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marriage to work, i did not give up. >> soon he was gone, vanished without a word or a trace. >> he left the young daughter behind. he left the house. >> was this a husband who did not want to be found? or could this be something else. >> detectives are not an undercover operation. that would lead to a long -- >> hard to say ready for that? i know that it has to happen. >> disappearance in the desert. could it be the perfect crime. i can only imagine what would be like to keep that. we...

Still angry. >> but that he was gone, and he wasnt coming back. >> right. >> mikes sister, terry, hadnt yet learned about mike sister with the mysterious dave simmons, or about the accusation that her brother was secretly gay. ellen didnt share any of that with terry, until a few years after mike had disappeared. she told other people about it, at the time. >> but, not us. she did so that out to us at first. >> and if that make any sense to you? >> oh, goodness, no. i dont believe for one minute...

Would be. >> what did he say? >> didnt say much. just loaded up his stuff and left. >> of course ellen didnt know that patrick knew the secret. >> he went to the police. >> and he went to the police. >> and now patrick was sitting in a starbucks with detective wilson letting him on the eight year old secret. >> so he didnt come fort out of his heart or civic duty. this was revenge. >> yes. >> but youll take it. >> yes. >> patrick told the detective that mike snyder had been killed and his body w...

So he told me in december i needed to let him go but he wanted to wait until after christmas. i actually kept him much longer than i would have because he was a friend. >> reporter: the first week of january 2010, ellen fired patrick. she could not have known just how life-altering that decision would be. what did he say? >> he didnt say too much. just loaded up his stuff and left. >> reporter: of course, ellen didnt know that patrick knew the secret. and he went to the police? >> and he went to...

Maybe not angry, but you were talking in a sort of nonangry way about the kids. >> i think he was still angry. i think i told him we were still angry. >> but that he was gone and he wasnt coming back. >> right. >> mikes sister terry hadnt yet learned about mikes relationship with the mysterious dave simmons or about the accusations that her brother was secretly gay. ellen didnt share any of that with terry until a few years after mike had disappeared. she told other people about it at the time. ...

>> but he was gone and wasnt coming back. >> right. >> mikes sister teri hadnt let yet learned about mikes relationship with the mysterious dave simmons or about the accusation her brother was secretly gay. ellen didnt share any of that with teri until a few years after mike di appeared. she told other people about it at the time. >> not us. she didnt seem to throw that out to us at first. >> any of that make any sense to you? >> oh, goodness, no. i dont believe for one minute that my brother is...

Wanted to wait until after christmas. i kept him much longer than i would have because he was a friend. >> the first week of january, 2010, ellen fired patrick. she could not have known just how life altering that decision would b. >> what did he say? >> didnt say much. just loaded up his stuff and left. >> of course ellen didnt know that patrick knew the secret. >> he went to the police. >> and he went to the police. >> and now patrick was sitting in a starbucks with detective wilson letting hi...

Relationship with the mysterious dave simmons or about the accusation her brother was secretly gay. ellen didnt share any of that with teri until a few years after mike di appeared. she told other people about it at the time. >> not us. she didnt seem to throw that out to us at first. >> any of that make any sense to you? >> oh, goodness, no. i dont believe for one minute that my brother is gay. >> that was only one of the components to ellens story that detective wilson wanted to check out. he ...

My house with my son for months they lived there rent free. >> out of the goodness of your heart. >> not only was he michael sheffields food grend he was an employee at the kawasaki dealership where she was working. >> my boss was giving me a lot of heat about patricks productivi productivity. he told me i needed to let him go. he was a friend. >> what is that? >> didnt say too much. just loaded up his stuff and

Accusation her brother was secretly gay. ellen didnt share any of that with teri until a few years after mike di appeared. she told other people about it at the time. >> not us. she didnt seem to throw that out to us at first. >> any of that make any sense to you? >> oh, goodness, no. i dont believe for one minute that my brother is gay. >> that was only one of the components to ellens story that detective wilson wanted to check out. he said he asked ellen to come down to the police department t...