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 vanished. on the surface it didn t make sense. he had a wife, a lucrative job, a daughter he loved. but investigators were told he also had a secret. so was he missing or was he hiding? that question would lead detectives to a dark discovery because someone else had a secret to. here s josh michael it s. there is an old saying, that two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. we never talked about
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 that. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. for eight years it was a mystery, a husband who had simply vanished. on the surface it didn t make sense. he had a wife, a lucrative job, a daughter he loved. but investigators were told he also had a secret. so was he missing or was he hiding? that question would lead detectives to a dark discovery because someone else had a secret to. here s josh michael it s.
just a few years before. they had seen michael and ellen digging out behind the garage. digging a hole. when was that? around the time that michael went missing. the neighbor said she remembers seeing them out behind the garage with shovels. that was pretty intriguing to the detective. it sounded like of viable lead. so in late spring, 2006, with the current homeowners permission detective wilson brought to search dogs and their handlers to the snyders old property. a neighbor showed them where a flowering tree had been planted in 2002. a year after mike disappeared. my suspicion was that there was a body under the tree, and they plan to treat that the body. the handles of the dog loose in the property. at first, they showed little interest. that is, and so they went under the flowering tree. incredibly, both dogs independently of one another
so, in late spring 2006, with the current homeowners permission, detective wilson brought to search dogs and their handlers to the snyder s old property. a neighbor showed them where a flowering tree had been planted in 2000 into, a year after mike disappeared. my suspicion was that there was a body under the tree, that they planted a tree to hide the body. the handlers let the dogs loose on the property. at first, they showed little interest. that is, until they went under the flowering tree. incredibly, both dogs, independently of one another, gave their cadaver alert. the dog handler said, this is an indication that possibly the scent is coming up through the tree. but she did say, well, the body could be ten feet down there, or 30 feet in that direction, if indeed there was a body there. detective wilson had a new theory, maybe mike snider had
it sounded like a viable lead. so in late spring 2006, with the current homeowner s permission, detective wilson brought two search dogs and their handlers to the snyder s old property. a neighbor show wrd a flowering tree had been planted in 2002, a year after mike disappeared. my suspicion was there was a body under the tree. that they planted a tree to hide the body. the handlers let the dogs loose on the property. at first they showed little interest, that is until they went under the flowering tree. incredible. both dogs, independently of one another, gave their cadaver alert. the dog handler said this is an indication that possibly the scent is coming up through the tree. but she said say, well with, the body could be ten feet down here, 30 feet in that direction if indeed was there was a body there. detective wilson had a new theory. make mike snyder never left home