and just give his time for her. everything else stopped. but behind closed doors, their marriage was starting to unravel. ellen said, mike seemed jealous of her success at work. once i was promoted to service manager, it basically became hurtful, and he was standoffish. ellen says that from the time elizabeth was conceived, mike had moved out of the bedroom. permanently. never slept together again. and so my can and began living to separate lives in that dream home with their children. but still they say together. i still wanted this marriage to work. i did not want to give up. that is, until she learned about that secret. the big secret. that would ultimately tear this family apart. i found out after christmas,
and what a shock that was. one message in particular from a man she never heard mike mention, someone named dave simmons. a man allen believed was the reason mike was spending so much time in phoenix. he would talk about how satisfied he was with their sexual contact. there would be they would be explicit to what each had done to each other. so there really wasn t any question? there was no question. it was january 11th, 2002, ellen says that like so many nights before, mike woke her for their nightly screaming match. this one was around two or three in the morning. ellen, who had never directly confronted mic about anything, not told him she knew all about the affair mike was having with dave simmons, the man from phoenix, who left those
so fast, that after a few months of dating, ellen and michael moved in together. did he seem like he was happy? he did seem like he was happy. mike didn t have children of his own. now he was filling a void in young michaels life. he treated him almost like his own son. they shared the same interests. they would tinker in the garage together. but ellen says she noticed that mike s affection was not all she wished for. i m all happy. where in love. we re gonna have . he didn t come home. he decided he was gonna go out with his friends on valentine s day. he couldn t understand why i was upset about that. but let s get it, not every guy makes a big deal on valentine s day. so she talked it up for him not being the most sensitive of men. so you re sad?
had spent many years waiting. my snyder s side of the father had spent many years waiting. they waited for mike to call after he disappeared. he never did. they waited for police to call when investigators first said they looked for him. that didn t happen either. and finally years later with ellen snyder sitting in jail, facing a murder charge for killing mike, they waited for justice. mike s sister how could you look at us the family in the face and tell us that you have no idea where mike is at or you just spoke to mike and mike is doing just fine. thus giving all of you hope. thus giving all of us hope. it is beyond me how any one person can do that. unimaginable. finally ellen snyder would pay the price for the murder of mike snyder. and the coverup that followed. at least that is what mike s side of the family fully
them. so, with a few computer keystrokes and without the family s knowledge, or any further investigation, mike snider s name is literally wiped out of the missing persons database. ellen had said, he was not missing. back then, that was good enough for the police. there should ve been a little bit more investigation done, other than just the word of ellen schneider. all this time you saw turns out they weren t looking for him. they were looking for him at all. dateline returns, after the break. don t stop taking eliquis without talking to your doctor as this may increase your risk of stroke. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don t take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. while taking, you may bruise more easily