out here in the new mexico desert, the land is dry and vast. there are roads that lead nowhere, and mysteries that go unsolved. cold case detective mark wilson had been trying to unravel one of those mysteries, the disappearance of albuquerque native mike snyder. he could have had a successful job anywhere in the country. one that would have shown up on your sglerch right, yes. but there was no trace of him. not anywhere. it was as if the master mechanic had simply vanished. there wasn t any indication of anything that would match up to him. but mike snyder had filed income tax returns in 2004 and 2005, years after he disappeared.
was she giving the classic battered wife explanation for her bruises? a few days later, cassell said he heard yelling coming from ellen s office. i hear world war ii i breaking loose in the office next to me. there was a guy screaming. turns out the loud, angry voice belonged to none other than mike snyder. he s on this side of the desk. she s on her side of the desk and he s just screaming and he stops when i barge in and he looks at me. i told him, i said, you know you can t do this here and he basically told me i needed to mind my own f in business. frank volunteered to loan her a .32 caliber pistol. i explained how to use it, please don t shoot yourself lesson. i never had one before. he offered me a gun after he saw my bruises. i took it home and put it in the
search dogs and their handlers to the snyder s old property. a neighbor show wrd a flowering tree had been planted in 2002, a year after mike disappeared. my suspicion was there was a body under the tree. that they planted a tree to hide the body. the handlers let the dogs loose on the property. at first they showed little interest, that is until they went under the flowering tree. incredible. both dogs, independently of one another, gave their cadaver alert. the dog handler said this is an indication that possibly the scent is coming up through the tree. but she said say, well with, the body could be ten feet down here, 30 feet in that direction if indeed was there was a body there. detective wilson had a new theory. make mike snyder never left home after all. was in the big break that they needed? mike discussed it with his sister. i get both excited,
concrete. police will resume digging tomorrow. finally on the third day, searchers uncovered a waterproof tarp. inside were the remains of mike snyder. she had been saying mike was in phoenix and mike this and that and all along mike wasn t in phoenix. for mike s family the finality is devastating. to not know eight years and hold on to hope and have that pulled out from under you was very difficult for all of us. ellen snyder sat in defense
north albuquerque cake acres is known for the large subdivisions this the mountains not for helicopters and news vehicles. but in february of 2010, this was the scene in front of the home where ellen and mike snyder once lived. we just spoke to the police chief and he told us the police are here looking for the remains of michael snider. police begin to cut through the concrete of what was now a six-car garage. the job of finding mike snyder s remains proved difficult. the garage floor was a solid foot of steel reinforced