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The Secret Life of Paige Birgfeld

March 27, 2010 8:39 PM

The search for a young mother exposes her double life. Harold Dow reports.

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by cp2429 June 5, 2013 2:03 AM EDT
What will her children think when they grow up and learn mommy was a hooker?
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by CaliGrace September 22, 2012 2:11 AM EDT
I am glad they found Paige's body. I hope they find the murderer. I feel sorry for her children and family. I wish that she had simply moved home with her parents to raise her children, shared a small and humble home with another mom raising children, and solved her problems some other way than a high-risk lifestyle.

Next, I'd like to address the post by jiwilson0210 about Paige's life.
jiwilson0210 says they are a Christin. I'm not sure if you've read your Bible, but everything that Paige was doing is forbidden by God.
The thing you cited about what other people are doing are also forbidden by God. We aren't to put vile thing before our eyes (strip clubs, porn, etc). The sexually immoral will not inherit the kingdom of God (ditto for thieves, liars, murderers, etc). You might want to get clearer about what God commands us to do. He commanded us to repent of our sins and to believe in Him. He has forgiven our sins, for those who repent and believe. What you're talking about has nothing to do with the Bible, God, and is referred to as "cheap grace." Jesus said the way to Him was narrow and would require that we give up alot. He meant it, especially our sin.
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by Iwtafyo70 March 14, 2012 5:08 PM EDT
This story makes me sad on many levels. Ultimately though, my thought is that if she had mounting debts ($6,000/mo. mortgage!) then sell the house, eliminate as much of the debt as possible and get something you can afford! Really if she had done this, she'd probably still be alive and well today. My guess is that she liked the money, house and lifestyle enough that even though she knew it could potentially be dangerous, she figured she'd be OK, or that she'd reach a point where she didn't have to do it anymore.

Now that she has been found I really hope that her killer will be brought to justice. They may arrest someone and they may be tried and convicted and sent to prison, but it still doesn't "fix" the problem. Paige will still be dead, three children still won't have their mother, and her parents and brother will still not have her in their lives. It's simply a tragedy with no happy ending.
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by pain171720072007 March 10, 2012 1:40 AM EST
sad to say i live here in colarado and the found her boby i hope they can get the person who killed her and hope the best to her loving family she was a human and no one should ever have a right to take another persons life peroid and someday they wii all have to payand when it happens it will be wonderful cause death will be no more
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by cherylrix March 8, 2012 5:12 PM EST
@ ABLKMAN2KNOW - "Deciding to become a ***** (*****), places you in the company of the most dangerous people of our society!"....You just gave her lifesyle,the same evaluation for a LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ! Do they not have danger everyday in their lives with the people they come across?!....they hang out with all the upstanding citizens? NOT!
"Play with fire, there's a good chance you'll get burnt?"..
Firefighters, they play with fire and sometimes get burnt, don't they?
Just because her job wasn't in the "legal" sense, you sound like you are sending a message that it is okay she was murdered because her "job decription" didn't match your morals?. Hummm...........
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by VictoriCarangi March 8, 2012 4:07 AM EST
yayyyy shes been found :)
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by jiwilson0210 February 23, 2012 1:03 PM EST
I find it amazing how people are able to climb up such high horses. Surveys show 8 of 10 people have viewed porn on the internet, 5 out of those 10 view regularly. Do you people think imaginary ghosts are acting in those videos and pictures? Most of them started in the exotic dance clubs another 8 out of 10 men have been inside and 4 out of 10 women visited. Guess what you hypocrites one of your neighbors might be supplementing their income modeling, dancing, maybe even escorting. I would also bet they aren't sharing this information at PTA meetings the majority of adult entertainers are able to attend because they have flexible work schedules.

The problem in Paige's case was due to the fact prostitution is illegal. The reason cases like Paige's get national exposure is because major violence is rare among private escorts. Again statistics show street prostitutes account for only 20% of the work force and that segment is attributed to the violence and drugs. Those problems don't exist in the legal establishments in Vegas and the overwhelming majority of private escorts. Do your research (Google is free) before writing about other people. Some of those women jogging in your neighborhood aren't just staying fit for their husbands. The sex industry doesn't make multi-billions of dollars a year without a demand.

The reason she is dead is because society turned their back on her forcing her to perform her job underground. Explain to me why it's legal to pay an actress to have sex with strangers so even more strangers to watch. Yet it's illegal for a women to have sex for money behind closed doors with nobody watching!

I pray (yes I believe in God and Jesus Christ) that her family will find solace, not closure unfortunately that will never come, but solace with their loss. I also hope the piece of s@#$ that hurt her feels the wrath of justice both in this life and forevermore!
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by crypttonite October 31, 2011 7:34 PM EDT
though not 100%, the majority of girls & women willing to strip or escort have been victims of being sexualized at a young age, it could be abuse or exploitation of innocence, loss of innocence.
I remember a girlfriend saying to me, she didn't want sex to be emotional, after I had said that for me, it is.
When she said didn't mix sex & emotion, I thought to myself-you could really capitalize on that.
Turned out she worked at a place, that gave 'private viewings', which were really like private make out sessions. In that environment, everything went, including kissing. She was very good in this role, I didn't mind at all, I was able to sublimate the reality the cool thing is, it prevented me from any feelings of jealousy.
She was really good at describing everything, I learned a lot from here even the separation of sex & emotion. I agree with, it's way more healthy. Sex is sex, love is love.
As far as the relationship, it didn't work out, not because of her livelihood, but because, she couldn't handle intimacy, this was the result of her experience of abuse. Becoming too close with someone, would force her to face herself.
there are exceptions it would surprise me if Paige just woke up one day & decided stripping would work
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by HumaNature August 29, 2011 9:55 PM EDT
A tragedy for sure...disturbing how many posts here treat this young woman as an upstanding...solid...moral mother...good friend and neighbor....an "escort business"...is "Hooking"...she was stripping and prostituting at 21 (saving $400,000...thats a lot of clients)...living a double life with no signs of disliking having sex with men for money....$6,000 a month mortgage...able to buy nice things and afford a nanny for her kids doesn't sound like she was desperate for money...she was prostituting for her life style...not her children...this is about coming from an upper middle class home with no drug addiction nor broken family and simply hooking for cash...we all know hookers lead one of the most dangerous lifestyles a women can lead...this is not a woman who was doing what she needed to do for her children...children can do without a mom who engages in high risk illegal activity for money...but in no way does any women deserve to be harmed in this way for making a bad lifestyle choice...I hope justice for her family.
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by nycbull August 10, 2011 11:58 PM EDT
sounds like there is a lot of moral relativism going on in the desert. Sure I feel sorry for the family but how many of you turn your nose up at prostitutes and strippers from lower classes but now it is OK because this upper middle class white woman "did it for her children", oh brother! Why is it OK for some and not for others?

Funny how such conservative moralistic Americans can suddenly turn very liberal when it is in their own backyard.
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