correct.rt he was a liar. he was manipulative. we have a list of names of whether or not they will have sex. could investigators get their man before he struck again. i turned around and he was re sitting in the dark and he said, i m going to kill you. it s been years since she vanished but few people in grand junction, colorado have forgotten paige bergfeld. how could they? the story of this young mother s disappearance has long since woven itself into local lore.d h she s a great mother, a great friend. reporter: it s a mystery we ve been following since it began. and now, as thunderheads darken
dumped and torched the car in an industrial area just a quarter mile from where paige made her last phone call. it was way beyond her house, right? correct. it didn t fit for the car to be there. reporter: news of the car fire was a turning point. no longer did the public suspect this was a case of an overwhelmed, runaway mom. the response was an outpouring of volunteers, a spontaneous community project to find paige. just seeing the dad on tv and everything like that, i have some children of my own and i know what i d be feeling like if one of my children was gone and i just wanted to try to help if i could. reporter: paige s dad was there every day greeting a small army of volunteers. thanks for helping us. you know it s just really tough, you know, for people to give of themselves to that degree. i just one of our moms was gone. and her kids needed her, and we needed our friend. and our kids needed to know that
on the day of paige s disappearance they chose eagle, colorado. we were going to have a picnic and hang out together, all day. we went to subway and brought it back to where we were sitting outside down by the river. it was very familiar. and, you know, i brought some pictures, you know? and we just sat there and relaxed and enjoyed the day and the weather. i mean, it was a special wonderful day. reporter: and then, around 7:00 p.m. they kissed and said goodbye and drove back to their respective sides of the state. two hours later, at 8:57 p.m., paige called biegler. to see if i made it back into denver. and then we had a brief conversation. reporter: paige told biegler she wasn t home yet. she was stuck behind a bad traffic accident in grand junction. and indeed, investigators confirmed there was a fatal traffic accident right here at this intersection. somebody saw paige s car here, too, that very evening. thing is, this is five miles past her house. why was she here?
many holes in his story. for starters, no alibi the night paige went missing. even worse, jones admitted that when paige s car was set on fire, he was at bob scott rvs practically across the street. you re there. by your own admission you re there when the fire s i understand that. tell me that. explain that. i can t explain it to you. reporter: and guess what they found at jones s work site? a discarded package that once contained a pre-paid tracfone, the disposable kind that doesn t reveal the identity of the user. except on the package was the phone s serial number. and from that, we were able to determine that the phone was bought at walmart on north avenue. reporter: so they got the security camera video and, well, well, well, the buyer looked a lot like lester ralph jones. why was that important?
reporter: while jones answered questions downtown, investigators scoured his house and bob scott rvs where he worked. what did you find when you searched bob scott s rv location? a list of names of escorts that we knew in the grand junction area where he had their names, phone numbers, bra size and whether or not they would have sex. some viagras, and also some condoms. reporter: along with wigs, a black bra and in a locked cabinet this old scale from pampered chef, one of paige s many businesses. creepy. certainly suspicious but not necessarily incriminating. besides, jones had no reason to kill paige, no motive. which led investigators to a new theory. i still have difficulty believing that you killed her unless you re working for rob dixon. investigators get lester ralph jones on the phone for a very strange call. if you asked me where i