Monday 9 July Update: Latest News and Updates in this Thread

[legacypc46]

new updates are posted in this thread (not much we don't alredy know, but good to see the news focus is still there)

 

[legacypc46]

There is a news clip on the investigation that aired last night (from a TV station in Colorado).

http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/8374497.html

 

[legacypc46]

Here is an updated article:

Secret life surprises kin, pals of missing woman
By Nick Martin
Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 07/09/2007 01:12:55 AM MDT


Paige Birgfeld (file photo)For most of last week, friends and family of a missing Grand Junction mother were surprised on an almost- daily basis as they learned the secrets she had been keeping.

Over the weekend, they found out one more: She went by another name.

Paige Birgfeld, 34, occasionally told people her name was "Carrie," police said, also announcing for the first time that they suspect she is the victim of foul play.

Birgfeld used the pseudonym with customers of an escort agency before she disappeared June 28, Mesa County sheriff's spokeswoman Heather Gier hart said.

The investigation is focusing on people who were in contact with "Carrie" and the agency, "Models Inc.," around the time she went missing, Gierhart said.

Birgfeld's involvement with the escort service was a surprise to friends and family last week.

"We didn't know any of this," her mother, Suzanne Birgfeld, said Sunday.

But, she said, the new information helps the search for her daughter, whose three children, ages 8, 6 and 3, are beginning to really miss her.

"We added the name 'Carrie' to some of the fliers we're handing out," she said, adding that she did not know where the name came from.

Gierhart said there are "potentially" other names Birgfeld used, but investigators have yet to confirm that.

"Models Inc." does not appear as a corporation in secretary of state records or a general Internet search.

One thing that was not a surprise to those who know Birgfeld was the sheriff's revelation over the weekend that someone else is probably involved in her disappearance.

The picture that friends have painted of Birgfeld is of a beautiful, committed mother who sold Pampered Chef products and taught dance to preschoolers to get by.

Investigators previously said any explanation was possible, including the theory Birgfeld staged the whole thing. They kept an open mind even after her car was found July 1 engulfed in flames in an empty parking lot about 3 miles from her home.

Some theories have since been ruled out, Sheriff Stan Hilkey said Saturday in a statement.

"Nothing during the course of our investigation has led us to believe that Paige walked away from her family or that she left of her own free will," he said.

No one has been named a suspect and no one has been ruled out, but focus is drifting away from Birgfeld's two ex-husbands, Gierhart said.

Friends have said that Birgfeld was afraid of her second husband, Rob Dixon, who was planning to move back to Colorado from Pennsylvania.

She apparently even posted her fears online in March under the name "Paige Dixon" on a forum for people who sell Pampered Chef products.

She and her first husband, Howard Beigler, had recently started seeing each other again, and he was one of the first to report her missing, a friend, Andrea Land, said last week.

But now, Gierhart said, "some people are of less interest than others. ... Both of them (the ex-husbands) are of less interest."

Staff writer Nick Martin can be reached at 303-954-1698 or [email protected].

 

[Chef Endora]

Coutresy bump.

Thanks for the update, "Leggy".

 

[Cindycooks]

thanks for posting this - I was awake at 2am thinking of her.

 

[dannyzmom]

Thanks for the update...

 

[PampMomof3]

Thank you for the update.

 

[itsjustCarla]

thank you for the update. I say a prayer for Paige and her family every day.

 

[lacychef]

Thanks (and at least they quit publishing the address for this site!)

 

[KellyTheChef]

Thanks.....and a bump!

 

[missydivine]

Thanks for the update.

 

[Trish1953]

That's kind of scary. Originally, her cell phone was turned off. Now it's on? What do you think is going on? It'd terribly perplexing. I continue to pray for her safe return several times a day.

Trish in Texas
Independent Consultant

 

[Chef Michelle D]

Thanks for the update, I will be a way for a few days and hope when I get back there will be good news. My prayers are with Paige and her family.

 

[chefkristin]

I must of missed that.......her phone is ON now????

 

[dannyzmom]

When a cell phon eis turned off it goes straight to voice mail.

 

[janetupnorth]

Cell phone has been off since she was reported missing.

Also, note that this is the first time her mother has been mentioned or has made a comment.

 

[dannyzmom]

Cell phone has been off since she was reported missing.

Also, note that this is the first time her mother has been mentioned or has made a comment.

I did notice that. I wonder what her relationship was like with her parents. I see all those family pictures that show a big extended family. My family is quite close but we don't have any family portraits so it kinda makes me assume they must be a REALLY tight family, ya know?

 

[janetupnorth]

I did notice that. I wonder what her relationship was like with her parents. I see all those family pictures that show a big extended family. My family is quite close but we don't have any family portraits so it kinda makes me assume they must be a REALLY tight family, ya know?

We can't afford those family portraits unless it's at a wedding! - LOL!

You can tell she was always very close to the kids...probably close to parents too, but distant enough with her family/personal life.

 

[Kitchen2u]

When a cell phon eis turned off it goes straight to voice mail.

Or if the battery just died

Ginny

 

[AJPratt]

Did I miss where it said her phone was on?

 

[KYCHEF]

here's a bump

 

[PamperedChefDebi]

Cell phone has been off since she was reported missing.

Also, note that this is the first time her mother has been mentioned or has made a comment.

I noticed that too and had been wondering where her mother was in this whole thing.

 

[janetupnorth]

Did I miss where it said her phone was on?

No, I think it was just a assumption made since it went to voicemail...

 

[tpchefrebecca]

Thanks for the update.

 

[legacypc46]

I have to state up front it nauseates me to post the link to this article, but it's in the printed press and will end up here sooner or later. (I'm not willing to copy and post the actual article though.) It is, IMHO, written to sell papers and with no thought to the impact on her children, family, or friends. I am reasonably sure the author of the article we posted earlier today was privy to the same information, but chose to write a more balanced update that focused on finding the missing mom versus detailing the possbile discoveries of her 'secret' life. So read this, cause it's probably going to be referred to elsewhere, but take it for the sensationalism and speculation it is. Sorry to soapbox, just angry and sad for Paige.

http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20070709/COMMUNITY_NEWS/70708002

 

[Trish1953]

All I can say is "Gee" !!!!! Wonder what Grande/Bill would say of all this?

Trish in Texas
Independent Consultant

 

[gilliandanielle]

Thanks for the heads up Kris...

That article is horrible, but sadly it is accurate to the site that I saw yesterday. I really, really hope that this new information leads to new clues to find Paige and not just destroy her character. We can only hope...

 

[janetupnorth]

WOW! That's what was found a few days ago. I was trying to be kind and not post the link here at all so people didn't have to read it and it wouldn't get out...guess the press did their own digging...how sad that they have to write a whole article on it!

 

[legacypc46]

I agree gillian...to include the comment on accuracy. I realize the reviews are 'interesting' on a base (very base) level...they just aren't relevant to public's ability to help the investigation. Grrrrrr.

I'm off for awhile; it's dinnertime here.

 

[janetupnorth]

To the Grand Junction Free Press and any representatives that may be here...
That article was utterly tasteless and posting all the information does not help find Paige or her kids.
I wish you and your staff would have better discretion!!!!!

To Todd who keeps hanging out here...
Please make sure your staff uses good taste and discretion! Thank you in advance!