here's the report. >> reporter: this is joe finley, performing with his rock group, the joe finley bandey 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. 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. her and joe's room was at the end of this hall way. her body was found at the bottom of this stairwell. joe says when he woke up he took a quick shower, dried his hair and immediately went down to the lobby to get in line for his audition. he says while standing in line he tried to get ahold of his wife by calling her and texting her. eventually police detectives got ahold of joe and told him h