Family of missing teenager Brittanee Drexel We finally know the truth 13 years later. The 17-year-old New Yorker vanished in 2009 while on spring break at Myrtle Beach, S.C.
In a press conference on May 16, Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver and other South Carolina law enforcement officials announced that Brittanee’s body was found on May 11 and a suspect—identified as 62-year-old Raymond Moody—has been charged with murder, kidnapping and criminal sexual misconduct in the first degree in connection to her death.
All of Moody’s alleged crimes occurred on April 25, 2009, the same day the teenager was reported missing, according to Weaver.
Brittanee’s mother appeared alongside the authorities involved in the investigation. Dawn DrexelAccording to reporters, this is a mother’s worst nightmare. Today, I mourn my precious daughter as I have done for 13 years. We’re closer to the peace I’ve been longing for.”
“I am slowly processing everything that has come to light,” she continued, adding that the tragic discovery of her daughter’s remains “marks the beginning of a new chapter. Brittanee has been found and Brittanee will be pursued for justice.