St. Ignatius buyer now in prison

Derrick Fincher, 48, the Spokane Valley resident who was sentenced last September in U.S. District Court in Spokane to more than 11 years in prison for swindling more than $2 million from three investors, is the person who purchased the former St. Ignatius Hospital building 16 months ago.

Fincher purchased the hospital building and grounds from Anthony Girges of Bellflower, Calif.

After he negotiated a purchase agreement for St. Ignatius, Fincher reached an agreement with the Colfax Chamber of Commerce to continue the “haunted hospital” tours in the St. Ignatius building. The tours have genera...