the cold case, which had been virtually dead for years, was suddenly picking up steam. reporter jeff proctor. it triggered some tips to the police department. police department. it had gotten people, you know, talking about this. it s something other than a husband that had walked off. for the first time, albuquerque police were publicly calling the case a homicide investigation. and that caught the attention of a man named frank. he said i m the one that lent her the gun. if you think that she s a suspect in this i don t want my family in danger somewhat to turn the gun over to you. frank was a retired military. a straight, by the book guy. who had befriended ellen snyder when they work together in 2001. she was telling people that he yells at her all the time. it was christmas 2001.
ellen the s story. and so was mike s sister terry. without any real proof that she had something to do with ike s disappearance, there was nothing that could be done about those suspicions. there was nothing that could tangibly prove murder enough to get in arrest warrant so we had a body. so, another four years had passed. mike s sister terry became more and more dissatisfied with the progress detective wilson was making. i think, at first, he was very zealous. he felt that you re right, a lot of this is not adding up and i believe at first they worked very hard to unpack them. but as the years went by the unknown had become unbearable for the snyder family. they wanted answers from the police. i think he got very upset with me that i was being pushy. our phone conversation got less
is known for its large subdivisions in the foothills of the sandia mountains, not for a crime scene vehicles and use helicopters flying overhead. but in february 2010, this was the scene in front of the home where allen and mike snider once lived. out in the street it was as a people like jeff proctor was talked out for three days of men with jackhammers and backhoes began tearing up the garage floor. we continue to follow breaking news right now. if you lived in albuquerque you would ve had to wear earplugs not to hear about it. we spoke to the police chief and she told said the police is here for the remains of michael snider. mechanic, jim hurtado a, longtime friend of elephants was at work when the news broke. i couldn t believe it. so you really believed that he left her, and he was in
you know, what do i say? do i not say, you know? they re atmosphere like two hours. so just need to know from you, like, what i should do. tell them you don t know anything. i just don t have to, like, get stuff to. oh, i nodded myself. i don t know. i just tommy left us. i m just scared. they seem to know a lot of things to. like what? they were saying something about hearing gunshots. they re also saying that they might know what the weapon is. do you still have that? oh, no. no that wasn t supposed right away. well what do you want me to tell them to i just say don t know anything? yeah. of the army to give him a shout of you like your numbers of shy given to them? yeah. okay. then came the big question. the one the police head coach past trick to ask. is he still there? as far as i know, under big
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.