MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - The man charged with kidnapping a woman who has been missing for more than two years said he doesn’t believe he can get a fair trial in Horry County.
Still, Sidney Moorer told The Sun News of Myrtle Beach (https://bit.ly/1SGuDDi) that he’s fairly confident the situation will end as it should and both he and his wife, Tammy, will be found not guilty.
“Innocent people go to prison every day. I’m fairly confident that this will end like it should, and we’ll both be found not guilty for a crime we didn’t commit,” he said. “I kinda wonder where they’re going with this. Do they even care about what really happened, or is it just about convicting or not convicting us at this point?”
Both Moorer and his face kidnapping charges in the disappearance of Heather Elvis, who was last seen in December 2013. Her car was found at a boat landing in Socastee.
Sidney Moorer, 40, also charged with obstruction of justice. His trial is scheduled to start June 20.
Horry County Solicitor Jimmy Richardson said he didn’t want to comment on Moorer’s claims because of a gag order.
“The gag order is in place to make sure that Sidney Moorer gets a fair trial, and as we close in on the date here in June it’s more and more important that there isn’t any pretrial publicity, especially coming from the state,” Richardson said.
Sidney Moorer said he and Elvis were involved for about five or six weeks from about September to October 2013. He said he could not discuss how their relationship ended because of the gag order.
“Honestly, I think she really tried to get away. Where she is now? I really have no idea. . There’s no way for me to begin to guess,” he said.
Murder charges against the couple were dropped in March without prejudice, meaning they could be charged again in the future.
Moorer, his wife and his three children live in Florida.
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Information from: The Sun News, https://www.thesunnews.com/
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