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.
productivity. so he told me, in december, they needed to let him go but i knew he wouldn t wait till after christmas. i kept a much longer than i would have because he was a friend. the first week of january 2010 ellen fired patrick. she could not have known just how life altering that decision would be. what did he say? he didn t say too much. just loaded up his stuff and left. of course ellen did not know that patrick knew the secret. then he went to the police? then he went to the police. now. patrick was sitting in a starbucks with detective wilson, letting him in on the eight year old secrets. so this guy didn t come forward out of the goodness of his heart or civic duty? this was revenge. yes. but you will take it? yes. patrick told the detective that he knew that mike snider had been killed.
would be. what did he say? didn t say much. just loaded up his stuff and left. of course ellen didn t know that patrick knew the secret. he went to the police. and he went to the police. and now patrick was sitting in a starbucks with detective wilson letting him on the eight year old secret. so he didn t come fort out of his heart or civic duty. this was revenge. yes. but you ll take it. yes. patrick told the detective that mike snyder had been killed and his body was buried in the yard of the snyder s former home and how did patrick know this? his best friend michael had told him and on more than one occasion. he said the next day he told him about it and then over the years if they were together drinking or something that he
so he told me in december i needed to let him go but he wanted to wait until after christmas. i actually kept him much longer than i would have because he was a friend. reporter: the first week of january 2010, ellen fired patrick. she could not have known just how life-altering that decision would be. what did he say? he didn t say too much. just loaded up his stuff and left. reporter: of course, ellen didn t know that patrick knew the secret. and he went to the police? and he went to the police. reporter: and now patrick was sitting in a starbucks with detective wilson, letting him in on the 8-year-old secret. reporter: this guy didn t really come forward out of the goodness of his heart or civic duty. this was revenge? yes. reporter: but you ll take it? yes. reporter: patrick told the detective that he knew that mike snyder had been killed, and that his body was buried in the yard