Day four focused on new surveillance video of Sidney and Tammy Moorer cleaning their truck just days after Heather Elvis disappeared. When the couple was done extensively cleaning the truck, they threw the rags and burned them on a burn pile in their yard. The footage was from a new camera system that was installed after Heather's disappearance that replace an old one. The footage of the night that Heather disappeared is not on the new system.
Retrial Day 4
Witness: Officer Jeremy Leach & Grant Fredericks - Forensic Video Analyst
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Officer Jeremy Leach has worked for the South Carolina Highway Patrol for 19 years. He analyzed the surveillance video that showed Sidney's truck on the night of Heather's disappearance.
Grant Fredericks runs a company called Forensic Video Solutions that examines video evidence. For over 30 years he has been testifying as an expert in video analysis throughout the world. He identified Sidney's truck in the surveillance footage. Grant testified that every vehicle has a unique headlight spread pattern.
Retrial Day 4
Witness: Grant Fredericks - Forensic Video Analyst Part 2
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Retrial Day 4
Witness: Grant Fredericks Part 3 & Lt Peter Cistare
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Lt. Peter Cistare works for the Horry County Police Department in the crime scene investigations unit, property and evidence section and regional drug testing lab for over 16 years. Peter worked previously for the New York City Police Department where he was Captain of the Major Case Squad. He assisted in investigating Heather's disappearance. He helped process Heather's vehicle and then went to Peach Tree Landing to survey the scene. After that, he sent some of his assistants to Heather's apartment to investigate that scene as well. Later the same day, Peter went to help investigate the Moorer residence and take some pictures. In some of those pictures there was a tarp, rags, a trash can, a bag of cement, shot gun shells and bleach. Peter also notice survilence cameras inside as well as outside of the home. None of the investigators were allowed to touch anything, they just basically got a tour of the home. They were not allowed to look in the truck either.
Over a week later, Peter and the other investigators were able to search the truck after obtaining a search warrant. When the truck was searched, Peter said that it was "remarkably clean."
Retrial Day 4
Witness: Lt Peter Cistare & Jimmy Schroering - Video Forensics
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Peter states that no DNA swabs were taken inside the truck. He claimed that the reason for that was due to what was found on the Moorer's video surveillance system. There as video of Sidney and Tammy extensively cleaning the truck on the 23rd of December 2013. After they were done cleaning the truck, they burned the rags on a burn pile in the yard.
The Moorer's camera system that investigators acquired this footage is from a new one that was installed after Heather's disappearance that replace an old camera system.
Jimmy Schroering he works for a company called DME Forensics. DME Forensics helps recover video from surveillance systems. He helped recover footage from the Moorer's new DVR.
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