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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...

Still angry. >> but that he was gone, and he wasn't coming back. >> right. >> mike's sister, terry, hadn't yet learned about mike sister with the mysterious dave simmons, or about the accusation that her brother was secretly gay. ellen didn't share any of that with terry, until a few years after mike had disappeared. she told other people about it, at the time. >> but, not us. she did so that out to us at first. >> and if that make any sense to you? >> oh, goodness, no. i don't believe for one minute them a rather is gay. >> that was only one of the components to ellen story that detective wil...

Would be. >> what did he say? >> didn't say much. just loaded up his stuff and left. >> of course ellen didn't know that patrick knew the secret. >> he went to the police. >> and he went to the police. >> and now patrick was sitting in a starbucks with detective wilson letting him on the eight year old secret. >> so he didn't come fort out of his heart or civic duty. this was revenge. >> yes. >> but you'll take it. >> yes. >> patrick told the detective that mike snyder had been killed and his body was buried in the yard of the snyder's former home and how did patrick know this? his best friend...

So he told me in december i needed to let him go but he wanted to wait until after christmas. i actually kept him much longer than i would have because he was a friend. >> reporter: the first week of january 2010, ellen fired patrick. she could not have known just how life-altering that decision would be. what did he say? >> he didn't say too much. just loaded up his stuff and left. >> reporter: of course, ellen didn't know that patrick knew the secret. and he went to the police? >> and he went to the police. >> reporter: and now patrick was sitting in a starbucks with detective wilson, lettin...

Maybe not angry, but you were talking in a sort of nonangry way about the kids. >> i think he was still angry. i think i told him we were still angry. >> but that he was gone and he wasn't coming back. >> right. >> mike's sister terry hadn't yet learned about mike's relationship with the mysterious dave simmons or about the accusations that her brother was secretly gay. ellen didn't share any of that with terry until a few years after mike had disappeared. she told other people about it at the time. >> not us. she didn't seem to throw that out to us at first. >> any of that make any sense to y...