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Expired on anything less than first degree murder. there was the chance ellen snyder could be found not guilty. mikes family was willing to risk that. >> we felt that strongly that it was premeditated. you know, that was a gamble we were willing to take. >> but when it comes to murder, the prosecutor isnt willing to gamble. >> maybe she gets committed of first degree murder. but with an all or nothing where youre trying to convince beyond a reasonable doubt 12 jurors -- >> you didnt want to roll...

Funeral, the one the snyder family thought so peculiar. >> i couldnt happenedle it. i just had a breakdown then. so we leave. the familys staring at me and shes outside talking to me. and she says, is this my fault? is this about what happened? and i dont remember saying anything back. but now it was. it was about that. >> i had a feeling that he was glad to finally get his off his chest. he broke down somewhat. i can only imagine what it would be like keeping that type of secret. >> reporter: t...

Slab of concrete. >> reporter: it was now time for detective wilson to play a visit to ellens son, mike snyders son and stepson. an 8-year-old mystery. >> wouldnt happen to have someplace to sit down and talk, would you? coming up, the interrogation begins. >> itmichael, its time to come clean. >> can they get to the truth after all of these years? >> i cant imagine what its like keeping that type of a secret. etm still going for my bt even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afi...

>> reporter: how long did it take him to come off that story? >> after we told him we had information that he knew where the body was and went a little further and told him that we heard him talking about it, he came forward after we showed him that we had evidence. >> tell us what happened. exactly where is the body? >> reporter: the detectives had broken him and the story came spilling out after eight years of lies. it was early morning, january 2002, michael said, when he woke to the sound of...

They would file a story on the cold case. maybe the attention would shake loose some leaves. journalist jack proctor. >> police were willing to say publicly that they believed this may have been a homicide. >> its no secret that in any homicide investigation, the spouse is always the first to be questioned. but before the detective had a chance to reach out to ellen, she was calling him. complaining about that article. >> she said, where did you get this information? she was upset that it portra...

Cold case. maybe the attention would shake loose some leaves. journalist jack proctor. >> police were willing to say publicly that they believed this may have been a homicide. >> its no secret that in any homicide investigation, the spouse is always the first to be questioned. but before the detective had a chance to reach out to ellen, she was calling him. complaining about that article. >> she said, where did you get this information? she was upset that it portrayed that he was just an innocen...

With the investigation seeming to stall, detective wilson called the local paper, the "albuquerque journal" asking if they would file a story on the cold case. maybe the attention would shake loose some leaves. journalist jack proctor. >> police were willing to say publicly that they believed this may have been a homicide. >> its no secret that in any homicide investigation, the spouse is always the first to be questioned. but before the detective had a chance to reach out to ellen, she was call...

They would file a story on the cold case. maybe the attention would shake loose some leaves. journalist jack proctor. >> police were willing to say publicly that they believed this may have been a homicide. >> its no secret that in any homicide investigation, the spouse is always the first to be questioned. but before the detective had a chance to reach out to ellen, she was calling him. complaining about that article. >> she said, where did you get this information? she was upset that it portra...

To stall, detective wilson called the local paper, the "albuquerque journal" asking if they would file a story on the cold case. maybe the attention would shake loose some leaves. journalist jack proctor. >> police were willing to say publicly that they believed this may have been a homicide. >> its no secret that in any homicide investigation, the spouse is always the first to be questioned. but beforeheecve had a chance to reach out to ellen, she was calling him. complaining about that article...