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ABUSE, NOT GREED, MAY BE MOTIVE IN MECHANIC'S DEATH
YEARS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE MAY BE THE MOTIVE BEHIND THE MURDER OF ALBUQUERQUE MECHANIC MICHAEL SNYDER. HIS EX-WIFE, ELLEN SNYDER, REPORTEDLY HAS TOLD HER LAWYER SHE WASN'T GOING AFTER LIFE INSURANCE MONEY WHEN SHE ALLEGEDLY SHOT SNYDER IN 2002, WHEN THE TWO WERE STILL MARRIED. IN FACT, ATTORNEY PENNI ADRIAN TOLD KOAT-TV THAT THE ONE-TIME MECHANIC ABUSED HER CLIENT EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY. ADRIAN SAYS SNYDER'S TEMPER GREW WORSE AFTER HE FOUND OUT HE WAS SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
ONE OF ELLEN SNYDER'S CO-WORKERS HAS SAID HE LOANED THE SUSPECT HIS .32 CALIBER GUN AFTER SHE SHOWED UP AT WORK WITH BRUISES ON HER SHOULDER. ELLEN SNYDER TOLD HIM SHE FEARED FOR HER AND HER TWO CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
SNYDER'S REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED BURIED IN FRONT OF A NORTH EAST HEIGHTS HOME LAST WEEK.








