packed up his stuff and moved to phoenix. probably end up living in phoenix. and marriage must be over. the rumors spread through the albuquerque auto business, quicker than the latest recall. mike had left town. took money out of the house, took all of these things and 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
under a big slab of concrete. it was now time for detective wilson to pay a visit to michael sheffield, ellen snyder s son. mike s stepson and begin to unravel the eight year old mystery. you have a place we can sit down and talk. the interrogation begins. michael, it s time to come clean. can they get at the truth after all of these years? i can only imagine what it would be like keeping that type of a secret. this isn t just any moving day.
conviction at all, prosecutors would have to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that ellen snyder planned mike snyder s murder and with no crime scene and it will until the way of forensics, that was going to be hard to prove. in her view, it was self defense, but maybe she was guilty of manslaughter, second-degree murder. but you couldn t prosecute her for either of those offenses. that s correct. the statute of limitations here in new mexico on a state case like this prohibited us from going forward on any of those lesser types of offenses. ellen snyder s defense attorney penny adrian knew a first-degree murder conviction could mean a life sentence for ellen, but felt the prosecution would have a tough time making their case. the premeditation would be hard to prove, but even harder would be to prove that she did not act in self defense given all of the things that were
like the bottom of a speaker. i still have that speaker. the detective went back to the house with michael. asked him to show where the speaker was positioned on the floor and where it was in relation to where mike slept and detective wilson came to this hypothesis. it appeared to me that michael snyder was laying in his bed when he was shot. not up and advancing on ellen to do her harm. exactly. the office of the medical investigator reported the projectiles came up through the victim s body from down, stomach air up to the shoulder area. almost as if the person was lying flat and the shooter was standing at his feet? yes. my estimation was that the body was on the mattress when he was being fired at. he may have gotten up and started running, if it didn t kill him right away.
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