lid to his daughter s trunk pumped open. were you worried about i was scared to death to open the trunk, we both looked in and it was fine. there was nothing there. there was plenty of clutter, no signs of foul play. by that point, bree who had been out of town for several days had gotten word her best friend heather was missing. i called her dad, who was with police, at the time, at peach tree and he had asked when was the last time i spoke to heather. bree told the two men that heather called from the apartment at around 1:30 am, tuesday, fresh from her date. she said i had an amazing date, i m supposed to seeing him tomorrow when he comes off work. bree said heather did not want to talk about the new guy, she was upset about a call she had gotten from the older man she had dated. his name was sydney, weeks
earlier he dumps heather. her exact words were sydney called me, and i said what s, and she said, yeah, and i said what did he say, she said he wanted to be with me and see me. bree told her friend not to do anything rash. and she was like, you know what s, you re right. i m gonna get some sleep, i m exhausted. i love you. we always say i love you when we hang up. and hung up. that was it, bree said. the last time she spoke with heather. it was news to terry. he d never heard about a sydney before. then, the officer had an idea. the officer starts calling hospitals to check and see if she s been admitted somewhere. when he called one of the local hospitals, they said that heather elvis had come in on their own and had been released. he thought heather must be okay, eventually, the officer told terry to take heather s car and head home. but terry s relief was short lived when he told his wife the story of heather checking into the hospital, she didn t believe it.
year old heather elvis one december night in 2013 became an enduring mystery. i know that there is no way that has the would not come home if she could come home. no way. you don t realize how much somebody s face means to you until you can t see it anymore. a family anguished, clinging to hope, searching for answers. a journey that would consume them for years. one of my best friends came to the house and he looked at me and said, he said, i hope she didn t suffer. i can t get that thought out of my head. heather was born in 1993, the middle kid sandwiched between older brother chris and younger sister morgan.
this witness said sydney had a tattoo of tammy s name across his abdomen, his understanding was that tammy made sydney get it. the states theory was that that was tammy s way of saying your mind and you re never going to be anyone else is. the prosecutor says tammy had even chained sydney to the bed with handcuffs. i m not speaking figuratively, i m literally saying that she tied to the bed. but as angry as she was at sydney for cheating prosecutors say that tammy was furious with heather. she sent her several text, the prosecution said some of them are threats. heather was really afraid of tammy? she was. her friends had played a prank on her at work where they pretended to be tammy calling heather s phone, and she was absolutely terrified. and the prosecution said that if there was any doubt about the way tammy felt, just look at this nasty facebook post tammy had written after heather disappeared.
i said terri you can t call somebody in the middle of the night. he did anyway and on the other and a man answered, the way terri recalls, the man was not happy. i said you don t know me, but i m heather s father. heather elvis. and before i could get the next word in, i m getting cussed out left and right. cussing about what? nothing, just cussing, don t call me. i don t know what you re talking about, i don t know this person. that s an odd reaction. that s what i thought. but it was just cursing after cursing. the man who had dated their daughter was denying that he had ever heard of her. as the hours ticked by terry and debbie grew more anxious. they knew calling family and friends wasn t enough, they needed a new plan to find their missing daughter. coming up. two new on camera clues.