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.
phoenix. yes. police began cutting through the concrete of what was now a six car garage. but the job of finding mike snider s remains prove difficult. the garage floor was a solid foot of steel reinforced concrete. police say they will resume begin tomorrow. the excavation went on for two more days. finally, on the third day, searchers uncovered a waterproof tarp inside where the remains of mike. mike was in phoenix, mike this, mike that. all along, mike was not in phoenix. for mike s family, the finality was devastating. to not know for a years and is somewhat hold on to hope. to have that hope, finally, pulled out from under you. it was very difficult for all of us. she sat in her defense attorney s office. knowing interest was imminent.