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>> he left us. >> at first, michael tells the same story that ellen his mom has told since the day mike snyder first disappeared. >> he had a partner in phoenix. >> michael -- >> huh? >> remember what i told you. >> right. he had a lover in phoenix. he lefts us. >> no. >> thats what my mother told me. >> thats what your mother told you. think about when you were 17 years old and what you woke up to one night. you pretty sure thats what your statement is going to be to the district attorney? your...

Who was this confidential source? >> somebody who was a friend with michael sheffield. >> reporter: el llens son? >> ellens son. >> reporter: his name was patrick a 27-year-old motorcycle technician, and he and ellens son had gone to high school together, and they were close friend friends. >> he had been living with me in my house with my son, rent-free. >> reporter: out of the goodness of your heart. >> because he was michaels friend, yes. he was a good friend. he needed this break. >> reporte...

Conversation. >> after three or four years of mike being gone, it didnt come up too much anymore. >> we knew that he was sick. we didnt really know if he was still in a hospital somewhere or if he had actually just passed away from the illness. >> reporter: his tools were no longer lying there unused. ellens son michael was using them. he had followed in his shoes and he had become a mechanic as well. on the rare occasions when ellen would come by the shop where mike had once worked, his old col...

>> reporter: michael cried so his the ter cysterically that h ellen had to escort him out of the room. >> reporter: were he and your father close some. >> not per se, he was no closer to my father than my mother and so it was odd okayb kurns that everybody took note of. >> reporter: and something else that took place that day that enraged her. at some point ellen comes up to my sister and asks about my fathers will and wanted to know if there was anything on the will in the profission for mikes ...

>> ellen claimed that mike woke her up yelling and that they fought in the family room where mike slept. im in the middle of the family room and hes about as far as you and i facing me. >> and what happened then? >> he steps forward and i start shooting. >> using some creative detective work, wilson had an idea. he remembered something that michael, ellens son, had mentioned in his interview with police. something about a stereo speaker. >> apparently not all of the bullets hit the body. one of ...

>> we continue to follow breaking news right now. >> if you lived in albuquerque, you would have had to wear ear plugs not to hear about it. >> we just spoke to the police chief and he told us that the police is here looking for the remains of michael snyder. >> mechanic jim hertata, a longtime friend of ellens, was at work when the news broke. >> i couldnt believe it. >> so you really believed that he had left her and he was in phoenix. >> yeah. >> police began cutting through the concrete of w...

Anymore. >> he said, well, as far as i know he ran off with a guy and left my mother and sister and i behind and denied that he knew anything. >> so hes still telling the story hes been telling for six, seven years. >> yes. >> we have information, all right? that you assisted your mom in burying your stepfather in this backyard. >> no. >> no? >> do you think we are here by chance? do you think were making this up? >> i dont know where you got your information, but i would never -- no. thats a te...

>> he was calling 911. i told him, just hang up, michael. >> and he hung up. >> and he hung up. and i sat down on the step waiting for the police to come. >> but the police never did show. >> i covered him up. i told michael to get ready for school. i told him, i shot mike, you need to just go to school. >> how was michael doing at this point? >> i thought he was doing okay. >> but evidently michael was not okay. he skipped school that day and he told his friend patrick about the horror he had g...

So we leave. 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. >> okay. >> but now it was, you know -- it was about that. >> i had the feeling that he was glad to finally get it off his chest. he broke down somewhat, and i can only imagine what it would be like keeping that type of a secret. >> the detective showed michael photographs of the snyders property as it it looked in 2002. and ha...

>> yes. >> reporter: so you are not some shrinking violet at home cowering under her husbands direction. >> but when it came to being home and opening the door, i was a shrinking violet, that is how things were. he ran the show. it was two different ellens and two different lives. >> reporter: detective wilson interviewed el llens old boss, man named james kasell and he said that he remembered an incident when ellen came to work with bruises. >> she was wearing the sunglasses, and i said, why ar...