paige, if you get this, please, please call somebody everybody s worried about you. everybody s looking for you. please let us know you re ok paige was a woman with premonition. she said she knew something bad was gonna happen a couple of days she, wa missing. we found out she had this second life. quite obviously it dangerous. she had been playing a risk game that opened up the door t the a multitude of people that we needed to start looking at. he was a scam artist. correct he was a liar, manipulative he had a list of names, and whether or not they would have sex with them. could investigators get their man before he struck again? i turned around and he wa sitting in the dark. and sai i m doing to kill you. it s been years since she vanished but few have forgotte paige, how could they, the story of the young mother disappearance has woven itself in to local lore, as thunder hits, finally a trial. it s a mystery we ve been followin
Around. Tonight, a 20 20 investigation piecing it all together. Its like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It is. And we found a lot of needles. She was extremely scared. 911 what is your emergency . That car smelled a dead body in the backseat of this car . And dozens of calls from men who wanted her her last night. This is buddy. Hey, this is jason. I many name is bill. With no lack of suspects. I have lied about a lot of things. Do you think he killed her . Now the jury says it knows who kill ed a soccer mom of threes secret life has become open in a courtroom. Ryan smith has the very latest on this long journey to justice. Reporter Grand Junction. The largest city on colorados western slope, home to these breathtaking mesas, and a Pleasure Center for adventurers. A place where its easy to get lost, and hard to be found. Hi mom, i was just wondering where you been . Reporter thursday, june 28th, 2007. 8year old jess dixon picks up the phone and calls her mom, Paige Birgfeld. He
Of him. Was it one of her exes or was there someone else who would want to harm paige . Turns out this mother of three had a double life. She was fooling so many people that were close to her. A parallel existence where paige went by carrie and carrie took risks. Quite obviously its dangerous. Had that danger turned deadly . To uncover the truth, they would comb miles of desert and every inch of one womans complicated past. We were trying to find her and we werent going to stop until we found the truth. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the secret life of a soccer mom. Reporter the news spread like the morning sun across Grand Junction in the high desert on colorados western fringe. As inexplicable and frightening as the burned car, the tossed wallet, the vanishing. It was june 28, 2007. Over the mountains, in denver, four hours away, Frank Birgfeld was driving to his office. Phone rang. Voice on the phone says, this is somebody with the mesa county Sherif
Of him. Was it one of her exes or was there someone else who would want to harm paige . Turns out this mother of three had a double life. She was fooling so many people that were close to her. A parallel existence where paige went by carrie and carrie took risks. Quite obviously its dangerous. Had that danger turned deadly . To uncover the truth, they would comb miles of desert and every inch of one womans complicated past. We were trying to find her and we werent going to stop until we found the truth. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the secret life of a soccer mom. Reporter the news spread like the morning sun across Grand Junction in the high desert on colorados western fringe. As inexplicable and frightening as the burned car, the tossed wallet, the vanishing. It was june 28, 2007. Over the mountains, in denver, four hours away, Frank Birgfeld was driving to his office. Phone rang. Voice on the phone says, this is somebody with the mesa county Sherif
Spoke to her. And her second. She said that she was afraid of him. Was it one of her exes or was there someone else who would want to harm paige . Turns out this mother of three had a double life. She was fooling so many people that were close to her. A parallel existence where paige went by carrie and carrie took risks. Quite obviously its dangerous. Had that danger turned deadly . To uncover the truth, they would comb miles of desert and every inch of one womans complicated past. We were trying to find her and we werent going to stop until we found the truth. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the secret life of a soccer mom. Reporter the news spread like the morning sun across Grand Junction in the high desert on colorados western fringe. As inexplicable and frightening as the burned car, the tossed wallet, the vanishing. It was june 28, 2007. Over the mountains, in denver, four hours away, Frank Birgfeld was driving to his office. Phone rang. Voice on t