SC - Heather Elvis, 20, Myrtle Beach, 18 Dec 2013 - #1

[margarita25]

What about the Shell across 501 on River Oaks? The IHOP is open 24 hours, but that wouldn't be quick.

BBM to add to the list of possible places she might have gone to get something to eat, etc (or meet someone).

 

[myrtlebeachlove]

There are def gators in the Waccamaw River. I'm not really familiar with gator activity in winter months, but year round... they don't generally mess with people unless they're messed with themselves. It just worries me (& is probably why LE feels an urgency to search these waters thoroughly) because IF something happened to her & they used this location as a dumping place, she might never be found if gators find her first.

I just think back to Pee Wee Gaskins (who was a serial killer in this area in the 60's & 70's) and how he would dump bodies in nearby rivers and swamps... most of which were people who were never found. I just pray and hope to God LE is right when they said there's no indication she went near the water & they're just searching it as a precaution.

Your very right and I agree!! I remember the gaskins story all too well. And these recent abductions and murders have been far too close to home.

What a scary thought to know we are no more safe in the next minute than they are at this moment

 

[Foxfire]

JMHO.. If HE's vehicle was immediately released without being processed. This is an indication of a shabby investigation, imo. LE did not initially take her disappearance very serious, imo.
Given that there were three unsolved missing persons cases from the area already, the response should have been priority. Response time by LE is very critical in missing persons cases..
The #1 rule in Public Safety is 'plan for the worse & pray for the best'...

Kareem Ward -Brittanee Drexel - Zack Malinowski - Heather Elvis
https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1526467_10201225730910078_658983829_n.jpg

 

[margarita25]

Do people waterski out there, or jetski in that inlet? Just wondering. Diving?
Thanks to all the locals for answering questions!

 

[AshleyZ86]

Do people waterski out there, or jetski in that inlet? Just wondering. Diving?
Thanks to all the locals for answering questions!

No. Not really, that's usually done on the waterway and the water is too cold for water sports without a wetsuit this time of year IMO.

 

[margarita25]

Upstream there was mention about an unknown number on her cellphone records as her last phone call, that LE is checking into....is this confirmed or rumor, the "unknown number", I wonder...wondering what LE has found out about that phone call, if its true.

Hoping LE will have a PC soon!

 

[margarita25]

Maybe no relation but check out the amber berbiglia story another recent murder in north myrtle. These have hit far to close to home with me but it should be considered as rated as well.

That would be a subject for another thread however. This is to find Heather with there here and now information

Links to Amber's story:


http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/23936754/exclusive-new-details-in-amber-berbiglias-murder

http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/22717829/what-it-will-take-to-solve-the-murder-case-of-amber-berbiglia


http://www.wbtw.com/story/22172791/friends-family-mourn-myrtle-beach-woman-found-dead


http://justiceforamber.org/

 

[Mysterons23]

JMHO.. If HE's vehicle was immediately released without being processed. This is an indication of a shabby investigation, imo. LE did not initially take her disappearance very serious, imo.
Given that there were three unsolved missing persons cases from the area already, the response should have been priority. Response time by LE is very critical in missing persons cases..
The #1 rule in Public Safety is 'plan for the worse & pray for the best'...

Kareem Ward -Brittanee Drexel - Zack Malinowski - Heather Elvis
https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1526467_10201225730910078_658983829_n.jpg

back in 09 someone I knew was missing for 1 night, we called 911. they said that it takes 48 after they last hear of a person before they can claim them as missing. on the 19th as far as the cops were concerned there was no legal reason to investigate further.

 

[Foxfire]

Reward increases, more billboards up for Heather Elvis
BY AMANDA KELLEY
akelley@thesunnews.comDecember 27, 2013
<sniped & BBM - read more>

Volunteers plan to continue during the weekend combing the Socastee area in their search for Heather Elvis, which already has lasted more than a week.

The 20-year-old was reported missing Dec. 19 after her car was found abandoned at Peachtree Landing.

As of Friday the search had turned up nothing new, according to Monica Caison, director of the Center for Missing Persons or CUE, which leads volunteer search efforts.

However, the reward for information leading to finding Elvis jumped from $10,000 to $20,000 on Friday.

Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/20...-increases-more-billboards.html#storylink=cpy

 

[margarita25]

Welcome 49 Guests! Please join us with your local input and insight and help us find Heather! Great to see all the guests and the new members posting! Community involvement can be key!!!

:welcome:

 

[tlneedham]

More!
:biggrin:


We need everything we can for reference and analysis! All these pics could be very important later!!! (And are now)

Thanks again tlneedham!!!

Aha! I figured out how to do a Photobucket account, so they are all here (except ones related to what I called LE about):

http://s791.photobucket.com/user/tlneedham/library/

 

[Foxfire]

back in 09 someone I knew was missing for 1 night, we called 911. they said that it takes 48 after they last hear of a person before they can claim them as missing. on the 19th as far as the cops were concerned there was no legal reason to investigate further.

CUE members and the nicest people ; Doug and Mary Lyall, Suzanne's parents championed the Federal Suzanne's Law. The Lyalls are also responsible for initiating the missing person inmate poker card program. The cards have the pic & info of a missing/murdered person on them & are donated to inmates for tips that have led to many cold cases being solved in the US.

http://www.teamhope.org/suzanneslaw.html

Washington, DC -"Suzanne's Law" requiring local police to notify the National Crime Information Center when someone between 18 and 21 is reported missing was signed into law by President Bush as part of the national "Amber Alert" bill last month. The federal law is named after Suzanne Lyall (pictured right), a State University of New York at Albany student who has been missing since 1998. Previously police were only required to report missing persons under the age of 18. This new law, sponsored by Congressman John Sweeney (R-NY) is intended to spur police to initiate prompt investigations into missing young people.

Doug and Mary Lyall, Suzanne's parents championed the law. "I just hope that it's going to bring back some of these kids," said Mary Lyall in an Associated Press article. "They need as much protection while they're at college."

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nationwide "Amber Alert'' system signed into law Wednesday at a White House ceremony had special meaning for a Ballston Spa couple, whose missing daughter was the impetus for a little-noticed provision in the anti-kidnapping legislation.

"Suzanne's Law'' requires local authorities to notify the National Crime Information Center immediately if someone between the ages of 18 and 21 goes missing.

Named after 19-year-old SUNY-Albany student Suzanne Lyall, who vanished in 1998, the law is designed to encourage police to begin investigating immediately when college-age people disappear, instead of waiting a day, which has been a common practice.

 

[Beba]

My niece went to Saint James High with her, she's one year older than Heather and knew her but didn't hang out with her.

 

[myrtlebeachlove]

No. Not really, that's usually done on the waterway and the water is too cold for water sports without a wetsuit this time of year IMO.

Yea not the river. People may jet ski certain areas of the waterway but not the river

 

[Catchy kitty]

I believe it will turn out to be someone she knew. If it were someone transient they wouldn't know about Peachtree Landing. I don't think there is signage up indicating there is a boat ramp there, correct me if I'm wrong.

I use the google map app on my iPhone and often use the satellite images to get an aerial view of where I am. Whether it's camping and looking for trails or just scoping out a new city. Nowhere is too remote or hard to find anymore. Satellites have changed the way we see the world.

 

[Beba]

Just on Carolina Live. http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=987925#.Ur5NXX-9KSM

 

[AshleyZ86]

Ok, her tweets used to show her exact house under the geographic location pin thing.

https://twitter.com/HeatherElvis/status/296341894319968256

She also talked about how she found herself in random tourists photos on instagram while searching #TiltedKilt. That is kind of alarming to me, she could have had a stalker IMO who could have easily found out where she lived and was posting from.

 

[Beba]

I use the google map app on my iPhone and often use the satellite images to get an aerial view of where I am. Whether it's camping and look for trails or just scoping out a new city. Nowhere is to remote are hard to find anymore. Satellites have changed the way we see the world.

Good point.

 

[Mysterons23]

Ok, her tweets used to show her exact house under the geographic location pin thing.

https://twitter.com/HeatherElvis/status/296341894319968256

She also talked about how she found herself in random tourists photos on instagram while searching #TiltedKilt. That is kind of alarming to me, she could have had a stalker IMO who could have easily found out where she lived and was posting from.

Thats her parents house, she had moved to river oaks not too long ago.

 

[Beba]

Ok, her tweets used to show her exact house under the geographic location pin thing.

https://twitter.com/HeatherElvis/status/296341894319968256

She also talked about how she found herself in random tourists photos on instagram while searching #TiltedKilt. That is kind of alarming to me, she could have had a stalker IMO who could have easily found out where she lived and was posting from.

A couple people who worked with her at House of Blues had posted on FB. Also, she was working there as late as this past summer from what she posted on social media, can't remember which site I read it on.