Mike Loved News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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...

executive. but as your career was on the rise. her marriage was on the rocks. sydney >> i still wanted this 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't imagine what would be like to keep tha...

To move on. we had to not just hold what was out there, but to at least explore the options. >> at the police station, his sister carrie, filed a priest report. she thinks that something happened to her brother. it was one thing to leave a bad marriage. but quite another to end contact with the daughter mike loved. >> i know my brother remain steadfast in the love for his daughter. she was the joy of his life. i really did not have a concrete explanation besides that's how i felt. that was it. >> but carrie wouldn't believe the response the officer gave them. >> the officer who you took the re...

Station sister terry filed a missing person's report. she had a feeling something happened. it was one thing to leave a bad marriage but quite another to end contact with the daughter mike loved. >> i know my brother remained steadfast in his love for his daughter. she was the joy of my brother's life. i believe he fell victim to foul play. i really did not have a concrete explanation besides that's just how i felt. that was my gut. >> but terry wasn't too pleased with the response the officer gave them. >> the officer that took our report was a little arrogant and said, you know, that he's a ...

Just disappeared. and then later on i was hearing rumors that he was gay, had a male lover, went to the caribbean. >> do you have any idea who the source of the rumors was? >> no. everybody heard it and it was passed along throughout the dealerships. >> did you believe it? >> disappearing? it is one thing but being gay, no. >> several months passed with no word from mike. now his side of the family was so concerned they decided to go to the police. >> i knew at some point we had to -- we had to move on. we had to not just hope that he was out there, but had to at least explore other options. >...