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Returned. they kind of, i think, put the case on back burner, i believe. >> reporter: detective wilson did continue to look for mike snyder but wilson also had to focus on the 20 other cold cases that needed his attention. then one day in 2010 came a phone call that would break this case. a confidential informant who said he knew exactly where mike snyder was. >> where are you two going? out to mike now. >> reporter: you looked in the yard, not found anything. not found mike anywhere. not been able to talk to ellen. i'm not going to say this wasn't going anywhere, but it certainly didn't seem ...

>> reporter: why not just gather up the kids and leave? >> it was christmastime. we had a 6-year-old daughter. >> reporter: detective wilson checked for any police reports of domestic abuse or calls to 911. he found none. >> did they have altercations throughout their marriage? i would imagine. most couples do. but i have never seen any violent temper in my brother. >> reporter: you know there are no documented visits of the police to your house? >> i know that. >> reporter: it was a few months later when ellen returned the gun to her colleague. >> he looked at it and looked at her and said wh...

Her office and gave a full statement. >> we ask you any question, i want you to understand these are your miranda or constitutional rights. >> reporter: she gave police a 2 1/2 hour confession and her version of events is quite a story. >> woke me up. i was 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. we were arguing. pushing back and forth and i told him, i know all about you and dave simmons. i know that you're day. >> reporter: ellen said she had recently grown more courageous in her dealings with mike and on this night, she confronted her husband over what she says was a secret day affair. >> and i'm yellin...

. >> he said as far as i know, he ran off with a guy and left my mother and sister and i behind, and denied that he knew anything. >> reporter: so he's still telling the story he's been telling for six, seven years. >> yes. seven years >> yes >> reporter: and the detective tells michael it's time for him to confess.