Found Deceased SC - Brittanee Drexel, 17, Myrtle Beach, 25 April 2009 - #12

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This was tonite JVM show


All right, a beautiful young woman vanishes on spring break. Now one year later cops in Myrtle Beach finally may have a break in the case. I`m going to talk one on one with Brittanee Drexel`s mother next.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Tonight, new hope for the family of a young woman who went missing during spring break at Myrtle Beach. Cops have a man in custody for another attempted kidnapping that happened near the same hotel where Brittanee Drexel vanished.

And Brittanee`s family say they know who he is. Timothy Shawn Taylor turned himself in to police last Wednesday. He says he heard the cops were looking for him. As a matter of fact, Taylor`s name came up in the investigation into Drexel`s disappearance a while ago. He was questioned but cops let him go.

This is the last time anyone saw 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel as she walked out of a Myrtle Beach hotel in April of 2009.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DAWN DREXEL, BRITTANEE`S MOTHER: It`s been horrible, because I don`t know where she is. I don`t know if she`s alive. I don`t know if somebody maybe picked her up.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: What a nightmare. Taylor says cops have the wrong man but he is charged in this latest attempted kidnapping -- with attempted kidnapping and first degree assault and battery. Again this is the most recent in case. He is being held tonight on $70,000 bond.

Could he know what happened to Brittanee Drexel? Call me 1-877-JVM- SAYS.

Straight out to my very special guest: Dawn Drexel, Brittanee`s mother. First of all, thank to you Dawn so much for being here. We -- our heart breaks for you on what you`ve been through; we know that you have been living a nightmare since spring break of 2009. We want to help solve your daughter`s case. We want to find out what happened to your precious daughter.

What makes you think --

D. DREXEL: You`re welcome. Thanks, Jane.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: -- what makes you think this Timothy Shawn Taylor is involved with Brittanee`s disappearance?

D. DREXEL: Well, we heard the name before. With the attempted abduction in Myrtle Beach that happened last Wednesday, it`s the same area where Brittanee went missing. So I mean there could be a possibility that he could be involved in Brittanee`s abduction also.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Well and the other thing is that apparently Taylor, this suspect, lives a mile away from where Brittanee`s cell phone was found?

D. DREXEL: That is correct.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: What do you know about that?

D. DREXEL: That is correct. He does not live -- according to what I know -- he does not live that far from -- from that tower where her cell phone last pinged.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: And apparently Taylor was last seen driving a blue van similar to the one that was reported seen driving away after your daughter vanished?

D. DREXEL: That -- that -- I am not too sure of. I didn`t hear that they have seen that blue van before. I`ve heard of a van but I`m not sure if that`s the same van that they were speaking about in reference to Shawn Taylor driving that.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Seventeen year-old Brittanee Drexel, the daughter of this woman we are talking to, this brave and courageous woman tonight, vanished while on spring break, in Myrtle Beach, April, 2009. She was there on the sly.

Brittanee`s mom told her, you can`t go -- Brittanee went anyway. Young kids will do that kind of thing. Brittanee was last seen right here leaving the Blue Water Hotel on April 25th. She had been visiting with a group of young men from her hometown in Rochester, New York.

Now, here is what really gets me, Mike Brooks, this suspect that they just arrested and accused of trying to kidnap somebody in the same area, where she was last seen. He`s got a brother. His brother in 1998 was charged with the abduction and murder of a 19-year-old girl whose body was found in the same area where Brittanee`s cell phone last pinged near where these guys live.

MIKE BROOKS, HLN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: Jane, this is not a coincidence. I`m telling you that. And law enforcement doesn`t think so either. They need to dig down, find out from his -- do -- get a subpoena.

Find out what his cell phone pings were doing that day. Where he was, he better to be able to have account -- and his brother -- they better be able to account for their whereabouts when Brittanee disappeared. Because Jane, do you think this was the first time that he`s -- he`s done this?

VELEZ-MITCHELL: I don`t know.

BROOKS: Absolutely not.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: This guy has got a rap sheet a mile long.

BROOKS: Sure.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: In the latest incident which happened July 21st, a 20-year-old woman said two men grabbed her and tried to push her into a van. She fought back and got away. Cops say the man under arrest for that attempted kidnapping -- you`re looking at him here -- Timothy Shawn Taylor has a rap sheet that includes 30 offenses, including domestic violence, DUI and giving false information to police.

When cops searched his house after his arrest they found a stolen truck. Now Taylor is saying, well, I`m married with children. I didn`t kidnap anyone.

BROOKS: Right.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: You know what, Robin Sax, this -- this smells bad.

SAX: It does. Mike Brooks says it so well. I mean, this isn`t a coinkydink (ph) ladies and gentleman. I mean, you`re -- you`ve got all of the makings for a -- a very viable suspect here. And the part that`s so outrageous is that this is a name that`s been floated around before why haven`t those pings being detected that Mike`s suggesting done a long time ago.

Why don`t we have surveillance cameras, why haven`t we positively ID them? Why did we wait until this guy turns himself in to find him?

VELEZ-MITCHELL: I agree with you. And that`s my big issue tonight, was this a missed opportunity?

Brittanee`s family, we`re talking to her mom tonight, say cops interviewed this guy, Timothy Shawn Taylor, back when Brittanee`s first disappeared but they let him go.

Brittanee`s dad says this arrest is no coincidence.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

CHAD DREXEL, FATHER OF BRITTANEE DREXEL: Shawn lives in an area about a mile away from Brittanee`s cell phone -- last known cell phone activity - - a mile away.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Once again, this guy is from McClellanville, South Carolina. That`s the last place Brittanee`s cell phone pings registered and where a pair of her sunglasses were reportedly found and Taylor`s brother was one of five men once charged in the death of 19-year-old Shannon`s McConaughey. The men were later released for lack of evidence but Shannon`s body was dumped within ten miles of where Brittanee`s cell phone pings were last detected.

Dawn, you know, if we`re connecting the dots here, why didn`t cops connect the dots?

DAWN DREXEL, MOTHER OF BRITTANEE DREXEL: I`m not sure. I know that they are doing everything that they possibly can. Especially in Myrtle Beach, you know, they haven`t had a missing person`s case there. They are doing as much as they can along with the state.

(CROSS TALKING)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: More on the other side of the break. Right on the other side.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MYRISSA DREXEL, BRITTANEE DREXEL`S SISTER: Sissy (ph), just please come home. I really want you home. I miss her saying "sis" to me all the time. I miss her being there after school. When she comes home from cosmetology, she`s home. I miss her being just around and I just want her back.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: That poor little girl; Brittanee Drexel`s little sister begging for her big sister to come home. Brittanee vanished during spring break last year. Her cell phone reportedly found 43 miles away in McClelanville, South Carolina.

Jamie, Kentucky, your question or thought?

JAMIE, KENTUCKY (via telephone): Yes, I was just saying, I prayed for this little girl and I know other people have prayed for this little girl. And the lord is not going to let this man get away with hurting another child. And I pray for that mother.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: We all pray for Dawn Drexel and her family. This is domestic terrorism. The mother of the Tennessee woman -- the 20-year-old Tennessee woman who survived the recent attempted kidnapping suffered a heart attack and is in intensive care. And that 20-year-old girl has been unable to sleep since the incident and she`s the lucky one because she got out alive.

This is domestic terrorism, Mike Brooks.

MIKE BROOKS, HLN LAW ENFORCEMENT ANALYST: You know what Jane. I tell you, I haven`t worked terrorism before. This is the closest thing I see to it. And this guy -- we can`t show his guy, Taylor`s picture enough because I guarantee you, people in Myrtle Beach know this guy. If people have -- something happened to you and you see this guy, please let law enforcement know because I guarantee you, with all his prior charges, he has probably tried to do this before. I guarantee it, Jane.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Dawn, what is your reaction. What is your reaction to the news that they interviewed this guy shortly after your daughter disappeared?

D. DREXEL: They didn`t really say too much in the beginning about him. As far as -- as far as Brittanee`s abduction -- at least I don`t remember. It was quite some time ago. I was in the police department every single day that we were down in Myrtle Beach for the 2 and 1/2 months that I stayed down there. And I know that there was a lot of people brought up during the investigation. Trying to put them all together is very hard for me because I`m very, very focused on finding my daughter. I`m going to stop at nothing to find out what happened to her.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: What have you been through in the past year? I don`t think anybody has any comprehension. I try to understand what must it be like and I don`t think my imagination can even come close to what you have been experiencing. Can you try to put it in words?

D. DREXEL: The past year, it`s like going through hell. It`s the worst thing you could ever go through. I mean you bring your babies into this world. You love them unconditionally, and you know to think that you might not see her pretty little face again, it kills me. It kills me. And it hurts her brother and sister. And just with, you know, with her brother and sister, it`s very difficult for them and it`s very difficult for me to see them as sad as they there, you know, with their sister that has gone missing.

(CROSS TALKING)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: We have to leave it right there. But I want to say, our hearts goes out to you and we want justice for you and your family.

You`re watching ISSUES.

D. DREXEL: Thank you.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

END
 
when I heard this today my first thought was the Hillside Strangler.

I kind confused Is this guy out on bail? Is the brother still in jail and was he out in 2009?
 
when I heard this today my first thought was the Hillside Strangler.

I kind confused Is this guy out on bail? Is the brother still in jail and was he out in 2009?

Yes ST is out on bond was released friday (i think was day) but yes hes out on the streets,,and his brother RT is sitting in Gtown county jail since may 2010 ,on court records has status as pending,,,, oh brother went jail on may 2010 , so yes he was out in april 2009
 
I actually meant how low the $70,000 bail is I think it will embarrass MB and Im guessing when he is rearrested or his family members are the same thing won't happen. IMO I would think that being made public would embarrass them on such a publicized case


I think she meant they pointed out how high the bail is 70,000 for him
 
I was glad they made it public because that bail amount was ridiculous and hopefully they won't do it with the rest of the taylor gang!

Hi, Rochestergirl! What do you mean they called out the $70k bond?
 
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I mean, you`re -- you`ve got all of the makings for a -- a very viable suspect here. And the part that`s so outrageous is that this is a name that`s been floated around before why haven`t those pings being detected that Mike`s suggesting done a long time ago.

Why don`t we have surveillance cameras, why haven`t we positively ID them? Why did we wait until this guy turns himself in to find him?

VELEZ-MITCHELL: I agree with you. And that`s my big issue tonight, was this a missed opportunity?
 
I was glad they made it public because that bail amount was ridiculous and hopefully they won't do it with the rest of the taylor gang!

In comparison if your involved in a wreck and charged with DUI, in the city of Los Angeles, it's a 50K bail.
 
Mother of Brittanee Drexel appears on HLN
by Graeme Moore
Posted: 08.04.2010 at 1:59 AM


The mother of missing spring breaker Brittanee Drexel appeared on CNN's Headline News Tuesday night to discuss recent developments.

Dawn Drexel was a guest on the show "Issues with Jane Velez" and said she's hopeful the recent arrest of an attempted kidnapping suspect might help her daughter's case.


More at link...
http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=491927
 
Thanks everyone for the JVM highlights! I am still confused if Britt's cell phone was actually found? Are y'all confused about this too or it it just me? I'm so glad JVM covered Britt's disappearance. Now the whole world is aware of these dangerous thugs. People who vacation in MB need to be aware of this. MOO.

My prayers go to the Drexel family.

wm
 
I hope there will be more coverage, with a little more informed reporting (JVM said he was 'sitting in jail' on a 70K bond) and someone really exposing in clear plain English the connections/history here.
 
I hope there will be more coverage, with a little more informed reporting (JVM said he was 'sitting in jail' on a 70K bond) and someone really exposing in clear plain English the connections/history here.

i was kinda confused on that myself but i ask monica she said when taping for jvm show was done he was still in jail so im thinking the show was taped like last thursday,and show was suppose to have aired monday nite but with that other brittaney girl being found they put dd to air last nite,,,,
 
IMO, they should put up a disclaimer stating "This is a live program, however some of the interviews for this segment were pre-recorded last Thursday." It is confusing to hear so much conflicting information and I am still curious about those cell phone statements. I wonder if Britt's phone was actually found and this info is just now coming out publically? Or are they just referring to the pings from her phone.

Grrr, I usually like JVM and her panels and find them informative but this conflicting info turns me off.....just like I turned off NG...... I wish some MSM would publicize that st is back out on the streets! It chills me to the bone when really I think about it. Many vacationers feel a false sense of security when on holiday and walk around without a care in MB. I have done so myself in the past but never again, not with what I now know goes on in the area. All MOO.

Let's pray that this is Britt's day!

ETA Thanks Rose for posting the JVM transcript!

wm
 
IMO, they should put up a disclaimer stating "This is a live program, however some of the interviews for this segment were pre-recorded last Thursday." It is confusing to hear so much conflicting information and I am still curious about those cell phone statements. I wonder if Britt's phone was actually found and this info is just now coming out publically? Or are they just referring to the pings from her phone.

Grrr, I usually like JVM and her panels and find them informative but this conflicting info turns me off.....just like I turned off NG...... I wish some MSM would publicize that st is back out on the streets! It chills me to the bone when really I think about it. Many vacationers feel a false sense of security when on holiday and walk around without a care in MB. I have done so myself in the past but never again, not with what I now know goes on in the area. All MOO.

Let's pray that this is Britt's day!

ETA Thanks Rose for posting the JVM transcript!

wm

I agree with you , **IF** st is to blame (im not taking up for him) then LE has the responsability to look and and info the public about him being back on the street, this what JVM (law guy was talking about telling ppl in MB to get good look at st photo they kept his photo showing on show whole time,,,,to be honest and see i havnt post much on t is we not safe ,,,so i try warn all young girls in my town to not go to mb till this is over,,,,,geeze right now in sunnews online for some reason the state barred one of our judges threw him out of office took all his records etc,,,,you have to many dirty judges,courts,le,,in office,,,,and now t mom is voicing her issues so im still looking for to hear mb under law sued with them,,,,
 
I agree with you , **IF** st is to blame (im not taking up for him) then LE has the responsability to look and and info the public about him being back on the street, this what JVM (law guy was talking about telling ppl in MB to get good look at st photo they kept his photo showing on show whole time,,,,to be honest and see i havnt post much on t is we not safe ,,,so i try warn all young girls in my town to not go to mb till this is over,,,,,geeze right now in sunnews online for some reason the state barred one of our judges threw him out of office took all his records etc,,,,you have to many dirty judges,courts,le,,in office,,,,and now t mom is voicing her issues so im still looking for to hear mb under law sued with them,,,,

I just hope that the race card doesn't play a role in this. I don't care if one is black, white, yellow, red, green, blue, purple, dark purple or light purple, If they are guilty of a crime then let justice be served. MOO.

I don't want issues like race to interfere with Britt's case or the case of these other missing/murdered girls in the area. We need to keep the focus on the victims! again MOO

wm
 
IMO, they should put up a disclaimer stating "This is a live program, however some of the interviews for this segment were pre-recorded last Thursday." It is confusing to hear so much conflicting information and I am still curious about those cell phone statements. I wonder if Britt's phone was actually found and this info is just now coming out publically? Or are they just referring to the pings from her phone.

Grrr, I usually like JVM and her panels and find them informative but this conflicting info turns me off.....just like I turned off NG...... I wish some MSM would publicize that st is back out on the streets! It chills me to the bone when really I think about it. Many vacationers feel a false sense of security when on holiday and walk around without a care in MB. I have done so myself in the past but never again, not with what I now know goes on in the area. All MOO.

Let's pray that this is Britt's day!

ETA Thanks Rose for posting the JVM transcript!

wm

BBM

I found this article about ST's release.

According to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center, the man accused of trying to kidnap a woman on Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach last week has bonded out of jail.

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=490348
 
Strawberry- what makes you think RM won't come back to testify. I read on those legal sites where I looked up the definition that during an arraignment hearing victims are not required to attend since they are not listening to testimony or entering a plea. But I'm sure the prosecutors will make sure she is back for a trial

ROC Girl, I was just wondering if she may be afraid to come back and testify. Also, if her mother is so sick with a heart attack, would she want to leave her mother and come back to SC, and can her family afford hotel accommodations, etc.
 
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