{"id":2647,"date":"2022-03-25T10:33:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T10:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wickedness.net\/?post_type=murders&p=2647"},"modified":"2023-03-08T13:29:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T13:29:10","slug":"kenia-monge","status":"publish","type":"murders","link":"https:\/\/wickedness.net\/murders\/kenia-monge\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenia Monge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kenia Monge was a teenager from Honduras and she was abducted, sexually assaulted, and killed by Travis Forbes. The murderer also tried to kill another woman, Lydia Tillman, after killing Kenia Monge.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kenia Monge was born in Honduras on 26<\/span>th<\/span> January 1992. She was the first child of Tony Lee and Maria and interestingly, her mother was just 15 years old when she gave birth to her. Kenia Monge moved to the largest city in the United States with her family when she was 12 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n Kenia had a charming personality and quickly made a bunch of friends in the US. She was 19 years old but she didn\u2019t have an ID to legally consume alcohol. So, she started using a fake ID with her friends to enter clubs and bars located in downtown Denver.<\/span><\/p>\n On 31<\/span>st<\/span> March 2011, she went to the 24K lounge with her friends and consumed too much alcohol. She needed air, so she went out of the bar where a stranger, Travis Forbes, gave her a lift.<\/span><\/p>\n Forbes saw a young intoxicated girl out in the street and stopped his car to give her life. He was a charming and handsome guy and Kenia got into his car. Kenia\u2019s friends got worried when she didn\u2019t go back to the lounge and they picked up her belongings including her cellphone and left the bar.<\/span><\/p>\n The next morning, Kenia\u2019s phone received a mysterious text message that said:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is Travis, the person who gave you a lift last night in a white creepy van. Did you reach home safely?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Kenia\u2019s family became worried and reported to the police that she is missing. However, the report of Monge’s disappearance was filed after 72 hours. The authorities tracked the message and started their investigation with Travis.<\/span><\/p>\n He said that he gave Kenia a lift to drive her home safely but she wanted to buy cigarettes so he stopped the car at Conoco gas station. The gas station was closed and she approached a man named Dan and they started talking in Spanish. Forbes claimed that he left because Dan seemed friendly and he never saw Kenia again after that night.<\/span><\/p>\n However, the police found this story a bit strange and searched his van. He agreed, and as the police officers approached his van, they felt an overwhelming smell of bleach.<\/span><\/p>\n Travis made up that story because he was the one who killed Kenia. Instead of giving her a ride home, he took her home and sexually assaulted her because he knew that she is drunk and won\u2019t be able to resist. The next morning Kenia became furious and slapped him for what he did.<\/span><\/p>\n The killer then strangled her to death and took Kenia\u2019s body near Keenesburg, about 40 miles away from Denver.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Travis Forbes was a 31-year-old when he killed Kenia. He didn\u2019t have a clean record because he broke into 16 different businesses and homes in Fort Collins at the age of 17. He was on probation for committing domestic violence when Kenia disappeared and it was not a good sign for authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n Louis Estrada, a Denver police detective said that Forbes was involved in many minor crimes before he killed Kenia. Estrada, along with detective Nash Gurule, was working on Kenia\u2019s disappearance and found Forbes’ statements very strange.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n On 5<\/span>th<\/span> April 2011, Monica Poole, the owner of a bakery gave CCTV footage of Travis Forbes that was recorded on April 1. It was the same place where he used to sell gluten-free granola bars to earn money. The surveillance footage showed that Forbes was wheeling a cooler. The police inspected the cooler and found one a human cell. However, it wasn\u2019t enough to arrest him<\/span><\/p>\n The police took Forbes to the Denver Police Station for investigation where he repeated the same old story. He also portrayed himself as a good Samaritan and said that he went to see Kerry Humphrey, his girlfriend after leaving Kenia at Conoco gas station on April 1.<\/span><\/p>\n Resultantly, the police let him go and started working on finding Dan who never existed. Meanwhile, Forbes attacked another woman, Lydia Tillman but she survived and also identified him as the criminal.<\/span><\/p>\n He left Colorado but he was arrested in Texas when he was driving a stolen car on 4<\/span>th<\/span> May 2011. He was sent back to Colorado on 30<\/span>th<\/span> June 2011 and he made a deal with the police. He accepted that he killed Kenia and said that he\u2019ll tell everything if they don\u2019t label him as a sex offender and give him a prison sentence instead of the death penalty. The police agreed and he led them to a small grove of trees<\/span> to find <\/span>Monge\u2019s remains in Keenesburg on 7<\/span>th<\/span> September 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Travis pleaded guilty on 26<\/span>th<\/span> September 2011 to the first-degree murder for killing Kenia Monge. He also confessed to the sex assault on Lydia Tillman<\/a> was sentenced to life in prison and he will never be able to become eligible for parole.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Travis Forbes committed suicide in his prison cell on July 13, 2017. Forbes was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole at the Limon Correctional Facility in Colorado when he took his own life.<\/p>\n Forbes’ suicide came as a shock to many, including Monge’s family and friends. According to reports, Forbes had been on suicide watch at the time of his death and was being monitored closely by prison staff.<\/p>\n The circumstances surrounding Forbes’ suicide are not entirely clear. Some reports suggest that Forbes had been struggling with mental health issues and had attempted suicide before. Others speculate that the guilt and shame of his actions may have contributed to his decision to take his own life.<\/p>\n Regardless of the reasons behind Forbes’ suicide, his death brought little closure to Monge’s family and friends. While they were relieved that Forbes would never be able to harm anyone else, they were still grappling with the loss of their loved one and the pain of knowing that she had been taken from them in such a brutal way.<\/p>\n In the years since Forbes’ suicide, Kenia Monge’s legacy has lived on. Her family has created a foundation in her name that provides support to families of missing and murdered persons, and works to raise awareness of the issue of human trafficking. While her death was a tragedy, her memory will continue to inspire hope and change for years to come.<\/p>\nKenia Yulissa Monge’s background<\/b><\/h2>\n
Kenia Monge disappearance on March 31st, 2011<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Suspect Travis Forbes<\/b><\/h2>\n
Investigation Details<\/b><\/h2>\n
Travis Forbes Trial and Verdict<\/b><\/h2>\n
Travis Forbes commits suicide in prison (July, 13 2017)<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Kenia Monge Foundation (established 2011)<\/h2>\n