denver, colorado. people here call this part of town lodo. short for lower downtown. very trendy. it was the night before april fool s day 2011. a warm spring evening in denver. girls night out. an attractive 19-year-old named kenia monge was on her way to lodo to party with some girlfriends. she was very kind, friendly, outgoing. just a happy person. reporter: among the partiers, janet gomez, one of kenia s closest friends. she loved to have fun. yeah, she loved to have fun. reporter: underage fun. no trouble sneaking in. they charmed the bouncers, flashed fake i.d.s. kenia and her crew had a kind of unwritten safety rule. go together and leave together.
just a happy person. reporter: among the partiers, janet gomez, one kenia s closest friends. she loved to have fun. yeah, she loved to have fun. reporter: underage fun. no trouble sneaking in. they charmed the bouncers, flashed fake i.d.s. kenia and her crew had kind of an unwritten safety rule. go together and leave together. 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
outgoing. just a happy person. reporter: among the partiers, janet gomez, one of kenia s closest friends. she loved to have fun. yeah, she loved to have fun. reporter: underage fun. no trouble sneaking in. they charmed the bouncers, flashed fake i.d.s. kenia and her crew had a kind of unwritten safety rule. go together and leave together. 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.
outgoing. just a happy person. among the partiers, janet gomez, one of kenia s closest friends. she loved to have fun. yeah, she loved to have fun. underage fun. no trouble sneaking in. they charmed the bouncers, flashed fake i.d.s. kenia and her crew had a kind of an unwritten safety rule, go together and leave together, 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. 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