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She is the
quintessential soccer mom.
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This is a woman
who has left
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three children at home
with a nanny
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and has been gone
for two full days.
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We are realizing
that this is not
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just a missing person
but actually
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potentially a homicide.
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People don't get divorced
because they love each other.
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The children have said
that he was going to kill her.
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This was a bombshell
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to learn that a soccer mom
had this secret life.
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He's the only person
that possibly
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was in that area
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both days and both times.
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I don't care
what business you're in,
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nobody deserves to have this
happen to them.
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Every day
in North America,
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dozens of people are murdered.
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The key to solving the
toughest of these homicides
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lies in the final 24 hours
of the victim's life.
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To crack the case,
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detectives must reconstruct
that critical timeline.
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The minutes and hours
containing evidence
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that can help unlock the mystery
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and catch the killer.
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Grand Junction, Colorado,
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a scenic and rugged outdoor
paradise.
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Grand Junction is a...
is a beautiful place.
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It's in the Grand Valley
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surrounded by picturesque views.
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You can do everything here.
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You can ski, you can bike,
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you can fish, you can hike.
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It's typically very quiet
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and it's just usually
a very safe place.
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Grand Junction
is a small community.
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The city itself is about
50,000 people.
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The county is about a hundred
eighty-five thousand.
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We have violent crime.
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Percentage-wise,
it may not be as high
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of violent crime rate
has big cities by any means.
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That doesn't mean
we don't have our share.
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And with a vast
wilderness to explore,
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a person can easily disappear.
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The case starts
when Mr. Howard Beigler
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calls the Mesa County
Sheriff's Office
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on a Saturday morning,
June 30th,
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and says his ex-wife,
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who he has recently got
back into
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a relationship with,
he hadn't heard from her.
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He had seen her
on the 28th of June
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in person for a picnic
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and had not been able to get
a hold of her
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since that time.
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This is a woman
who has left
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three children at home
with a nanny
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and has been gone
for two full days.
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They're reporting
that this is not
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normal behavior for her,
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that she often checks in
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with both Mr. Beigler
and her children routinely
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and this is concerning.
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The missing woman
is Paige Birgfeld,
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a 34-year-old loving mother
and entrepreneur.
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Paige was divorced
twice,
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but a very devoted mother
of three children.
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She was involved in
three different businesses.
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She was highly respected
and enjoyed
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by a lot of the people
that she dealt with.
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She seemed,
by all accounts,
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to be the quintessential
soccer mom.
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She is caring.
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She is always there
for her kids, very present.
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And she has a lot of friends
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and a lot of family
that loves her.
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Mesa County detectives,
Lissah Norcross
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and Wayne Weyler,
are tasked with looking
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into Paige Birgfeld's
disappearance.
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If you have a person
who's missing
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under highly
unusual circumstances,
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the quicker you can get
information,
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the better chances you are
at solving the case.
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The first thing
we want to do is
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obtain a timeline
and try to determine
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when the last time she was seen,
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where did she go,
who did he spend time with.
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Detectives begin
by requesting
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Paige's cell phone records
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from June 28th until June 30th.
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Howard Beigler told us
he last spoke with Paige
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at around 9:00
on the 20th of June.
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Her phone records showed indeed
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the last phone call
we know she made
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was around 9:00
to Mr. Beigler
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and hat that phone call was here
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in the Grand Junction area.
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This is the last time anyone
talked with her.
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We have records
for shortly thereafter
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and she does not make any
other future phone calls.
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Ever.
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So, we, as investigators,
have to start wondering
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if maybe she had met up
with someone
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and foul play had occurred
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and something had happened
to her.
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Then, at 10:00 PM
on July 1st,
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three days after Paige's
last known whereabouts,
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police and fire departments
are dispatched
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to a vehicle fire.
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We get a call
that there's a car on fire
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at a local manufacturing plant,
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Walker SMS,
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and that the car
is fully engulfed.
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The fire department was able
to extinguish the fire.
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Not everything inside
the interior burned.
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The license plates
were not on the vehicle,
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which was a little bit
suspicious.
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In addition, there was a smell
of an accelerant.
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The VIN number,
we checked that,
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and it's found
to be Paige's car,
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the car that she had driven
to Eagle
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to meet up with Mr. Birgfeld.
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At this point,
we're absolutely sure
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that there's foul play involved.
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Something's awry,
that something's not right.
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Detectives meticulously
search the car
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for any remaining evidence.
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In the trunk,
there's a day planner there.
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Interestingly,
there are four pages missing
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from the day planner,
which was not burned.
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And those pages are the 26th
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through the 29th of June.
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We're obviously very
interested in the fact
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that those four days
specifically are missing
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because one of those days
is the day that Ms. Birgfeld
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is reportedly last known
to be alive.
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We also find that
the driver seat is pushed
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all the way back
to suit someone much taller
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than Paige Birgfeld
who is five foot four.
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She didn't drive it.
So that tells us
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somebody much taller may have.
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When you have
a missing person under
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really suspicious circumstances
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and you have their car
found on fire,
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and you still don't know
where they are,
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and you're talking about a mom
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of three small children,
that's not normal.
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And that was really
the first time that we are
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realizing that this is not
just a missing person
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but actually potentially
homicide.
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Having established that
Paige was likely murdered,
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detectives
need to piece together
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her final 24 hours
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in order to find her killer.
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The first people
we looked at are people
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that are closest to the victim.
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Mr. Beigler right away,
obviously,
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just by the fact
that he was an ex-husband
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and was the last person
that spent time with them,
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obviously he is a person
that we would look at.
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Howard Beigler
explains to investigators
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that he has known Paige
for years.
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They were high school
sweethearts.
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They got married.
They had a short marriage
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for a couple years.
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He's telling us
that they're back together
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and they're in
an intimate relationship.
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So, we must delve into that
to look to see
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if there's
been any problems there.
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Why did he come back
into her life at that point?
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What were the reasons
for the relationship ending?
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What was his relationship
with her second husband?
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Was there any jealousy issues?
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Mr. Beigler was asked
about their marriage
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and why they got divorced
and he explained
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that they got divorced
specifically
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because she met a gentleman
named Rob Dixon
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and he had more money
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and she was interested in that.
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When it comes to people
who either currently
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are in relationships
or have previously
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been in relationships,
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high emotions can lead
to violence.
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It can lead to someone
killing another human being.
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We have to look at that
as a possibility.
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Oftentimes people
think, "Oh, well,
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- he must not have done it.
- He reported her missing."
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Well, of course,
a lot of times people do that
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to try and throw
law enforcement off the scent.
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In the disappearance
and presumed murder
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of soccer mom Paige Birgfeld,
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detectives have their sights
on Howard Beigler,
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Paige's ex-husband
and current boyfriend.
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We need to know
where he was during that week
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inclusive of June 28th
and July 1st.
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Mr. Beigler reports to us
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that he and Paige had
previously made arrangements
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to both meet in Eagle, Colorado,
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which is about halfway
in between their homes,
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about two to two
and a half hour drive
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for each of them.
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Howard told us
that on the 28th of June,
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he and Paige were together
from about
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1:00 in the afternoon
until 7:00 in the evening,
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that they had a picnic date
in the park
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in Eagle, Colorado.
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He remembers her leaving
at about 7:00 PM
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going westbound on I-70
back to Grand Junction.
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Beigler tells
investigators
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that he then gets
into his vehicle
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and drives home towards Denver
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making a call to Paige
at 8:57 PM while driving.
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We look into
Mr. Beigler's phone
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to find out where that is.
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The proliferation
of cell phones next to DNA
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has probably been
the biggest game changer
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in homicide investigations.
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They're basically honing devices
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whereby you can follow
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an offender
or a suspect's movements
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by the way that their cell
phone will ping off towers
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and essentially plot a trail
of their movements.
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We were able
to track his movements
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back to the Denver area
at the same time
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she was traveling back
to the Grand Junction area
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after their little rendezvous
on Thursday.
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He had remained in Denver
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both at the time
that she went missing
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and at the time
that the car was set on fire.
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So, we were able to rule him
out because of that.
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With ex-husband
Howard Beigler cleared,
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investigators push
for their next suspect.
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Investigators
receive a phone call
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from a gentleman
named Steven Heald.
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- He knows Paige.
- He has heard
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that she is missing and he said
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he wants to provide
information to us.
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Mr. Heald tells us
Paige mentions to him
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that her ex-husband, Rob Dixon,
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is coming to town.
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Paige had confided
in him that she was scared
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of Rob Dixon.
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He had concerns
that Rob Dixon might have
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harmed on Paige.
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Rob Dixon
is a natural person
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we have to question.
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People don't get divorced
because they love each other.
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Looking for a motive,
investigators dig into Rob
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and Paige's marriage.
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He became Paige's
second husband, second love,
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and all of her kids
were with Rob.
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They were together
for a long time.
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And then as the relationship
started to fall apart,
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he, I believe, moved
to Durango first
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and ultimately moved
to Pennsylvania.
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Frank Birgfeld,
who is Paige's father,
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advised us that Rob and Paige
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ran into a bunch
of financial problems
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and that broke up
their relationship.
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Frank told us that Rob,
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at first, was a good guy
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and seemed to be a nice husband.
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Near the end
of the relationship,
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he said he wasn't so nice
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and it wasn't a good
relationship,
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and there were kind
of two sides to Rob.
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We know money
makes the world go round
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and money also causes tremendous
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conflict in these relationships.
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So, left over time,
this continues to build
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into something
that really can create
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a motive for murder.
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Detectives discover
there's more to Paige
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and Rob's troubled history
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than just financial issues.
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Close friends of Paige
had disclosed to us
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that the children
had overheard threats
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made by Rob Dixon.
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Paige had told a friend
that the children said
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that he was going to kill her.
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We checked our records
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and there had been numerous
calls of disturbances
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between Mr. Dixon
and Paige Dixon at that time.
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Mr. Dixon
had been arrested for
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domestic violence in the past.
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Paige had been fearful
and concerned that,
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her ex-husband was moving
back into the area,
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so obviously, he became higher
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in the list of suspects.
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With Paige's
ex-husband, Rob Dixon,
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in their crosshairs,
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investigators haul him
into the station
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for questioning.
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He denies that
they had prior violence
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between the two.
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He does discuss
that they argued.
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He also talks about
they disagreed
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on some things
with the children.
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But when talking
about his past with Paige,
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he seemed to be deceptive,
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he seemed to deflective
of some of the questions
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that we asked.
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It raises suspicions
as to why is he not
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being forth coming.
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Detectives want to know
where Dixon was
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between June 28th and July 1st.
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The window of time they
believe Paige was killed.
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Rob Dixon provides us an alibi
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and says
that he was in Pennsylvania
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working as an EMT
over several of those days
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and says when he wasn't working,
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he had several friends
helping him pack up his home
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to move down to the Durango,
Colorado area
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to work there.
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We look into Rob Dixon's alibi
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and we find that indeed
he was working in Pennsylvania
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long 12-hour shifts
during the timeframe
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of her disappearance.
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We confirmed
that he was indeed with
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friends on the day
of the car fire.
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He could not have come
to Colorado
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in the time in between.
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Before investigators
let Dixon walk out the door,
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they ask him
if he could think of anyone
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who might have held any ill
will towards Paige.
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Rob Dixon tells us
he's concerned that
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Paige may have met foul play
by someone involved
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in the escort business
that she was running.
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This was a bombshell
to learn that
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a soccer mom
that was so involved
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in the community
had this secret life.
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No one could believe it.
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In terms of Grand Junction,
it's pretty scandalous.
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No one was expecting it,
not from Paige Birgfeld.
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As investigators
were acutely aware
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that being involved
in the escort business
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puts you at a much higher risk
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for violence, serious
assaults, or even death.
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Anytime you're
dealing with a secret life
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that involves illegal activity,
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you're gonna deal with people
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who don't wanna tell you
the truth.
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She collected
a lot of information
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about a lot of individuals.
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The fear of information
getting out
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about their own personal lives
is so pronounced
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that the only way out
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is to get rid of the individual
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who's holding this
over their head.
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There could be so many
people who had
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a motive to kill Paige.
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Armed with the
revelation that
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Paige Birgfeld, mother of three,
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00:17:58,740 --> 00:18:00,740
had been moonlighting
as an escort.
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00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:03,640
Investigators track down
her client list
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00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:06,610
and began an exhaustive
search for suspects.
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00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,420
Paige, the number
of clients that she had seen
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00:18:11,420 --> 00:18:14,420
just recently
blew up the suspect list
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to about 10 to 15 people
and that became difficult
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00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,660
and we had to include
every one of those people.
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00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:27,070
In hopes of narrowing
down their suspect pool,
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investigators look into
who Paige had contact with
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on June 28th,
the day she disappeared.
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So we start looking
at her phone records
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and we see that there's a number
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that's called multiple times,
many times
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over the evening of the 27th
to the 28th
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and we track that number back
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00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:51,490
to a person
named George Coralluzo.
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00:18:53,430 --> 00:18:56,130
When police look
into George Coralluzo,
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they discover
he's a local house painter.
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We try to contact him
and we don't get
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00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:02,800
any answers
on that phone number,
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but the business partners
tell us that,
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George failed to show up
for work on June 28th,
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the same day
that Paige disappeared
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and that's the same day
that he was calling her phone
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00:19:15,180 --> 00:19:17,580
routinely and repeatedly
throughout the whole day.
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00:19:19,150 --> 00:19:21,390
He tells family and friends
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00:19:21,390 --> 00:19:23,120
there's been a death
in the family
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and he buys a last-minute
plane ticket
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and leaves Colorado
and goes to New Jersey.
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Cops don't like coincidences,
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00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,440
and the timing of his leaving
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is concerning, very concerning.
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00:19:42,180 --> 00:19:44,410
We're thinking
that possibly they met up
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and things went sour,
we don't know that.
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What we do know
is that we need to find
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00:19:48,980 --> 00:19:52,920
George Coralluzo and talk
with him as soon as possible.
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00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:55,290
Investigators travel
to New Jersey
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00:19:55,290 --> 00:19:57,690
to interview George Coralluzo.
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00:19:58,830 --> 00:20:01,130
George tells us
that he was,
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00:20:01,130 --> 00:20:03,560
looking to get a escort service,
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00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:05,260
a massage service
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00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:07,930
and that he couldn't
find the business
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00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:10,900
and that he denies
he ever met up with anyone.
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00:20:12,270 --> 00:20:15,440
He pursues to discuss,
spending the evening
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00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:18,080
getting very, very drunk
with friends
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00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:19,780
and then his girlfriend came
and picked him up
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00:20:19,780 --> 00:20:21,410
at about midnight
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00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:23,580
and then the next day
left Grand Junction
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00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:25,480
to drive over to Denver.
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00:20:25,490 --> 00:20:27,820
He says he parked his car
at the Denver Airport
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00:20:27,820 --> 00:20:29,920
and flew into New Jersey,
404
00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:32,790
which would be prior
to the car fire.
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00:20:34,230 --> 00:20:37,600
He does admit that he lied
to his business partners
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about leaving town
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00:20:39,470 --> 00:20:42,900
and that no one was killed
in his family,
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00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:44,740
but that he just wants
a vacation
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00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:46,710
and doesn't wanna tell
his business partners
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00:20:46,710 --> 00:20:48,910
is what he tells us.
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00:20:48,910 --> 00:20:51,010
That's a pretty big lie.
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00:20:51,010 --> 00:20:53,650
Investigators work to verify
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00:20:53,650 --> 00:20:55,210
Coralluzo's whereabouts
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00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:58,020
between June 28th
when Paige went missing,
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00:20:58,020 --> 00:21:01,390
and July 1st when her car
was found on fire.
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00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,360
We confirmed the information
that George has given us
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00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:09,160
that he was indeed out of town.
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00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,270
Investigators find
that his car is parked
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00:21:12,270 --> 00:21:15,000
in long-term parking
and they see a parking receipt
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00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,800
for where he entered the parking
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00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:21,340
at about 11:00
in the evening on June 30th.
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00:21:22,910 --> 00:21:24,680
He flew to New Jersey
and arrived there
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00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,680
at about 1:00 in the afternoon
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00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,950
which is about eight
or nine hours
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00:21:28,950 --> 00:21:30,680
before the car fire.
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00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:33,550
With Coralluzo's
alibi checking out,
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00:21:33,550 --> 00:21:35,860
he's eliminated as a suspect.
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00:21:40,990 --> 00:21:44,860
Investigators find themselves
at a crossroads.
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00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:46,500
Everybody in the community
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00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:49,770
knew in their hearts
that she had been killed
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00:21:49,770 --> 00:21:53,110
and our ability to prove it
beyond a reasonable doubt
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00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:55,880
was still hampered
by that double life
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00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,610
that she had and the fact that
we hadn't found the body yet.
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00:22:00,250 --> 00:22:03,380
Paige going missing
really woke up
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00:22:03,380 --> 00:22:04,920
Grand Junction to say,
436
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:06,690
"Wow, we didn't think
this could happen
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00:22:06,690 --> 00:22:09,560
in our backyard,
but here it is."
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00:22:13,290 --> 00:22:15,260
Something has happened to Paige
439
00:22:15,260 --> 00:22:17,600
and we have to keep working
and we have to keep trying
440
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:20,370
and we don't give up
just because time
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00:22:20,370 --> 00:22:22,570
isn't on our side.
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00:22:22,570 --> 00:22:27,410
A chance occurrence
revitalizes the case.
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00:22:27,410 --> 00:22:30,440
It just so happened
that somebody driving down
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highway 50
in the middle of nowhere
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00:22:32,150 --> 00:22:35,080
had pulled over to check
his tires and had noticed,
446
00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,280
I think it was one
of Paige's checks
447
00:22:37,290 --> 00:22:39,350
and started to see that,
448
00:22:39,350 --> 00:22:41,850
hey, there's more
scattered items out here.
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00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:43,920
All sorts of items
that you would not expect
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00:22:43,930 --> 00:22:47,560
a person to throw out
unless they are trying
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00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,200
to potentially leave
a trail of breadcrumbs.
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00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:54,800
It was our belief
that Paige had been put
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00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,070
in the trunk of a vehicle
and was trying to leave us
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a sign of where she was going.
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00:23:00,270 --> 00:23:01,970
I think everybody thought,
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00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:03,740
- "- This is it.
- She's leaving us a trail.
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00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:05,780
She's signaling us to her."
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00:23:10,580 --> 00:23:12,520
After a trail
of Paige Birgfeld's
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00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,090
belongings are found
on the side of a highway,
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00:23:15,090 --> 00:23:17,860
police and volunteers
scour the area
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00:23:17,860 --> 00:23:23,200
hoping to find more evidence
and perhaps, Paige's body.
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00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,130
Highway 50 is a long stretch.
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00:23:25,130 --> 00:23:28,170
It's extremely rugged and rural.
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00:23:28,170 --> 00:23:29,900
They searched and searched
knowing that
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00:23:29,900 --> 00:23:31,570
they could possibly be looking
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00:23:31,570 --> 00:23:34,810
for a needle in a haystack.
467
00:23:34,810 --> 00:23:36,410
We had a large
community search team
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00:23:36,410 --> 00:23:38,180
that went out and found
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00:23:38,180 --> 00:23:42,680
close to 75 pieces of evidence.
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00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,350
But unfortunately, even though
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00:23:44,350 --> 00:23:46,120
all of those personal
belongings were found,
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00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:48,020
it didn't lead to our body.
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00:23:53,330 --> 00:23:54,860
There are murder cases
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00:23:54,860 --> 00:23:56,460
that a prosecuted
without a body,
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00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:58,430
but in this
particular situation,
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00:23:58,430 --> 00:24:00,470
we're talking about a woman
who has a double life.
477
00:24:00,470 --> 00:24:02,570
We're talking about a woman
who has such a secret life
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00:24:02,570 --> 00:24:05,870
that some of her best friends
had no idea
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00:24:05,870 --> 00:24:08,240
that she was doing
all of these other things.
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00:24:10,780 --> 00:24:14,410
Our office continued to look
at any possible leads.
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00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:17,780
We had people coming forward
with information
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00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:20,150
about the escort business.
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00:24:20,150 --> 00:24:22,990
When investigators
take a closer look
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00:24:22,990 --> 00:24:24,760
into Paige's business,
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00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,930
they discover
she wasn't working alone.
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00:24:27,930 --> 00:24:29,560
One of the interesting people
that came forward
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00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,100
was a woman named
Carolyn Linderholm.
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00:24:32,100 --> 00:24:35,170
She was aware of Paige's
Model's Inc. business
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00:24:35,170 --> 00:24:37,140
and she had
actually participated
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00:24:37,140 --> 00:24:40,110
in some of the calls.
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00:24:40,110 --> 00:24:42,410
Carol told us
that Paige had called her
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00:24:42,410 --> 00:24:47,110
on the 27th of June
and asked her to take a client
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00:24:47,110 --> 00:24:48,810
by the name of Jim Jones,
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00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:50,450
because Paige had recognized him
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00:24:50,450 --> 00:24:53,320
from a previous visit.
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00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,960
She said that Paige
was not comfortable
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00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,990
because he had recognized her
as being Paige Dixon
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00:24:58,990 --> 00:25:01,660
and related to Rob Dixon.
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00:25:01,660 --> 00:25:05,260
She agreed to take the client.
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00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:09,670
She went to Mr. Jones's home
on the 27th of June
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00:25:09,670 --> 00:25:12,710
between 10:00 and 10:30
in the evening.
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00:25:12,710 --> 00:25:14,540
She provided a topless massage.
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00:25:14,540 --> 00:25:17,880
He did ask for additional
sexual activity
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00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:20,550
and she said no.
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00:25:20,550 --> 00:25:22,780
Investigators learned
that Jim Jones
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00:25:22,780 --> 00:25:27,450
is Lester Ralph Jones,
a mechanic at Bob Scott RV
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00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:31,560
which is near
Walker SMS Manufacturing.
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00:25:33,190 --> 00:25:35,090
He works across the street
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00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:39,770
from where the car was burned
so we find that interesting.
510
00:25:39,770 --> 00:25:42,840
Paige's last
phone call to anybody
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00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,500
was just outside the Walker SMS
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00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:49,280
and just outside Bob Scott RV.
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00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,380
We didn't know much about him
and we didn't know much
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00:25:51,380 --> 00:25:53,710
about what his involvement was,
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00:25:53,710 --> 00:25:55,850
but as we started
to look into him
516
00:25:55,850 --> 00:25:59,050
there was a lot
of very serious coincidences.
517
00:26:00,620 --> 00:26:02,450
Detectives take
a second look
518
00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:04,720
at Paige's work phone records
and discovers
519
00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:07,530
she received multiple calls
from Lester Jones
520
00:26:07,530 --> 00:26:11,000
after he met with Carol
on June 27th.
521
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,530
Armed with this information,
522
00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:16,270
they bring Jones into
the station for questioning.
523
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:21,040
Mr. Jones initially
denies knowing Ms. Birgfeld
524
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,880
and eventually admits
that he does know her
525
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:28,750
and admits to having service
on June 27th with Carol.
526
00:26:28,750 --> 00:26:31,780
Detectives question
Jones about his whereabouts
527
00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:35,790
on June 28th,
the day Paige disappeared.
528
00:26:35,790 --> 00:26:38,120
Mr. Jones tell us all week,
529
00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:39,930
including the 28th of June,
530
00:26:39,930 --> 00:26:42,560
that his same routine
is right after work
531
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,970
he goes to the Alano Club
socializes with people,
532
00:26:45,970 --> 00:26:47,600
drinks coffee for a little bit,
533
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,770
then gets some dinner
and heads home.
534
00:27:09,690 --> 00:27:11,520
Mr. Jones says that
535
00:27:11,530 --> 00:27:14,160
no one can corroborate
he was home by himself
536
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,300
because he was alone.
537
00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:18,830
However, he states his wife
returned to town on June 30th
538
00:27:18,830 --> 00:27:21,670
during the afternoon.
539
00:27:21,670 --> 00:27:24,600
While some investigators
are talking with Mr. Jones
540
00:27:24,610 --> 00:27:26,410
at the sheriff's office,
541
00:27:26,410 --> 00:27:30,180
other investigators go out
to Mrs. Jones's workplace
542
00:27:30,180 --> 00:27:32,750
and contact her.
543
00:27:32,750 --> 00:27:35,750
And during that conversation,
Mrs. Jones said that
544
00:27:35,750 --> 00:27:39,120
Mr. Jones was gone
Sunday evening on July 1st
545
00:27:39,120 --> 00:27:43,490
between about 9:00 and 10:15.
546
00:27:43,490 --> 00:27:47,160
He states that he had
to drive to Bob Scott's RV
547
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,360
and turn off the lights.
548
00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:53,530
He puts himself right there
at the time of the fire.
549
00:27:59,870 --> 00:28:01,410
When detectives look
550
00:28:01,410 --> 00:28:02,810
into Lester Jones's background,
551
00:28:02,810 --> 00:28:04,340
they discover a history
552
00:28:04,350 --> 00:28:06,710
of domestic abuse and assault.
553
00:28:06,710 --> 00:28:09,380
He has a prior arrest
for assault
554
00:28:09,380 --> 00:28:11,450
and sexual assault,
and kidnapping,
555
00:28:11,450 --> 00:28:15,220
and that he had been prisoned
for three years.
556
00:28:15,220 --> 00:28:17,320
As we dig further into him,
we find that,
557
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,390
uh, with two
of his first ex-wives,
558
00:28:19,390 --> 00:28:21,130
he had propensity for violence,
559
00:28:21,130 --> 00:28:22,960
domestic violence,
sexual violence
560
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,730
towards both of them.
561
00:28:25,730 --> 00:28:27,700
Having uncovered
a pattern of violence
562
00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:29,500
against women,
563
00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:33,140
detectives put Jones' alibi
to the test.
564
00:28:33,140 --> 00:28:36,680
When we confronted
Lester about his alibi,
565
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,480
he wasn't able
to give us any names.
566
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,850
We were able to verify
that he did in fact go to work
567
00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:43,980
that day, but of significance,
568
00:28:43,980 --> 00:28:47,320
nobody remembered him
being at the club that night
569
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,920
on June 28th.
570
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,790
We have nothing
to alibi where he is
571
00:28:51,790 --> 00:28:53,990
on the evening of the 28th,
572
00:28:53,990 --> 00:28:56,300
and he puts himself in the area
573
00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:58,200
of the evening of the car fire,
574
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,600
and he's the only person
so far that we've run into
575
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:05,640
that possibly was in that area
both days and both times.
576
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:10,480
We were in consultation
577
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,040
with the District
Attorney's Office
578
00:29:12,050 --> 00:29:13,810
throughout this investigation,
579
00:29:13,810 --> 00:29:16,220
and we believed
we had the primary suspect
580
00:29:16,220 --> 00:29:19,320
in Lester Jones.
581
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,750
Having zeroed in
on Lester Jones,
582
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,220
police obtain search warrants
for his house,
583
00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:28,130
vehicles, and place of work.
584
00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:30,560
No body homicides
are rather obviously
585
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,730
very difficult investigations
and are seldom prosecuted.
586
00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:36,470
What you have to do
is collect what you call
587
00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:38,870
the corpus delicti
or the body of evidence
588
00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:41,440
through other means,
and assemble basically
589
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,240
a circumstantial case
that is rock solid.
590
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,080
As we search his desks
and the work area
591
00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:53,850
at Bob Scott's,
the first thing of note
592
00:29:53,850 --> 00:29:58,220
is the gas can
that's sitting there.
593
00:29:58,230 --> 00:29:59,830
Obviously, with our information
594
00:29:59,830 --> 00:30:01,390
that there was accelerants used,
595
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,400
um, in the vehicle fire,
596
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,100
none of the other employees
claim that
597
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:07,130
that is their gas can,
598
00:30:07,130 --> 00:30:10,440
that they have not
seen that there before.
599
00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:13,470
We find a list with names
600
00:30:13,470 --> 00:30:15,910
of, um, escort ladies.
601
00:30:15,910 --> 00:30:20,480
We find wigs, men's wigs.
602
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:25,220
We find a package of condoms
and some Viagra pills,
603
00:30:25,220 --> 00:30:27,490
all of these
in his closed locker area
604
00:30:27,490 --> 00:30:30,490
that is used only by him.
605
00:30:30,490 --> 00:30:33,460
We know Mr. Jones
and Paige knew each other
606
00:30:33,460 --> 00:30:35,360
and she didn't wanna
see him for that.
607
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,100
There's a concern
was he maybe trying
608
00:30:37,100 --> 00:30:40,000
to meet up with her
and disguise who he was.
609
00:30:41,970 --> 00:30:43,740
We saw that
there was our package
610
00:30:43,740 --> 00:30:46,000
for a track phone
in the trashcan
611
00:30:46,010 --> 00:30:48,710
next to his desk.
612
00:30:48,710 --> 00:30:51,880
That raises our suspicions
and we believe now
613
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,350
we're on the right trail.
614
00:30:54,350 --> 00:30:56,280
Criminals,
or people who are about
615
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,120
to commit crime,
are getting savvy.
616
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,650
They understand
that their cell phone
617
00:31:00,650 --> 00:31:02,620
will be used to track them.
618
00:31:02,620 --> 00:31:05,320
A track phone is often used
because you don't have
619
00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:08,260
to provide your name
or your address,
620
00:31:08,260 --> 00:31:11,030
so there's no paper trail.
621
00:31:11,030 --> 00:31:14,700
We tracked that back
to being purchased
622
00:31:14,700 --> 00:31:18,700
at a specific date and time
at a local Walmart store.
623
00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:22,470
We go there,
we get surveillance video,
624
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,340
and lo and behold,
it is Lester Jones
625
00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:27,880
purchasing that phone.
626
00:31:29,750 --> 00:31:31,820
Investigations obtain records
627
00:31:31,820 --> 00:31:35,150
for the prepaid cell phone
purchased by Lester Jones.
628
00:31:36,990 --> 00:31:38,720
When we get
the phone records,
629
00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:41,630
the only calls made
using that phone
630
00:31:41,630 --> 00:31:45,930
are to Paige Birgfeld's
Model's, Inc. Cell phone.
631
00:31:47,770 --> 00:31:50,040
There were five calls
to and from that phone
632
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,600
on the day of her disappearance,
633
00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:54,410
and the last call on that phone
634
00:31:54,410 --> 00:31:57,340
was at about 7:55
on June 28th
635
00:31:57,340 --> 00:32:00,780
when Paige called
Mr. Jones back.
636
00:32:02,450 --> 00:32:04,780
It was clear to us
that his efforts to call
637
00:32:04,790 --> 00:32:09,050
from his personal cell phone
were unsuccessful,
638
00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:12,360
so we assumed that is why
he got the prepaid phone
639
00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,760
was to disguise who he was
and try and convince Paige
640
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,300
to meet up with this person
she doesn't know.
641
00:32:21,070 --> 00:32:22,570
With the evidence
642
00:32:22,570 --> 00:32:24,370
against Lester Jones mounting,
643
00:32:24,370 --> 00:32:26,670
investigators obtain
another search warrant
644
00:32:26,670 --> 00:32:29,040
for his two computers.
645
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:33,550
Every evening,
646
00:32:33,550 --> 00:32:35,080
when he would get home
from work,
647
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:36,720
he would get back
on his computer,
648
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,550
and you're able to see
the computer usage.
649
00:32:39,550 --> 00:32:41,920
He was involved
with a lot of pornography
650
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,420
and checking other escorts
651
00:32:43,420 --> 00:32:45,260
and prostitution type services
652
00:32:45,260 --> 00:32:47,290
on June 26th, 27th,
653
00:32:47,290 --> 00:32:49,260
while his wife was out of town.
654
00:32:49,260 --> 00:32:51,100
On June 28th,
during the evening hours,
655
00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:53,930
there was no activity,
and then again on June 29th
656
00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:56,540
and June 30th,
there was a lot of activity.
657
00:32:58,340 --> 00:33:00,070
He was a creature of habit
658
00:33:00,070 --> 00:33:02,270
and everyday looked exactly
the same,
659
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,940
except for the day
that Paige went missing.
660
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,450
With the search
warrants complete,
661
00:33:08,450 --> 00:33:11,420
a patrol officer
calls Jones's home to arrange
662
00:33:11,420 --> 00:33:13,090
for the return of his two cars
663
00:33:13,090 --> 00:33:16,090
that were seized and searched.
664
00:33:16,090 --> 00:33:17,920
A sergeant
in the investigation unit
665
00:33:17,930 --> 00:33:21,560
called Mr. Jones and realizes
that Mr. Jones sounds
666
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:25,930
almost like he's intoxicated
or, uh, sounds off-kilter.
667
00:33:25,930 --> 00:33:28,100
Mr. Jones says something
to the effect
668
00:33:28,100 --> 00:33:31,440
of "You ask me
where I would bury a body?"
669
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,810
And the sergeant
is pretty surprised
670
00:33:33,810 --> 00:33:35,370
by that statement,
671
00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:37,640
because he never asked him
that question.
672
00:33:39,510 --> 00:33:41,510
Right after that statement
was made,
673
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,280
Mrs. Jones took the phone
674
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,880
and said her husband
wasn't feeling well,
675
00:33:45,890 --> 00:33:47,790
and ended the conversation.
676
00:33:50,420 --> 00:33:51,890
That was pretty
significant fact to us
677
00:33:51,890 --> 00:33:54,630
because Mr. Jones
actually had a history.
678
00:33:56,260 --> 00:34:00,230
He had been convicted
of kidnapping his prior wife
679
00:34:00,230 --> 00:34:02,300
and he had actually told her,
680
00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:04,470
"I'm going to kill you
and bury you on a lake
681
00:34:04,470 --> 00:34:06,870
where nobody
will ever find your body."
682
00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:09,640
And so we knew he was capable
of this type of behavior.
683
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,180
But without a body,
684
00:34:12,180 --> 00:34:14,910
detectives can't arrest
or charge Lester Jones
685
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,650
with the crime.
686
00:34:17,650 --> 00:34:22,220
You get one shot
at prosecuting on a homicide,
687
00:34:22,220 --> 00:34:25,060
so the decision was made
to not arrest at the time.
688
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,460
We believe she's dead.
689
00:34:30,460 --> 00:34:33,800
We don't know where the body is.
690
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:38,070
We don't know
how Lester Jones killed her.
691
00:34:38,070 --> 00:34:39,840
We had already decided
he was our guy
692
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,540
but it was just not realistic
693
00:34:41,540 --> 00:34:43,180
to prosecute without the body.
694
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,580
In the murder
of Paige Birgfeld,
695
00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:54,420
detectives have zeroed in
on Lester Jones.
696
00:34:54,420 --> 00:34:56,020
A former client
697
00:34:56,020 --> 00:34:57,790
of the soccer mom turned escort.
698
00:34:57,790 --> 00:35:00,530
But without a body
or any physical evidence
699
00:35:00,530 --> 00:35:04,530
connecting him to the crime,
he remains at large.
700
00:35:06,030 --> 00:35:07,500
Finding a body
is important.
701
00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:09,200
It's not absolute
but became difficult
702
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,070
trying to prosecute
without the body,
703
00:35:11,070 --> 00:35:13,840
because Paige was involved
in this double life,
704
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,010
so it was very frustrating.
705
00:35:18,110 --> 00:35:20,580
We were left with waiting
706
00:35:20,580 --> 00:35:22,250
and trying to follow up
707
00:35:22,250 --> 00:35:24,480
with any other lead
that came up.
708
00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:28,320
Obviously,
the family was grieved.
709
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:29,820
The community was concerned
710
00:35:29,820 --> 00:35:31,890
that there was this killer
out there,
711
00:35:31,890 --> 00:35:35,030
or alleged killer out there.
712
00:35:35,030 --> 00:35:37,530
It was really hard
for Grand Junction.
713
00:35:37,530 --> 00:35:39,000
Everybody wanted answers.
714
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,730
People that didn't even know her
715
00:35:40,730 --> 00:35:42,200
were calling the news station
every day saying,
716
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:43,640
"What's the update on Paige?
717
00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,600
Where is she?
Have we found her?"
718
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,780
Months turn into years,
and eventually
719
00:35:50,780 --> 00:35:53,910
the investigation into Paige
Birgfeld's disappearance
720
00:35:53,910 --> 00:35:56,450
and presumed murder goes cold.
721
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,620
And then we get a phone call.
722
00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:07,430
On the morning
of March 6th, 2012,
723
00:36:07,430 --> 00:36:10,630
two hikers stumble
onto a key piece of evidence
724
00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:14,900
approximately 45 minutes
south of Grand Junction.
725
00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:18,070
Two hikers are down hiking
the Wells Gulch area
726
00:36:18,070 --> 00:36:20,070
which is one
of our adjacent counties
727
00:36:20,070 --> 00:36:22,910
and they come across
some human remains.
728
00:36:25,610 --> 00:36:27,610
Investigators from Mesa County
729
00:36:27,610 --> 00:36:29,310
and Delta County
head down there,
730
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,750
do some searching and find
731
00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:37,160
almost a full skeleton
of a adult.
732
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:40,330
We all knew
as soon as we heard
733
00:36:40,330 --> 00:36:41,690
whose bones they were gonna be.
734
00:36:43,860 --> 00:36:46,000
The remains were examined by
735
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,670
both the Mesa County coroner
736
00:36:48,670 --> 00:36:51,340
and also
a forensic anthropologist
737
00:36:51,340 --> 00:36:54,310
here in Colorado.
738
00:36:54,310 --> 00:36:57,140
There was DNA extracted
that was found
739
00:36:57,140 --> 00:36:59,180
to match that of Paige Birgfeld.
740
00:37:05,650 --> 00:37:07,150
Investigators were glad
741
00:37:07,150 --> 00:37:09,020
the remains are finally found.
742
00:37:09,020 --> 00:37:10,690
This gives some kind of
743
00:37:10,690 --> 00:37:13,330
a small portion of closure
to the family,
744
00:37:13,330 --> 00:37:15,590
even though this was really
hard news to deliver.
745
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,630
And that gets us
to where we know
746
00:37:17,630 --> 00:37:20,370
we're going to be able
to close the case.
747
00:37:25,170 --> 00:37:27,310
Having identified the remains
748
00:37:27,310 --> 00:37:29,980
as Paige Birgfeld,
investigators work
749
00:37:29,980 --> 00:37:33,180
to determine a cause of death.
750
00:37:33,180 --> 00:37:35,180
Unfortunately, the, uh,
751
00:37:35,180 --> 00:37:37,150
forensic anthropologist
nor the coroner
752
00:37:37,150 --> 00:37:39,480
are able to determine
an exact cause of death.
753
00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:42,620
There were two fractures
on the face,
754
00:37:42,620 --> 00:37:44,360
both which would
somewhat suggest
755
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,730
that there was some kind
of a fight.
756
00:37:46,730 --> 00:37:49,430
These were determined
to be perimortem
757
00:37:49,430 --> 00:37:51,900
which is at about the time
of death.
758
00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:54,830
There was duct tape,
as well as some black tape
759
00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:56,400
along her mouth area
760
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,170
and around the bones
of the body,
761
00:37:58,170 --> 00:38:00,270
so it clearly shows
that she had been bound
762
00:38:00,270 --> 00:38:02,240
either while going
into that area
763
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:04,580
or at the area at the time.
764
00:38:04,580 --> 00:38:07,510
With this final piece
of the puzzle,
765
00:38:07,510 --> 00:38:09,510
detectives are now able
to reconstruct
766
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:12,680
Paige's final 24 hours.
767
00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:15,090
Howard Beigler says
that they saw each other
768
00:38:15,090 --> 00:38:17,720
and he saw her,
uh, in her car driving
769
00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:21,190
towards Grand Junction
at about 7:00 on June 28th.
770
00:38:21,190 --> 00:38:25,660
At approximately 7:39,
we know that Lester Jones
771
00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:30,370
called Paige Birgfeld on her
work phone for Models, Inc.,
772
00:38:30,370 --> 00:38:32,540
and this was
from Lester Jones' track phone
773
00:38:32,540 --> 00:38:34,540
that he had bought.
774
00:38:34,540 --> 00:38:36,010
During this time, we know
775
00:38:36,010 --> 00:38:37,640
that she's still driving home.
776
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:44,620
After 8:57 PM, we know
that Paige Birgfeld met up
777
00:38:44,620 --> 00:38:49,190
with Lester Jones at either
Bob Scott RV or Walker SMS
778
00:38:49,190 --> 00:38:53,490
which is across the street
where her vehicle was found.
779
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,430
Then he kidnapped her
and he duct taped
780
00:38:57,430 --> 00:38:59,700
around her skull,
around her head,
781
00:38:59,700 --> 00:39:02,130
which would indicate that
she was alive at that point
782
00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:05,640
that that happened and likely
being driven somewhere.
783
00:39:07,810 --> 00:39:09,770
The seat was pushed back
in the car
784
00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:12,010
which would indicate that
Mr. Jones was driving it.
785
00:39:12,010 --> 00:39:15,650
He drives her
to Wells Gulch area
786
00:39:15,650 --> 00:39:17,450
of the Delta County.
787
00:39:19,450 --> 00:39:22,790
Paige Birgfeld, who's in
the trunk of her vehicle,
788
00:39:22,790 --> 00:39:24,920
was throwing out cards
and checkbooks
789
00:39:24,930 --> 00:39:28,960
to lead a trail
to where she would be at.
790
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,560
We don't know exactly
what the last moments
791
00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:33,900
of Paige's life were,
792
00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:37,270
but due to information
that Mr. Jones
793
00:39:37,270 --> 00:39:39,940
had previously threatened
other ex-wives
794
00:39:39,940 --> 00:39:42,970
and choked them, you can wonder
795
00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:45,280
if that's how she met
her demise.
796
00:39:47,050 --> 00:39:49,450
Paige was killed
at some point
797
00:39:49,450 --> 00:39:51,750
and buried deep enough that
we didn't find her remains
798
00:39:51,750 --> 00:39:54,690
for five years.
799
00:39:54,690 --> 00:39:57,520
And that vehicle was brought
back up to Grand Junction
800
00:39:57,520 --> 00:40:00,360
and dropped off.
801
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,760
On July 1st,
about 9:00 PM,
802
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,060
Lester Jones realizes
that their vehicle
803
00:40:05,070 --> 00:40:06,930
was parked
across from the street.
804
00:40:06,930 --> 00:40:09,730
There could be possibly
evidence inside that vehicle
805
00:40:09,740 --> 00:40:12,500
so he drives to Bob Scott RV's
806
00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:14,310
under the pretense
of turning off the lights
807
00:40:14,310 --> 00:40:17,580
in his office,
goes across the street.
808
00:40:17,580 --> 00:40:19,610
He takes four pages
of the calendar
809
00:40:19,610 --> 00:40:23,010
out of the calendar book,
810
00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:25,250
uses accelerants, gasoline,
811
00:40:25,250 --> 00:40:27,290
or some type
of gasoline accelerant,
812
00:40:27,290 --> 00:40:29,720
start the fire,
813
00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:32,320
and arrives back home
where his wife sees him.
814
00:40:33,990 --> 00:40:35,890
He knew that
she had information
815
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:38,460
about her clients in there
and needed that evidence gone.
816
00:40:43,170 --> 00:40:45,400
This is by definition
of a sexual homicide.
817
00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:47,870
He has pursued the victim
for a sexual purpose.
818
00:40:47,870 --> 00:40:50,580
She was avoiding
his phone calls.
819
00:40:50,580 --> 00:40:53,410
She was denying him
the opportunity to see her,
820
00:40:53,410 --> 00:40:57,350
passing him off
to another colleague
821
00:40:57,350 --> 00:41:00,320
was probably
the last straw for him.
822
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:04,860
On November 21st, 2014,
more than seven years
823
00:41:04,860 --> 00:41:07,890
after Paige Birgfeld's
disappearance,
824
00:41:07,890 --> 00:41:09,830
Lester Jones
is arrested and charged
825
00:41:09,830 --> 00:41:13,400
with first-degree murder
and second-degree kidnapping.
826
00:41:16,570 --> 00:41:18,500
He is eventually convicted
and sentenced
827
00:41:18,510 --> 00:41:21,410
to life in prison
without parole.
828
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:28,350
Justice was done,
justice was due,
829
00:41:28,350 --> 00:41:30,450
and justice was delivered.
830
00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:36,720
You have to be
in this for the long haul.
831
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:38,190
It took a little
over seven years
832
00:41:38,190 --> 00:41:39,790
to resolve this case.
833
00:41:41,260 --> 00:41:43,700
I don't care
what business you're in,
834
00:41:43,700 --> 00:41:46,500
nobody deserves
to have this happen to them.
835
00:41:48,730 --> 00:41:50,900
Despite
Lester Jones' sentence,
836
00:41:50,900 --> 00:41:53,470
Paige Birgfeld's family
is still left reeling
837
00:41:53,470 --> 00:41:55,370
from their loss.
838
00:41:55,380 --> 00:41:58,040
When Paige's body was found,
839
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:01,210
I think the stories resurfaced
840
00:42:01,210 --> 00:42:03,750
about her double life
and her escort service.
841
00:42:03,750 --> 00:42:06,550
But I think it was
tremendously overshadowed
842
00:42:06,550 --> 00:42:09,720
by what a great mom she was.
843
00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:11,620
I think at the end of the day,
844
00:42:11,630 --> 00:42:13,260
we can all sympathize
with somebody
845
00:42:13,260 --> 00:42:16,030
that is really just trying
to do their best
846
00:42:16,030 --> 00:42:17,800
and provide for their family.
847
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,300
Did she have other options?
848
00:42:19,300 --> 00:42:21,270
We don't know,
but she did what she felt
849
00:42:21,270 --> 00:42:22,900
she had to do for her family.
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