>> i think people, if they knew mike, would know that he would never send anybody money ever nlts there was some sort of relationship there. >> mike was supporting this guy. >> i never found enough money that he was supporting him but he was definitely helping him out. mr. police tell us ellen's information didn't lead anywhere. the detective didn't locate mike in the caribbean and when he tried to contact dave simmons from phoenix he never got a response. but that same albuquerque journal article, the one that so infuriated ellen also got ellen's former neighbors talking about something they had seen years before. >> they'd seen michael and ellen digging out behind the garage, digging a hole. >> when was that? >> around the time that michael went missing. the neighbor said she remembered seeing them out behind the garage with shovels. >> that was pretty intriguing to the detective.