of course the relationship reporter: a wave of whispers spread at the speed of suspicion among the searchers looking for the missing single mother, paige birgfeld. the ex was in town. the most recent ex, that is, rob dixon. the one paige had all the trouble with. of course the relationship didn t start out that way. never does. at first we only saw what we refer to as the good rob side. and that s certainly what paige only saw. and we he was part of our family and we loved him as much as an in-law would be. he was a good guy to have. reporter: dixon had been a hard-working paramedic until his dad made a one-time fortune in the tech industry and passed that windfall on to his kids. and not long after getting his millions dixon met and married paige. and they had three kids and
tim and i said, that s what happened. i said, he murdered that woman. it just it hit me. reporter: then of course she had to know, was that wild story about a decapitating accident in new jersey just coralluzzo s excuse to run from what he had done to get out of town? i scoured the internet and made phone calls. reporter: scoured the internet looking for evidence of a big traffic accident. didn t find uh-huh. nothing there. reporter: so who did you phone? i called their local gazette newspaper, talked to a reporter. nothing happened. i called the coroner. nothing. so newspaper, coroner, hospitals. nothing. reporter: but meagan was able to locate coralluzzo and passed that tip on to lead investigator beverly jarrell, who would end up playing a key role. you ll hear more about her later. jarrell caught up with coralluzzo in new jersey. grilled him for five hours. but coralluzzo denied everything. more important he was in new jersey when paige s car was set ablaze so
intentionally, that several women worked with her, when it fact it was just her. some friends suspected, most didn t. it was very hard for me to believe that she would want to have sex with men for money. reporter: but she did, according to this investigative report paige would charge up to $1,000 a session. you can imagine how these revelations hit paige s mom and dad. they just couldn t believe it. if i had known about it, i definitely would ve tried to use whatever persuasion i had to turn her away from it. i mean, if nothing else, quite obviously it s dangerous. reporter: so, it was a shock, obviously, but they said they could understand her motives, after all, rob dixon s money had run out. she was doing what she had to do to keep life as normal as possible for the children.
i ve prayed all night and this morning. i ve asked for his forgiveness! i want you to know how much i love you. you re the best thing that has happened to me. please forgive me! and then he added this, tell the cops to get. i never did it, but i can t be railroaded. jones recovered quickly but his actions that day remained a mystery because he wasn t talking anymore to investigators. the evidence was definitely pointing toward lester jones. but we still had to keep an eye open on mr. livingston, mr. heald, mr. coralluzzo. and remember that these are the ones we know about. is there somebody else out there we don t even know about yet? reporter: didn t help when lab results from paige s car came back negative. the fire burned it clean of evidence. so the sheriff s office turned to a volunteer search dog team for help. and sure enough, the dogs appeared to hit on jones scent in paige s charred car. and along highway 50 where all those items were found.
it was scary. i asked him to put the gun down, you know, cause he had it pointed right at me. and finally he put it in the backseat, the back floorboard. and then, you know, i talked to him and tried to calm him down, you know? what was he saying to you? that i didn t love him anymore. and i didn t want him anymore. stuff like that. and i was trying to convince him otherwise. reporter: eventually he left, she called the police, he was arrested. but in no time made bail. and then lisa was at home a few weeks later. i came out of my room. and i went to the kitchen. and i turned around. and he was just sitting on the couch. i mean, just sitting in the dark. my stomach just, you know, just sank. i mean, i didn t i asked him, what on earth are you doing here, you know? and he didn t say anything. and that s when i really got scared, because he just didn t look like himself. and he wouldn t say anything. reporter: he had something on his mind? i think so. it seemed like i