GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Investigators are waiting for DNA tests to confirm that skeletal remains found in western Colorado are those of a Grand Junction woman who disappeared in 2007.
The Mesa County Sheriff’s Department says the remains have been tentatively identified as 34-year-old Paige Birgfeld.
Friends knew Birgfeld as a devoted single mother of three who sold kitchen products and did other odd jobs. Authorities say she also ran an escort service.
The remains were found Tuesday in a dry creek bed in neighboring Delta County. Mesa County Sheriff’s Sgt. Matt Lewis said Thursday the remains were buried once and were probably exposed by erosion.
Lewis says investigators have gathered all the remains and other evidence from the scene.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will conduct DNA tests.
No arrests have been made.
