Found Deceased SC - Brittanee Drexel, 17, Myrtle Beach, 25 April 2009 - #15

[LLLindsayy]

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/20....html?storylink=addthis#.UHMTtaN16sY.facebook

 

[wvredhead]

My heart aches for this Brittanee's mother. We got to MB 2-3 times a year, stay a couple of doors down from the BWW...very familiar with the area which is what first drew my interest this case...I admire this lady's spirit and hope she gets answers soon. Can't imagine what this must be like for DD and her family.

Also glad for this forum to discuss the case in an adult way. I read the comments on the news stories and other websites and am astonished at the cold, heartless comments left by many people as if she should just give up. This is a good place, me thinks...

Last, re: the area she was last seen and this has probably already been brought up. A lot of the hotels have overflow parking across the street...wonder if any have cameras in those lots that may have captured a lurker (know it's probably too late for that now if they do). I've never felt unsafe down there but I do know our hotel in particular offers a security escort at night to and from your vehicle due to the darkness there, potential for crime. Anyway, just a thought. Lot of places to conceal oneself in that direct vicinity...

 

[Christina691]

My heart aches for this Brittanee's mother. We got to MB 2-3 times a year, stay a couple of doors down from the BWW...very familiar with the area which is what first drew my interest this case...I admire this lady's spirit and hope she gets answers soon. Can't imagine what this must be like for DD and her family.

Also glad for this forum to discuss the case in an adult way. I read the comments on the news stories and other websites and am astonished at the cold, heartless comments left by many people as if she should just give up. This is a good place, me thinks...

Last, re: the area she was last seen and this has probably already been brought up. A lot of the hotels have overflow parking across the street...wonder if any have cameras in those lots that may have captured a lurker (know it's probably too late for that now if they do). I've never felt unsafe down there but I do know our hotel in particular offers a security escort at night to and from your vehicle due to the darkness there, potential for crime. Anyway, just a thought. Lot of places to conceal oneself in that direct vicinity...

You know what? I thought the same thing! When I went in June 2009, we stayed only a few buildings down from the bar harbor hotel.. they're actually sister resorts. Not sure about bar harbor, but with the hotel we stayed in we had to park across the street multiple times. It was either you stay in all night in order to keep a parking spot close to your hotel, or you go out and are forced to park across the street in dumpy parking lots with no real lighting. I think Bar Harbor may not have been that way, though. The way the Blue Water resort is set up, it's hard to tell what their parking is like. From what I've seen in pictures and from what I can remember, they have multiple buildings. The hotel rooms are on one side, and then some villas on the opposite side. At first glance, the parking lot doesn't really look all that big. This is what I can see on Google Earth: On the Oceanfront side of Ocean Boulevard, you can see the lobby area (area we see Brittanee entering the building on surveillance). There are multiple stories built on top of the lobby area, those rooms are the oceanfront rooms. We can pretty much assume that that is the building PB and his friends were staying since we see Brittanee walking into that building. To the left, you can see another building with multiple stories that looks like the "side view" rooms. To the right, you can see a parking deck that belongs to the resort next door. In between the side view rooms at BW and the other hotel's parking garage, you can see the BW parking lot in the middle of the two. Not much parking at all. However, to the left of the side view rooms, you can see a much larger parking area that also belongs to the BW resort. If you look closely at the larger parking lot, it looks as if there could be direct access to the beach without having to go inside the lobby. Second, across the street from the BW resort, you can see another building that is called the Blue Water villas (on the side without the ocean). There is an additional small parking lot for guests staying over there. You can also see what looks like a 1 story parking deck directly next to the villas building. Unsure if it belongs to BW or another hotel. So, counting those parking lots/spaces alone, you have three immediate areas alone that someone could have been sitting in when/if they saw Brittanee. & I agree, I would have thought that there would be more cameras that LE could maybe get a tip from... but, I guess not. I'm sure that as soon as they realized it was her on that traffic camera they started looking for more possible video footage. I think that the places similar to BW, or locations that have parking garages have surveillance INSIDE the hotel (pool area,etc) but most likely not for street/traffic cameras.

Now that I can see the BW parking lot, I'm starting to wonder if she really did walk on the beach on the way back to her hotel.. I know that it's probably a long shot. It wouldn't make sense for her to come out of the lobby, go to the right, and then through the other parking lot just to get to the beach. It would make more sense if she would have just went from Peter's room to the beach, and that would explain why we don't see her passing the traffic camera again. I highly doubt that's what happened, but it's a possibility, I suppose.

 

[fabgod]

Christina691

I know you are just looking for anything that can help in the search for Brittanee as we all are, but, as far as I can see, it really doesnt matter if she walked on the beach or on either side of the road when she left the boys hotel.
We know as fact that Brittanee stopped answering calls and we also know that her phone was tracked going south at the same time.

This means that unless it was just BD's phone in a vehicle, that within ten minutes or so of leaving the hotel, BD had been taken by someone and was unable to use her cell phone, there is no other option at that point, (unless Brittanee suddenly decided to run away and that was the time that she made the decision, which doesnt seem likely)

I dont want the above to sound nasty, I dont mean it that way, I am simply trying to clarify the point that the indications are that BD was taken around 9pm that evening, she was taken south with her cell phone at least, ending up somewhere near the Pole Yard at almost midnight.

 

[fabgod]

Does anyone know why the POI (RM) was made a person of interest?
was there anything about new information before the search at Sunset apartments?

There are two points that are concerning me with RM, first is, what was the lead that led LE to RM in the first place? there are many sex offenders in the area (too many) so it would have to be more specific than that,
RM's previous was on young children so there is no clear link there either.

Secondly, what would RM be doing in the Surfside area on the sunday, by that I mean what would his excuse be to LE, was he visiting someone? it seems unlikely he would be working on a sunday so what would his reasons be?

I still wonder if Moody is implicated by his address at the time, do LE have reason to believe that the cell phone tallies with the area for any length of time?
There needs to be some movement on this case, LE need to start putting more pressure on imo

 

[Christina691]

Does anyone know why the POI (RM) was made a person of interest?
was there anything about new information before the search at Sunset apartments?

There are two points that are concerning me with RM, first is, what was the lead that led LE to RM in the first place? there are many sex offenders in the area (too many) so it would have to be more specific than that,
RM's previous was on young children so there is no clear link there either.

Secondly, what would RM be doing in the Surfside area on the sunday, by that I mean what would his excuse be to LE, was he visiting someone? it seems unlikely he would be working on a sunday so what would his reasons be?

I still wonder if Moody is implicated by his address at the time, do LE have reason to believe that the cell phone tallies with the area for any length of time?
There needs to be some movement on this case, LE need to start putting more pressure on imo

No, it's fine! I understand. After you hear so many different theories of what could have went wrong, eventually everything ends up running together in my mind The only thing I've heard/read about what prompted LE to start looking at RM closer was that supposedly, there was someone either living in the same complex (sunset lodge) or someone who knew RM personally, and they claimed that there was some kind of comment mentioned by RM regarding Brittanee.. but again, that's only if I am remembering correctly, I could be wrong. At one point, we found out that RM was dating a woman for some time after Brittanee went missing. I think the theory we had going with that was that RM could have possibly said something to that girlfriend about Brittanee, and perhaps after they had broken up she went to LE and that could have been why LE came in and did the search. I think that could also explain the delay of time between the actual day of her disappearance all the way to August 2011 when they searched his old room. If he said something suspicious to either her, or someone else living in the complex, she could have felt the need to not say anything right away because she was scared or worried.. worried that either he would hurt her for saying anything, or that LE would try to link her to the disappearance somehow.

I guess it all just depends.. In the beginning of the investigation, LE never mentioned any names for the longest time regarding POI's, just that they had 3-4 people they were taking a closer look at. If they considered RM to be a POI that early in the investigation, I would think that they would have searched the room long before 2011. Being a convicted sex offender and LE having the evidence of the speeding ticket less than 24 hours later would seem like probable cause to search any and every room/location that he may have occupied either before, during, or after her disappearance. They took so much out of that room when they searched it, yet we never received any news/information in return of whether or not they found anything of importance.

 

[Farmhand]

It took me a while to find a link. This was posted in a news story on April 19, 2011.

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=607478#.UHYo_1EyCSo



The search at the Sunset Lodge was on August 1, 2011. RM was named primary POI in the case in February 2012. Lt. Capp is featured in the Investigation Discovery show on BD and about half way through the news story posted above Lt. Chuck Capp says the following.

Capp says the case remains active and police are constantly follow new leads, but the tip that came in Tuesday was more substantial than even the tipster was aware.

"We got a call from someone that had met a person that made some unusual statements and gave some information that they thought was unusual and suspicious. They contacted us and with our knowledge of the case, we were actually more interested than that person even realized."



Whether or not the information given in April 2011 was connected to the August 2011 search I am not sure. I would have to think it was though.

 

[fabgod]

It took me a while to find a link. This was posted in a news story on April 19, 2011.

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=607478#.UHYo_1EyCSo



The search at the Sunset Lodge was on August 1, 2011. RM was named primary POI in the case in February 2012. Lt. Capp is featured in the Investigation Discovery show on BD and about half way through the news story posted above Lt. Chuck Capp says the following.

Capp says the case remains active and police are constantly follow new leads, but the tip that came in Tuesday was more substantial than even the tipster was aware.

"We got a call from someone that had met a person that made some unusual statements and gave some information that they thought was unusual and suspicious. They contacted us and with our knowledge of the case, we were actually more interested than that person even realized."



Whether or not the information given in April 2011 was connected to the August 2011 search I am not sure. I would have to think it was though.

Thanks Farmhand, good find.
So it was important information and here we are 18 months later with still no movement in the case, just what is it going to take?

Lt Chuck Capp retired from MBPD in August 2012, I would love to pick his brains if he fancied getting involved???
(I can hope lol)

 

[Rochestergirl]

I finally got to watch the entire Maury episode with the psychic. I missed it when it first aired and finally saw it posted on you tube. One thing, can't remember if it was posted here before, the psychic mentioned a white car. Now normally I wouldn't put that much into a psychics word. Dawn confirms that the police said a white car was involved. Does anyone know if Moody had a white car at this time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=RzX517hSeHw

 

[Farmhand]

I finally got to watch the entire Maury episode with the psychic. I missed it when it first aired and finally saw it posted on you tube. One thing, can't remember if it was posted here before, the psychic mentioned a white car. Now normally I wouldn't put that much into a psychics word. Dawn confirms that the police said a white car was involved. Does anyone know if Moody had a white car at this time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=RzX517hSeHw

This is the first time I've seen this. Very good. It appears that this was taped in October of 2009. I am wondering if the white car they are referring to might belong to the group from Rochester that BD traveled with or maybe PB had a white car? I have never heard anything about a white car being involved. I checked the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender website earlier this year and RM had 3 pickups and a Harley Davidson motorcycle registered to him. I checked it again today and he has 1 pickup and the Harley registered to him. In 2009 maybe he did have a white car?

 

[fabgod]

I finally got to watch the entire Maury episode with the psychic. I missed it when it first aired and finally saw it posted on you tube. One thing, can't remember if it was posted here before, the psychic mentioned a white car. Now normally I wouldn't put that much into a psychics word. Dawn confirms that the police said a white car was involved. Does anyone know if Moody had a white car at this time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=RzX517hSeHw

I posted this in post #680

I did find something interesting though,
I read back a little through the thread here and saw a list of RMs vehicles, although it doesnt state a Harley it does state 3 vehicles including a white GMC truck.
This has been bugging me for a while, when I watch the "disappeared - secret journey" programme on youtube, especially part 2, there are so many sightings of a white pick up truck on there, when the actress is walking down the street and so on. There is also a white pick up coming towards the camera on the traffic camera.

Wondering if this is purposely done? But if it was why not make an appeal for sightings of a white pick up?

His list of vehicles has obviously changed since 2009, but, he did own a white GMC pick up at the time, my question makes even more sense with the comment that LE confirmed (apparently) the involvement of a white vehicle, have a look at the ID programme and check the white vehicles in actual cctv footage and also reconstruction footage

 

[Rochestergirl]

So the white car could actually be the white pick up. Maybe this is one of the reasons Moody is a POI. Not sure what the kids drove but there was a pic (don't have it sorry) that I remember of PB with a red car "looked like a fancy sports car". Not sure what the kids drove to MB.

 

[Christina691]

So the white car could actually be the white pick up. Maybe this is one of the reasons Moody is a POI. Not sure what the kids drove but there was a pic (don't have it sorry) that I remember of PB with a red car "looked like a fancy sports car". Not sure what the kids drove to MB.

I know what you're talking about, that picture is on his FB! He's driving a candy apple red convertible ferrari! However, I'm 99.999% sure that isn't the only car he drives. He would need something bigger with more space to tote around all of his friends and buddies from the clubs.

I've also stumbled across a picture of him dressed as a woman..... wig and all. Just throwing that out there

Now that I'm looking, I see he enjoys going out on the boat(s). I'm going to assume that his parents own them, because there are multiple that I've seen. Not that it could tie to Brittanee in any way, just found it interesting. There is another picture of him wearing footed pajamas. I'm seeing an additional photo from August 12th of this year with him posing by a white rolls royce. There is a picture of him inside a white lamborghini too. Not saying that he or his friends are responsible, but even if they were, you now have an idea of how difficult it would be to identify which white car they used to make the trip.

Brittanee's grandmother mentioning the "white car" comment on Maury is something I've never even heard. She said "LE said there was a white car involved"- okay, why hasn't LE mentioned it yet?? If they had an idea of the make/model and color of a vehicle that may be in connection with the disappearance, they should have said it by now.. I'm sure there would be tips pouring in. I had no idea RM had a white vehicle! I recall seeing a green smaller pick up truck, and then of course pictures of the harley. Good find!!


Does anyone follow Crystal Sole's case?? At one point, LE was saying that the cases could possibly have a connection (Moody)- but, again, after that room was searched, I didn't hear anything else about Crystal or any kind of updates on the search for her.. just curious!

I can't believe that this has gone on for this long.... I honestly thought that Brittanee's family would have answers by now. Her birthday just passed, and the holidays are coming up right around the corner, and I know it just gets harder and harder for them every year they spend without her, just wondering where she is and if she's okay, and wondering what has happened I hope that more leads come in now that the media has covered the story of Brittanee's 21st birthday passing

 

[ktgirl]

I just feel that Moody is responsible for Brittanee and Crystal's disappearances.

Brittanee's friends weren't true friends. Their apparent lack of caring about Brittanee's disappearance is troubling but it just feels to me in my gut that Moody is more than likely responsible.

However, chances of a live Brittanee one day returning home are better if one feels her friends somehow set it up for her to be sold into sexual slavery/trafficked. If I was her mother, I'd be hoping this was the case rather than a RSO somehow getting her/forcing her in his car and driving away with her. However, I feel it's much more likely that Moody got to her (and Crystal). He's also the only POI LE has identified. I feel like LE knows he did it, they just don't have enough evidence to charge him, which is really a shame....I fear he won't stop hurting women and girls until he's behind bars.

Holding out hope that one day there will be justice for Brittanee.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

This is the first time I knew about Brittanee's mom and grandma being on Maury. It is sure heart wrenching to see the pain they are still enduring. I am not saying one way or the other that I believe a psychic can help in missing persons' cases, but with Maury saying he did not tell this psychic anything other than he was going to MB, makes me wonder. Depending on how long he knew he would be going to MB before he actually went there, he could easily google MB and missing, and I'm sure a lot of information and articles about her would come up. Sorry, but sometimes psychics give people who are desperate to find their loved ones false hopes. I want her to come home and would be the same way, accepting help of a psychic or things like that, but just feel like this was not done in a good way. All 110% my own opinion.

Just noticed the Maury show was done in Oct 2009. Still feel the same about it though. Painful to see them in such agony.

 

[Farmhand]

Yes it would be easy to just google something beforehand especially if he was given her picture and he knew he was going to MB. It was a national news story. I try to be open-minded.

 

[LLLindsayy]

Dawn just posted on Facebook that there is someone impersonating Brittanee by using her pictures and talking to people as if she is her. The link to the fake profile is: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.jones.7106670?fref=ts

I am reporting this page and it would be great if any of you who use Facebook could do the same. Thanks guys!

 

[Rochestergirl]

Dawn just posted on Facebook that there is someone impersonating Brittanee by using her pictures and talking to people as if she is her. The link to the fake profile is: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.jones.7106670?fref=ts

I am reporting this page and it would be great if any of you who use Facebook could do the same. Thanks guys!

Just reported her thanks what a mean and selfish thing to do. I saw her profile pictures, looks like she is trying to meet men by using Brittanee's picture.

 

[danzn16]

Dawn just posted on Facebook that there is someone impersonating Brittanee by using her pictures and talking to people as if she is her. The link to the fake profile is: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.jones.7106670?fref=ts

I am reporting this page and it would be great if any of you who use Facebook could do the same. Thanks guys!

Reported!! How sick!

 

[Steely Dan]

I just reported it too, but it wouldn't let me explain about the picture. :furious: