I agree there could be some truth that Sidney can't give Heather back to the Elvis family. HOWEVER. He holds the keys, as does Tammy (and others), to unlock the vault of information that would lead to either Heather's recovery or the exact information about why she never will be recovered.
The fact is that SOMEONE is going to have a grow a conscience if the Elvis family is ever going to get closure. I still have hope that at least one of the kids will become interested enough in justice to dig for answers in this sick family's dungeon of secrecy and lies.
I'd like to think that one day this could be a possibility. Maybe one day, when one of them have children of their own and are able to experience the all-encompassing love that you have for your kids, maybe they will be able to reflect back on that evening and will see the holes in mom and dad's stories and speak up, as they would then be able to understand the torture it must be to not ever see or hear from your child again. Once can wish that they have the compassion their parents obviously did not have for other people.
I bet if they start sticking charges on all the members in that family someone will start to sing like a canary. They'll cover for you as long as they have no consequences, start giving them consequences and they will quickly see they don't want to go down with the ship. It makes you wonder how much they were all involved.
I have often wondered throughout the last five and a half years, if it was at all possible that Sidney was not "as" guilty (if you could even put it that way) as TM. Because like the judge, I do believe TM was the driving force; however, SM IMO still made the decision to at the very least cover-up for TM.
Evidence wise, IIRC, when SM went into the walmart to get the pregnancy test and the cigar, he could be seen locking his truck (evidenced by the lights flashing when locking, I believe - I could be wrong. I do remember it being heavily discussed here). This always led me to believe that at that time TM was not in the vehicle. Now, of course, she could have been dropped off somewhere to keep an eye on Heather's whereabouts or whatnot, but his actions at that time led me to believe TM was not in the vehicle at that time. Let's be honest, it was December and likely chilly if not cold, there's no way she sits there in a truck by herself and he locks her in. It just doesn't make sense. That always led me to believe that MAYBE he did genuinely want to be with Heather, which could help explain the payphone call versus cell phone call, and then he got caught by TM. However, the simple fact that the SD card was removed earlier that evening, to me, throws out that possibility. Which then leads me to only one conclusion, not only was he a WILLING participant in whatever occurred that night, he was also involved in the premeditated process to make those events occur.
With that being said, I feel like justice was not served today. It will never be served it does not seem. I thought Mrs. Elvis's statement was a compelling and well thought out appeal as to why SM should be given 3o years to be served consecutively and really wish the judge could have at least granted them that, but maybe at some point within the next 30 years more will come to light and Heather's family will be able to properly lay her to rest, and true justice will be served. Until then my thoughts and prayers are with the Elvis family. May they find some shred of hope to hold onto and to get them through their days.
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