reporter: tammy moorer was sentenced to 30 years. she is appealing. her husband sidney was jailed in 2017 convicted of obstruction of justice for lying to police during the investigation. and the state wasn t done with sidney moorer. in 2017 the state re-tried him on those prosecution charges. this time he was convicted. as for debbi and terry, they re in the same place they ve been for the last five years. living with the hope that one day they ll get answers about what happened to heather, the young woman who had so many years ahead of her. and what would you say to heather? if i could talk to her right now? if that little sliver of hope is still out there? i m gonna bring you home. somehow, some way, i m bringin you home. we ve said it every time. you know, we re not giving up. never gonna give up. doesn t matter what it takes. everything else takes a back seat. it really does.
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nine minutes later, at 1:44, heather called her friend debris. between 2:29 and 3:05, heather called the payphone nine times, but no one answered. her phone did connect to sydney self cell phone at 3:17 am for four minutes. then, from 3:25 to 3:37 her phone was in her car on her way to peachtree landing, but where was sydney around that time? police didn t know. that is until a woman who lived near the landing area told police her home had a security camera. perhaps she thought, it captured something around the time of heather s disappearance. around 3:30 in the morning on december 18th you can see a dark truck, pick up truck, go by her home. police believed it was sydney struck. it was a huge break. police thought they could now place heather elvis in her car, and sidney moorer in his truck heading to peachtree landing, at the same time. soon after that, her phone
daughter wasn t coming home. maybe it was the afternoon, long after heather disappeared, when he was standing at his mailbox talking to his best friend. one of my best friends came to the house, he looked at me and he said, he said i hope she didn t suffer. i can t get that thought out of my head. the not knowing made it worst and then stunning news. new development tonight in the heather elvis case. two months after heather s disappearance, sydney, heather s ex-boyfriend was arrested and did not go to jail alone, he was joined by his wife tammy moorer. both were charged with heather s kidnapping and murder. was this surprising to people, tammy and sidney moorer are parents, they have three children and now they are involved in this crazy love triangle, kidnapping, potential murder? yeah. it s something that you see in
well, those those children sitting behind their mom. yeah. reporter: i m sorry. i have lived firsthand a family getting torn apart. and i wouldn t wish that on anybody. reporter: tammy moorer was sentenced to 30 years per count to be served concurrently. she is appealing. her husband sidney was jailed last year convicted of obstruction of justice for lying to police during the investigation. and the state may not be done with sidney moorer. prosecutors retried him on those kidnapping charges. as for debbi and terry, they re in the same place they ve been since their daughter went missing. living with the hope that one day they ll get answers about what happened to heather, the young woman who had so many years ahead of her. and what would you say to heather if that little sliver of if i could talk to her right now? reporter: if that little sliver of hope is still out there? i m gonna bring you home. somehow, some way, i m bringin you home. we ve said it every tim