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 kawasaki dealership where he shoes with the service manager. my boss was giving me a lot of heat about andrew s productivity and comeback, and so he told me in december that
yes. reporter: so you are not some shrinking violet at home cowering under her husband s direction. but when it came to being home and opening the door, i was a shrinking violet, that is how things were. he ran the show. it was two different ellens and two different lives. reporter: detective wilson interviewed el llen s old boss, man named james kasell and he said that he remembered an incident when ellen came to work with bruises. she was wearing the sunglasses, and i said, why are you wearing the sunglasses, and she off the sunglasses and she had a nice shiner. i asked her what the heck happened to you, and she stated to me that supposedly mike and michael got into some battle and mike was beating the crap out of him and she jumped in the middle of it, and of course, she took the brunt of it. reporter: was she giving the classic batter s wife
ellen s was running on six cylind cylinders. six weeks after we were dating, he bought me diamond yankees. it was very fast. reporter: so fast that after six months of dating ellen and her 8-month-old son michael moved in with him. did he seem happy? he did. reporter: mike had no ochildren of his own and now he was filling a void in mike s life. el llen s sister terri. they would share interests and tink mer the garage together. reporter: but it was not long until she noticed that mike s affection was not all that she wished for. we are happy to have valentine s day together and we were in love. and he didn t come home. he decided to go out with his friend friends. on valentine s day? yes. and he could not understand why i was upset about that.