. >> reporter: journalist carol mckinley is following the case for "20/20." >> she's suddenly broke,but she's used to living the high life. her friends told me her ex-husband wasn't helping at all with all of those bills. >> things happened. they got divorced. she ended up with the house, and that was her home. >> reporter: but this was no ordinary home. >> at one point, paige is paying a staggering $6,000 a month for that million dollar home. >> so paige starts taking odd jobs to pay fer mounting bills. >> all these crazy jobs. she's selling cooking products for a company called pampered chef, selling baby slings -- she's even teaching children dance classes. >> reporter: and suddenly her three small children have no idea if they'll ever see mom alive again. as soon as paige's car is discovered abandoned in that parking lot, the search parties assemble. back in 2007, "20/20" accompanied frank, and more than 200 volunteers flanked out in fields just south of grand junction looking for any sign of paige in the scorching colorado heat. connie led those official searches back in 2007. h

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