which she accepted. ultimately ellen snyder agreed to waive the statute of limitations restrictions and plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter admitting that she shot her husband. she also pled guilty to tampering with evidence for the burying and concealment of mike s body. falsely filed tax returns and to one count of tax fraud for filing mike s tax s returns after his death. in all, the maximum sentence possible was not life in prison but just 11 years. mike s side of the family was devastated. so whether she s sentenced to four years, five years, six years, seven years, eight years, 11 years, she s still gotten away with it. she s definitely getting away with murder. nothing will be long enough for us. in july 2011, family and friends of both ellen and mike gathered in the district