People said the same thing about Casey.
The prosecution's case is not open-shut. For instance, there was no evidence of a murder at PTL despite them saying Heather was killed there. ~Oh this is where a murder took place, well, let's let the father drive home the car~ They couldn't even get a search warrant until they caught them lying. Nope...evidence at the crime scene, cameras, and phone records was not enough. LE might have their vehicle on camera, yet does it show who is in it? What if both sides claim it was the other person driving it who went to PTL and killed Heather? There is the reasonable doubt.
I don't even know where to begin with this post..
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First, all the evidence hasn't been released yet. We don't know what evidence they do have so you can't say "there is no evidence..". For one, if they have TM/SM truck on video arriving and departing from the landing, they must have video of HE arriving at PTL, even if they don't.. her last cell phone ping placed her at PTL, the same time that the Moorer's were there. Yes, the surveillance videos aren't absolute proof that a murder took place, but if they're the last ones to have contact with HE, and they are placed at the scene of the crime and HE is never seen again...well 2+2=4. :banghead:
Secondly.. to get a murder charge/conviction you don't always need a body and/or murder weapon.
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it is equally clear that the fact of death, like any other fact, can be proved by circumstantial evidence, that is to say, evidence of facts which lead to one conclusion, provided that the jury are satisfied and are warned that it must lead to one conclusion only."[8
If the missing person hasn't used their SS #, any accounts, spoken to anyone and all activity ceases that one would need to go about daily life, they can be presumed dead. It's been approx six months now since she's been missing.. it's pretty obvious (sadly) that she won't be returning.
Also, unless you are a detective in the case, your claim that they couldn't obtain a search warrant until they caught them lying is invalid. Part of being interrogated is to gather as much information as possible regarding the case. Police aren't going to pick some potential suspects names out of a hat and just decide to search their house. Once they were interviewed and lied to police about their last contact with HE.. that in return gave LE suspicion to search their property.
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LE might have their vehicle on camera, yet does it show who is in it? What if both sides claim it was the other person driving it who went to PTL and killed Heather? There is the reasonable doubt.
There is no "might" have their vehicle on camera. They DO have their truck (down to the customization) on video. I'm not sure why you are asking does it show who is in the truck? Obviously it was TM and or SM in the truck, if they did in fact let somebody borrow or use their vehicle that night for whatever reason. Without a doubt, once LE told them they have video evidence of their truck going to / from PTL, they would have told LE that they weren't in possession of their vehicle and xxxx was using it. But, nope.. they didn't, because they know that THEY were the only ones driving it. As for one of them claiming that only one of them drove to PTL and committed murder, if LE can spot customization of a truck down to it's headlights, etc. They would obviously be able to tell if it was two figures in the truck or one.
Also, going with the theory that TM was hiding in the backseats waiting to ambush HE once she got into the truck. She would most likely leave their home already hidden in the backseats, I highly doubt they would approach PTL and say "oops, let me stop real quick so you can get in the backseats". Although, after killing HE, there would no longer be a reason for TM to hide in the back anymore, which would now show BOTH of them in the vehicle on the way back from PTL.
For all we know, maybe they did stop a distance away from PTL to allow TM to get in position in the back, that could have been captured by surveillance. If a person is getting in/out of a vehicle you would be able to determine their approx height/weight and overall body features a lot better than a quick video frame of them sitting in a truck driving. BINGO - that would be surefire proof and evidence that TM was in fact not only seen hiding in the back to ambush HE, but also extremely damning proof identification that it was her in the truck. :bricks: