By Ashley Collman The father of a South Carolina woman who went missing last month, wrote an emotional confessional about the experience of her sudden loss - sharing the last image she sent him the night before she disappeared. Heather Elvis, 20, was last seen after being dropped off from a first date at her condo in Horry County in the early morning of December 18. The next night, a police officer showed up at father Elvis family home, informing Heather's father Terry that her car had been found abandoned at a nearby boat landing. The last photo: Heather Elvis, 20, sent this picture of herself learning to drive a stick-shift while on a first-date to her father Terry the night before she disappeared last month
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Police are still looking for 20-year-old Heather Elvis who went missing following a first date on December 18
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The day following the date, her car was found abandoned at a dock
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In an essay on xoJane, her father Terry Ellis shared the last picture she texted him the night before she disappeared
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The picture shows Heather learning to drive a stick-shift on the date
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Her disappearance remains a mystery but the man who took her out has been ruled out as a suspect after passing a lie detector test
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Heather's father remains optimistic that he will find his daughter
A prayer vigil will be held for Heather this Thursday as @placeholder locals continue to volunteer their time to search for Heather.