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>> i didnt know. that he had left because he was mad at mommy. >> a year after mike left her, ellen said she could no longer afford that home they built together. now that she only had her salary. so she sold the house and she and her kids, michael and elizabeth moved to a much smaller one. it was fall 2003 when ellen received a followup call from the albuquerque police department. the investigator wanted to know if she had spoken with mike. >> you said what? >> i say that i dont consider him mi...

Already know the answers to. you knew this day was coming ever since you were 17 years old. how you answer the questions and your honesty here is really going to change your life from this moment on. okay. all right. detective wilson here has been investigating the disappearance of your step father. >> why dont you tell me right now that you know what happened to your step dad, michael snyder. michael snyder who helped to raise you. >> at first, michael tells the same story that ellen has told s...

Be like keeping that type of secret. >> the detective showed michael photographs of the snyders property as it looked in 2002. and had michael circle where he believed his step fathers body was buried. >> did michael believe he was on the hook for his part in this? >> i think he probably knew that he was. he knew he was an accomplice in the case. >> a few miles away, michaels mom, ellen snyder was ending her work day. >> when i came out from work, his girlfriend came by. she was sitting in her c...

Her, belittle her and shout at her. your husband wasnt waking you up in the middle of the night to yell at you now. just you and the kids now. >> just me and the kids. >> she said she tried to reach him and so did his family. he wasnt returning their calls either many your mother called and said i havent heard from michael in a couple of weeks and you are thinking his ms is getting -- >> we were concerned. >> she said she knew that mike was planning to leave ellen soon but he wasnt supposed to l...

>> he made the rules. >> he made the rule sfwls you followed them. >> eight years in a marriage that was neither equal or loving. >> and you were afraid to stand up to him? >> absolutely. >> eight years of living a lie to the outside world in that big home that she and her husband mike had worked so hard to build. but ellen wouldnt leave, determined to make her marriage work. >> i wasnt going to be a failure at another marriage in mike hung on as well but his sister teri says mike was thinking o...

Both ellen and mike gathered in the courthouse for ellens sentencing. ellens son michael was there in support of his mom, just as he had been on the day she shot her husband. michael was a minor when the killing happened. so in exchange for his cooperation he was given immunity and faced no charges. as we sit here you are about to go in to that courtroom and a judge is going to pronounce sentence. ellens son michael was there in support of his mom, just as he had been on the day she shot her hus...

Yard of the snyders former home and how did patrick know this? his best friend michael had told him and on more than one occasion. >> he said the next day he told him about it and then over the years if they were together drinking or something that he would break down and tell him again the story. >> you believe him? >> yes. >> so this is one more person pointing you to the backyard. >> yes. >> but you had already looked there. >> yes. seemed very believable this information and corroborated wha...

Think of when you were 17 years old and what you woke up to one night are you pretty sure that is what you want your statement to be to the district attorney. were not going to find his body out there. michael, its time to come clean. its over. >> i am. >> he left us. he left my sister and i. you know what its like trying to raise her. i was 17 she had no father figure anymore. >> he said as far as i know he ran off with a guy and left my mother and sister and i behind. denied that he knew anyth...

>> the detectives have broken him and the story came spilling out after eight years of lies. it was early morning, january twooun 2002, michael said, when he woke to the sound of gunshots and he called 911. >> my mother -- >> he must have hung up just in time because theres no record of a 911 call from the snyder home that day. a few days later in a second interview, michael told police this. >> mom tells me what happened. >> what did she tell you. >> she told me she shot him in defense. she was...

Under a big slab of concrete. >> it was now time for detective wilson to pay a visit to michael sheffield, ellen snyders son. mikes stepson and begin to unravel the eight year old mystery. >> you have a place we can sit down and talk. >> the interrogation begins. >> michael, its time to come clean. can they get at the truth after all of these years? >> i can only imagine what it would be like keeping that type of a secret. ♪ this isnt just any moving day.