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Accomplice in the case. >> reporter: a few miles away, michael's mom ellen snyder was ending her workday. >> when i came out from work, his girlfriend came by. she was sitting in her car next to my car, and she says you need to get in the car. >> reporter: she told ellen that michael had called, the police had shown up at his work and they knew the secret. >> so i called my mom and i said i need to come over. and she's like are you okay? and i said no. >> reporter: and with that ellen's mother phoned an old acquaintance of hers, a defense attorney named penny adrienne. >> her mom calls me up, ...

>> reporter: it was christmas 2001. ellen said the daily fighting in the home escalated. mike's multiple sclerosis had grown progressively work. and with it, so did his anger. >> he would push me around. he hit me. >> reporter: he hit you how many times? one time? >> three or four. >> reporter: ellen now held an executive level position at a large dealership. she was the boss to 30 mechanics and making upwards of $90,000 a year. >> she would put your feet to the fire, make sure you get the job done and move on. >> reporter: she was no pushover? >> she was no pushover. >> reporter: she stood up...

Albuquerque man that vanished eight years ago. >> reporter: an 8-year-old cover-up was over but another story line was just beginning, did mike snyder have it coming? was ellen guilty of anything? and what could be proven after so many years? coming up -- a startling police discovery. >> it appeared to me that michael snyder was laying in his bed when he was shot. >> and something more startling still. >> she can walk away from this. >> she might have committed first degree murder and gotten away with it. (dad) it's slippery. (boy) nooooooo... (grandma) nooooooo... (dad) nooooooo... (dog) ye...

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...

Waist so the body couldn't be seen. the next day ellen went back to the paper, found a different guy who had a bobcat and hired him to fill in the hole. and you buried the body. >> and i buried the body. >> reporter: and then she came up with her story. you got better at telling that story as time went on? >> yeah, as time went on it became a bigger and bigger story. >> reporter: it was the end of her 2 1/2-hour statement to police and ellen snyder wanted to get one last thing on the record. >> is there anything else you want to say before we turn offer the recorders? >> reporter: and with tha...