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Mechanic and father. a cold case which had been virtually dead for years was suddenly picking up steam. reporter jeff proctor. >> it triggered some tips to the police department, and it got people you know talking about this as something other than a husband who walked off on his family. >> for the first time albuquerque police were publicly calling the case a homicide investigation, and that caught the attention of a man named frank. >> he said, i'm the one who lent her the gun. if you think she's a suspect in this, i don't want my family in

Virtually dead for years was suddenly picking up steam. reporter jeff proctor. >> it triggered some tip s to te police department and it got people, you know, talking about this as something other than a husband who had walked off on his family. >> reporter: for the first time albuquerque police were publicly calling the case a homicide investigation. and that caught the attention of a man named frank. >> he said, i'm the one who lent her the gun. if you think that she is a suspect in this, i don't want my family in danger, and so i want to turn the gun over to you. >> reporter: frank was a re...

Join energy upgrade california and do your thing. why in the world would ellen snyder need a gun? it had been four years since mike snyder had gone missing. four years since he'd left his family, including his young daughter in his hometown of albuquerque, new mexico. in 2006, the "albuquerque journal" ran an article on the missing father and mechanic. the cold case, which had been virtually dead for years, was suddenly picking up steam. reporter jeff proctor. >> it triggered some tips to the police department, and it got people, you know, talking about this as something other than a husba...

Case. maybe the attention would shake loose some leads. journalist jeff proctor. >> police were finally willing to say publicly that they believed this may have been a homicide. >> it's no secret that in any homicide investigation the spouse is always the first to be questioned. but before the detective had a chance to reach out to ellen, she was calling him, complaining about that article. >> and she said, where did you get this information? she was upset that it portrayed that he was just an innocent man, father that had disappeared. >> the article didn't implicate you. >> oh, yes, it did. >...

North albuquerque acres is known for its large subdivisions in the foothills of the sandia mountains, not for crime scene vehicles and newspapers flying overhead. but in february 2010, this was the scene in front of the home where ellen and mike snyder once lived. >> out in the street it was a zoo. >> 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. >> if you lived in albuquerque, you would have had to wear ear plugs not to hear about it. >> we just spoke to th...