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He was supposed to see her the very night that she was likely killed. So, [music] obviously, that's a guy you got
to look at. >> Yeah. >> But on top of that, police had gotten a tip that said that Mike had a habit of
hanging around outside Joyce's chemistry lab and like disrupting class so often that the teacher was about to ban him
from coming back. >> Also, he's like a grown man with a career. Like, what's he doing like
hanging around? >> Well, he's like he he's kind of a grown man. So, like, he had done a stint in
the army and he had just graduated WSU like the year before. So, he's not like way older than Joyce or anything. He's
27. >> Kind of a full-grown man. >> Still. But, you know, she's in her 20s, too.
Anyways. Police interview Mike who tells them that he's known Joyce for 2 years.
They had gone out about 10 times, he says, in the year two before. So, he knows her pretty well. And he says that
it wasn't just the dance that they were supposed to go to together. They were going to spend the whole weekend
together. So, he says that he last saw Joyce on Thursday, July 22nd. He was on campus
for some reason and he asked Joyce to chaperone this dance with him and then go to the Water Follies thing together
in Pasco. But Joyce didn't outright say yes. She said like, "How about you call me
tomorrow. We can like talk about the plans." But he says he called the next day between like 6:30 and 7:00, right?
Like, it's the '70s. You know one has You have to schedule when to call somebody. That's when she said she would
be home from her skydiving lesson. But he couldn't get a hold of her. And he makes a point that he called her from
a friend's place in Spokane. Except she didn't answer. So, he called her again and again, but all three times he never
got in touch with her.

Joyce LePage was supposed to spend the weekend with Mike Finch, making him one of the first people investigators needed to question after she disappeared.

As detectives dug deeper, they uncovered details about his relationship with Joyce, his planned weekend with her, and the timeline he provided. More than 50 years later, investigators continue reexamining every lead in Joyce's unsolved murder.

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Brief Summary

The episode examines Mike's relationship with Joyce and the investigation into her death.

Key points

The Suspicious Mike. Police investigate Mike, who has a troubling history with Joyce.
The Last Call. Mike recounts his last attempts to contact Joyce before she went missing.

Episode quotes

He was supposed to see her the very night that she was likely killed.

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