Finally, An Arrest? Update In Case Of Missing Teen Girl Who May Have Been Fed To Alligators
13.05.2022 - 23:51
/ perezhilton.com
Investigators in South Carolina are receiving new leads in the disappearance of Brittanee Drexel, a 17-year-old girl who went missing from the Myrtle Beach area while she was on spring break vacation in 2009.
Drexel, who was originally from New York, was last seen leaving the Blue Water Resort in April 2009. She never returned to the motel she’d been staying in, causing her alarmed friends to eventually call the police. Her cell phone last gave off a signal later that month, on April 26, 2009, in nearby Georgetown County, South Carolina.
In the 13 years since the teenager’s abrupt disappearance, her whereabouts have never been determined, nor has a body or other evidence ever been discovered. Now, surprisingly, that could be changing.
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On Thursday, according to 13WHAM, detectives were “seen combing a wooded area” in the city of Georgetown, roughly 20 miles south of Myrtle Beach. While investigators kept quiet about the reason for their search, the local news outlet reported it was “potentially connected” to the Drexel disappearance case. Why? Due to the timing…
The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office also revealed on Thursday that they had detained 62-year-old Raymond Moody (pictured in mugshot, above). The law enforcement org would not publicly confirm whether his detainment was connected to Drexel’s case, and only stated that Moody had been in custody at the Georgetown County Detention Center since May 4 on charges of obstruction of justice. But here’s the thing: Moody was initially named a person of interest in the case, and was investigated by detectives after it came to light that he’d served two decades in prison after