![]() ![]() He offered to give her a ride home in his van but on the way, he said, Monge wanted a cigarette so Forbes stopped his van at a Conoco gas station. Tillman would later learn that police had already been building a case against her attacker for an assault on another woman - an assault that ended in murder.Īfter 19-year-old Kenia Monge went missing in downtown Denver on April 1, police questioned Travis Forbes, 31, a local entrepreneur, after Monge's step-father found a text message from Forbes on Monge's cell phone.įorbes told police that he had met Monge while she was drunk and incoherent near a popular nightclub. When the medics asked whether she knew the assailant, Tillman repeatedly told them "No, no, no" before suffering a stroke that left her in a coma for over five weeks. To cover his crime, police say the man then poured bleach on her body and throughout her apartment, then started a fire.ĭespite the physical trauma, Tillman found the strength to survive by leaping out of her second-story window and running into an ambulance that had just arrived. Sometime after Tillman attended a 4th of July fireworks celebration in downtown Fort Collins, Colorado, a stranger sexually assaulted and strangled her, beat her head, shattered her jaw, and left her for dead in her apartment. "I'm tough," said Tillman, an acclaimed sommelier and a seasoned world traveler. ![]() For a woman who spent over five weeks in a coma after being sexually assaulted, strangled and doused in bleach, this is no small feat. 10, 2011 — - "I can talk," said Lydia Tillman with pride and great effort. ![]() Help support ADWD by checking out our incredible sponsors! Talk to a therapist from the comfort of your own home! Get 10% off your first month at /dateline! We can all use a little (Better) Help! Browse the stylish goods from /dateline for 25% off on the most comfortable pants you’ll ever own! Learn more about your ad choices. Months later, when another woman survives a brutal attack, it becomes clear that the two cases are connected. Find out why AGAIN everyone should be steering clear of strange white vans in this Part I, cliff-hanger, nail-biting, Hamilton-singing episode of A DATE WITH DATELINE! Official Description from NBCU: A 19-year-old disappears after a night out with her friends. Kimberly and Katie have some explosive revelations as well as some just plain explosions because its always a genius idea to record the night of July 4th. Keith has some incredible interviews with the heroes of this case- a stepdad of the year, a few exceptional detectives who are willing to go the extra mile and a bakery owner who is quick to notice who the real crumb is in her small business. There is a young woman missing on the streets of Denver, another woman jumping out of a second story window to escape a fire and another possible victim in the works as a very bad Travis is on the loose in Colorado. ![]() It's Keith Morrison's birthday, America's birthday and possibly another whom shall remain nameless's birthday but this Dateline episode is certainly no party. ![]()
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