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A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
Heather Rachelle Elvis
Elvis, date, approximate 2013; Elvis's turtle and compass rose tattoos; Tammy Moorer; Sidney Moorer
Date Missing 12/18/2013
Missing From
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 06/24/1993 (29)
Age 20 years old
Height and Weight 5'0 - 5'1, 110 pounds
Associated Vehicle(s) Drk green 2011 Dodge Intrepid with South Carolina license plates (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Elvis has the following tattoos: a six-inch compass rose on the inside of her left forearm, a six-inch stylized sea turtle on the left side of her torso, an infinity symbol on the right side of her torso, a small ocean wave on the outside of her wrist, and a sugar skull on her thigh. A photo of the turtle tattoo and the compass rose tattoo is posted with this summary.
Details of Disappearance Elvis was last seen in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at 2:00 a.m. on December 18, 2013. She went on a first date on the evening of December 17 and her date dropped her off at her house in the 500 block of Whiteriver Drive just off River Oaks Drive.
Elvis called her female roommate, who was visiting relatives out of state, at 3:00 a.m. to tell her how the date went. The conversation ended at 3:41. This is the last time anyone spoke to her; she has never been seen again.
At 10:43 p.m. on December 19, the day after she was last seen, Elvis's dark green 2011 Dodge Intrepid with South Carolina license plates was found locked and abandoned at the Peachtree Boat Landing along the Waccamaw River in Socastee, South Carolina. Her keys, purse and cell phone were missing from the car and hasn't been found.
The place where Elvis's car was parked is on the outskirts of Myrtle Beach and only about an eight-minute drive from her parents' house. She liked to go out on the water occasionally, but she never went out late at night.
Elvis was romantically involved with a 37-year-old married man, Sidney Moorer, prior to her disappearance. Her roommate stated the relationship had ended more than a month before her disappearance, but on the night Elvis went missing, there were several calls back and forth between her and Sidney; the final call was at 6:00 a.m.
According to Elvis's roommate, Elvis was upset and crying, and she told her roommate that Sidney told her he was leaving his wife to be with her. Sidney denied this and said he hadn't seen her since October. He admitted he called her at 6:00 a.m. on December 18, but said it was only to tell her to stop calling him.
In January 2014, William Christopher Barrett and Garrett Ryan Starnes were charged with obstructing justice in Elvis's . Authorities stated neither man was actually involved in her disappearance, but both had interfered with the investigation and posted false information on social media. Barrett is a friend of Elvis's father and allegedly tried to conduct a parallel investigation and search for Elvis; he denied having meant any harm.
On February 21, both Sidney Moorer and his wife of nearly twenty years, Tammy Caison Moorer, were arrested for two counts of indecent exposure and one count of obstruction of justice each. Shortly thereafter, they were charged with Elvis's kidnapping, and then with her murder.
Photos of the Moorers are posted with this summary. Investigators believe they kidnapped Elvis and then murdered her at the Peachtree Boat Landing where her car was found. In March 2016, however, the charges of indecent exposure, obstruction of justice and murder against the couple were dismissed.
Sidney was tried for kidnapping in June 2016, but the jury was unable to reach a verdict and the ended in a mistrial. He was later found guilty of obstruction of justice and sentenced to ten years in prison.
In October 2018, Tammy was convicted of kidnapping and conspiring to kidnap Elvis and sentenced to sixty years in prison. Authorities believe she and Sidney lured Elvis to the Peachtree Boat Landing on the night of her disappearance. In September 2019, Sidney was tried again in the and found guilty of kidnapping and conspiracy to commit kidnapping. He was sentenced to thirty years in prison.
Elvis is described as a responsible young woman; she did not have a history of dropping out of sight.She is a graduate of St. James High School and had two waitressing jobs at the time of her disappearance, one at the Myrtle Beach House of Blues and the other at the Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery. She had been offered a job as a makeup artist at a local salon and was supposed to start work the week of Christmas.
According to her loved ones, prior to her disappearance, Elvis had lived the life of an ordinary young woman; she was active on social media and had many friends. Foul play is suspected in her due to the circumstances involved.
Investigating Agency
Horry County Police Department
843-915-5350
Other
NamUs
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Facebook Page for Heather Elvis
WMBF News
WBTW News 13
WNCT-TV 9
The Huffington Post
Investigation Discovery
ABC News
My Horry News
CNN
The State
WIS TV 10
Horry County Police Department
People Magazine
The Berkeley Observer
The Myrtle Beach Sun News
NBC News
WPDE 15
Trace Evidence
Missing Person Photos
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
