Paige was overwhelmed with debt. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. And she had told me that she had been stripping," Callie explained. Mesa County is 3,300 square miles, and as we began our search for Paige, we had to be concerned about if theres a body and if theres a body buried, Weyler said. Verify and try again. After their divorce in 2006, Paige had become the primary caregiver for their three children. Cell phone records show that Paige was just a few miles from her home when she made that phone call; and it was one of her last. ( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-2020, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. The small town friendliness of Meddybemps allowed Frank to flex his true strength: the ability to talk and make friends with complete strangers. Lester was a very good employee. "Mesa County is a big county, its 3,300-square-miles with a lot of open space, a lot of canyons," said Sheriff Stan Hilkey. Youre asking where I could bury a body, Jones said again. So Craig and Callie Birgfeld set off in one direction, and Frank Birgfeld headed off in another. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. He is asking for his kidnapping sentence to be vacated and for the kidnapping conviction to merge with the felony murder conviction. To offer your sympathy during this difficult time, you can now have memorial trees planted in a National Forest in memory of your loved one. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. based on information from your browser. With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Frank J. Birgfeld (Grand Junction, Colorado), born in Bethesda, Maryland, who passed away on December 18, 2019 at the age of 76. It turns out that's where Ralph Jones worked as a mechanic. I chose to hold out hope," Frank Birgfeld said. So we left at the same time and arrived back in our towns at approximately the same time. But an investigation into the 34-year-old twice divorcee's disappearance from Grand Junction, Colorado, in the summer of 2007 revealed she had been living a secret double life as an escort. Frank Birgfeld never stopped searching for his daughter. Jones said, So I can come pick them up?, The officer responded, Uh, Mr. Jones, Im not following you.. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Funeral arrangement under the care ofHoran and McConaty Funeral Service. Some basic help and starters when you have to write a tribute to someone you love. Greenfield Obituaries - Latest Obituaries in Greenfield, MA - Echovita Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Thirty-four-year-old Paige Birgfeld was twice divorced and living with her three children in Grand Junction, about 200 miles west of Denver, when she disappeared in June 2007. Add to your scrapbook. Frank coached the legendary 8U soccer team, "The Green Giants" and was a girl-scout mentor with Paige. The judge gave the only sentence that Colorado law allows, which is life without the possibility of parole for the murder charge, Rubinstein said. 23-09-2022. "I would have counseled her that that strikes me as dangerous. "It's kind of police investigation's 101 that you usually will look at the emotionally involved people -- ex-husbands or current husbands, etcetera," Mesa County District Attorney Pete Hautzinger. The Dude abides. Even when we were searching, you wanted to find her, but you didn't want to find her," said Frank Birgfeld. The charge was later dismissed and the couple divorced the following year. According to police records, Dixon told police that it was his discovery that his wife had been working as an escort that led to the couples altercation in 2005 and ultimately ended the marriage.