For Leake, Russia was a place where he finally fit in, a place where he found a community that allowed him to redefine himself — only to see it all fall away in an instant. “Travis was naive,” says computer tech Michael Kammer, who knew Leake as a teen and reconnected with him in Russia. “He thought that if you played by the rules, nothing bad would happen. I told him no, that if somebody is out to get you and they have power, they can get you.” {read}