Brittanee Drexel, from the Rochester, New York, space was final seen on April 25, 2009, on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Seashore. She reportedly was on the way in which to satisfy associates at one other resort when she disappeared.
Her mom, Daybreak Drexel, advised CNN on the time she had forbidden her daughter to go to Myrtle Seashore, a preferred vacation spot for highschool and faculty spring break. The teenager went anyway, and after she disappeared Daybreak Drexel drove to Myrtle Seashore to assist authorities within the search.
Greater than a decade later, the teenager’s stays have been found final Wednesday, Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver advised reporters. The county, simply south of Myrtle Seashore, is also on the Atlantic coast.
“That is really a mom’s nightmare,” Daybreak Drexel mentioned on the information convention. “I’m mourning my lovely daughter Brittanee as I’ve been for 13 years. However as we speak it is bittersweet. We’re a lot nearer to the closure and the peace that we now have been desperately hoping for.”
The investigation led authorities to a web site the place they consider a 62-year-old man buried her physique a day after she went lacking, the sheriff mentioned.
Raymond Douglas Moody of Georgetown is charged with homicide, obstructing justice, kidnapping and legal sexual conduct within the first diploma, his arrest warrants present.
Authorities mentioned Moody kidnapped and strangled the teenager the identical day she disappeared.
“As we speak marks the start of a brand new chapter. The seek for Brittanee is now a pursuit of Brittanee’s justice,” Daybreak Drexel mentioned.
Moody stays in custody. It’s unknown whether or not he has an legal professional and CNN was unable to contact relations.