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Carter Roy
Hi Crime House community. It's Carter Roy and if you love digging into the most gripping true crime stories, then you need to listen to another Crime House original Crimes of with Sabrina Deanna Roga and Corinne Vien. Crimes of is a weekly series that explores a new theme each season from Crimes of Paranormal, unsolved murders, mysterious disappearances, and more. Sabrina and Corinne have been covering the true stories behind Hollywood's most iconic horror villains, and this month they'll be diving into the paranormal. Listen to Crimes of every Tuesday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you listen to podcasts. This his crime house. They say you never really know someone. Not completely. Now that might sound a bit dramatic, but in many ways it's true. Sure, there are ways to build trust and understanding, but what do you do when you realize you don't recognize your own partner by October 2013, 20 year old Heather Elvis thought she had a pretty good sense of her new boyfriend, 37 year old Sydney Morrer. She knew he was older, she knew he was funny, she even knew he was married. Despite all that, Heather knew nothing about what that marriage was actually like. In reality, Sydney's wife Tammy was extremely controlling. She called all the shots and she did not appreciate Heather stepping on her toes. Before long, Tammy became determined to get Heather out of the picture and she didn't care how many lines she had to cross to make it happen. People's lives are like a story. There's a beginning, a middle and an end, but you don't always know which part you're on. Sometimes the final chapter arrives far too soon and we don't always get to know the real ending. I'm Carter Roy and this is True Crime Stories, a Crime House original powered by Pave Studios that releases every Tuesday and Thursday. Crime House is made possible by you true crime Stories and Subscribe to Crime House plus on Apple Podcasts for ad free early access to each two part series. And if you can't get enough true crime, go search and follow Crime House Daily, our team's twice a day show bringing you breaking cases, updates and unbelievable stories from the world of crime that are happening right now. This is the second of two episodes on the 2013 disappearance of 20 year old Heather Elvis in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Last time we followed Heather, a bubbly waitress and aspiring cosmetologist as she struck up an affair with married co worker 37 year old Sydney Moorer. After his wife learned what was going on, Sydney broke things off with Heather. But just when it seemed like they were both moving on with their lives, Heather mysteriously vanished today. I'll take you along as detectives search for Heather. Eventually, they zeroed in on two suspects. But getting a conviction would be easier said than done. And to this day, the people of Myrtle beach are still wondering what really happened to Heather. Elvis all that and more Coming up. Cold mornings, holiday to dos and all the chaos this season. I just want my wardrobe to be simple pieces that look sharp, feel amazing and that I'll actually wear that. Don't just sit there because maybe I don't really like them. That is why I reach for quints over and over. And the bonus their pieces make gifting completely stress free this season. Quint keeps it smart and simple. $50 Mongolian cashmere sweaters that feel like a little everyday luxury and wool coats that are both stylish and durable. I have been living in their cashmere sweaters and admittedly their suede jackets. They hold up beautifully through everything this season. And Quint's isn't just clothing. They have amazing gifts for the home, bath, kitchen and travel. Give and get timeless holiday staples that last this season with quints. Go to quints.com crimehouse for free shipping on your order and 365 day returns. Now available in Canada too. That's Q-U-I-N-C-E.com crimehouse free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.com crimehouse if you're an experienced pet.
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Carter Roy
Peachtree Landing in Socastee, South Carolina is little more than a parking lot next to the Waccamaw River. During the day, it's full of people launching their boats, but at night, it's a different story. While the moon and stars provide sunlight, the thick woods cast a dark shadow on the area. It's pretty spooky and also the perfect place for people to meet and do things they shouldn't. So Horry county police weren't surprised when someone reported a suspicious vehicle there the night of December 19, 2013. The car had been at the landing for at least 24 hours and appeared to be abandoned. Officer Kenneth Canterbury arrived there at 9pm and quickly found the car, a dark green Dodge Intrepid. The first thing he noticed was how it was parked across multiple spots. Whoever left it there had been in a hurry. He shone his flashlight into the windows and discovered the cab was a mess. Every surface was covered with clothing, dishes, even trash. It was strange, but there were no signs that a crime had been committed. Still, Officer Canterbury wanted to be thorough. He ran the license plate and found the Dodge was registered to Terry Elvis. Canterbury knew the Elvises, but they live less than 10 minutes away from the landing. So he decided to go talk to them himself. Officer Canterbury found Terry and his wife Debbie at home. When he asked if they were missing a car, they looked confused. Their cars were out in the driveway. The officer specified, what about a green Dodge Intrepid? Terry said that was their 20 year old daughter Heather's car. That's when Officer Canterbury broke the news. The vehicle had been found at Peachtree Landing. Terry and Debbie were understandably worried and desperate to help. Since Terry had a spare set of keys for the Dodge, he followed Canterbury back to the landing. Meanwhile, Debbie called Heather. It went straight to voicemail without even ringing. This struck Debbie as odd. Heather never let her phone die and she never turned it off. As call after call went straight to voicemail, she began to panic. Back at the landing, Terry was growing concerned as well. He couldn't think of any reason his daughter would have left her car here. It was her only mode of transportation. Without it, she'd be stranded. Terry wondered if the car had been stolen, but if anything had been taken, it would have been hard to tell. The car looked just like Heather's room at home always did. Complete and utter chaos. Still, Officer Canterbury did his best to go through the interior. Despite the mess, he noticed there were a few very important items missing. Heather's wallet and phone. At this point, Canterbury knew he was looking at a possible missing person case. So he followed Terry back home to ask more questions. Neither Terry nor Debbie had heard from their daughter in at least two days, since the night of Tuesday, December 17th. Debbie said Heather had mentioned going on a date that night, but she didn't know with who. Terry showed Canterbury the last text message. Heather sent him a picture of her driving a car with a manual drive. She was playfully rubbing it in that someone else had managed to teach her how to drive stick. That was the only clue they had. While Canterbury spoke with the Elvis family, his colleagues arrived at Heather's workplace, the Tilted Kilt, to interview her co workers. Her boss, Jessica Cook, was worried for Heather and eager to help. She told police that Heather had gone on a date on December 17 with a boy named Steven Giraldi. Investigators tracked him down at his mother's house in the early hours of December 20, 2013. Steven was cooperative. He admitted that he and Heather had gone out to dinner a few days ago. After dropping her off at her apartment, Stephen came straight home and went to sleep. They'd made plans to see each other again the following day, but Stephen hadn't heard from Heather since. Stephen's mother confirmed what her son said and verified that he hadn't left the house after coming home. From the date, it seemed like Stephen had a solid alibi. Which meant it was time for Officer Canterbury to look into the other person Heather's boss had mentioned. Back at the restaurant, Jessica Cook was clear. If something had happened to Heather, they needed to talk to her co worker, 37 year old Sydney Moorer. Officer Canterbury called Sydney at the number that Jessica had provided. When asked if he'd talked to Heather recently, Sydney said they hadn't spoken in weeks. But as the conversation continued, he suddenly admitted to calling her a couple nights before. That was enough for Canterbury to ask Sidney for an official interview. Canterbury arrived at the moorer residence around 2am on December 20. Sydney met him at the end of the driveway as if he'd been waiting for him. Right away, Canterbury noticed something odd. Unlike everyone else Canterbury had spoken to, Sidney didn't seem particularly worried about Heather. Instead, he seemed annoyed. Canterbury asked what his relationship to Heather was, and Sidney quickly said there was no relationship. Then he backtracked. He admitted that there had been one, but he ended it months ago. In late October, Canterbury saw an opening. If that was the case, then why did Sidney suddenly reach out to her a few days ago like he'd said? But Sidney had an explanation at the ready. He claimed that Heather had been pestering him, leaving notes on his truck. So he'd called her to leave him and his family alone. He didn't know anything else. Back at the precinct, another detective, a man named John Martin, tried to corroborate Sidney's story by going through Heather's cell phone data. He started by calling everyone Heather had spoken to on the night of December 17th. And early on the morning, December 18th. One of those people was Brianna Worlman, Heather's friend and roommate. Detective Martin called Bree, who said that Heather had been distraught. The last time they'd spoken, Sydney had just called her and wanted to get back together. Heather hadn't known what to do. Basically the exact opposite of Sydney's story. It confirmed what Detective Martin already suspected. Sydney was hiding something. But before they could bring him in for more questioning, Martin needed to finish going through the phone records. At around 1:30am on the morning of December 18, just before Heather spoke to Bree, she received two calls from a number that wasn't saved in her phone. The detective contacted the phone company and found it belonged to a pay phone at a gas station just off the highway. Investigators obtained the surveillance footage from that night. It wasn't exactly HD quality, but the video showed someone in light pants and a dark shirt approaching the phone around the time the call to Heather's cell was made. If that was Sydney Moorer, he'd gone to great lengths to hide his phone call. The question was why?
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Carter Roy
On December 20, 2013, Horry County Police were investigating the disappearance of 20 year old Heather Elvis in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Friends and family hadn't heard from her since the morning of the 18th, but thanks to their information, authorities were closing in On a suspect, 47 year old Sydney Moorer, who Heather had been having an affair with. That afternoon on December 20, Sydney went down to the station to speak with Detective John Martin. He repeated his story about ending things with Heather back in October. He claimed that after his wife, Tammy found out, he immediately dumped Heather and hadn't seen her again since then. He and Tammy had been trying to repair their marriage. But Detective Martin quickly learned that Tammy had an unusual way of dealing with Sidney's indiscretions. Sidney explained that Tammy had taken his phone and and didn't give it back to him for weeks. She also followed him everywhere, even to the odd jobs he worked as a maintenance man. Tammy never let Sidney out of her sight. Detective Martin asked if they were together on the night of December 17th. Sydney said they were. Tammy had gone to work with him that night and probably to keep an eye on him. On the way home, they stopped to have sex in two different parking lots. Apparently, this was also part of their reconciliation plan. If the detective found that strange, he didn't let on. He simply asked what they did after. Sidney said they stopped at the Walmart in Myrtle beach before going home. At home, Tammy handcuffed him to their bed. Apparently, this was something she'd done every night since she discovered his affair with Heather. Sydney acknowledged that it sounded extreme, but assured the officer that he was completely fine with it. Detective Martin was getting a clear picture of the power dynamics in Sydney and Tammy's marriage. He tucked the information away for later. It was time to get to the real questions. They all knew that Heather called Sydney at around three in the morning on the 18th. It was in the phone records, and Sydney admitted to it. But Martin asked if he'd called her earlier, maybe from a pay phone. Sidney immediately denied it. He even attempted to joke about payphones still existing, but he'd fallen directly into the detective's trap. Martin revealed they had security footage from the payphone that was used to call Heather that night. Sydney seemed to panic, and his story quickly changed. He admitted to calling her from the payphone, but he insisted it was still just to tell Heather to leave him alone. The backpedaling did nothing to save him, though. Investigators had been wondering if Sydney was hiding something, and now they knew that he was. They needed to find out if there was anything else he was lying about. So they tried to retrace the steps he said he took with Tammy. Soon, detectives tracked down security footage from the Walmart that Sidney and Tammy had gone to. Sydney was easily identifiable as he entered the store. Whatever he was there for took him less than 10 minutes to find, and he paid for it with cash. Cameras in the parking lot captured the Moorer's F150 truck leaving the area. From the timestamps on the footage, it was clear they'd then gone straight to the gas station, where Sydney called Heather. After that, their whereabouts could not be accounted for. It was certainly suspicious. And now the detectives had spoken to Sydney, it was time to interview his wife, Tammy. Officers arrived at the Moorer home later that day on December 20. They asked if Tammy wouldn't mind answering a few questions and letting them look around. She seemed hesitant, but ultimately decided to let them in. Still, Tammy made it very clear she was calling the shots. She knew they didn't have a search warrant and was very specific about where they could and couldn't look. One of the first things the officers noticed was that Tammy and Sydney had an extensive security system with cameras inside and outside the house. They also observed that there was a black F150 in the driveway. When they asked to look inside, however, Tammy claimed she didn't have the keys. After snapping a few more photos, the detectives thanked her for her cooperation and left. As they headed back to the station, they had one goal in mind. Getting a warrant for that surveillance system as soon as possible. While the investigation went on, the community rallied to help the Elvis family. On December 22, five days after Heather was last seen, the Elvis's church held a candlelight prayer vigil. An organization called Q Center for Missing Persons put together search parties to comb the woods around Peachtree Landing, hoping to find any sign of Heather. Hundreds of volunteers showed up to search by foot, by horse and by boat. Despite their efforts, they couldn't find any clues to Heather's whereabouts. Horry County PD were hopeful that searching Sidney and Tammy's home would be more fruitful. On December 23, they served a warrant to the Moorers. It was very limited and didn't include the house itself, but it allowed them to properly Search the Black F150 and collect any phones and surveillance systems. But Tammy and Sidney had beaten them to it. Since the police's first visit just a few days ago, the Moorers had already replaced the surveillance equipment, including the computer that stored the recordings, which meant that all data from before December 21st was gone. If detectives weren't suspicious before, now, they definitely were. It was clear that Tammy and Sidney were hiding something. Maybe the recordings didn't match the story they had told. Their suspicions only grew when they searched the Moorer's pickup truck. It was clear the cab had recently been deep cleaned. If their home was any indication, they weren't exactly neat freaks. And yet there wasn't a speck of dust inside the truck. The police had a glimmer of hope when they discovered the truck had a built in gps. But the log showed the system had been disintegrated Abled on the night of December 17th, the same night Heather went missing. The lack of evidence surrounding Tammy and Sydney's whereabouts that evening looked damning. But authorities knew that wouldn't be enough to make a solid case in court. They needed something else. While the police carried on their investigation, Q held daily searches of the woods near Peachtree Landing. By December 24, Christmas Eve, there was a $10,000 reward for information about Heather's whereabouts. But the holiday came and went and the Elvises were no closer to getting answers. Detectives continued to interview Heather's other friends and co workers and multiple people independently gave them the same startling information that Heather was terrified of Tammy. Tammy had been harassing Heather with threatening phone calls and messages. But according to Heather's friends, the abuse had stopped weeks before Heather went missing. If Tammy was involved in Heather's disappearance, something must have happened to set Tammy off again. Investigators got their answer from Sydney's Walmart sales receipt. Since receiving the footage from Walmart, police have been trying to figure out what Sydney bought that night. He paid in cash, so it wasn't a simple process. Eventually, though, they were able to match the timestamp on the security tape with the record of transactions from the cash register. That's when they discovered that Sydney had purchased a pregnancy test. Investigators began putting a theory together. Rumors had been swirling around the Tilted Kilt that Heather may have been pregnant with Sydney's baby. If this story had gotten back to Tammy, it could have set her on a warpath. Although this was circumstantial evidence, it pointed to a clear motive. Now investigators just had to place Tammy and Sidney at the scene of the crime. Authorities put in a request to the phone company for all the data pertaining to Heather's cell phone. Specifically, they were looking for anything that could tell them about her movements in the hours before she disappeared. They learned Heather's phone was at Peachtree Landing at 3.38am on December 18. While she was there, she called Sydney four times in a row. None of those calls were answered. Four minutes later, at 3:42, Heather's phone went dead. This was huge. Now they knew exactly when Heather arrived at the landing and that she was obviously going there to meet Sydney. But they still needed something to show that Sydney was also at the landing. That was when a local resident reached out to police. They'd been following the story on Facebook and thought they might know something. This person lived on the road that led from the Moore's house to Peachtree Landing. If the Moores had gone to the landing that night, they would have driven right past this person's house. And luckily this concerned citizen had cameras pointed right at the road. Horry County PD wasted no time getting their hands on that video. Sure enough, it showed a large black pickup truck driving by around the time Heather's phone put her at the boat launch. The video quality wasn't great, but it certainly looked like the Moorer's F150. By February 2014, after months of investigating, the police finally had enough evidence to make not just one arrest, but two.
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Carter Roy
This case was eye opening on so many different levels.
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Carter Roy
By February 2014, Horry County PD had been searching for 20 year old Heather Elvis for three months, but what had started as a missing persons case now looked more like a homicide investigation. The evidence they'd found was mostly circumstantial. However, it all seemed to point to 38 year old Sidney Moorer and his wife, 41 year old Tammy. On February 21, 2014, officers arrested the Moorers the initial charges were two counts each of indecent exposure for having public sex, which Sydney had copped to. He was also charged with obstruction of justice for lying about the payphone call. There wasn't enough evidence to charge either one with murder, but now they were able to secure warrants to fully search the Moorer home. And they were shocked by what they found. Every surface was littered with trash, dishes, and random items. There was food rotting on the kitchen counters. Even the kids rooms were so full of garbage, it was hard to see the floor. The mess was overwhelming. It might have been a sign of how much stress Tammy and Sydney were under, but investigators wondered if it was strategic. Rotting food, especially meat, could distract any canine units on the scene. Plus, a dirty house is harder to search than a clean one. There's more to sort through, and detectives might miss something important. Important. Investigators had their work cut out for them, and they wasted no time diligently combing through everything. In the meantime, Tammy and Sydney were taken to the J. Rubin Long Detention center in nearby Conway, where the charges kept coming. A few days after their arrest, Tammy and Sydney were charged with kidnapping. And finally, on February 24th, the news Heather's family had been dreading came. Sidney and Tammy were each charged with the murder of Heather Elvis. Heather's loved ones were heartbroken by the announcement. Many of them had been holding out hope that Heather would be brought home safely. For Heather's parents, Terry and Debbie, and her younger sister Morgan, it was devastating. The news spread like wildfire through the Horry county community, particularly on social media, which had become a battleground. The online arguing began to bleed into real life, and the people of Horry county started to take sides. Part of the anger stemmed from the way the courts were treating the Moorers. After being denied bail for a year, they were allowed to walk free. Granted, they wore ankle monitors. It was like a gut punch to Heather's family and their supporters. The tension only grew when Tammy and Sydney successfully argued that they couldn't find work in South Carolina and were allowed to move to Florida while still charged with murder. While this drama played out in the courts and the media, the prosecution was building their argument. Attorney Nancy Livesay was leading the case, and she knew this was going to be unlike anything she'd tackled before. For one thing, all the evidence they had was circumstantial. Heather had been missing for nearly two years at that point, and the authorities weren't any closer to finding her. One of their most important pieces of evidence was the surveillance video from the Moore's neighbor, the one who had the camera facing the road to Peachtree Landing. But the quality was too low to make out a license plate, which meant it wouldn't hold up in court. They needed to demonstrate that the truck in the video was in fact, the Moore's F150. So they brought in a certified forensic video analyst. He used a technique called headlight spread pattern analysis. The expert needed to recreate the exact conditions in the video, meaning he would drive by the same cameras at the same time of night at the same speed. He first did this with Sydney's truck, which the police still had in custody. Then he used several different vehicles that were similar sizes. He concluded that the headlight spread pattern in the original video only matched that of a 2014 Ford F150. At the time of Heather's disappearance, there were 82 such vehicles in Horry County. Now, the details are fuzzy, but we know they were all cleared, except for the one that belonged to Tammy and Sidney Moorer. With this expert testimony in hand, prosecutors felt confident that they could secure a conviction for kidnapping. But they still didn't have a body or any other physical evidence for murder. So In March of 2016, they made the difficult decision to drop the homicide charges. They also dropped the indecent exposure charges. That left one count of obstruction for Sydney and kidnapping charges for both Tammy and Sidney. The date for Sydney's trial was set for June 20, 2016. The prosecution knew they were going to face an uphill battle, especially when the judge allowed a personal friend of Sidney's attorney to join the jury. When prosecutors requested the man be dismissed, the judge simply made him promise not to let his relationship compromise his decision. It was a rough start, but Nancy Livesay and her partner laid out the evidence as clearly as they could. They argued that, yes, the evidence was circumstantial. However, all of it pointed to Sidney Moorer. Throughout the trial, Sidney's lawyer focused on the utter lack of physical evidence. But in his closing statement, he changed tactics. He implied that a different more was behind Heather's disappearance. Tammy. It was a move no one expected. Even though they were being tried separately, Tammy and Sidney had remained a united front. But the change in tactic paid off. After nine hours of deliberation, the jury was at an impasse. Ten jurors had voted guilty, but there were two holdouts who weren't convinced. The judge declared a mistrial. But Sidney wasn't a free man for long. A year later, in August 2017, he was found guilty of obstruction of justice for initially Lying about calling Heather from a payphone. For this, he would be sent to prison for 10 years. Still, the saga wasn't over. Nancy Livesay and the prosecution had to prepare to face Tammy Moore in the courtroom. And this time they were ready to fight fire with fire. First they had a new witness. Tammy's cousin Donald demarino testified that Sydney showed him a picture of Heather in which she appeared dead. The picture was on a cheap flip phone and Sidney told Donald that he'd taken it as proof for Tammy. In addition, Livesay dug deeper into Tammy and Sydney's cell phone data and discovered something chilling. Starting around November 2, 2013, when Tammy learned about the affair. One or both of the Moorers phones ping cell towers in the vicinity of Heathers nearly every day. This continued for weeks. Livesay had just found proof that the Moores had stalked Heather. With this new evidence, the Horry County Solicitor's office was able to add the charge of conspiracy to commit kidnapping to Tammy's case. By her trial date In October of 2018, prosecutors felt ready to take Tammy down. From their opening statement, the state painted a clear and vivid picture. Tammy was a woman scorned, furious and jealous. She did everything to punish Sydney. Took his phone, handcuffed him to the bed, followed him around day and night. But Heather remained stubbornly out of her reach. And just as Tammy's rage might have been cooling off, she got word that Heather might be pregnant with Sydney's child. That was when she snapped. She and Sydney had bought a pregnancy test at Walmart. They planned to force Heather to take it. And all of this happened the same night Heather disappeared. Though the prosecution's evidence was circumstantial, it all supported this story. And this time it was enough. Tammy was found guilty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping itself. On October 23, she was sentenced to 30 years. But the prosecution wasn't done yet. In September 2019, Sydney's second trial began and the prosecution's lawyers used a lot of the same evidence as they had against Tammy and. But they also had one more bombshell to drop. On the fifth day, the prosecution showed the jury surveillance footage from the Moorer's own system. The new one they'd installed after the investigator's first visit. The video was taken on December 22. It showed Sydney and Tammy cleaning the passenger side of their brand new F150 for multiple hours. During the process, Sidney took the rags they were using to the side yard and burned them. That sealed Sidney's fate. Just like Tammy, he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping. He was sentenced to 30 years in addition to the 10 for obstruction to be served by Concurrently, the Moorers have continued to profess their innocence. They've both filed requests for new trials as recently as 2025. So far, all the requests have been denied. As for Heather's friends and family, they've had to go on without answers. They've lived with the gaping hole Heather's disappointment appearance left for more than a decade now. For her part, Heather's little sister, Morgan, found a way to turn the ordeal into something she can use for good. Morgan Elvis became a nationally accredited victims advocate and today she works with families of missing persons. She said getting the certificate helped her to process and heal from her own trauma. With her work, she hopes to help others avoid the long, hard road she's had to walk. As of this recording, Heather has not been found. Her family and friends still cling to the hope that someday they will find answers. Until then, people like Morgan Elvis will fight to make sure that all victims find justice. If you have any information about the disappearance of Heather Elvis, you can contact the Horry County Police Department at 843-915-5350. Thanks so much for listening. I'm Carter Roy and this is True Crime Stories. Come back next week for the story of a new murder and all the people it affected. True Crime Stories is a Crime House original powered by Pave Studios. Here at Crime House, we want to thank each and every one of you for your support. If you like what you heard today, reach out on social media Crime House on TikTok and Instagram. Don't forget to rate, review and follow True Crime Stories wherever you get your podcasts. Your feedback truly makes a difference and to enhance your murder True Crime Stories listening experience. Subscribe to Crime House plus on Apple Podcasts. 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