1 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:51,961 Speaker 1: School of Humans. Helen Got Murder Line actively investigates cold 2 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,361 Speaker 1: case murders in an effort to raise public awareness invite 3 00:00:55,401 --> 00:00:58,761 Speaker 1: witnesses to come forward and present evidence that could potentially 4 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:02,961 Speaker 1: be further investigated by law enforcement. While we value insights 5 00:01:03,001 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: from family and community members, their statements should not be 6 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,961 Speaker 1: considered evidence and point to the challenges of verifying facts 7 00:01:10,041 --> 00:01:14,041 Speaker 1: inherent in cold cases. We remind listeners that everyone is 8 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. 9 00:01:17,961 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 1: Nothing in the podcast is intended to state or imply 10 00:01:21,041 --> 00:01:23,601 Speaker 1: that anyone who has not been convicted of a crime 11 00:01:24,121 --> 00:01:27,121 Speaker 1: is guilty of any wrongdoing. Thanks for listening. 12 00:01:30,441 --> 00:01:34,641 Speaker 2: On December seventeenth, twenty thirteen, twenty year old Heather Elvis 13 00:01:34,681 --> 00:01:37,961 Speaker 2: headed out on the first day in Carolina Forest, South Carolina, 14 00:01:38,241 --> 00:01:42,121 Speaker 2: which is west of Myrtle Beach in Horry County. Heather 15 00:01:42,241 --> 00:01:45,161 Speaker 2: grew up in this area, which is for its beautiful beaches. 16 00:01:45,601 --> 00:01:48,361 Speaker 2: Her parents, Terry and Debbie Elvis, and her younger sister 17 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:52,361 Speaker 2: Morgan described Heather as a kind, fun loving young woman 18 00:01:52,601 --> 00:01:56,761 Speaker 2: who had dreams of working in cosmetology. After graduating from 19 00:01:56,841 --> 00:02:00,761 Speaker 2: high school in twenty eleven, Heather was making her dreams happen. 20 00:02:01,321 --> 00:02:02,721 Speaker 2: She was working two jobs. 21 00:02:03,001 --> 00:02:03,401 Speaker 1: She was a. 22 00:02:03,441 --> 00:02:06,481 Speaker 2: Hostess of the Tilted Kilt in Myrtle Beach and at 23 00:02:06,481 --> 00:02:09,041 Speaker 2: the House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach. She was 24 00:02:09,081 --> 00:02:13,081 Speaker 2: also studying cosmetology. She had moved into an apartment in 25 00:02:13,121 --> 00:02:16,561 Speaker 2: Carolina Forest with a friend of hers named Brianna. Even 26 00:02:16,601 --> 00:02:19,801 Speaker 2: though the population was just over twenty three thousand people, 27 00:02:20,321 --> 00:02:24,521 Speaker 2: their apartment was located in a huge, busy subdivision. But 28 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:27,881 Speaker 2: Heather's life had taken a pretty dark turn over the 29 00:02:27,881 --> 00:02:30,561 Speaker 2: past few months. Like a lot of young women at 30 00:02:30,601 --> 00:02:33,121 Speaker 2: that age, she had gotten into a relationship with a 31 00:02:33,121 --> 00:02:36,321 Speaker 2: man much older than her, and it had been dramatic. 32 00:02:37,001 --> 00:02:39,921 Speaker 2: But Heather had ended that relationship. She was starting to 33 00:02:40,001 --> 00:02:43,041 Speaker 2: date again, and her friends and family said she seemed 34 00:02:43,081 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 2: more like herself. It seemed like life was finally getting 35 00:02:46,841 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 2: back to normal and Heather could go back to being 36 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,201 Speaker 2: a happy, go lucky young woman building her life. But 37 00:02:53,401 --> 00:02:57,441 Speaker 2: something happened after Heather got home that night. She got 38 00:02:57,441 --> 00:03:01,081 Speaker 2: a phone call, and then she changed into her favorite outfit, 39 00:03:01,441 --> 00:03:04,601 Speaker 2: and then she went out driving her green Dodge Intrepid. 40 00:03:05,281 --> 00:03:10,401 Speaker 2: After that, Heather vanished, where did she drive into in 41 00:03:10,441 --> 00:03:14,281 Speaker 2: the dark that night and what happened to Heather Elvis. 42 00:03:14,921 --> 00:03:18,041 Speaker 2: I'm Catherine Townsend. Over the past seven years of making 43 00:03:18,081 --> 00:03:21,241 Speaker 2: my true crime podcast, Helen Gone, I've learned that there's 44 00:03:21,281 --> 00:03:24,721 Speaker 2: no such thing as a small town where murdered never happens. 45 00:03:25,481 --> 00:03:28,321 Speaker 2: I've received hundreds of messages from people all around the 46 00:03:28,361 --> 00:03:31,641 Speaker 2: country asking for help with an unsolved murder that's affected them, 47 00:03:32,041 --> 00:03:35,921 Speaker 2: their families, and their communities. If you have a case 48 00:03:35,921 --> 00:03:37,961 Speaker 2: she'd like me and my team to look into, you 49 00:03:38,001 --> 00:03:40,121 Speaker 2: can reach out to us at our Helen Gone Murder 50 00:03:40,161 --> 00:03:43,201 Speaker 2: Line at six seven eight seven four four six one 51 00:03:43,201 --> 00:03:46,881 Speaker 2: four five. That's six seven eight seven four four six 52 00:03:47,001 --> 00:03:50,041 Speaker 2: one four five, or you can send us a message 53 00:03:50,081 --> 00:04:33,481 Speaker 2: on Instagram at Helen Gonpott. This is Helen Gone Murder Line. 54 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:44,521 Speaker 2: On December nineteenth, Hory County Police respond to a report 55 00:04:44,601 --> 00:04:48,801 Speaker 2: of a suspicious abandoned vehicle, a green Dodge Intrepid parked 56 00:04:48,801 --> 00:04:51,161 Speaker 2: in the area of peach Tree Boat Landing near the water. 57 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:56,121 Speaker 2: This was Heather's car. Peachtree Landing was about eight miles 58 00:04:56,161 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 2: away from Heather's apartment, so why would she have driven 59 00:04:59,241 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 2: there in the middle of the night. Police went to 60 00:05:02,081 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 2: Heather's parents' house at First, her dad told a local 61 00:05:05,241 --> 00:05:07,561 Speaker 2: news station that they thought the car may have been stolen, 62 00:05:08,161 --> 00:05:10,681 Speaker 2: but the car was fine. It was in good condition, 63 00:05:10,841 --> 00:05:13,961 Speaker 2: it had gased, nothing was broken or damaged. But when 64 00:05:14,001 --> 00:05:18,001 Speaker 2: they couldn't reach Heather, they began to panic. Her family 65 00:05:18,081 --> 00:05:20,601 Speaker 2: insisted it would have been totally out of character for 66 00:05:20,641 --> 00:05:22,880 Speaker 2: her to run away. Things had been going well in 67 00:05:22,921 --> 00:05:25,561 Speaker 2: Heather's life and there was no way, they said, that 68 00:05:25,601 --> 00:05:30,361 Speaker 2: she would have disappeared voluntarily. So police immediately started looking 69 00:05:30,361 --> 00:05:35,481 Speaker 2: into Heather's personal life and her romantic relationships. They contacted 70 00:05:35,481 --> 00:05:37,321 Speaker 2: the man she had been on the date with that night, 71 00:05:37,681 --> 00:05:41,401 Speaker 2: Stephen Schiraldi. Stephen told police that he picked Heather up 72 00:05:41,401 --> 00:05:44,361 Speaker 2: at ten pm. He said they drove around, hanging out 73 00:05:44,401 --> 00:05:48,041 Speaker 2: and looking at Christmas lights. Then, he said, because Heather 74 00:05:48,121 --> 00:05:50,681 Speaker 2: had told him she couldn't drive a stick shift, they 75 00:05:50,761 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 2: went to the parking lot at the Inlet Square Mall. 76 00:05:53,521 --> 00:05:55,321 Speaker 2: He let her get into the driver's seat of his 77 00:05:55,321 --> 00:05:57,961 Speaker 2: car and he showed her how to drive stick He 78 00:05:58,001 --> 00:06:01,961 Speaker 2: said they had fun driving around during that time. Heather 79 00:06:02,041 --> 00:06:05,321 Speaker 2: sent her father and her friend Brianna, pictures of her 80 00:06:05,401 --> 00:06:09,041 Speaker 2: driving the manual transmission, and she looks happy in those photos. 81 00:06:09,561 --> 00:06:12,921 Speaker 2: She's smiling, and her cell phone with its pink glitter cover, 82 00:06:13,321 --> 00:06:17,041 Speaker 2: is resting in her lap. After a fun evening, Stephen 83 00:06:17,081 --> 00:06:20,481 Speaker 2: told police he dropped Heather back home at one fifteen am. 84 00:06:20,961 --> 00:06:24,281 Speaker 2: Then he said he went home himself. All of Stephen's 85 00:06:24,281 --> 00:06:27,841 Speaker 2: phone records corroborated his version of events and his location, 86 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:32,401 Speaker 2: and he was quickly cleared by law enforcement because police 87 00:06:32,401 --> 00:06:35,481 Speaker 2: found out that shortly after Heather got home, she got 88 00:06:35,481 --> 00:06:39,201 Speaker 2: another call from someone else, her ex boyfriend, Sidney Moore, 89 00:06:39,961 --> 00:06:44,161 Speaker 2: at one forty four am. They hung up, and Heather 90 00:06:44,281 --> 00:06:47,001 Speaker 2: met in June of twenty thirteen at the Tilted Kilt. 91 00:06:47,481 --> 00:06:49,921 Speaker 2: Sidney was a thirty seven year old repair man who 92 00:06:49,961 --> 00:06:53,801 Speaker 2: worked at the restaurant. Now, Sidney was not only seventeen 93 00:06:53,881 --> 00:06:57,361 Speaker 2: years older than Heather, he was also married with three children. 94 00:06:57,841 --> 00:07:00,521 Speaker 2: But despite that, he and Heather struck up a flirtation. 95 00:07:01,321 --> 00:07:05,521 Speaker 2: Soon the relationship became sexual. Heather's friends and colleagues told 96 00:07:05,561 --> 00:07:09,761 Speaker 2: police they believed it was much more serious. Heather's roommate, Brianna, 97 00:07:09,841 --> 00:07:11,921 Speaker 2: who also worked at the Tilted Kilt at the time, 98 00:07:12,281 --> 00:07:15,761 Speaker 2: told twenty twenty that she believed Sidney and Heather were 99 00:07:15,801 --> 00:07:20,201 Speaker 2: in love. Her friends even said that Sidney might move 100 00:07:20,241 --> 00:07:22,921 Speaker 2: to Florida with his family and wanted Heather to come 101 00:07:22,921 --> 00:07:25,321 Speaker 2: along with them and be their nanny, even though at 102 00:07:25,361 --> 00:07:27,601 Speaker 2: the time the kids seemed to be pretty much old 103 00:07:27,721 --> 00:07:31,561 Speaker 2: enough to not need nanny's and Heather talked about her 104 00:07:31,601 --> 00:07:35,481 Speaker 2: new relationship both at work and on social media. She 105 00:07:35,601 --> 00:07:38,681 Speaker 2: sent a tweet in June of twenty thirteen saying that 106 00:07:38,721 --> 00:07:42,081 Speaker 2: she had a taste for men who were older. In 107 00:07:42,121 --> 00:07:45,601 Speaker 2: the weeks that followed, Heather continued to tweet about Sydney, 108 00:07:46,001 --> 00:07:47,841 Speaker 2: writing that she had a crush on the guy who 109 00:07:47,921 --> 00:07:50,481 Speaker 2: builds things at my job and joking about how she 110 00:07:50,561 --> 00:07:52,681 Speaker 2: wanted to drag him into a mop closet and have 111 00:07:52,801 --> 00:07:57,201 Speaker 2: her away with him. Later, when the relationship became more volatile, 112 00:07:57,801 --> 00:08:02,161 Speaker 2: Heather's twitter took a darker turn. According to court documents, 113 00:08:02,361 --> 00:08:06,041 Speaker 2: she tweeted, baby did a bad, bad thing and I'm 114 00:08:06,081 --> 00:08:08,601 Speaker 2: in way too deep, but watch me get in deeper. 115 00:08:09,721 --> 00:08:12,841 Speaker 2: Heather and Sydney didn't seem to be hiding things at work. 116 00:08:13,561 --> 00:08:17,241 Speaker 2: Police interviewed Heather's coworkers, who confirmed to them that Heather 117 00:08:17,361 --> 00:08:21,121 Speaker 2: and Sydney weren't exactly discreet people at the Tilted killed 118 00:08:21,121 --> 00:08:23,801 Speaker 2: in the kitchen said that Sidney would bring her coffee 119 00:08:23,841 --> 00:08:28,001 Speaker 2: and bagels at work as the relationship progressed. According to 120 00:08:28,041 --> 00:08:31,561 Speaker 2: court documents, Sydney seemed to struggle with juggling the relationship 121 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:35,961 Speaker 2: and it had gone on for months, but in October, 122 00:08:36,361 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 2: Sydney abruptly ended things with Heather after Tammy found out 123 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:45,001 Speaker 2: about it, and Tammy apparently was enraged, which was odd 124 00:08:45,201 --> 00:08:48,761 Speaker 2: because later, in text messages with a friend, Tammy made 125 00:08:48,881 --> 00:08:52,041 Speaker 2: references to her and Sidney being in an open relationship 126 00:08:52,481 --> 00:08:56,721 Speaker 2: and to her having a boyfriend. Sexually explicit texts between 127 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,521 Speaker 2: Tammy and that boyfriend were shown later in court. To 128 00:09:00,680 --> 00:09:03,401 Speaker 2: her friend, Tammy said that she and Sidney had grown 129 00:09:03,401 --> 00:09:05,881 Speaker 2: apart in the two to three years before he started 130 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,801 Speaker 2: his relationship with Heather, and when you talk about what 131 00:09:08,961 --> 00:09:12,161 Speaker 2: was going on between Heather and Sydney, it depends on 132 00:09:12,201 --> 00:09:15,921 Speaker 2: who you ask. Heather's friends and co workers thought that 133 00:09:16,001 --> 00:09:19,721 Speaker 2: she and Sidney were in a serious relationship, but Tammy 134 00:09:19,761 --> 00:09:23,201 Speaker 2: and Sidney would later say that Heather and Sydney just 135 00:09:23,241 --> 00:09:26,201 Speaker 2: had a brief sexual affair a few hookups that were 136 00:09:26,241 --> 00:09:30,961 Speaker 2: confined mostly to September of twenty thirteen. After Tammy found 137 00:09:31,001 --> 00:09:34,801 Speaker 2: out about Heather, Brianna said that Tammy forced Sydney to 138 00:09:34,881 --> 00:09:37,641 Speaker 2: call Heather and tell her that they were done, and 139 00:09:37,761 --> 00:09:41,001 Speaker 2: she did this while Tammy was on the line. During 140 00:09:41,041 --> 00:09:45,041 Speaker 2: that conversation, Sydney said that Heather was quote nothing to me, 141 00:09:45,681 --> 00:09:50,081 Speaker 2: just someone who spread your legs end quote. Brianna said 142 00:09:50,121 --> 00:09:54,841 Speaker 2: that conversation completely devastated Heather, but it didn't stop there. 143 00:09:55,401 --> 00:09:58,921 Speaker 2: Tammy started sending Heather very graphic shots of her and 144 00:09:59,001 --> 00:10:03,561 Speaker 2: Sidney in sexual situations, and according to what Brianna told police, 145 00:10:04,121 --> 00:10:07,961 Speaker 2: Tammy threatened to get Heather fired from her job. Brianna 146 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:11,801 Speaker 2: said that Heather was scared of Tammy, but she told 147 00:10:11,841 --> 00:10:14,401 Speaker 2: police that she didn't believe that Heather was scared at 148 00:10:14,401 --> 00:10:17,961 Speaker 2: all of Sidney. A big part of this case is 149 00:10:17,961 --> 00:10:22,961 Speaker 2: the relationship between Tammy and Sydney, because again, everything happened 150 00:10:23,001 --> 00:10:26,921 Speaker 2: behind closed doors and between Heather's friends and family, and 151 00:10:26,961 --> 00:10:30,721 Speaker 2: what Tammy and Sidney told law enforcement, there are several 152 00:10:31,041 --> 00:10:35,001 Speaker 2: very different accounts of what happened. Sidney claimed in court 153 00:10:35,161 --> 00:10:37,721 Speaker 2: that after Tammy found out about the relationship with Heather, 154 00:10:38,201 --> 00:10:41,801 Speaker 2: that Tammy insisted that Sidney in things, and that Tammy 155 00:10:41,841 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 2: had put conditions on him if they were going to 156 00:10:43,801 --> 00:10:47,081 Speaker 2: stay together for one thing, as Tammy texted a friend, 157 00:10:47,681 --> 00:10:50,001 Speaker 2: she would be allowed to live as a single woman, 158 00:10:50,441 --> 00:10:53,721 Speaker 2: basically to sleep with whomever she wanted with zero consequences 159 00:10:53,801 --> 00:10:57,201 Speaker 2: for a year, and she was going to keep Sydney 160 00:10:57,321 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 2: handcuffed to the bed every night. She also took his phone, 161 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,361 Speaker 2: changed the password, and went everywhere with him. Sidney told 162 00:11:05,441 --> 00:11:08,321 Speaker 2: law enforcement that he agreed to those conditions and also 163 00:11:08,761 --> 00:11:12,641 Speaker 2: had Tammy's name tattooed above his crotch, but that wasn't 164 00:11:12,761 --> 00:11:16,281 Speaker 2: enough because Tammy kept reaching out to Heather. There is 165 00:11:16,321 --> 00:11:18,561 Speaker 2: a string of text that she sent Heather where she 166 00:11:18,641 --> 00:11:23,441 Speaker 2: talks about Heather meeting the missus, et cetera. On November first, 167 00:11:23,481 --> 00:11:26,881 Speaker 2: Heather finally responded. Tammy had texted Heather to say, by 168 00:11:26,921 --> 00:11:30,121 Speaker 2: the way, Dad no longer has his phone, meaning Sidney. 169 00:11:31,081 --> 00:11:35,401 Speaker 2: Heather texted back a period Tammy called the Tilted Kilt 170 00:11:35,481 --> 00:11:38,401 Speaker 2: and told them that Sidney would stop preparing their equipment 171 00:11:38,601 --> 00:11:41,681 Speaker 2: if Heather was still employed by the restaurant. One day, 172 00:11:42,041 --> 00:11:45,721 Speaker 2: Heather was actually sent home because Tammy called multiple times. 173 00:11:46,361 --> 00:11:49,881 Speaker 2: Sidney reached out to Heather again, saying that Tammy wasn't 174 00:11:49,921 --> 00:11:53,121 Speaker 2: mad about him having the affair, since he said she 175 00:11:53,321 --> 00:11:56,601 Speaker 2: also had a boyfriend. Sidney said Tammy was mad about 176 00:11:56,681 --> 00:12:00,161 Speaker 2: him lying about the affair. Heather texted back to basically 177 00:12:00,201 --> 00:12:03,441 Speaker 2: say she was done. She just wanted Tammy to stop 178 00:12:03,521 --> 00:12:08,681 Speaker 2: calling the restaurant, but things continued to escalate. On November fifth, 179 00:12:08,921 --> 00:12:13,201 Speaker 2: Heather retweeted a joke by Daniel Tosh. It read, hey 180 00:12:13,241 --> 00:12:16,201 Speaker 2: married fellas. You can either cheat on your wife or 181 00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:20,001 Speaker 2: murder her, never both. That's when you get caught. But 182 00:12:20,401 --> 00:12:24,121 Speaker 2: other than a few barbed social media references, things seemed 183 00:12:24,121 --> 00:12:27,201 Speaker 2: to be finally dying down. Heather and Sidney were not 184 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:31,521 Speaker 2: in touch. Tammy had stopped texting, and Sidney, Tammy, and 185 00:12:31,561 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 2: their children left for a Disney World trip on November nineteenth. 186 00:12:35,561 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 2: They were gone until December eleventh. Meanwhile, Heather seemed to 187 00:12:40,361 --> 00:12:43,401 Speaker 2: be moving on with her life. Brianna told police and 188 00:12:43,481 --> 00:12:46,281 Speaker 2: Lay twenty twenty that Heather was going to church with 189 00:12:46,321 --> 00:12:49,241 Speaker 2: her and that she had agreed to put Sydney behind 190 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:52,681 Speaker 2: her and move on with her life. Heather had gotten 191 00:12:52,681 --> 00:12:54,961 Speaker 2: a new job at a beauty parlor that would start 192 00:12:55,081 --> 00:12:58,601 Speaker 2: right around Christmas. She was acting more like her old self, 193 00:12:58,641 --> 00:13:02,641 Speaker 2: family and friends said, and enjoying dating new people. But 194 00:13:02,761 --> 00:13:07,441 Speaker 2: it turned out that Heather might have been hiding something because, 195 00:13:07,641 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 2: according to court documents, Heather believed that she was pregnant. 196 00:13:21,921 --> 00:13:25,881 Speaker 2: Was Heather Elvis pregnant? According to court documents, she may 197 00:13:25,881 --> 00:13:28,921 Speaker 2: have believed that she was. She had gained weight quickly and, 198 00:13:28,961 --> 00:13:32,001 Speaker 2: according to her co workers, gone up three broad up 199 00:13:32,041 --> 00:13:34,801 Speaker 2: sizes in her uniform in a short period of time. 200 00:13:35,601 --> 00:13:39,041 Speaker 2: Her manager at the Tilted Kilt testified that Heather thought 201 00:13:39,081 --> 00:13:41,441 Speaker 2: she might be pregnant by Sidney and had taken a 202 00:13:41,441 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 2: pregnancy test, but apparently the test came back with an 203 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:50,321 Speaker 2: inconclusive result. After Heather went missing, police talked to Sidney Moore. 204 00:13:51,321 --> 00:13:53,601 Speaker 2: He said that he had not talked to Heather since 205 00:13:53,641 --> 00:13:57,481 Speaker 2: they broke up in October, but Brianna was insistent. She 206 00:13:57,521 --> 00:13:59,881 Speaker 2: had been out of town in Florida, but she said 207 00:13:59,921 --> 00:14:04,081 Speaker 2: when Heather called her that night, she was hysterical. Heather 208 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,081 Speaker 2: called Brianna in a panic at around one forty four 209 00:14:07,081 --> 00:14:09,641 Speaker 2: am to tell her that Sidney called and that he 210 00:14:09,721 --> 00:14:12,081 Speaker 2: wanted to see her. He said that he was sorry 211 00:14:12,081 --> 00:14:15,441 Speaker 2: for everything and that he was leaving his wife. Brianna 212 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:18,081 Speaker 2: said that Heather was crying and hysterical, and that they 213 00:14:18,121 --> 00:14:20,401 Speaker 2: talked for a couple of minutes and that at the 214 00:14:20,481 --> 00:14:23,241 Speaker 2: end of the phone conversation, she said she did not 215 00:14:23,401 --> 00:14:25,681 Speaker 2: believe that Heather was going to go out and meet Sydney, 216 00:14:26,121 --> 00:14:31,001 Speaker 2: but it seems that she did. At around the same 217 00:14:31,081 --> 00:14:33,321 Speaker 2: time as Heather was being dropped off at home by 218 00:14:33,361 --> 00:14:37,161 Speaker 2: her date, Stephen, Sydney was seen on video buying a 219 00:14:37,201 --> 00:14:41,481 Speaker 2: pregnancy test at Walmart. The surveillance video showed Sydney with 220 00:14:41,601 --> 00:14:44,601 Speaker 2: Tammy in his truck near a Kangar Thru Express gas 221 00:14:44,601 --> 00:14:48,361 Speaker 2: station at one thirty three am. Video from the Kangaroo 222 00:14:48,401 --> 00:14:52,001 Speaker 2: Express showed Sydney leaving his truck and walking over to 223 00:14:52,041 --> 00:14:55,881 Speaker 2: a payphone. Police were able to show through phone records 224 00:14:55,881 --> 00:14:59,761 Speaker 2: that from that payphone, Sidney called Heather and that the 225 00:14:59,801 --> 00:15:03,961 Speaker 2: call lasted four minutes and fifty seconds. But later, when 226 00:15:03,961 --> 00:15:07,361 Speaker 2: police interviewed him, Stephen said he hadn't spoken to Heather 227 00:15:07,481 --> 00:15:11,161 Speaker 2: in several weeks since their relationship ended. Later, though, he 228 00:15:11,241 --> 00:15:13,281 Speaker 2: admitted that he had spoken to Heather the day she 229 00:15:13,321 --> 00:15:17,121 Speaker 2: disappeared for the first time in six weeks. Sydney claimed 230 00:15:17,161 --> 00:15:19,761 Speaker 2: that he called Heather to tell her to leave him alone. 231 00:15:23,841 --> 00:15:28,041 Speaker 2: So what happened after Heather hung up the phone? Heather's 232 00:15:28,081 --> 00:15:31,601 Speaker 2: phone location data provided some clues. The data showed that 233 00:15:31,681 --> 00:15:34,201 Speaker 2: Heather's cell phone left her apartment at two thirty one 234 00:15:34,241 --> 00:15:38,241 Speaker 2: am and arrived near Longbeard's Bar at two forty two am. 235 00:15:38,881 --> 00:15:41,881 Speaker 2: Then there were nine phone calls made from Heather's phone 236 00:15:41,921 --> 00:15:45,081 Speaker 2: to the Kangaroo Express payphone, the same phone that Sidney 237 00:15:45,081 --> 00:15:48,921 Speaker 2: had called her from. Location data from Sydney and Tammy's 238 00:15:48,961 --> 00:15:52,361 Speaker 2: phone showed that they went home during this time. The 239 00:15:52,441 --> 00:15:56,361 Speaker 2: data shows that after these nine calls, Heather's phone and 240 00:15:56,481 --> 00:16:00,561 Speaker 2: presumably Heather, returned to her apartment. Two more calls were 241 00:16:00,601 --> 00:16:03,201 Speaker 2: made from Heather's phone at three sixteen am and again 242 00:16:03,241 --> 00:16:06,881 Speaker 2: at three seventeen am. The first call to Sidney's phone 243 00:16:06,921 --> 00:16:09,881 Speaker 2: went to voicemail. The second call lasted a little over 244 00:16:09,921 --> 00:16:14,201 Speaker 2: four minutes after that call. Location data from Heather's phone 245 00:16:14,241 --> 00:16:17,361 Speaker 2: shows her traveling to Peachtree Landing, where her car was found. 246 00:16:17,841 --> 00:16:20,281 Speaker 2: Then there were four more calls made to Sydney's phone 247 00:16:20,321 --> 00:16:23,681 Speaker 2: between three thirty eight and three forty one am. All 248 00:16:23,721 --> 00:16:27,081 Speaker 2: of those calls went straight to voicemail. But after the 249 00:16:27,121 --> 00:16:30,521 Speaker 2: three forty one am call, there was no more activity 250 00:16:30,601 --> 00:16:34,881 Speaker 2: from Heather's phone. But at four thirty seven am suddenly 251 00:16:34,921 --> 00:16:38,201 Speaker 2: there was something else a text from Sydney's phone for 252 00:16:38,281 --> 00:16:42,201 Speaker 2: the first time in weeks. Tammy had had Sidney's phone 253 00:16:42,241 --> 00:16:46,481 Speaker 2: in her possession since November second, But at four thirty 254 00:16:46,521 --> 00:16:49,841 Speaker 2: seven am, Tammy texted Sydney's mom and he texted back. 255 00:16:50,481 --> 00:16:53,081 Speaker 2: She asked him if he had remembered the potstickers and 256 00:16:53,121 --> 00:17:00,161 Speaker 2: orange juice. He texted back, yes, ma'am. Just a day 257 00:17:00,201 --> 00:17:03,721 Speaker 2: after Heather was reported missing, on December twentieth, police went 258 00:17:03,761 --> 00:17:07,041 Speaker 2: to Tammy and Sydney's home. They found a surveillance system 259 00:17:07,041 --> 00:17:10,201 Speaker 2: that Tammy told them was not functional, and then, according 260 00:17:10,241 --> 00:17:13,561 Speaker 2: to court documents, she actually bought a new surveillance system 261 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:17,160 Speaker 2: that next day. Police also found a bag of cement, 262 00:17:17,481 --> 00:17:20,360 Speaker 2: a spent shotgun shell, and a bottle of cleaning fluid 263 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 2: near park camper. Sydney told police that he and Heather 264 00:17:24,241 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 2: began their affair in September of twenty thirteen, and that 265 00:17:27,001 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 2: it had been brief, but Heather's social media references to 266 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 2: her relationship with Sydney started months before that. Police followed 267 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,521 Speaker 2: that social media trail. They found references to the breakup 268 00:17:39,561 --> 00:17:42,681 Speaker 2: on Twitter, where Heather had written once upon a time, 269 00:17:42,721 --> 00:17:45,241 Speaker 2: an angel and a death fell in love. It did 270 00:17:45,281 --> 00:17:49,721 Speaker 2: not end well. Police were suspicious of Sidney Moore, but 271 00:17:49,761 --> 00:17:52,921 Speaker 2: when they brought him and Tammy in for questioning, both 272 00:17:52,961 --> 00:17:56,001 Speaker 2: of them denied having anything to do with Heather's disappearance, 273 00:17:56,521 --> 00:17:59,881 Speaker 2: and the police had no body and no physical evidence. 274 00:18:01,361 --> 00:18:05,561 Speaker 2: Police did make two arrests. On January twenty eighth, twenty fourteen, 275 00:18:05,721 --> 00:18:08,961 Speaker 2: two people were arrested in charge with obstruction of justice 276 00:18:09,161 --> 00:18:12,441 Speaker 2: after police claimed that they had posted false information about 277 00:18:12,521 --> 00:18:16,881 Speaker 2: Heather's disappearance on social media. Sadly, they were red herrings. 278 00:18:17,721 --> 00:18:21,321 Speaker 2: Investigators had wasted time being diverted from the case when 279 00:18:21,321 --> 00:18:26,521 Speaker 2: they looked into these posts. As the investigation continued, it 280 00:18:26,561 --> 00:18:29,481 Speaker 2: seemed like the whole town was talking about Heather's disappearance. 281 00:18:30,121 --> 00:18:32,881 Speaker 2: Sydney claimed that he and his family had received death 282 00:18:32,921 --> 00:18:36,601 Speaker 2: threats because of the rumors. Not only that, he claimed 283 00:18:36,641 --> 00:18:39,721 Speaker 2: that people had killed and mutilated rabbits and ducks that 284 00:18:39,761 --> 00:18:43,041 Speaker 2: his family kept as outdoor pets. He told police that 285 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,401 Speaker 2: people had fied tired guns at him while he was driving, 286 00:18:46,041 --> 00:18:49,881 Speaker 2: but Georgetown County Deputy sheriffs would later claim they found 287 00:18:49,881 --> 00:18:54,321 Speaker 2: no evidence that Sidney's truck had been hit. On February 288 00:18:54,321 --> 00:18:57,721 Speaker 2: twenty first, police executed a search warrant on Sydney and 289 00:18:57,761 --> 00:19:02,441 Speaker 2: Tammy's property near South Carolina Highway eight fourteen, Sydney and 290 00:19:02,481 --> 00:19:06,641 Speaker 2: Tammy were arrested. They were charged with murder, kidnapping, obstruction 291 00:19:06,681 --> 00:19:10,321 Speaker 2: of justice, and in decent exposure. This related to the 292 00:19:10,361 --> 00:19:13,400 Speaker 2: sexually explicit content that they had taken of themselves in 293 00:19:13,441 --> 00:19:18,641 Speaker 2: public places. Police interviewed Tammy, and the detective who questioned 294 00:19:18,641 --> 00:19:22,521 Speaker 2: Tammy told her that Sidney's relationship with Heather was more 295 00:19:22,521 --> 00:19:26,281 Speaker 2: involved than just a brief sexual affair, but Tammy told 296 00:19:26,321 --> 00:19:29,761 Speaker 2: police that she had an open marriage. She said that 297 00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 2: she could care less if he had sex with one 298 00:19:31,721 --> 00:19:35,360 Speaker 2: hundred people. She also said I was with him in 299 00:19:35,441 --> 00:19:38,481 Speaker 2: the truck all night. She said that on the night 300 00:19:38,521 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 2: that Heather disappeared, that she and Sidney had sex in 301 00:19:41,961 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 2: the truck. She told the detective questioning her the pregnancy 302 00:19:46,121 --> 00:19:48,721 Speaker 2: test that Sidney was seen on camera buying had been 303 00:19:48,761 --> 00:19:51,201 Speaker 2: for her. She said they had been trying to get 304 00:19:51,201 --> 00:19:54,721 Speaker 2: pregnant for several months and that over that time, Sidney 305 00:19:54,761 --> 00:19:58,041 Speaker 2: told detectives he had bought several pregnancy tests and that 306 00:19:58,121 --> 00:20:01,761 Speaker 2: all of them had come back negative. Later, while incarcerated, 307 00:20:01,921 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 2: Tammy told prison staff that she was pregnant, She was 308 00:20:04,961 --> 00:20:08,121 Speaker 2: advised of dietary needs and to take prenatal vitamins, which 309 00:20:08,161 --> 00:20:11,561 Speaker 2: she refused to take. Medical records obtained through a foury 310 00:20:11,641 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 2: request state that quote inmate was advised repeatedly of the 311 00:20:15,401 --> 00:20:18,881 Speaker 2: need for confirmation of pregnancy for need for prenatal care, 312 00:20:19,601 --> 00:20:22,641 Speaker 2: but Tammy stated prenatal vitamins had caused her to miscarry 313 00:20:22,681 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 2: her first baby, so she did not want to take them. Later, 314 00:20:27,241 --> 00:20:31,201 Speaker 2: Tammy's mother said publicly that Tammy had had a miscarriage 315 00:20:31,321 --> 00:20:43,041 Speaker 2: while in jail. When the detective questioning her asked about 316 00:20:43,041 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 2: the phone call made to Heather the night that Heather disappeared, 317 00:20:46,481 --> 00:20:49,281 Speaker 2: she said she'd heard phone calls made to Sydney's phone 318 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:52,681 Speaker 2: from Heather, but she said she didn't see or know 319 00:20:52,881 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 2: about Sidney contacting Heather. Both Sydney and Tammy worked odd hours, 320 00:20:57,801 --> 00:21:02,161 Speaker 2: mostly night shifts. They homeschooled their three children. Tammy's sister, 321 00:21:02,281 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 2: Ashley Cayson, who lived in a house next door to 322 00:21:04,881 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 2: Sidney and Tammy with her and Tamy's parents, told police 323 00:21:08,481 --> 00:21:11,201 Speaker 2: she babysat the children on the night that Heather disappeared. 324 00:21:12,001 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 2: Ashley later testified in Tammy's defense and as part of that, 325 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 2: she challenged Sidney's story about the tattoo he had gotten. 326 00:21:18,801 --> 00:21:21,361 Speaker 2: She said that Tammy had not forced Sidney to get 327 00:21:21,361 --> 00:21:24,441 Speaker 2: that tattoo. She said, in fact, Sidney had had that 328 00:21:24,481 --> 00:21:28,721 Speaker 2: tattoo since January of twenty twelve. Ashley said that Tammy 329 00:21:28,801 --> 00:21:32,120 Speaker 2: and Sydney used the handcuffs for sexual role play, that 330 00:21:32,201 --> 00:21:35,121 Speaker 2: he was not handcuffed against his will as he claimed. 331 00:21:35,921 --> 00:21:38,481 Speaker 2: Tammy also told police they had a sleigh bed, so 332 00:21:38,521 --> 00:21:42,121 Speaker 2: it would have been impossible for her to handcuff Sidney. 333 00:21:42,161 --> 00:21:45,400 Speaker 2: On the night Heather disappeared, Ashley said that the kids 334 00:21:45,401 --> 00:21:48,761 Speaker 2: were over at her place until approximately three am, and 335 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 2: then Tammy had texted her at three ten am to 336 00:21:52,001 --> 00:21:54,721 Speaker 2: say she and Sidney were home. At that point, the 337 00:21:54,801 --> 00:21:58,361 Speaker 2: kids walked back home. Tammy told police, yes, she wasn't 338 00:21:58,361 --> 00:22:00,721 Speaker 2: a rage when she found out about the affair, but 339 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,121 Speaker 2: she really minimized the fallout to her marriage. She said 340 00:22:04,161 --> 00:22:06,241 Speaker 2: she and Sydney got over it in a few days. 341 00:22:06,561 --> 00:22:08,761 Speaker 2: She said they had healed their marriage during that trip 342 00:22:08,801 --> 00:22:12,241 Speaker 2: to Disneyland. She said she and Sidney got home at 343 00:22:12,241 --> 00:22:15,001 Speaker 2: around three ten am. That would have been about the 344 00:22:15,041 --> 00:22:17,241 Speaker 2: time that she texted her sister to say the kids 345 00:22:17,241 --> 00:22:21,961 Speaker 2: could walk home. Police asked Sydney and Tammy if they'd 346 00:22:21,961 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 2: been anywhere near peach Tree Landing where Heather's car was found. 347 00:22:25,521 --> 00:22:29,441 Speaker 2: They both said no. Police had footage from two surveillance 348 00:22:29,481 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 2: systems on a road between Tammy and Sydney's residence and 349 00:22:32,921 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 2: the Peachtree Landing where Heather's car was found. These were 350 00:22:36,001 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 2: about a five minute drive apart. A dark colored truck 351 00:22:39,881 --> 00:22:43,120 Speaker 2: was seen on camera heading toward Peachtree Landing at approximately 352 00:22:43,121 --> 00:22:47,200 Speaker 2: three forty five. Then nine minutes later, the dark colored 353 00:22:47,201 --> 00:22:51,681 Speaker 2: truck appeared on camera going back the same way. A 354 00:22:51,801 --> 00:22:55,481 Speaker 2: Hoary County grand jury indicted Sydney and Tammy for kidnapping 355 00:22:55,721 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 2: and for conspiracy kidnap on December eighteenth, twenty thirteen. They 356 00:23:01,001 --> 00:23:05,881 Speaker 2: would be tried separately. At trial, prosecutors called in someone 357 00:23:06,001 --> 00:23:08,880 Speaker 2: who was an expert on cars. The state found a 358 00:23:08,921 --> 00:23:12,961 Speaker 2: forensic video analyst, Grant Fredericks, to assist them in identifying 359 00:23:12,961 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 2: that truck scene on video. He did something called headlights 360 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,681 Speaker 2: spread pattern analysis. He said in his opinion, the truck 361 00:23:20,761 --> 00:23:24,561 Speaker 2: in the video footage was Tammy and Sydney's new blackboard 362 00:23:24,641 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 2: f one point fifty Before the trial began, both Tammy 363 00:23:28,121 --> 00:23:31,201 Speaker 2: and Sydney tried to get that expert testimony about the 364 00:23:31,241 --> 00:23:34,961 Speaker 2: identity of the vehicle excluded, but the evidence was allowed. 365 00:23:35,001 --> 00:23:39,241 Speaker 2: In Shortly after the arrest, a judge issued a gag 366 00:23:39,321 --> 00:23:43,561 Speaker 2: order on all participants of this case. Later, investigators announced 367 00:23:43,561 --> 00:23:46,641 Speaker 2: they were filing additional charges related to what they called 368 00:23:46,921 --> 00:23:50,761 Speaker 2: financial discrepancies, filed with the state of South Carolina. Later 369 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 2: it came out what they were talking about was that 370 00:23:52,881 --> 00:23:56,761 Speaker 2: the Moorers were charged with medicaid fraud. The investigators said 371 00:23:56,801 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 2: Tammy and Sydney had failed to disclose over ten thousand 372 00:24:00,201 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 2: dollars in income from their business and alleged they had 373 00:24:03,201 --> 00:24:11,761 Speaker 2: fraudulently received benefits. This case is very unusual because on 374 00:24:11,801 --> 00:24:14,361 Speaker 2: the one hand, you have the gag order from the judge, 375 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,561 Speaker 2: but in the absence of any real information coming out 376 00:24:17,601 --> 00:24:20,481 Speaker 2: about the case, social media stepped in to fill the void, 377 00:24:21,121 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 2: and Tammy was not being silent. She and Sidney posted 378 00:24:24,881 --> 00:24:28,561 Speaker 2: on Facebook and other media sites. Tammy called Heather a 379 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:32,881 Speaker 2: whore and a stalker. She said the police had framed them. 380 00:24:33,641 --> 00:24:38,881 Speaker 2: Tammy made posts on Facebook addressing Heather's disappearance. One read quote, well, 381 00:24:39,241 --> 00:24:41,721 Speaker 2: Sidney cheated on me. In the months of September October 382 00:24:41,721 --> 00:24:44,761 Speaker 2: with a psycho whore who has since gone missing. I 383 00:24:44,761 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 2: could care less what he screwed around with, but the 384 00:24:47,201 --> 00:24:50,721 Speaker 2: fact that this jerk is stalking my family is unacceptable. 385 00:24:51,241 --> 00:24:56,281 Speaker 2: End quote. Then nothing happened for a long time, at 386 00:24:56,361 --> 00:25:07,441 Speaker 2: least on the surface. In early twenty fifteen, Sidney and 387 00:25:07,481 --> 00:25:10,961 Speaker 2: Tammy were finally able to bond out from jail. They 388 00:25:11,001 --> 00:25:14,160 Speaker 2: had to follow bail conditions, including GPS monitoring and an 389 00:25:14,161 --> 00:25:17,001 Speaker 2: agreement to stay away from Heather's family and to not 390 00:25:17,121 --> 00:25:20,761 Speaker 2: mention them on social media. Sydney and Tammy claimed that 391 00:25:20,881 --> 00:25:23,201 Speaker 2: during this long way and due to the publicity of 392 00:25:23,201 --> 00:25:26,321 Speaker 2: the case, they were unable to find work, so they 393 00:25:26,361 --> 00:25:28,681 Speaker 2: asked the court to allow them to move to Florida. 394 00:25:29,281 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: Sidney had found a job there, and the judge allowed it. 395 00:25:32,881 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 2: This outraged Heather's family. Prosecutors said that they did not 396 00:25:38,281 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 2: have enough evidence to go forward with the murder charges 397 00:25:40,881 --> 00:25:44,041 Speaker 2: against Tammy and Sydney, so in March thousand, six sixteen, 398 00:25:44,361 --> 00:25:47,521 Speaker 2: it was announced they were going to be dropped without prejudice, 399 00:25:47,881 --> 00:25:51,201 Speaker 2: meaning that they could be refiled later. Then in March 400 00:25:51,201 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 2: of twenty sixteen, there was another announcement the prosecutors were 401 00:25:55,041 --> 00:25:58,321 Speaker 2: dropping the charges against Tammy and Sydney for murder in 402 00:25:58,401 --> 00:26:02,721 Speaker 2: decent exposure and obstruction. The obstruction charge related to Sidney 403 00:26:02,721 --> 00:26:05,321 Speaker 2: telling police he had not called Heather, when in fact 404 00:26:05,401 --> 00:26:08,601 Speaker 2: he later admitted that he had called her on that payphone. 405 00:26:08,641 --> 00:26:12,081 Speaker 2: Heather's family said publicly they were disappointed, but that they 406 00:26:12,161 --> 00:26:17,961 Speaker 2: understood the prosecutor's decision. The prosecutors had a strong circumstantial case, 407 00:26:18,001 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 2: and they believed they had a strong motive, but they 408 00:26:20,641 --> 00:26:24,001 Speaker 2: still had no body in no physical evidence. What they 409 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,481 Speaker 2: had was Heather's phone records. The phone records that showed 410 00:26:27,481 --> 00:26:30,521 Speaker 2: that after she hung up with Brianna, her phone pinged 411 00:26:30,521 --> 00:26:33,921 Speaker 2: at two thirty am. Her device moved to Longbeard's Bar 412 00:26:33,961 --> 00:26:37,041 Speaker 2: and Grill, and then a few miles away, then back 413 00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:41,001 Speaker 2: to Longbeards before calling Sydney's phone, then going back to 414 00:26:41,041 --> 00:26:44,681 Speaker 2: her apartment, making another call to Sydney's phone, the one 415 00:26:44,721 --> 00:26:49,001 Speaker 2: that was answered and lasted four minutes. At three thirty seven, 416 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,161 Speaker 2: the phone was taken to Peachtree Landing and after that 417 00:26:52,721 --> 00:26:55,561 Speaker 2: DADA showed that the last place the phone was was 418 00:26:55,601 --> 00:27:00,561 Speaker 2: near the Wacamaw National Wildlife Refuge and again Sydney's cell 419 00:27:00,641 --> 00:27:03,641 Speaker 2: records showed no use between November tewod when Tammy took 420 00:27:03,641 --> 00:27:07,761 Speaker 2: his phone two December eighteenth, at three thirty seven am, 421 00:27:08,041 --> 00:27:11,201 Speaker 2: after Tammy sent him a text asking for podstickers and 422 00:27:11,241 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 2: orange juice, and he replied yes, ma'am. Was he really 423 00:27:15,481 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 2: talking about potstickers or was this some kind of code 424 00:27:18,641 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 2: between Sydney and Tammy? Also, was Heather using her device 425 00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:25,481 Speaker 2: that whole night or was her car taken to the 426 00:27:25,521 --> 00:27:29,641 Speaker 2: location by Peachtree Landing and her last location stage? Somehow, 427 00:27:31,601 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 2: police had Tammy's search records from her computer in her phone. 428 00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:38,001 Speaker 2: There were several searches that showed up in the case file. 429 00:27:38,481 --> 00:27:41,201 Speaker 2: One search was how do I change the date of 430 00:27:41,241 --> 00:27:45,561 Speaker 2: a post on my timeline? Police had texts that Tammy 431 00:27:45,601 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 2: had sent to a friend describing her discovery of the affair. 432 00:27:48,721 --> 00:27:51,001 Speaker 2: On December sixth, she texted the friend to say that 433 00:27:51,041 --> 00:27:54,441 Speaker 2: there was no love left for Sydney, that she hated him. 434 00:27:54,881 --> 00:27:57,721 Speaker 2: She wrote, quote, now he has to say chane to 435 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,241 Speaker 2: the bed until further notice. Why I live my life 436 00:28:00,281 --> 00:28:02,481 Speaker 2: as a single woman. It's all good. I hope that 437 00:28:02,521 --> 00:28:04,881 Speaker 2: things will be okay after I enjoy my single year 438 00:28:05,041 --> 00:28:08,561 Speaker 2: end quote. During this time, she also sexted guys from 439 00:28:08,641 --> 00:28:12,201 Speaker 2: Sydney's phone and did internet searches, including the beach, South 440 00:28:12,201 --> 00:28:17,801 Speaker 2: Carolina and full moon phases. December seventeenth was a full moon. 441 00:28:19,281 --> 00:28:23,201 Speaker 2: Sidney's trial started in June of twenty sixteen. He was 442 00:28:23,281 --> 00:28:26,481 Speaker 2: charged with kidnapping. In court, there was a ton of 443 00:28:26,481 --> 00:28:29,441 Speaker 2: direct evidence about the affair, but not a lot of 444 00:28:29,441 --> 00:28:32,321 Speaker 2: evidence about exactly what went down on the night when 445 00:28:32,321 --> 00:28:36,121 Speaker 2: Heather went missing. They did have video records, but these 446 00:28:36,161 --> 00:28:40,241 Speaker 2: were controversial. Heather's roommate and friend, Brianna, talked at length 447 00:28:40,241 --> 00:28:42,681 Speaker 2: about the conversation she had with Heather on the night 448 00:28:42,801 --> 00:28:45,961 Speaker 2: she went missing, but the defense also brought up Heather's 449 00:28:45,961 --> 00:28:49,641 Speaker 2: alleged family problems and some other issues with an allegedly 450 00:28:49,681 --> 00:28:53,721 Speaker 2: abusive ex boyfriend, but the prosecution stated the ex boyfriend 451 00:28:53,721 --> 00:28:56,201 Speaker 2: in Heather had not been in touch in a long time. 452 00:28:57,681 --> 00:29:00,321 Speaker 2: The jury debated for hours and in the end they 453 00:29:00,321 --> 00:29:03,841 Speaker 2: could not reach a verdict, so the judge declared a mistrial. 454 00:29:04,481 --> 00:29:07,881 Speaker 2: Sidney went on trial again in twenty eighteen. This time 455 00:29:07,961 --> 00:29:11,841 Speaker 2: he was charged with obstruction justice and conspiracy kidnap, but 456 00:29:11,961 --> 00:29:15,521 Speaker 2: again they had a largely circumstantial case. They knew that 457 00:29:15,601 --> 00:29:19,161 Speaker 2: Tammy was angry, and that on the night Heather disappeared, 458 00:29:19,481 --> 00:29:22,641 Speaker 2: that he made a call to Heather's phone. There was 459 00:29:22,721 --> 00:29:26,441 Speaker 2: one other witness who had potentially damaging information about Sidney. 460 00:29:27,081 --> 00:29:31,161 Speaker 2: Tammy Moore's cousin, Donald di Marino, testified at Sidney's retrial 461 00:29:31,361 --> 00:29:33,401 Speaker 2: that he was at a cookout where Tammy and Sidney 462 00:29:33,401 --> 00:29:35,841 Speaker 2: were hanging out. He said that Sidney showed him a 463 00:29:35,841 --> 00:29:38,721 Speaker 2: photo of Heather on his phone, and in that picture, 464 00:29:39,161 --> 00:29:43,601 Speaker 2: Donald testified Heather appeared to be incapacitated, like she couldn't 465 00:29:43,601 --> 00:29:48,801 Speaker 2: walk or talk. He testified that he did not expect 466 00:29:48,841 --> 00:29:52,281 Speaker 2: to see or for anyone to see Heather again after 467 00:29:52,281 --> 00:29:54,921 Speaker 2: seeing that picture. He said he had been so upset 468 00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:57,641 Speaker 2: by the pictures that he had left the party afterwards. 469 00:29:58,201 --> 00:30:01,241 Speaker 2: It was later reported that in that photo Heather was 470 00:30:01,281 --> 00:30:05,041 Speaker 2: bleeding in either dead or near dead, but police were 471 00:30:05,121 --> 00:30:09,361 Speaker 2: unable to retrieve this photo. Donald did testify that he 472 00:30:09,481 --> 00:30:11,681 Speaker 2: told his mother while they were talking at the jail, 473 00:30:11,881 --> 00:30:14,601 Speaker 2: in a conversation that he knew was being recorded, that 474 00:30:14,641 --> 00:30:17,721 Speaker 2: the stuff about the picture wasn't true. Now, he said 475 00:30:17,761 --> 00:30:20,241 Speaker 2: in court he told his mom this because he had 476 00:30:20,281 --> 00:30:23,121 Speaker 2: already had problems with the law and he didn't want 477 00:30:23,161 --> 00:30:27,001 Speaker 2: to put anything more on his mom. He did say 478 00:30:27,081 --> 00:30:29,241 Speaker 2: he was getting no help on the current charges he 479 00:30:29,281 --> 00:30:31,841 Speaker 2: was facing. In exchange for his testimony, he said he 480 00:30:31,881 --> 00:30:34,761 Speaker 2: was simply testifying because he wanted to do the right thing. 481 00:30:35,801 --> 00:30:37,961 Speaker 2: I'm not sure of the digital forensics on this, but 482 00:30:38,041 --> 00:30:41,401 Speaker 2: I do know that in some cases, once phone memories 483 00:30:41,441 --> 00:30:45,521 Speaker 2: fill up, sometimes images that are deleted can never be retrieved. 484 00:30:46,481 --> 00:30:49,881 Speaker 2: Sidney was found guilty of the conspiracy to kidnapping charges. 485 00:30:50,401 --> 00:30:53,921 Speaker 2: He was sentenced to ten years in prison. In October 486 00:30:53,961 --> 00:30:58,321 Speaker 2: of twenty eighteen, Tammy's trial started. This trial was full 487 00:30:58,321 --> 00:31:00,721 Speaker 2: of drama, and it's one of the weird quirks of 488 00:31:00,721 --> 00:31:04,401 Speaker 2: this case that Tammy seemed to be more publicly hated 489 00:31:04,441 --> 00:31:07,241 Speaker 2: and blamed than Sidney, the person who actually had the 490 00:31:07,281 --> 00:31:11,481 Speaker 2: affair with Heather. But why was Tammy angry? Was she, 491 00:31:11,601 --> 00:31:14,001 Speaker 2: as she said, just angry about the loss of control 492 00:31:14,081 --> 00:31:17,001 Speaker 2: that she had been lied to, or was she angry 493 00:31:17,081 --> 00:31:20,921 Speaker 2: about Sidney sleeping with Heather? Because Tammy claimed the relationship 494 00:31:20,921 --> 00:31:23,521 Speaker 2: with Heather was casual, that she and Sidney had an 495 00:31:23,561 --> 00:31:25,801 Speaker 2: open marriage, and that it didn't bother her that much. 496 00:31:26,721 --> 00:31:29,401 Speaker 2: In court, the prosecution brought up the social media wars 497 00:31:29,601 --> 00:31:32,241 Speaker 2: and the Facebook post where Tammy had called Heather a 498 00:31:32,281 --> 00:31:37,281 Speaker 2: psycho whore. Sidney's mother testified that Tammy beat Sidney after 499 00:31:37,321 --> 00:31:40,601 Speaker 2: she found out about the affair. There was more drama 500 00:31:40,641 --> 00:31:44,201 Speaker 2: when there was evidence introduced very sexually explicit text that 501 00:31:44,321 --> 00:31:46,441 Speaker 2: Tammy had sent to a man she was sleeping with. 502 00:31:47,041 --> 00:31:49,801 Speaker 2: At that point, the defense moved for a mistrial because 503 00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:53,041 Speaker 2: they argued that the texts would prejudice the jury against Tammy. 504 00:31:54,081 --> 00:31:56,721 Speaker 2: Tammy told police that she had actually had a nice 505 00:31:56,761 --> 00:31:59,921 Speaker 2: conversation with Heather a month before she went missing. She 506 00:32:00,041 --> 00:32:05,601 Speaker 2: said they had resolved their issues at some point during 507 00:32:05,641 --> 00:32:10,561 Speaker 2: this whole process, Sidney and Tammy legally separated. After the 508 00:32:10,601 --> 00:32:14,441 Speaker 2: eleven day trial, the jury convicted Tammy of both charges. 509 00:32:15,161 --> 00:32:18,001 Speaker 2: She was sentenced to thirty years each to run Concurrently, 510 00:32:18,801 --> 00:32:22,521 Speaker 2: in September of twenty nineteen, Sidney Moore was taken back 511 00:32:22,561 --> 00:32:25,321 Speaker 2: to trial on the kidnapping charges, and this time he 512 00:32:25,481 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 2: was found guilty. He was sentenced to thirty years in prison. 513 00:32:31,161 --> 00:32:34,601 Speaker 2: Sidney Moore and Tammy Moore have both appealed their convictions. 514 00:32:34,921 --> 00:32:38,521 Speaker 2: So far, they have lost all their appeals, but in 515 00:32:38,601 --> 00:32:41,841 Speaker 2: March of twenty twenty five, Sidney Moore filled out a 516 00:32:41,921 --> 00:32:44,761 Speaker 2: post conviction relief for him in a Wordy County courthouse. 517 00:32:45,401 --> 00:32:48,721 Speaker 2: He is requesting a new trial. In the documents, he 518 00:32:48,881 --> 00:32:52,161 Speaker 2: claimed the prosecution changed their timeline in order to get 519 00:32:52,201 --> 00:32:56,001 Speaker 2: a conviction. He said they had knowingly allowed multiple witnesses 520 00:32:56,041 --> 00:33:00,201 Speaker 2: to lie under oath, and he claimed his attorney did 521 00:33:00,361 --> 00:33:08,041 Speaker 2: very little work. So this drama continues for Heather Elvis's family. 522 00:33:08,521 --> 00:33:11,841 Speaker 2: Her mother publicly stated that Sidney refuses to let her 523 00:33:11,921 --> 00:33:16,681 Speaker 2: daughter go. As of now, Tammy Moore's projected release date 524 00:33:16,881 --> 00:33:20,321 Speaker 2: is May nineteenth, twenty forty three, and Sidney Moore is 525 00:33:20,361 --> 00:33:23,601 Speaker 2: projected for release on March thirty first, twenty forty four. 526 00:33:24,561 --> 00:33:27,401 Speaker 2: Heather Elvis's family have said they do not expect to 527 00:33:27,441 --> 00:33:30,761 Speaker 2: ever see her alive. The question that remains for them 528 00:33:30,921 --> 00:33:35,321 Speaker 2: is where's Heather's body. At trial, Tammy was asked about 529 00:33:35,321 --> 00:33:37,521 Speaker 2: repairs that she and Sydney had done at home when 530 00:33:37,521 --> 00:33:41,161 Speaker 2: they poured concrete. She said, to her knowledge, no one 531 00:33:41,241 --> 00:33:45,041 Speaker 2: ever used cement to cover up Heather's body. Is Heather 532 00:33:45,201 --> 00:33:47,521 Speaker 2: near the location where her phone last pin near the 533 00:33:47,601 --> 00:33:52,401 Speaker 2: nature preserve near Peachtree Landing or could that have been staged? 534 00:33:52,801 --> 00:33:55,481 Speaker 2: Could her car have been put there to guide police 535 00:33:55,641 --> 00:34:00,081 Speaker 2: in the wrong direction. Heather's family can only hope that 536 00:34:00,241 --> 00:34:02,681 Speaker 2: one day she will be found and they will be 537 00:34:02,721 --> 00:34:07,601 Speaker 2: able to bring her home. I'm Catherine Townsend. This is 538 00:34:07,681 --> 00:34:17,761 Speaker 2: Helen Gone Murder Line. Helen Gone Murder Line is a 539 00:34:17,801 --> 00:34:21,001 Speaker 2: production of School of Humans and iHeart Podcasts. 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