CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – After a little more than three hours of deliberating, the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges for Tammy Moorer.
Moorer was found guilty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and kidnapping in the disappearance of Heather Elvis. The judge sentenced Tammy Moorer to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to commit kidnapping and 30 years for kidnapping. The sentences will run concurrently and she will get credit for time served.
The trial lasted for 11 days before the jury was handed the case Tuesday morning. More than 30 witnesses were called to testify in the trial, including Tammy, who took the stand for two days in her own defense.
The state presented evidence surrounding cell phone use, Facebook posts, and security camera footage of Tammy Moorer and her husband, Sidney Moorer, who is charged with the same crimes.
The prosecution laid out a timeline that placed Tammy Moorer in the vicinity of Elvis’ job and the location where Elvis’ car was found abandoned on the night Elvis was last seen, Dec. 18, 2013. The state painted Tammy Moorer as a woman enraged by her husband’s affair with a 20-year-old woman, and that anger reached a boiling point when Tammy Moorer discovered Heather Elvis was pregnant.
The state argued Tammy and Sidney Moorer went to Walmart to purchase a pregnancy test, one that Heather used, the prosecution claimed. Senior Assistant Solicitor Nancy Livesay told the jury that Tammy and Sidney Moorer lured Elvis to Peachtree Landing, where the husband and wife kidnapped the woman.
Heather Elvis’ body has not been discovered and no DNA evidence was presented that linked Elvis to the Moorer’s vehicle or home.
