Men would use a smiley or a frowning face to rate the services of the women who advertise there. This single mother living in a million-dollar home, going to Moms Club meetings, wowing friends with her potluck dishes and selling kitchen ware often transformed into a miniskirted escort who advertised in-call and out-call erotic massages and slipped in and out of a tucked- away office across town with an assortment of men. And it has complicated an investigation into her disappearance.
Since Birgfeld disappeared June 28, family, friends and investigators have been trying to piece together her two identities. They have found hints about a woman who was coming home that day with promises she would finish building a treehouse for her children but had made arrangements to meet a male client first. Birgfeld, 34, was last seen on a Thursday in Eagle when she met with her first ex-husband, How ard Biegler of Aurora.
She had recently rekindled a relationship with him, according to information she shared on her Pampered Chef website. Biegler spoke to her by cellphone about 9 that evening when she was close to returning to her home in the suburbs north of Grand Junction.
She never returned. Investigators concluded the fire was arson and likely was set with the intention of destroying evidence. They also believe Birgfeld had been the victim of foul play. Much of the equipment was not paid for. Dixon and Birgfeld moved to Grand Junction in the late s and bought a home where they lived a flashy lifestyle that included lavish parties and nine cars. They met in the Denver area, where she graduated from Heritage High School. Her father, Frank Birgfeld, a former vice president and director of the National Association of Securities Dealers, said she was average- looking in high school and not one of the popular girls.
She was never a cheerleader or involved in athletics, but she was scrappy. The slight Birgfeld was suspended for a day for breaking the nose of much larger girl she caught stealing from her locker. His daughter attended a year of college at a Florida nursing school before she dropped out to marry Biegler. The marriage lasted two years. Birgfeld also told friends she had worked a stint as an exotic dancer before she married Dixon in in Las Vegas.
