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>> he left us. >> at first, michael tells the same story that ellen his mom has told since the day mike snyder first disappeared. >> he had a partner in phoenix. >> michael -- >> huh? >> remember what i told you. >> right. he had a lover in phoenix. he lefts us. >> no. >> that's what my mother told me. >> that's what your mother told you. think about when you were 17 years old and what you woke up to one night. you pretty sure that's what your statement is going to be to the district attorney? you're not going to find his -- we're not going to find his body? >> i sure as hell hope not. >> it's...

Who was this confidential source? >> somebody who was a friend with michael sheffield. >> reporter: el llen's son? >> ellen's son. >> reporter: his name was patrick a 27-year-old motorcycle technician, and he and ellen's son had gone to high school together, and they were close friend friends. >> he had been living with me in my house with my son, rent-free. >> reporter: out of the goodness of your heart. >> because he was michael's friend, yes. he was a good friend. he needed this break. >> reporter: not only was he michael sheffield's good friend, he was also ellen's employee at the r and s ...

Conversation. >> after three or four years of mike being gone, it didn't come up too much anymore. >> we knew that he was sick. we didn't really know if he was still in a hospital somewhere or if he had actually just passed away from the illness. >> reporter: his tools were no longer lying there unused. ellen's son michael was using them. he had followed in his shoes and he had become a mechanic as well. on the rare occasions when ellen would come by the shop where mike had once worked, his old colleague dave siler would ask -- >> have you heard from mike and she would say no. no concern for m...

>> reporter: michael cried so his the ter cysterically that h ellen had to escort him out of the room. >> reporter: were he and your father close some. >> not per se, he was no closer to my father than my mother and so it was odd okayb kurns that everybody took note of. >> reporter: and something else that took place that day that enraged her. at some point ellen comes up to my sister and asks about my father's will and wanted to know if there was anything on the will in the profission for mike's daughter. >> reporter: and she is asking about money. >> she is asking about money. >> reporter: a...

>> ellen claimed that mike woke her up yelling and that they fought in the family room where mike slept. i'm in the middle of the family room and he's about as far as you and i facing me. >> and what happened then? >> he steps forward and i start shooting. >> using some creative detective work, wilson had an idea. he remembered something that michael, ellen's son, had mentioned in his interview with police. something about a stereo speaker. >> apparently not all of the bullets hit the body. one of them went through a speaker, like the bottom of a speaker. >> okay. >> i still have that speaker....