janet gomez: she was like, are you with kenia? and i said, no, i thought she was with you. somehow she disappeared. she was, like, are you with kenya? and i say u no, i thought she w with you. where was she? and clues on the surveillance tape and strange stories from a witness. and then another beauty. this one left for dead. she was unrecognizable. was evil stalking young women? both dark haired. both pretty girls. it was chillingly similar. a place that led to unheard of t places. and then finally, far from the city, the truth revealed on a quiet country road. he got out of the car. and let out this scream. and an act of courage from a woman who refused to be a victim. and i won. and i won. the woman barely alive. her jaw shattered in a dozen pieces. aaten once-beautiful face unrecognizable after the brutal beating, the rape, the fire, the fall, the massive, nearly-fatal stroke. someone thought she would be deadgh now. someone who fled into the night
detective jaclyn shaklee: and so i laid out what had happened, some of the evidence that we had found. detective nash gurule: he set the place on fire and he used bleach on her, around the house. detective jaclyn shaklee: and he was silent on the other end of the phone. and then finally he said, oh, my god. detective nash gurule: and she said, what do you think? and i said, i think its him. detective jaclyn shaklee: i get chills now talking about it because it was- - it was quite the moment. keith morrison : who was travis forbes, a serial offender hunting women? was he hunting another even now? the two detectives were convinced of it. but as badly as they wanted to lock him away, they just did not have sufficient evidence. so travis was a free man, roaming fort collins at will and at night. keith morrison : dateline returns after the break.
detective gurule in denver. he used bleach. he was silent on the other end of the phone. he said, oh, my god. she said, what do you think? i think it s him. i get chills talking about it because it was quite the moment. who was travis forbes? a serial offender hunting women? was he hunting another even now? the due detectives were convinced of it. but as badly as they wanted to lock him away, they just did not have sufficient evidence. so travis was a freeman, roaming fort collins at will, and at night. dateline returns after the break.
reporter: so long shot, she figured, but detective shaklee called detective gurule in denver. so i laid out what had happened, some of the evidence that we had found. he set the place on fire and he used bleach on her, around the house. and he was silent on the other end of the phone. and then finally he said, oh, my god. and she said, what do you think? i said i think it s him. i get chills now talking about it because it was quite the moment. who was travis forbes? a serial offender hunting women? was he hunting another even now? the two detectives were convinced of it. but as badly as they wanted to lock him away, they just did not have sufficient evidence. so travis was a free man, roaming fort collins at will, and at night. chilling connections returns after the break. connec returns after the break.
about it. what did you think when you heard that? i thought thank goodness, we have something that we can maybe look into. reporter: so long shot, she figured, but detective shaklee called detective gurule in denver. so i laid out what had happened, some of the evidence that we had found. he set the place on fire and he used bleach on her, around the house. and he was silent on the other end of the phone. and then finally he said, oh, my god. and she said, what do you think? i said i think it s him. i get chills now talking about it because it was quite the moment. who was travis forbes? a serial offender hunting women? was he hunting another even now? the two detectives were convinced of it. but as badly as they wanted to lock him away, they just did not have sufficient evidence. so travis was a free man, roaming fort collins at will, and at night. chilling connections returns after the break.