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.
rumors that he was gay, adam a lover, went to the caribbean. you know the source these rumors was? no. everyone heard it was just pathologic throughout the dealerships. did you believe it? disappearing was 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 to move on. we had to, not just hope that he was out there. we had to it least explore other options. down with the albuquerque police station, sister terry filed a missing persons report. she had a feeling that something had happened to her brother. it was one thing to leave but when another two and contact with the daughter mike loved. i know my brother, mike steadfast in his love for his daughter, she was just joy my
to move on. we had to not just hold what was out there, but to at least explore the options. at the police station, his sister carrie, filed a priest report. she thinks that something happened to her brother. it was one thing to leave a bad marriage. but quite another to end contact with the daughter mike loved. i know my brother remain steadfast in the love for his daughter. she was the joy of his life. i really did not have a concrete explanation besides that s how i felt. that was it. but carrie wouldn t believe the response the officer gave them. the officer who you took the report was arrogant and said, you know he is a grown adult. he can come and go as he pleases. he really at that time did not want to write our report. the police are making the same argument element is making. right.
station sister terry filed a missing person s report. she had a feeling something happened. it was one thing to leave a bad marriage but quite another to end contact with the daughter mike loved. i know my brother remained steadfast in his love for his daughter. she was the joy of my brother s life. i believe he fell victim to foul play. i really did not have a concrete explanation besides that s just how i felt. that was my gut. but terry wasn t too pleased with the response the officer gave them. the officer that took our report was a little arrogant and said, you know, that he s a grown adult and that he can come and go as he pleases. so he really at that time didn t even want to write our report. the police were essentially making the same argument ellen was making. right. mike snyder s name was entered into a national missing person s database, but there wasn t much else the police could do or frankly would do.