of separation, paige birgfeld s disappearance and murder impacted many here. if they didn t know paige personally, then they were in on the search or were a potential witness or knew somebody who was, or in the worst case, knew one of the possible suspects. so when the trial finally got under way, the town s attention was very much focused on this courtroom. we re on the record. 1432. but the trouble began before a single witness could be called. ron biegler was angry, wound up. the new district attorney, dan rubenstein was set to call paige s first husband. he was a key witness, but was afraid he might actually attack jones in the courtroom because biegler had actually threatened to kill him. and indicated that he wanted mr. jones to be found not guilty so that he could kill him and feed him his genitals. use of different word than that. proceedings ground to a
and i just hung up and i called 911. and they took me to a safe house. and did they catch him? what? no, they didn t know where to look. a few days later, somebody broke into lisa s mother s house in oklahoma. she called me later that day and said when she was leaving work, that she noticed this car was following her. and she said it was ralph, and she called the sheriff s department. and she is like he is here. he is following me. and they arrested him. my mom said she asked him what was he doing? and he said looking for your daughter. lester ralph jones was convicted of assault and kidnapping and served three years. but now he was out and remarried. and by the fall of 2007, a pile of circumstantial evidence connected him to paigeburg felt s disappearance. why didn t you go arrest him? my job is to gather the facts and present it to the dolphins and they make that
for it was put on a platform on a trailer, and it was being hauled away. when it passed me, it just left me with this horrible feeling. as she drove away, something across the road caught her eye. it was a sign for bob scott rvs. lester jones had told me he worked for bob scott rv. and when i drove around, i saw a car in the parking lot that was the same one that was in the driveway when i walked up to lester jones house. and i thought oh my god. right away, carol went to the sheriff s office, told them all she knew about lester ralph jones. how much credence did you give that story, or did you? we gave it a lot of credence. in fact, a week after paige disappeared, they brought jones in for questioning. mr. jones, i appreciate you coming down, okay? sure. jones was once chief of a rural fire department, which is where his story gets strange.
killed wherever not far from where her body was found. but the defense had its own compelling story to tell. or rather stories. a separate tale for each of those alternate suspects. a waste of time? well, maybe not. remember, it takes just one juror with reasonable doubt to throw a whole case into, well, you ll see. coming up, at trial, the defense goes hard at the original lead detective in the case. did you actually receive an official reprimand for the poor quality of work you did in this case? maybe the case against jones never stood a chance. if you re doing shoddy work in the beginning, your investigation becomes sick. it s almost impossible to make it well again. when the secret life of a soccer mom continues.
i know rob. okay. rob dixon, paige s ex-husband. go down that road. what do you know? he used to be with the fire department. i met him there. okay. that was a long time ago. and had also met dixon s then wife paige. because she at one time had come up there. she had come to work at the fire department, you mean? yes. okay. and was taken aback, jones claimed when a couple of years later he went to the models inc. massage parlor and was greeted by rob dixon s ex-wife. do you know if she recognized you? i wouldn t do you think she would? i wouldn t think. okay. so kind of made you feel uncomfortable? yeah. but things went okay? yeah. and how often have you done business with them? i think twice, i think. while jones answered questions downtown, investigators scoured his house and bob scott rv s where he