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Update: Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks

Staff reports
In the hallway, defense attorney Kirk Truslow (left) and Sidney Moorer wait for the jury in Moorer's kidnapping case on Friday, June 24, 2016. The jury announced around 3 p.m. they were deadlocked, but the judge asked them to keep deliberating. Moorer and his wife Tammy Moorer are charged with kidnapping Heather Elvis. No date has been set for Tammy Moorer's trial.
In the hallway, defense attorney Kirk Truslow (left) and Sidney Moorer wait for the jury in Moorer's kidnapping case on Friday, June 24, 2016. The jury announced around 3 p.m. they were deadlocked, but the judge asked them to keep deliberating. Moorer and his wife Tammy Moorer are charged with kidnapping Heather Elvis. No date has been set for Tammy Moorer's trial. Janet Blackmon Morgan jblackmon@thesunnews.com

Update: The judge declared a mistral Friday afternoon. Read that story here.

Original: A jury came back deadlocked in the Sidney Moorer kidnapping trial in connection with the disappearance of Heather Elvis.

The jury heard four days of testimony by witnesses called by the state. The defense rested without calling anyone to the stand.

The jury got the case late Thursday and returned to the courtroom several times Friday to look further at evidence, but could not reach a verdict.

Moorer is also charged with obstruction of justice, but that trial is set for a later date. His wife, Tammy Moorer, also faces kidnapping charges, but a separate trial for her is also at a later date.

Check back with MyrtleBeachOnline.com later for more on this story.

This story was originally published June 24, 2016 at 2:51 PM with the headline "Update: Judge declares mistrial after jury deadlocks."

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