Nightline, twice disappeared will be right back. Nightline, twice disappeared continues. Here now, juju oh my gosh, look at this picture. This is just ashley right here. Oh, that one, i like that one. Reporter kimberly and jonnilynn cling to photos of their sister ashley. Ashley is a beautiful and amazing person. My inspiration, my protector and my angel. Every time i think about my sister, i just think about her smile. Everybody wanted to talk to her, she was so beautiful and outgoing. Ashley knew no stranger. Reporter Ashley Loring heavyrunner, a loving sister. Say his name again, what is it . Eugene. Reporter a doting godmother. A star athlete in high school, known for her contagious smile. She excelled at college. She was also incredibly humble about it. Every time shed get a paper back and got a good grade, shed say, really . I got an a . Or, really . I got a b . Me . Reporter her Bright Future ahead of her, until the tentacles of poverty, crime, and drug abuse that plague her hom
Wrong. Detectives would launch an undercover operation. Its time to come clean, okay . That would lead to a long buried shocker. Are you ready for whats coming . How do you say youre ready for that . I know that it has to happen. A disappearance in the desert. Could it be the perfect crime . I can only imagine what it would be like keeping that type of a secret. Welcome to dateline. Im lester holt. For eight years it was a mystery. A husband who had simply vanished. On the surface it didnt make sense. He had a wife, a lucrative job, a daughter he loved. But investigators were told he also had a secret. So was he missing or was he hiding . That question would lead detectives to a dark discovery because someone else had a secret too. Heres josh mankiewicz. Theres an old saying that two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. We never talked about what happened or why it happened. Every marriage has its secrets. And this one was no different. But what if the secret becomes bigger
I believe he fell victim to foul play. My suspicion is there is a body under the trees. Its time to come clean. A wife with a secret. It haunt mess how anyone can do that. I can only imagine what it would be like keeping that secret. Are you ready for whats coming . How do you say you are ready for it . I know it has to happen. Theres an old saying that two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. We never talked about why or how it happened. Every marriage has its secrets and this was no different. What if the secret becomes bigger than you. It was just solving the problem. They were two people who had been unlucky in love the first time around. Back then, she was Ellen Sheffield in her early 30s, divorced with a young child and looking for someone to share that next chapter of her life. And then quite literally in walked mike snyder. I said, hi, mike. How are you doing . It was the fall of 91, auto mechanic mike snyder was visiting a friend at the car deerlship where ellen wo
Its time to come clean. Are you ready for whats coming . I know it has to happen. I can only imagine what it would be like keeping that secret. Theres an old saying that two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. We never talked about why or how it happened. Every marriage has its secrets and this was no different. What if the secret becomes bigger than you. It was just solving the problem. They were two people who had been unlucky in love the first time around. Back then, she was Ellen Sheffield in her early 30s, divorced with a young child and looking for someone to share that next chapter of her life. And then quite literally in walked mike snyder. I said, hi, mike. How are you doing . It was the fall of 91, auto mechanic mike snyder was visiting a friend at the car deerlship where ellen works. He was curious about the red head who greeted him with a big hello. He didnt remember who i was but he got back to work and called back over to find out who i was. Turned out they w
Looking for someone to share that next chapter of her life. And then quite literally in walked mike snyder. I said, hi, mike. How are you doing . It was the fall of 91, auto mechanic mike snyder was visiting a friend at the car deerlship where ellen works. He was curious about the red head who greeted him with a big hello. He didnt remember who i was but he got back to work and called back over to find out who i was. Turned out they worked together years before. This time the counter led to a fixup of mutual friends. Great guy. Showed interest in me. Opposites attracted. But quiet and introverted mike hit it off with talkative and outgoing ellen. Hed leave flowers on my car can. We went out today. He was nice to my son. That was important to you. Absolutely. Ellen was smitten with mike. He was skilled mechanic. One of the best in albuquerque. Hed work at least six days a week. He was usually the first one there and the last one to leave. Dave worked alongside mike for a decade at this