Myrtle beach, south carolina, vacation heaven. 60 miles of instagram worthy Sand And Surf and thrills at every turn. But leave the tourists behind and go inland a mere 20 minutes to a bend in the wakama river. Its tranquil. The trees are draped in spanish moss. Theres a Boat Landing here with a fancy name, Peach Tree landing. Its a quiet spot that you can go think. You dont get a lot of that in a small town, so when you find a spot, i mean, you you go all the time. What happened here to 20yearold Heather alves one December Night in 2013 became an enduring mystery. I know that theres no way that heather would not come home if she could come home. No way. You dont realize how much somebodys face means to you until you cant see it anymore. A family anguished clinging to hope, searching for answers, a jury that would consume them for years. One of my best friends came to the house and he looked at me and he said i hope she didnt suffer. I cant get that thought out of my head. Heather was b
horrible. she s missing, where is she at? police worked the clues. her car abandoned. i was scared to death. a mysterious caller captured on camera. why would this person call from a pay phone in the middle of the night? then came the secret. she was married. rumors about her being pregnant. she truly believed she was he was going to leave his wife. anger, betrayal, revenge. a bomb exploded. world war iii. this crazy love triangle, kidnapping, potential murder? this is heather s life we re talking about. terrifying. when you see your parents hurting, you wish that you can take all their pain away. it s impossible. reporter: myrtle beach, south carolina. vacation heaven. 60 miles of instagram worthy sand and surf and thrills at every turn. but leave the tourists behind and go inland a mere 20 minutes to a bend in the river. it s tranquil, the trees are draped in spanish moss. there s a boat landing here with a fancy name, peach tree landing. i
With someone would was sharing their challenges, i he immediately opened up about mine. hopefully it s first of many conversations. she is and will always be my sister. i don t know what happened to her. i don t get to say good-bye. it s so awful. it makes your whole world fall apart. if you took her, please, just let her come home. her name is heather elvis. it was news nationwide when she vanished. she had a new job. she was going out of state. it was all so overwhelmingly
and then, two days later, a knock at debbie and terry s door. a police officer with an odd question. were they missing a car? that was his exact words, are you missing a car? i looked in the driveway, nope, they re all there, not thinking about that he found a car somewhere. was heather s car registered in her name? it was still in our name. that s why he was at your doorstep. terry came up behind me and asked what was going on. he explained he found heather s car at the landing. what was going on if heather s car was at the landing, then where was she? coming up a family holds onto hope. the hospital said they had a heather can come in on her own and had been released. but fear creeps in. i felt something was wrong. he said let s take a look in the trunk. i was scared to death to open
reporter: and it was a hunt the prosecution said. the investigator told the jury he d used cellphone data to track the moorers movements. in the days before the disappearance, they showed up near heather s workplace, some of the bars she liked, even her home. the prosecution suggested the couple was stalking her. then in the early hours of december 18, 2013, with heather s roommate out of town, the prosecutor said the couple struck. it began here. the prosecutor showed the jury surveillance video of sidney walking into a walmart and purchasing a pregnancy test for heather. soon as they leave from walmart, they go and call her. why? cause the test is for her. reporter: the prosecution s theory was that sidney had called heather to come and get the test. take it and then meet up with him later at the landing. they said what she didn t know was that tammy would be there too. there s no doubt sidney is