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marriage to work, i did not give up. >> soon he was gone, vanished without a word or a trace. >> he left the young daughter behind. he left the house. >> was this a husband who did not want to be found? or could this be something else. >> detectives are not an undercover operation. that would lead to a long -- >> hard to say ready for that? i know that it has to happen. >> disappearance in the desert. could it be the perfect crime. i can only imagine what would be like to keep that. welcome to dateline. i'm lester holt. for eight years it was a mystery, a husband who had simply vanis...

Her husband mike snyder in the early morning hours of january 2002. she admits she buried his body and lied about his disappearance for years. but she does not admit to being guilty of murder. you don't think of yourself as a murderer? >> no, i don't. i was saving my own life. it came down that night to me or him. >> reporter: she says it's a case of survival. but ask detective mark wilson, and he calls it something else. >> i believe this is an evil woman who planned this from the beginning. >> reporter: maybe she did fear for her life. there are people who say they saw her with bruises. >> s...

Guilty of murder. you don't think of yourself as a murderer. >> no, i don't. i was saving my own life. it came down that night to me or him. >> she says it's a case of survival. but ask detective mark wilson, and he calls it something else. >> i believe this is a an evil woman who planned this from the beginning. >> maybe she did fear for her life. there are people who say they saw her with bruises. >> sure. and it's a possibility. possibility there was a bruise. or it could have been something she set up to look like that to go along with her story because it was getting closer to the time wh...

Her husband mike snyder in the early morning hours of january 2002. she admits that she buried his body and then lied about his disappearance for years. but she does not admit to being guilty of murder. you don't think of yourself as a murderer. >> no, i don't. i was saving my own life. it came down that night to me or him. >> she says it's a case of survival. but ask detective mark wilson, and he calls it something else. >> i believe this is a an evil woman who planned this from the beginning. >> maybe she did fear for her life. there are people who say they saw her with bruises. >> sure. and...

>> yeah. i did. i have never seen such anger. ever. i shot him because i was afraid. >> there are some things ellen snyder admits. she admits that she shot and killed her husband mike snyder in the early morning hours of january 2002. she admits that she buried his body and then lied about his disappearance for years. but she does not admit to being guilty of murder. you don't think of yourself as a murderer? >> no. i don't. i was saving my own life. it came down that night to me or him. >> she says it's a case of survival. but ask detective mark wilson and he calls it something else. >> i bel...