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Said. because she could get killed, for one. >> the jury heard about it all. the day planner, items along the roadside. bits of paper left along the highway. the search dogs who sent in on jones. leisa told the jury the harrowiharrow ing tale of night jones took her into the mountains. >> he looked at me and he said, i'm going to kill you. >> then there was this. >> hi, mom. it's me. i was just wondering when you get home. >> the prosecution played the fearful messages page's then eight-year-old daughter left on her mother's cell phone. love you, bye. >> here was jess today. senior in high s...

I guess, "gee, i wonder where she is. i hope she's -- but as the drive went on, it became more and more anxious, more and more tight, more and more -- >> and i would be calling the kids on the home phone just saying, "we're gonna be there, you know," and trying to sound reassuring. >> reporter: the kids had just a nanny with them because paige had parted ways with her husband, rob dixon, who'd since moved out of state. still as a single mom with three little kids, paige had her life well in control. due in no small part to her obsessive organizational skills. she ran several small businesses a...

Phonin'. >> reporter: overbooked, divorced, three kids. first question, was there a chance paige birgfeld simply walked out on her life? >> we talked about, "boy, sometimes i just wanna run away." and she said, "you know, i never feel that way. i never wanna run away. even if i did run -- want to run away just to get away from here, i would wanna take my kids with me. >> there was no way she would leave without her children. they were her life. >> if she needed to hide, she would've found a way to do it with them. >> reporter: so what then? what happened to paige? her friends, her parents didn...

Tear pages out of a day planner, does this sound like george core louis owe at all? >> no. would that make a difference to this new jury? few thought so. while deliberations went on from one day to the next, paige's parents braced themselves. >> i think there's a reasonable chance it could be another mistrial. if it is a mistrial, i expect jones will walk out a free man. >> just as in the first trial, the jury deliberated for three days before sending a note to the judge. >> please be seated. >> but this time there was a verdict. >> we the jury find the defendant lester ralph jones, guilty of ...

I said put a call in now to the phone. i heard him answer the phone. i was able to say that was his phone. he talks on it. we put the phone in his hand. >> but as they continued to sift through trash week after week, they found something even more important than the phone bill. something quite unexpected. this day planner. >> from the years '96, '97, and 1998. >> what were the chances of that? here six years later was the day planner for 1998, the year jack jessee was murdered, crucial evidence, tossed in schrauben's garbage. >> a treasure we didn't expect to find, but what that day planner di...