrest.

"They told us, yes, Forbes had been arrested out of Texas," he said. "If his arrest on any unrelated charges helps bring a resolution to this case, I'm all for it."

"Where is my baby girl, Kenia? Where is she at? Nobody has the answer yet," Maria Lee, Monge mother, said.

"He is the only one that has been connected to this case. Yeah, he has been pretty much the boogey man among family and friends," Tony Lee said.

more here: http://www.9news.com/news/article/197192...xas-arrest
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#34
The Denver police sure are laid back about this guy. Do they not notice he's super suspicious?

From Denver cbs local" http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/05/07/fa...to-arrest/


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DENVER (CBS4) – A man who was allegedly the last person to see a missing Colorado woman is being held in a Texas jail.

Travis Forbes was arrested in Austin earlier this week on a warrant out of Wheat Ridge. Police say he stole an SUV.

Forbes told police he dropped Kenia Monge off at a Denver gas station a little more than a month ago. Police say Forbes’ recent arrest appears to be unrelated to Monge’s disappearance but it certainly does raise questions.

It’s unclear why Forbes was in Austin. Denver police say the arrest doesn’t change his status as nothing more than a witness to the disappearance of Monge.

“This has been hard, it’s been hell on us, absolute hell,” Monge’s stepfather
Tony Lee said.

Monge’s family gathered out their home Friday, not sure how to react to the news of Forbes’ arrest.

“You always hope that maybe it has something to do with Kenia, but according to Denver police this has nothing to do with her,” Tony Lee said.
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#35
Will they at least let cadaver dogs sniff the car to see if he may have transported remains in it?
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#36
snipped from http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/278...etail.html


According to Colorado court records, the Colorado warrant is for a car theft charge in Wheat Ridge on April 8. However, the owner didn't report the vehicle stolen until May 4. The warrant was issued on Thursday, May 5, according to Jefferson County court records.

However, the affidavit in the case is sealed because it is part of the ongoing investigation, said Jefferson County District Attorney Office spokeswoman Pam Russell.snipped
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#37
Oh yeah, Forbes did it. His comment about taking her to the gas station & saying she bummed a cig from a stranger, "all of a sudden I wasn't important anymore..." That pretty much sums up his history w/women doesn't it?! So he killed her.
It's the hint of arsenic that gives it that extra kick.
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#38
Valley Courier http://www.alamosanews.com/v2_news_artic...y_id=20633

Investigation continues for missing girls
Posted: Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
BY: JULIA WILSON

ALAMOSA — Coincidence or cause and effect?

Michelle Sandoval does not know, but she finds it suspicious that a few weeks after her daughter disappeared another girl who looked amazingly like her daughter was also abducted.

Angelica Sandoval, 21, disappeared on the night of February 23. She is Hispanic, about 4 feet 11 inches, and weighs about 105 pounds. She has brown eyes and black hair. Angelica had returned home from doing laundry and had taken her one-year-old daughter and some of the laundry inside before returning back to her car for her purse and the balance of her laundry. She has not been seen since.

Kenia Monge disappeared the night of April 1 while out with friends at a Denver bar. She is Hispanic, 4-foot-11, and weighs 115 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

Both girls left their purses and cell phones behind.

Michelle said she has been in touch with Kenia’s family, and that they are as devastated by their loss as she is.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigators (FBI) is also involved, but they are looking at both cases.

Michelle said she did not know if this is because they think Angelica was taken over state lines or because they think there is some connection between the two cases.

more at link
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#39
During Tuesday’s advisement, a Jefferson County prosecutor referred to the Monge case as a “homicide investigation” in arguing that Forbes should be held on a higher bond amount.

Denver Police have not yet labeled the case as a homicide and still consider Monge a missing person.

“The statement was based upon information shared between law enforcement and the (District Attorney’s) office, and we cannot comment any further,” Jefferson County DA spokeswoman Pam Russell told FOX31 Denver.


full article
http://www.kwgn.com/news/kdvr-kenia-mong...9668.story
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#40
'Person of interest' in Kenia Monge disappearance released from jail
FOX31 Denver

11:24 p.m. MDT, July 1, 2011
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. – The proclaimed suspect and the only person of interest in the case of a missing Aurora teen was released from the Jefferson County jail Thursday night.

Travis Forbes, 32, was being held on an unrelated charge of auto theft, but the district attorney’s office dismissed the case because of a lack of evidence. Forbes was accused of stealing a car in Wheat Ridge, just weeks after Kenia Monge disappeared from a Lodo nightclub on April 1.
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Forbes’ release did not come as a surprise for Monge’s family.

“I knew it would happen eventually,” Monge’s stepfather Tony Lee said. “If they had enough to charge him (in connection with Kenia’s case) they would have charged him already.”

Monge’s family learned of Forbes’ release on the three month anniversary of her disappearance.
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Blood found inside the bakery and Forbes van are still undergoing forensic testing.
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But Tony Lee said unless Forbes is charged, he has the right to be free. Lee and his family remain focused on finding Kenia.

more at link: http://www.kwgn.com/news/kdvr-person-of-...5887.story
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