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.
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.
Rumors that he was gay, adam a lover, went to the caribbean. you know the source these rumors was? no. everyone heard it was just pathologic throughout the dealerships. did you believe it? disappearing was one thing, but being gay, no. several months passed with no word from mike. now his side of the family was so concerned they decided to go to the police. i knew, at some point, we had to move on. we had to, not just hope that he was out there. we had to it least explore other options. down with the albuquerque police station, sister terry filed a missing persons report. she had a feeling that something had happened to her brother. it was one thing to leave but when another two and contact with the daughter mike loved. i know my brother, mike steadfast in his love for his daughter, she was just joy my
her and her son michael wrap snyder s body in a tarp. and put plastic bags on his hands. then, the dark of night, they moved him onto a dolly and into the whole. we had recent helping at this time or not? yes, i asked me throw some dirt on top of him. he said okay. they fill the hole with leftover construction waste so the body could not be seen. the next day, she went back to the paper. and found a different guy, who had a bobcat, and hired him to fill in the hole. and you buried a body? i did. then, she came up with her story. you got better at telling that story. yeah, as time went on it became a bigger and bigger story. it was the end of her two and a half hour statement to police. and she wanted to get one last thing on the record. anything else you want to