Texas cops arrest figure in Monge case

Kenia Monge

AURORA | A man who described himself as a suspect in the April disappearance of an a 19-year-old Aurora woman was arrested in Texas this week on car theft charges. 

Travis Eugene Forbes, 31, was booked into the Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas, around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to jail records posted online. 

Forbes was arrested on a felony charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle out of Texas as well as a warrant from Colorado, the website said. 

According to Colorado court records, the Colorado warrant is for a car theft charge in Wheat Ridge. The warrant in that case was issued Thursday, according to Jefferson County court records. 

Forbes last month told several media outlets that he gave Kenia Monge a ride the night she disappeared from a Downtown Denver nightclub and had been question by Denver police.

He said he was a suspect in Monge’s disappearance, but he has not been charged in connection with that case.