11-23-2014, 01:05 PM
ARREST MADE IN 2007 HIGH-PROFILE MURDER CASE -- PAIGE BIRGFELD, COLORADO
Her father has been on a relentless mission to get justice for Paige. Good to see LE has finally arrested their prime suspect; hope they've got enough for a conviction.
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Paige Birgfeld ^, was a Grand Junction, Colorado, mother of three young children who disappeared over seven years ago. The alleged killer is a man police first suspected of the crime within days of her vanishing.
Truck driver Lester Ralph Jones, 63, (pictured above) was arrested Friday morning after returning from an out-of-town work trip and faces charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and second-degree arson.
Birgfeld, who was 34 when she went missing, was known by friends as a "supermom" who juggled several jobs in order to provide for her kids. "She could carry a baby, cook, talk on the phone and do six other things at the same time," her friend Riina Stockemer said at the time of her disappearance. "Everyone wanted to be like her."
But shortly after she vanished on June 28, 2007, detectives learned there was a darker side to Birgfeld. Using the pseudonym "Carrie," she ran an escort service, Models Incorporated, from her home and a nearby office.
After an exhaustive search, Birgfeld's skeletal remains were eventually found by a hiker in a ravine in March 2012. Forensic analysis revealed a head injury, but it didn't appear to be "a fatal one," says Lewis, who adds: "We still don't know what killed her."
The case against Jones, whose criminal record includes arrests for sexual assault, kidnapping and domestic violence, is "largely circumstantial, but we have a large amount of physical evidence tying them together," says Lewis.
Birgfeld's friends were shocked to learn that Paige was running an escort service in an attempt to maintain her upscale home after her divorce. "She was a survivor and was doing whatever she could to provide for her kids," her friend Andrea Land said after her disappearance. "She certainly wasn't doing it to live the high life."
http://www.people.com/article/lester-jon...e-birgfeld
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It's an intriguing case and investigation. Here's the "Disappeared" docu for anyone interested in learning more about the case.
Her father has been on a relentless mission to get justice for Paige. Good to see LE has finally arrested their prime suspect; hope they've got enough for a conviction.
Paige Birgfeld ^, was a Grand Junction, Colorado, mother of three young children who disappeared over seven years ago. The alleged killer is a man police first suspected of the crime within days of her vanishing.
Truck driver Lester Ralph Jones, 63, (pictured above) was arrested Friday morning after returning from an out-of-town work trip and faces charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and second-degree arson.
Birgfeld, who was 34 when she went missing, was known by friends as a "supermom" who juggled several jobs in order to provide for her kids. "She could carry a baby, cook, talk on the phone and do six other things at the same time," her friend Riina Stockemer said at the time of her disappearance. "Everyone wanted to be like her."
But shortly after she vanished on June 28, 2007, detectives learned there was a darker side to Birgfeld. Using the pseudonym "Carrie," she ran an escort service, Models Incorporated, from her home and a nearby office.
After an exhaustive search, Birgfeld's skeletal remains were eventually found by a hiker in a ravine in March 2012. Forensic analysis revealed a head injury, but it didn't appear to be "a fatal one," says Lewis, who adds: "We still don't know what killed her."
The case against Jones, whose criminal record includes arrests for sexual assault, kidnapping and domestic violence, is "largely circumstantial, but we have a large amount of physical evidence tying them together," says Lewis.
Birgfeld's friends were shocked to learn that Paige was running an escort service in an attempt to maintain her upscale home after her divorce. "She was a survivor and was doing whatever she could to provide for her kids," her friend Andrea Land said after her disappearance. "She certainly wasn't doing it to live the high life."
http://www.people.com/article/lester-jon...e-birgfeld
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It's an intriguing case and investigation. Here's the "Disappeared" docu for anyone interested in learning more about the case.