Brittanee Drexel

She went missing during a spring break trip in 2009. The case made national news.

Brittanee Drexel, who was a student at Gates Chili High School near Rochester, was last seen on a security camera at a Myrtle Beach hotel in April 2009. The case went cold for years. We are much closer to the peace that I have been hoping for.”

GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office announced that human remains found in the county last week are those of a teenager ...

He has been in the Georgetown County Detention Center since May 4 on an obstruction of justice charge. It took a while to really narrow down leads and we chased down every one of those,” Richardson said. He added that Drexel’s body was found four feet in the ground. “It was really quick... Moody was considered a person of interest in Drexel’s disappearance in 2012 but was never arrested in the case. and it was hours, it wasn’t days, the entire process was a series of hours, from the time that she went missing to the time that she was buried,” said Richardson.

Newly released arrest affidavits state that a man strangled Britanee Drexel to death then concealed the evidence of the crime.

We are much closer to the closure and the peace that we have been hoping for.” Investigators have also not released details on what led to the charge against Moody. She declined to take questions but said they do intent to speak at some point in the future. He’s accused of rape, murder and kidnapping, and he’s down there at the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office.” I am comforted by everyone who has been a part of our lives in those we have met along the way,” she said. “These guys have been nothing but professional, they never tired and they’ve never waivered,” he said. “Every police officer has that one case that requested every waking thought,” she said. He served more the 20 years in a California prison for some similar charges including rape and kidnapping of a child under 14. “You have all inspired me and the investigators to keep going. Our only hope is that this finding allows your family to grieve properly for Brittanee.” “The why may never be known or understood. The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office has charged Raymond Moody with murder, obstructing justice, criminal sexual conduct, and kidnapping in Drexel’s death on April 25, 2009.

Drexel was kidnapped by Raymond Moody, who raped and killed her before burying her body the next day in the woods, officials said.

"No one deserves to go through this and our hearts go out to you. Moody is on South Carolina's sex offender registry for 1983 convictions in California for sodomy by force of someone under 14 and kidnapping, according to State Law Enforcement Division Records. "This is truly a mother's worst nightmare. Our only hope is that this finding allows your family to grieve properly for Brittanee." Drexel's body was found last Wednesday in Georgetown County, about 35 miles down the coast from where she disappeared. "The why may never be known or understood.

Brittanee Drexel's parents said it may have taken a long time, but they are finally able to find closure and begin to heal following the discovery of her ...

“But having faith and hope is what’s going to guide us through the end result because they still have the work to do. “Weighing this all out is tough on a dad, tough on a mother,” Chad said. Drexel’s parents are asking for space as they process this, but they say they will be speaking out in future and they plan to hold a celebration of Brittanee’s life in Myrtle Beach and back home in Rochester New York.

Georgetown County, S.C. — Brittanee Drexel would be 30 years old today. Instead, she's immortalized as a teenager in the hearts and minds of so many who ...

This was that case for many people and our time and many agencies throughout this circuit and throughout this state," Brock said. "We all stayed close with the Drexel family as we exhausted avenue after avenue in this investigation that lasted 13 years and involved many dedicated law enforcement professionals from local, state, and federal jurisdictions." We are much closer to the closure and the peace that we have been desperately hoping for." I am mourning my beautiful daughter, Brittanee, as I have been for 13 years," Pleckan said. "Weighing this all out is tough on a dad, tough on a mother, but having faith and hope is what's going to guide us through the end result," Chad Drexel said. She was just 17.

Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway was able to identify Drexel through dental records. The State Law Enforcement Division also performed DNA analysis and ...

According to WMBF, Moody was considered a person of interest in Drexel’s disappearance in 2012 but was never arrested in the case. The sheriff also announced Monday that Raymond Moody was arrested in connection to Drexel’s death. According to Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver, Drexel’s remains were found May 11, after evidence led them to a possible site in the Harmony Township neighborhood.

Georgetown County, S.C. — Brittanee Drexel would be 30 years old today. Instead, she's immortalized as a teenager in the hearts and minds of so many who ...

This was that case for many people and our time and many agencies throughout this circuit and throughout this state," Brock said. "We all stayed close with the Drexel family as we exhausted avenue after avenue in this investigation that lasted 13 years and involved many dedicated law enforcement professionals from local, state, and federal jurisdictions." We are much closer to the closure and the peace that we have been desperately hoping for." I am mourning my beautiful daughter, Brittanee, as I have been for 13 years," Pleckan said. "Weighing this all out is tough on a dad, tough on a mother, but having faith and hope is what's going to guide us through the end result," Chad Drexel said. She was just 17.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office announced the remains of a Brittanee Drexel were found in the Harmony Township ...

He also received a speeding ticket in Surfside Beach the day after Drexel disappeared. August 2016: An FBI agent testifies in open court they were told by a jailhouse informant that Drexel was abducted and gang-raped at a “stash house” in the McClellanville area. He also claimed it was detrimental to his safety in prison, with an alleged bounty placed on him. Investigators pinged Drexel’s phone to a location in Surfside Beach six miles away. Taylor’s father, Shaun Taylor, was also accused of being directly involved. She then called police.

Brittanee Drexel, 17, disappeared while in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 2009. (CNN) The remains of a 17-year- ...

We are much closer to the closure and the peace that we have been desperately hoping for." Her mother, Dawn Drexel, told CNN at the time she had forbidden her daughter to go to Myrtle Beach, a popular destination for high school and college spring break. "This is truly a mother's nightmare," Dawn Drexel said at the news conference.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Brittanee Drexel was a 17-year-old Gates-Chili High School student on spring break with friends when she went missing on April 25, ...

Brittanee Drexel is finally going home. Her remains were uncovered May 11th and positively identified, 13 years after she disappeared in South Carolina.

He returned to his hometown of Georgetown County, S.C. in 2004 and moved into a motel about 30 miles from Myrtle Beach the day before Brittanee disappeared. He is also charged with rape and murder. Now that Brittanee's family can bring her home, a celebration of her life is being planning in Rochester and in Myrtle Beach. Details on those events have not yet been announced. "Hopefully the FBI will have the decency to issue a statement clearing Mr. Taylor with the same fanfare as when he was falsely accused," Taylor's attorney said in a statement. Police returned to that motel in 2011 after Moody was named a person of interest in Brittanee's case. He has been charged with kidnapping her, presumably as she walked alone on the Myrtle Beach strip.

El sospechoso del crimen de Brittanee Drexel fue identificado como Raymond Moody, de 62 años. Actualmente está detenido sin fianza con cargos de violación, ...

Estamos mucho más cerca del cierre de la pieza que hemos estado esperando desesperadamente”. Las autoridades no detallaron cómo encontraron los restos de Drexel o qué investigación llevó a considerar a Moody como sospechoso. Fue identificado como Raymond Moody, de 62 años, informó ABC News.

Brittanee Drexel, de 17 años, desapareció durante las vacaciones de Spring Break en Myrtle Beach, Carolina del Sur, en 2009. La policía halló su cadáver ...

El informante, quien era una persona encarcelada, dijo también que los delincuentes habían tirado el cadáver en un pantano para que lo devoraran los cocodrilos. La policía informó este lunes que Raymond Douglas Moody la violó y mató la misma noche que desapareció. Enterró su cadáver en el bosque al día siguiente, dijo el sheriff del condado de Georgetown, Carter Weaver, este lunes. No llegó a su destino y dejó de responder los mensajes.

Thirteen years after a Rochester-area girl's spring break disappearance in South Carolina, authorities have now charged the man who they believe killed ...

Moody, who police describe as having a long history as a sexual predator, was a person of interest in the case for years. [It is] tough on a mother.” Raymond Moody, a Georgetown man who police say has long been considered a person of interest in the case, now faces charges. Drexel’s parents were present for the announcement. Moody is charged with kidnapping, murder and criminal sexual conduct. Drexel was last seen on surveillance video leaving a Myrtle Beach hotel on April 25, 2009.

The body of Brittanee Drexel, who was reported missing on April 25, 2009, was discovered Wednesday in Georgetown County, which is near where she was last ...

“Today marks the beginning of a new chapter,” she said. Our only hope is that this finding allows your family to grieve properly for Brittanee.” Her remains were identified as a positive match through dental records and DNA testing, police said.

Los restos de Brittanee Drexel, una joven de 17 años desaparecida en 2009, fueron encontrados en el condado de Georgetown, Carolina del Sur.

La joven fue de todos modos, y después de que desapareció, Dawn Drexel condujo hasta Myrtle Beach para ayudar a las autoridades en la búsqueda. "Estoy de luto por mi hermosa hija Brittanee como lo he estado durante 13 años. Pero hoy es agridulce. "Esta es verdaderamente la pesadilla de una madre", dijo Dawn Drexel en la conferencia de prensa.