Ron Bigler News Today

Suddenly disappears, and in this case there was a clue buried in the past. bigler was once cited for domestic violence, spent the night in jail. though paige did not pursue the charge. investigators decided a conversation with mr. bigler, the last person after all known to have seen her was certainly in order. >> it was a typical, you know, late teenage romance that turned into love and marriage. >> they were, said bigler high school sweethearts. they got married in 1995. began quarrelling soon ...

Not too brief but -- and -- i expected to hear from her later that night after she got home. >> but he never did hear from her after that, he told police, though, repeatedly, he tried calling her the next day. went to voicemail. >> hello, you have reached the home offices for brain dance, pampered chef and maya wrap baby slings. please leave a message and i will get back to you within the next few days. >> so when ron bigler talked to the mesa county sheriffs department, it was actually he who f...

Evidence, though, that have been submitted to our state crime lab that have yet to come back. >> reporter: i assume hes denied any responsibility? that would be a fair assumption? >> very fair, yes. >> reporter: a background check revealed a criminal record. >> includes some violence against his spouse. >> reporter: including a five-year sentence for assault and kidnapping involving his ex-wife and shooting but missing her male friend. most of his troubles have begun with jealousy, aggression an...

She did out of necessity. paige is a very fun person to be around. when youre with her, you feel like youre the only person in the room. she makes you feel like you have been her best friend. and that kind of personality works really well in this industry. >> so it does. but once discovered here in grand junction it colored everything. paiges parents were as desperate as ever to find their daughter. >> when i get up in the morning, i think, paige, were coming. she needs my protection and i cant ...

Frequency because of these fire department matters. he was actually made the news person of the year. >> he did have a reputation in grand junction, in mesa county, colorful character. certainly was a person that just by the nature of anybody being an ex-husband or having that kind of relationship, is a person that is included in any kind of investigation like that. >> besides as the sheriff soon discovered, dixons legal troubles had not been confined to financial issues. >> i think mr. dixon ha...

Want to run away. she said, yeah, but i would want to take my kids with me. thats the thing. we all knew she would never leave her kids intentionally. but something bad must have happened. >> mesa county sheriff stanley hilkey was inclined to agree and began retracing paiges last movements to look for any evidence of foul play. >> you have really got to look at the relationships first. >> and almost immediately at a person of interest. as far as police could determine unless something came up, t...

Years later in the company of ron bigler in the hours that led up to her disappearance. >> we were going to meet for the day in eagle together. we were going to have a picnic and hang out together all day. >> heres the story bigler told to police and us and it sounded, frankly, a little morrow man tick a tale than we expected to hear. >> we went to subway, brought it back. we were sitting outside down by the river. it was very familiar. i brought some pictures. we just sat there and relaxed and ...

To be dangerous lead to foul play and her disappearance? everybody wondered that now. >> we have various different crime issues around here especially with meth. i know that that makes people pretty crazy. and you know, who knows? she was, is a beautiful woman. and when you are a beautiful woman by yourself you are vulnerable. >> but it was the detail offered by ron bigler, paiges first ex-husband that sent the search in a very particular new direction. >> she told me she would go visit a client...

Search poles for rescuers to use. even by then, searchers were not confident they were looking for a person who was still alive. >> i felt paige would be home. within a day or two. that whatever held her up had to have been something wrong or she would have never been away from her children overnight. but i dont think that we thought it was -- i never thought it was something more serious than that. >> paiges friends hoped of course she would turn up safe and sound. but -- >> suddenly, the small...