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I agree the phone logs and the car being at the landing are not direct evidence of course. I too wonder how the case for kidnapping might be stronger than murder. Could it be simply that they do not have a body? I do wonder also if the reason they did not go with the murder charges is because of the social media circus surrounding the case. I firmly believe the reason for the negative things being said about the E family is to taint the jury. A lot of the comments I have seen seems to be people feel without a body - no murder. Then throw in the outrageous things being said and it seems some people have come to think there is something amiss. Also, the media has been responsible for misreporting things about the case, particularly My Horry News. I know I recall that they reported that the car was at the landing much earlier in the week than was first reported. Then about an hour later they scrubbed the story without explanation. Everyone wondered about it and only after people contacted MHN they explained the reporter got it wrong. The circumstantial evidence to me is strong if you filter out the social media trash. I don't know if they have more evidence, but from what was released, it does point to at least one of them. That may also be the issue. Maybe in the mind of a juror, if they were to be tried together, they might come away thinking they believe the things the prosecution strung together, but they couldn't reconcile if it was both of them. So it may be a good thing they are being tried separately. If you really think about it, the evidence we know so far would really solidly point to SM for certain. I say that even though I believe TM has a part in it. Another thought is maybe a juror couldn't convict a no body case without DNA, but they could see where the strong circumstantial evidence fits and they know one or both of them lured her to that boat landing. I wonder if at the end of the day one of them gets nailed for it and one doesn't.