Thanks for the link. This seems to be the only “evidence” listed in the article:
“In the hours that followed, authorities said the couple lured Elvis to the boat landing around 3:30 a.m. Phone records showed that Elvis called Sidney Moorer’s phone from the landing four times.”
Is that enough to overcome reasonable doubt? Hard to say; it would be interesting to hear Sidney’s explanation as to why he called four times from the landing.
“Prosecutors presented video surveillance, text message exchanges and phone call records between the couple and Elvis, alleging that the husband and wife drove around searching for the young woman in the early morning hours of Dec. 18. They stopped at a Walmart to buy a pregnancy test, which prosecutors said was intended for Elvis. Then Sidney Moorer called the young woman from a payphone.”
The accused’s other behavior gave them away. Obstruction. Threats.
It’s not true that circumstantial evidence can’t convict. It just needs to reach the ‘beyond the reasonable doubt’ level.