The Secret Life of Paige Birgfeld
6/25/202642 min
On June 28, 2007, Colorado mother Paige Birgfeld disappeared and police uncovered a subsequent double-life she led as an escort. Initially the investigation focused on her two ex-husbands, but when both men were ruled out, police looked into the possibility that Paige was murdered by one of her clients. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports. This classic "48 Hours" episode last aired on 7/1/2017.
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First 90 secondsCraig Bergfeld· Soundbite0:00
[suspenseful music] Grand Junction is situated on the western slope of Colorado, and it's very mountainous and beautiful.
Frank Bergfeld· Soundbite0:15
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but one thing is apparent: it is very tough terrain to search in.
Pete Hautzinger· Soundbite0:28
There are hundreds of thousands of places where you could hide a body and we might never find it.
Frank Bergfeld· Soundbite0:37
I'm Frank Bergfeld. I'm the father of Paige Meredith Bergfeld. She's the mother of three children.
Craig Bergfeld· Soundbite0:44
My sister did not return from a, uh, meeting she had with a previous husband of hers.
Frank Bergfeld· Soundbite0:51
Paige was within five miles of the house here in Grand Junction and disappeared.
Craig Bergfeld· Soundbite0:56
My sister was missing.
Frank Bergfeld· Soundbite0:58
You start asking, "Missing? What do you mean missing?"
Pete Hautzinger· Soundbite1:01
My name is Pete Hautzinger. I'm the district attorney for Mesa County, Colorado. [suspenseful music] We're looking at somebody who has disappeared. We don't know why.
Frank Bergfeld· Soundbite1:13
I said, "You're in the midst of a crime. This is not someone who had run off." Paige would have never, never abandoned her children.
Pete Hautzinger· Soundbite1:23
Loves her kids. Appears to be a typical divorced mom. Lives