like just a few words here and there, but i don t want to i don t want to be on talking about things. reporter: but hundreds of people, many who d never once met paige, searched on horseback, on atvs on foot. they peered under bushes, they walked miles of desert brush in hundred-degree heat and nothing. truth be told. paige could have been anywhere. and then, four days after paige s disappearance, a driver stopped along a lonely stretch of highway 50. and as he stepped out of his truck, a piece of litter caught his eye, a blank check trapped in the roadside weeds. the name on it? paige dixon, paige s married name. so then the flock of searchers descended on that road. making my way back west along the median, i saw a checkbook. it was an awful feeling of dread, thinking, how did this get here? why is it here? what does it mean? reporter: then more, paige s wallet, charm bracelet, this shoe, various cards, bank
somebody out there knows where she is, and you know we re looking for clues to find that person, but there s somebody maybe who s watching this who knows where she is. reporter: but this seemed odd, not helping to find paige was her ex-husband and current boyfriend ron beigler. do you feel like you wish you could go there and help search for her? a part of me does, definitely. what s keeping you away from there? i don t know if i can handle being being right in the situation. reporter: then knowing we were preparing a report about the case, beigler made a strange request. try to keep me out as much as possible. like just a few words here and there, but i don t want to i don t want to be on talking about things. reporter: but hundreds of people, many who d never once met paige, searched on horseback, on atvs on foot. they peered under bushes, they walked miles of desert brush in hundred-degree heat and nothing. truth be told. paige could have been anywhere. and then,