for theThursday Morning Shift - What We Know

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

There is really very little new in this case, at least, nothing we haven't speculated here already.Andrea Lopez, of the Denver CBS affiliate's Mountain Bureau continues to follow the case. A new allegation that Paige was running some sort of escort service has been made very, very public. There is an active link to her PC Website at the bottom of the transcript and yes, it works.Read the transcript and see the video here. Another report by Lopez, from Tuesday evening, includes video footage of her posts on Chef Success.Read the transcript and see the video here.At midnight Thusday, the CJ paper put this on their website:Thursday, July 05, 2007

Almost all the Mesa County Sheriff’s Department investigators gave up celebrating the Independence Day holiday to help locate a Grand Junction woman who’s been missing since Thursday.Still, authorities said they have no leads after searching areas around the home and car of Paige Birgfeld, the mother of three small children.“It’s really important to give the family some closure, and if we could find her alive, that’d be even better,” said Heather Gierhart, Mesa County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman.Birgfeld’s father, Frank Birgfeld, passed out fliers about his daughter’s disappearance at the Fourth of July fireworks display at Lincoln Park. Frank said he was considering offering a reward for his daughter’s safe return.Birgfeld said he appreciated the massive amount of work investigators were putting toward the case.“The people who have been in front of me have not been nine-to-fivers,” he said. “They seem to be putting in an immense amount of man hours.”Investigators have used bloodhounds to search the area around Paige Birgfeld’s house at 2512 Oleaster Court and around her vehicle, which was found on fire Sunday night in a parking lot in the 700 block of 23 Road.Authorities said Paige Birgfeld’s ex-husband, Rob Dixon, has been cooperative.Frank Birgfeld said he hasn’t heard any new clues from investigators about his daughter’s whereabouts.Frank Birgfeld said he initially wasn’t going to talk publicly about his daughter’s disappearance, but reconsidered because he thought getting more information out might help locate her.“This is a parent’s worst nightmare,” he said. “Paige is a person, not some information on a bio sheet.”

And from the Rocky Mountain News...

No breaks in missing woman case
By Burt Hubbard, Rocky Mountain News
July 5, 2007Frank Birgfeld spent the Fourth of July driving and walking the streets of Grand Junction, passing out fliers describing the disappearance of his 34-year- old daughter, Paige.
He was hoping for a lucky break.Maybe someone saw her red 2005 Ford Focus driven by someone they knew, he said. Or maybe they'd seen a blond woman resembling Paige with a stranger who looked out of place."I ask them to think and, if they do think of something, to call it in," said Birgfeld, who lives in Centennial. "What you're trying to do is not let (the attention on the case) die. You're trying to keep it alive."Wednesday marked a week since Paige Birgfeld, a mother of three young children, went missing. She was last seen around 9 p.m. June 28 and was officially reported missing on Saturday.Her car was found in flames Sunday in a business parking lot in northwest Grand Junction.The Mesa County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that it had no new leads on her disappearance but was continuing the search.A bloodhound has sniffed around both the missing woman's home and car, while deputies have combed around both areas, the sheriff's office said.A statement from the sheriff's office said Birgfeld's ex-husband, Robert Dixon, who was out of state last week, had spoken to investigators Tuesday and was cooperative.Frank Birgfeld was joined Wednesday by a group of Paige Birgfeld's friends as they spread out through Grand Junction with the fliers.He concentrated his efforts within a five-mile radius of his daughter's home. Her car was found three miles from her house.Frank Birgfeld said he figures the perpetrator wouldn't drive the car far for fear it would be stopped.While he said he holds out hope that his daughter is alive, he does occasionally look in the bushes as he walks."Looking in the brush is kind of an admission of defeat," he said. "But at the same time, you do it so you can say I did walk around there and didn't see anything."

That's about all there is about Paige as of 3:45 AM CDT today.There IS, however, good news in another area.Heather smilesarepriceless was in the paper in her hometown with an amazing success story. Read her post here.

 

[legacypc46]

Here's another article...

No breaks in missing woman case

By Burt Hubbard, Rocky Mountain News
July 5, 2007
Frank Birgfeld spent the Fourth of July driving and walking the streets of Grand Junction, passing out fliers describing the disappearance of his 34-year- old daughter, Paige.
He was hoping for a lucky break.

Maybe someone saw her red 2005 Ford Focus driven by someone they knew, he said. Or maybe they'd seen a blond woman resembling Paige with a stranger who looked out of place.

"I ask them to think and, if they do think of something, to call it in," said Birgfeld, who lives in Centennial. "What you're trying to do is not let (the attention on the case) die. You're trying to keep it alive."

Wednesday marked a week since Paige Birgfeld, a mother of three young children, went missing. She was last seen around 9 p.m. June 28 and was officially reported missing on Saturday.

Her car was found in flames Sunday in a business parking lot in northwest Grand Junction.

The Mesa County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that it had no new leads on her disappearance but was continuing the search.

A bloodhound has sniffed around both the missing woman's home and car, while deputies have combed around both areas, the sheriff's office said.

A statement from the sheriff's office said Birgfeld's ex-husband, Robert Dixon, who was out of state last week, had spoken to investigators Tuesday and was cooperative.

Frank Birgfeld was joined Wednesday by a group of Paige Birgfeld's friends as they spread out through Grand Junction with the fliers.

He concentrated his efforts within a five-mile radius of his daughter's home. Her car was found three miles from her house.

Frank Birgfeld said he figures the perpetrator wouldn't drive the car far for fear it would be stopped.

While he said he holds out hope that his daughter is alive, he does occasionally look in the bushes as he walks.

"Looking in the brush is kind of an admission of defeat," he said. "But at the same time, you do it so you can say I did walk around there and didn't see anything."

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[legacypc46]

This is hard....it feels like the focus is shifting away from the authorities looking for paige...

That said, I know they are....but the tough part is waiting...can't begin to imagine how painful this must be for her family

 

[legacypc46]

Sorry KG...didn't see you had also posted the rocky mountain news article...I deleted my posting...

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Courtesy Bump for those just logging on.

 

[Trish1953]

It seems strange that HO wouldn't shut down her website and re-direct people to a site that was viable (in case people really did have actual PC needs). Too bad PC is getting some notoriety, but in the wrong way.

Trish in Texas
Independent Consultant

Praying for Paige

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Any publicity is good publicity. “I don't care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.” --George M. Cohan(Also sometimes attributed to Gene Sarazan.)

 

[whiteyteresa]

I am very sorry to ask this but I don't see the the link to her PC website anywhere

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

It's possible that it was removed. It wasn't. It is at the bottom of the transcript of the July 54 CBS report. (The first link in my post.)ETA: I just checked. It's still here.

 

[reba515]

thanks for the updates KG.

 

[whiteyteresa]

I have also notice the ribbon at the top of the Chef Success Website for

Thank You Greg

Thanks for having this wonderful site for us to have - you have done a lot for us and now you are helping us to pray for someone is very much need of prayers that we don't really know but care we do care about.

Thanks Greg

Praying for Paige

 

[katie0128]

There is really very little new in this case, at least, nothing we haven't speculated here already.

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There IS, however, good news in another area.

Heather smilesarepriceless was in the paper in her hometown with an amazing success story. Read her post here.

Thanks KG for the update for Paige and for the links to the truely wonderful story about Heather!

 

[The_Kitchen_Guy]

Oops.

I may have the links reversed in the first post. I'm going to go fix that now.

Edited to Add: Nope. I had it right in the first post after all.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Her PWS is still there - maybe you were looking at the other story? The link is only at the bottom of the first one.
I agree though, that it should be redirected until Paige can manage it herself.

 

[whiteyteresa]

Thanks - found it

KG

Please keep us updated

Thanks

 

[jenniferknapp]

Thanks for keeping us updated KG

 

[dannyzmom]

Thanks for putting it all in one place for us KG. I am so overwhelmed with all the info and so scared for her safety.

 

[lacychef]

Thanks for the updates KG

 

[janetupnorth]

Ditto - thanks for the update this a.m. - going to go concentrate on work for a few hours!

 

[MomToEli]

bumping for those of us who get up, er, log on later ...

 

[jrstephens]

It seems strange that HO wouldn't shut down her website and re-direct people to a site that was viable (in case people really did have actual PC needs). Too bad PC is getting some notoriety, but in the wrong way.

I do not think HO can shut her website down until something is officially. I am sure the family could request it to be done, but legally they would have to have a power of attorney or something to be able to make decisions on her behalf.

Sorry for this being technical - the legal secretary is coming out in me.

 

[AJPratt]

It's possible that it was removed. It wasn't. It is at the bottom of the transcript of the July 54 CBS report. (The first link in my post.)

ETA: I just checked. It's still here.

I wonder if someone is going to report her for the link...

 

[pamperedpals]

Thank you KG for keeping all of us updated. My DH kept asking me when I was going to get off the computer yesterday. I finally was able to finish reading all of the post's that I had started on Tuesday at work.

Today, I HAVE to do my work, so I will check a little less frequent. However, my praying for Paige's safe return will continue.

 

[janetupnorth]

I wonder if someone is going to report her for the link...

ROFLOL! Good point though!

 

[dianevill]

I wonder if someone is going to report her for the link...

I do have to admit that I thought the same thing !

I'm still at such a loss for words, but my thoughts and prayers continue to be with her and her family...

 

[MissChef]

thanks for the updates KG!

 

[AJPratt]

ROFLOL! Good point though!

Hey, you never know...

I do have to admit that I thought the same thing !

I'm still at such a loss for words, but my thoughts and prayers continue to be with her and her family...

Me, too. She helped me with my business plan for my coffee house and I want to do something to help her, and I, like so many others, just feel like there is nothing I can do. Boy, is she going to have some explaining to do when she gets back!

 

[AJPratt]

thanks for the updates KG!

Yeah, what she said.

 

[KellyTheChef]

KG~

Just wanted to thank you too...nice to have the updates in one place and not have to search through 12 pages to find them!

(Also, this bumps this up again....)

 

[Chozengirl]

KG~

Just wanted to thank you too...nice to have the updates in one place and not have to search through 12 pages to find them!

Ditto!!
I am at a loss of where to start when I get on here anymore!
I am continuing to pray for Paige & the family.
Seems the right people are doing thier jobs.

 

[Chef_2_Four]

Thanks for the updates! I don't see why Pampered Chef would reprimand her she didn't post the link for her site the newspaper did. I, also, did not like how they said she was...they need to think a little bit more positive! I hate newspapers sometimes!

 

[ChefLisa]

Her story is now on Foxnews.com

 

[janetupnorth]

Her story is now on Foxnews.com

Good! Maybe SOMEONE will know SOMETHING!

P.S. I like Fox News...still news, but better than many...

 

[heat123]

I say the more news broadcasts the better for nationwide awareness. My mom said she thought she read it in our local Union Tribune papers a couple days ago.