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Trace Evidence

073 - The Vanishing of Deanne Hastings

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Thirty-five year old Deanne Hastings was finally putting her life back together. After a long battle with bi-polar, a divorce and time spent in an in-patient treatment facility she was back on the rise. She was in love, enrolled in school, looking forward to the future and excited to establish stronger relationships with her children.

Living with her fiance, Mike Tibbets, in Spokane, Washington, life just seemed to be back on the right track. However, on the night of November 3rd, 2015, Mike returned home to an empty house. He found a note from Deanne explaining that she'd be running to the store and she'd be back soon. She didn't return and as hours passed, Mike began trying to track her down.

Deanne's car was found in a parking lot, locked up. He purse and cell phone were inside, though her license and credit cards were not. Over the course of the next thirty-six hours, Mike will stake out the car, print up fliers, try to track his fiancee down and run into multiple people who believe they'd seen her. When all else fails, Mike files a report with the Spokane Police Department and the search begins.

The investigation raises many questions about Deanne's mental state at the time of her disappearance, but also the people she was known to have spent her last known hours with, including two men who tell a bizarre story about where they last saw Deanne, and how they came into possession of her credit cards and license.

Join host Steven Pacheco as he examines this heartbreaking story.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Miranda Sawyer and I'm hosting the brand new podcast, Papercuts.

0:04.6

From the mail's obsession with Woke, to the daily stars' war on pigeons,

0:08.7

to all the things the Guardian is telling you not to enjoy,

0:12.1

Papercuts digs into the private mania of the UK press.

0:15.9

And what that tells us about Britain today.

0:18.6

I'm joined by some of the UK's sharpest commentators and funniest comedians

0:22.3

to pick out the most eye-popping stories the morning press has to offer

0:26.0

and serve them up for your incredulity and entertainment.

0:29.8

Papercuts, we read the papers so you don't have to.

0:33.2

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0:36.7

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0:48.1

35-year-old Diane Hastings was putting her life back together.

0:52.9

After a long battle with bipolar disorder,

0:55.9

a divorce and treatment at an inpatient facility,

0:59.5

she was finally coming back out of the darkness.

1:02.7

Engaged now to a man who made her happy,

1:05.5

connecting with her son and making plans for the future,

1:08.8

everything seemed to be exactly as she wanted it to be.

1:13.0

On November 3rd, 2015, Diane completed her first day of Cosmetology School,

1:19.4

came home, hung out with her son's girlfriend and talked about how excited she was.

1:24.7

Later, she scribbled a note to her fiance, left to go to a nearby store,

1:30.1

and never returned.

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