GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man suspected in the killing of a Colorado mother who led a double life as a paid escort has a history of kidnapping women.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Dan Rubenstein recounted Lester Jones’ criminal history in court in Grand Junction Monday, arguing the 63-year-old was a flight risk. A judge agreed to hold him on $2 million bond in the death of Paige Birgfeld in 2007.
The Daily Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1y8PpDq) reports that Jones said nothing other than acknowledging his legal rights.
Rubenstein says Jones was arrested in January 1999 for forcing a car carrying his wife and another man off the road, putting her in his car and threatening to kill her. Later that month, he was accused of kidnapping a woman and sexually assaulting her on Grand Mesa.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel, http://www.gjsentinel.com
