until they had a body. and so another four years passed. mike s sister teri became more and more dissatisfied with the progress detective wilson was making. i think at first he was very zealous. he felt that, you are right, a lot of this isn t adding up and i believe at first they worked very hard to find my brother. 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 conversations got less and less. i would call and leave a message and my messages weren t being returned. they kind of, i think, put the case on the back burner, i believe. detective wilson did continue to look for mike snyder but wilson had to also focus on the 20 other cold cases that needed his attention.
i think he got very upset with me that i was being pushy. our phone conversations got less and less. i would call and leave a message and my messages weren t being returned. they kind of, i think, put the case on the back burner, i believe. detective wilson did continue to look for mike snyder but wilson had to also focus on the 20 other cold cases that needed his attention. and then one day in 2010, came a phone call that would break this case. a confidential informant who said he knew exactly where mike snyder was. must have sounded good to you. yes, it did.
mike s sister terry. but without any real proof ellen had something to do with mike s disappearance, there was nothing that could be done about those aching suspicions. there was nothing that could tangibly prove murder enough to get an arrest warrant for it until they had a body. reporter: and so another four years 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 isn t adding up and i believe at first they worked very hard to find my brother. reporter: 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 conversations got less and less. i would call and leave a message and my messages weren t being
i would call and leave a message and my messages weren t being returned. they kind of, i think, put the case on the back burner, i believe. detective wilson did continue to look for mike snyder but wilson had to also focus on the 20 other cold cases that needed his attention. and then one day in 2010, came a phone call that would break this case. a confidential informant who said he knew exactly where mike snyder was. must have sounded good to you. i am not go ing to say it wasn t going anywhere but didn t be pointing to any resolution. correct. that s when you
table next to ellen. he curiosity, she says, got the better of her. she picked up his phone and opened it. so you loisenned to the messages. i listened to the messages. and what a shock that was. one message in particular from a man she d never heard mike mention. someone named dave simmons. a man ellen believed was the reason mike was spending so much time in phoenix. he would talk about how satisfied he was with their sexual contact. it would bei explicit as to wha each had done to each other. so there literally wasn t any question. there was no question. what was going on here. no. it was january 11, 2002. ellen says like so many nights before, mike woke her for their nightly screaming match.