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.
Wrong. Detectives would launch an undercover operation. Its time to come clean, okay . That would lead to a long buried shocker. Are you ready for whats coming . How do you say youre ready for that . I know that it has to happen. A disappearance in the desert. Could it be the perfect crime . I can only imagine what it would be like keeping that type of a secret. Welcome to dateline. Im lester holt. For eight years it was a mystery. A husband who had simply vanished. On the surface it didnt 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 too. Heres josh mankiewicz. Theres an old saying that two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. We never talked about what happened or why it happened. Every marriage has its secrets. And this one was no different. But what if the secret becomes bigger
I believe he fell victim to foul play. My suspicion is there is a body under the trees. Its time to come clean. A wife with a secret. It haunt mess how anyone can do that. I can only imagine what it would be like keeping that secret. Are you ready for whats coming . How do you say you are ready for it . I know it has to happen. Theres an old saying that two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. We never talked about why or how it happened. Every marriage has its secrets and this was no different. What if the secret becomes bigger than you. It was just solving the problem. They were two people who had been unlucky in love the first time around. Back then, she was Ellen Sheffield in her early 30s, divorced with a young child and looking for someone to share that next chapter of her life. And then quite literally in walked mike snyder. I said, hi, mike. How are you doing . It was the fall of 91, auto mechanic mike snyder was visiting a friend at the car deerlship where ellen wo
Its time to come clean. Are you ready for whats coming . I know it has to happen. I can only imagine what it would be like keeping that secret. Theres an old saying that two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead. We never talked about why or how it happened. Every marriage has its secrets and this was no different. What if the secret becomes bigger than you. It was just solving the problem. They were two people who had been unlucky in love the first time around. Back then, she was Ellen Sheffield in her early 30s, divorced with a young child and looking for someone to share that next chapter of her life. And then quite literally in walked mike snyder. I said, hi, mike. How are you doing . It was the fall of 91, auto mechanic mike snyder was visiting a friend at the car deerlship where ellen works. He was curious about the red head who greeted him with a big hello. He didnt remember who i was but he got back to work and called back over to find out who i was. Turned out they w
Looking for someone to share that next chapter of her life. And then quite literally in walked mike snyder. I said, hi, mike. How are you doing . It was the fall of 91, auto mechanic mike snyder was visiting a friend at the car deerlship where ellen works. He was curious about the red head who greeted him with a big hello. He didnt remember who i was but he got back to work and called back over to find out who i was. Turned out they worked together years before. This time the counter led to a fixup of mutual friends. Great guy. Showed interest in me. Opposites attracted. But quiet and introverted mike hit it off with talkative and outgoing ellen. Hed leave flowers on my car can. We went out today. He was nice to my son. That was important to you. Absolutely. Ellen was smitten with mike. He was skilled mechanic. One of the best in albuquerque. Hed work at least six days a week. He was usually the first one there and the last one to leave. Dave worked alongside mike for a decade at this