finley raised eyebrows by auditioning for the show right after police told him his wife may be dead. he says there s a good reason for that. here s the report. reporter: this is joe finley, performing with his rock group, the joe finley band. joe and laura finley married 27 years ago and raised three children together. joe says laura convinced him to audition for the show america s got talent. the couple checked into the biltmore hotel in los angeles on october 22nd for joe s audition at the hotel the next morning. this photo of joe and laura was taken in the hotel bar that night. joe says he fell asleep about 3:00 a.m. and the last thing he remembers is laura getting ready to take a bath. when he woke up, he says she was gone. when she wasn t there, i assumed because i was running late, she was getting breakfast.
tonight in crime and punishment, an america s got talent contestant named as a pesh of interest in his wife s death said he did not kill her. police are investigating but joe finley raised eyebrows by auditioning for the show right after police told him his wife was dead. he says there s a good reason for that. here s the report. reporter: this is joe finley, performing with his rock group, the joe finley band. joe and laura finley married 27 years ago and raised three children together. joe says laura convinced him to audition for the show america s got talent . the couple checked into the biltmore hotel in los angeles on october 22nd for joe s audition at the hotel the next morning. this photo was taken in the
talent contestant named as a pesh of interest in his wife s death said he did not kill her. police are investigating but joe finley raised eyebrows by auditioning for the show right after police told him his wife was dead. he says there s a good reason for that. here s the report. reporter: this is joe finley, performing with his rock group, the joe finley band. joe and laura finley married 27 years ago and raised three children together. joe says laura convinced him to audition for the show america s got talent . the couple checked into the biltmore hotel in los angeles on october 22nd for joe s audition at the hotel the next morning. this photo was taken in the hotel bar that night. joe says he fell asleep about 3:00 a.m. and the last thing he remembers is laura getting ready to take a bath.
auditioning for the show right after police told him his wife may be dead. he says there s a good reason for that. here s the report. reporter: this is joe finley, performing with his rock group, the joe finley band. joe and laura finley married 27 years ago and raised three children together. joe says laura convinced him to audition for the show america s got talent. the couple checked into the biltmore hotel in los angeles on october 22nd for joe s audition at the hotel the next morning. this photo of joe and laura was taken in the hotel bar that night. joe says he fell asleep about 3:00 a.m. and the last thing he remembers is laura getting ready to take a bath. when he woke up, he says she was gone. when she wasn t there, i assumed because i was running late, she was getting breakfast. reporter: at this point, she is actually dead.