07-03-2011, 09:16 AM
'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
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.
....
Blood found inside the bakery and Forbes van are still undergoing forensic testing.
....
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