detective gerlai was now working the case almost 24/7. were nights where i would jump out of bed and it would scare her because i would jump out of bed and grab the phone and she would say, did you hear the phone ring? and i said, no, i'm leaving myself a message because i need to do this. she said, you talk in your sleep about it. kenia's name or even travis' name. you're obsessed. >> reporter: kenia's family wasn't sleeping much, either. >> i thought that she might have been kidnapped and put in a basement, and, like, they weren't letting her get any contact with anyone. i had dreams and things. i felt like i still had that sister connection that she was here somewhere, needing me to come help her, to save her and bring her back home. >> reporter: were you thinking about it all the time? >> yeah. it's hard from going to talking to someone every day and then not being able to talk to them anymore. it, like, breaks your heart. >> something is seriously wrong here. >> reporter: kenia's father tony made himself a public fixture on local med