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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...

>> out in the street it was a zoo. >> reporters were staked out for three days while men with jack hammers and backhoes began tearing up the garage floor. >> we continue following the breaking news -- >> if you lived in albuquerque, you would have had to wear ear plugs not to hear about it. >> the police chief told us that police is here and they are looking for the remains of michael snyder. >> and a longtime friend of ellen's was at work when the news broke. >> i couldn't believe it. >> so you really believed that he left her and he was in phoenix? >> yeah. >> police begin to cut through the...

Home where ellen and mike snyder once lived. we just spoke to the police chief and he told us the police are here looking for the remains of michael snider. >> police begin to cut through the concrete of what was now a six-car garage. the job of finding mike snyder's remains proved difficult. the garage floor was a solid foot of steel reinforced concrete. >> police will resume digging tomorrow. >> finally on the third day, searchers uncovered a waterproof tarp. inside were the remains of mike snyder. >> she had been saying mike was in phoenix and mike this and

Lived. >> out in the street it was a zoo. >> reporter: reporters like jeff proctor were staked out for three days while men with jackhammers and backhoes began tearing up the garage floor. >> we continue to follow breaking news right now. >> reporter: if you lived in albuquerque, you would have to wear earplugs not to hear about it. >> we just spoke to the police chief and he is here looking for the remains of michael snyder. >> reporter: a longtime friend of ellen's was at work when the news broke. >> i believed it. >> reporter: you believed he left her and was in phoenix? >> yeah. >> reporte...

Concrete. >> police will resume digging tomorrow. >> finally on the third day, searchers uncovered a waterproof tarp. inside were the remains of mike snyder. >> she had been saying mike was in phoenix and mike this and that and all along mike wasn't in phoenix. >> for mike's 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