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Work and they knew the secret. >> so i called my mom and said i need to come over. she is like, are you okay and i said no. >> and with that ellens mother phoned an old acquaintance of hers, a defense attorney named adrian. >> her mom calls me up and says, i think we have a problem. there was apparently something very wrong. >> next morning ellen went to meet with adrien. by then the story was breaking. >> albuquerque police have an active crime scene investigation going on right now. >> police ...

That and all along mike wasnt in phoenix. >> for mikes family the finality is devastating. >> to not know eight years and hold on to hope and have that pulled out from under you was very difficult for all of us. >> ellen snyder sat in defense attorney penny adrians office knowing an arrest was imminent. >> they found the body and she wanted to get it over. she said you cant go on like this. >> so adrian informed the police that ellen snyder was ready to turn herself in. >> that following friday,...

Beyond a reasonable doubt that ellen snyder planned mike snyders murder and with no crime scene and it will until the way of forensics, that was going to be hard to prove. >> in her view, it was self defense, but maybe she was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree murder. but you couldnt prosecute her for either of those offenses. >> thats correct. the statute of limitations here in new mexico on a state case like this prohibited us from going forward on any of those lesser types of offenses. >>...

Attorney penny adrians office knowing an arrest was imminent. >> they found the body and she wanted to get it over. she said you cant go on like this. >> so adrian informed the police that ellen snyder was ready to turn herself in. >> that following friday, i met with the police detectives at her office, gave a full statement. >> before we ask you questions, i want you to understand these are your mir ran a da and constitutional rights. >> she gave police a 2 1/2 hour confession and her version ...

>> and with that ellens mother phoned an old acquaintance of hers, a defense attorney named adrian. >> her mom calls me up and says, i think we have a problem. there was apparently something very wrong. >> next morning ellen went to meet with adrien. by then the story was breaking. >> albuquerque police have an active crime scene investigation going on right now. >> police tell us a confidential source told us the remains of snyder are buried under the garage of this home. >> she sat stiff in fr...

Conviction at all, prosecutors would have to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that ellen snyder planned mike snyders murder and with no crime scene and it will until the way of forensics, that was going to be hard to prove. >> in her view, it was self defense, but maybe she was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree murder. but you couldnt prosecute her for either of those offenses. >> thats correct. the statute of limitations here in new mexico on a state case like this prohibited us fr...

Murder. >> the prosecution found itself in an unusual predicament. eight years had passed since the shooting and in that time the statute of limit takes had run out on any charge other than first-degree murder. that meant in order to get any conviction at all, prosecutors would have to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that ellen snyder planned mike snyders murder and with no crime scene and it will until the way of forensics, that was going to be hard to prove. >> in her view, it was se...

>> ellen snyder sat in defense attorney penny adrians office knowing an arrest was imminent. >> they found the body and she wanted to get it over. she said you cant go on like this. >> so adrian informed the police that ellen snyder was ready to turn herself in. >> that following friday, i met with the police detectives at her office, gave a full statement. >> before we ask you questions, i want you to understand these are your mir ran a da and constitutional rights. >> she gave police a 2 1/2 h...

>> and with that ellens mother phoned an old acquaintance of hers, a defense attorney named adrian. >> her mom calls me up and says, i think we have a problem. there was apparently something very wrong. >> next morning ellen went to meet with adrien. by then the story was breaking. >> albuquerque police have an active crime scene investigation going on right now. >> police tell us a confidential source told us the remains of snyder are buried under the garage of this home. >> she sat stiff in fr...

Out on any charge other than first-degree murder. that meant in order to get any conviction at all, prosecutors would have to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that ellen snyder planned mike snyders murder and with no crime scene and it will until the way of forensics, that was going to be hard to prove. >> in her view, it was self defense, but maybe she was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree murder. but you couldnt prosecute her for either of those offenses. >> thats correct. the sta...