Found Deceased SC - Brittanee Drexel, 17, Myrtle Beach, 25 April 2009 - #10

[raeann]

Mlatta,
Oh, I completely agree that her phone pinged to that cell tower...and that it's nearby where Brittanee's phone was...but I question if there are closer towers to N Santee...or if it pinged off that tower because the area is so rural and there simply weren't closer towers at the time. Does that make any sense?
Frankly, not to criticize anyone's hometown, but I've always thought nearly all of Georgetown was spooky. It's just ALL so desolate and lonely feeling. It's beautiful, but abandoned feeling, if that makes sense. Perhaps that's because it's nestled between MB and Charleston, but it just always feels so otherworldly....like you are literally all by yourself, like the whole county feels gray and empty. I haven't been on 7 mile rd....you'll have to come with me when I go!!!....but I'd really like to look into the cell towers in the area....to know how many there are and how far apart they are in that area.

BBM.....

Been there several times, and felt the same way. We did a bit of a walking tour and though I usually love to do that, it just felt "strange" the whole time. I bought this book years ago, but can only read a bit at a time.....very interesting though, if you are into this sort of thing.

http://www.blairpub.com/folklore/ghostsgeorgetown.htm

 

[LLLindsayy]

We have seen in articles that many searches have taken place "within a 5 mile radius from North Santee," so I've marked 5 miles out in either direction. I also marked North Santee as a point of reference.

Specific street names that have been mention I have also marked. The orange ones were mentioned in the media. The black/blue ones are the ones we have figured out on our own.

The farm I marked is the search headquarters.

I don't know what this accomplishes. I wish we knew exactly where the sunglasses were found.

If you have anything else you want me to mark, let me know.

 

[krista]

Well, LLLindsayy...we do know that the sunglasses were found in the santee delta west. It's a large area, but not THAT large that we can't map it. Santee Delta West is pictured and marked here.

http://www.crbo.net/media/SantDelt_WMA-8x6.jpg


Also, we know that it was found NEAR the river....not in it, but close to it, so that eliminates 3/4ths of the Santee Delta West area. IMHO.

Oh, and thanks for the map! Great job! You're quickly becoming our techie!! lol.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I have a pink blackberry from Verizon. Dont remember any other pink phones retail, but she could have just had a snap-on cover on hers, whatever it was.

For some totally unknown reason I am picturing a mostly black phone with pink designs on it...very deep pink. Now I have to admit I may have mixed it up in my feeble mind with Morgan Harrington's phone but then I am not even sure we know what either of the phones looked like actually.

So isn't this a valuable post!!! lol!

 

[SeaNymph]

Well, LLLindsayy...we do know that the sunglasses were found in the santee delta west. It's a large area, but not THAT large that we can't map it. Santee Delta West is pictured and marked here.

http://www.crbo.net/media/SantDelt_WMA-8x6.jpg


Also, we know that it was found NEAR the river....not in it, but close to it, so that eliminates 3/4ths of the Santee Delta West area. IMHO.

Oh, and thanks for the map! Great job! You're quickly becoming our techie!! lol.

Where did they say it was found in the delta west, krista? That certainly 'gums up the works' if you look at the maps compared to that Corner Loop/Belladonna area they started out searching in December as compared to where these were found a few days later by a camper. Interesting though...and continues to worry me that purse was just tossed off the bridge and she is somewhere entirely different - still most likely in the North Santee "area" according to LE and the info they have given about the POI living there, but heck, that could be anywhere!

 

[LLLindsayy]

Here it is with the sunglasses marked. I wish I was able to make a better one. I will keep trying.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

You are ALL amazing. I could never do the indepth mapping and tracking you are doing BUT if I lived closer I'd be with you when you get out and search (except not if snakes were in the picture)....I wrecked my car once on the way to work when a teeny tiny spider "came down beside me"....But if I was down there I'd do everything I could to put my fears aside and participate with all you amazing folks. I'll always be with you in my heart when you are searching for "our" little Brittanee. I pray that she can be home where she belongs soon, very soon.

Does anyone know if the LE have said they actually have the phone records for BD, the others who were down there? Is that something that can be obtained by the FOIA? I am doubting it even as I type this but just wondering and hoping. Did we establish that actual context of texting is not saved anywhere but on phones? or do LE have access to those actual words that were texted to and from BD?

 

[SeaNymph]

If you were traveling south on Hwy 17, JUST after you go across the bridge there at NORTH SANTEE RIVER, between the North and South river, there is a "Wildlife Viewing Area" with a little 'pull off' type spot right there, it looks like right along that west delta area. Actually the Wildlife Viewing Area sign looks like it may be pointing to the OTHER side of 17, to go across the northbound lanes to get to it, but take this street view to see the little road that looks like it turns off to the right just beyond that sign to maybe go back down towards the river. Maybe there is a launching area there, I dont know, but that road has to go somewhere back near the bank of the river.

Please let the map gods be with me. This is a 'street view' of that area.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...oid=9l5dNMOYdb3wAaxjaI1dxg&cbp=12,293.24,,0,5

Ok, for the moment it looks like that link is working. (When you first click it, give it just a few seconds to go down to the street view and it should.) It looks like just a little old paved area to pull off there. If you zoom back out on the regular map, you can see from a birds eye view what I am talking about....the 2 lane southbound road of Hwy 17 you see, but then over near the trees you can see that little pull off. That's interesting to me considering this is so close to the west delta. Anyone else think so?

Here is another link of the street view just past that Wildlife sign, looking back towards the bridge/river to see that road. Apparently Google didn't map that road because it won't let me 'walk' down there.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...9&ll=33.204999,-79.387888&spn=0,0.004812&z=18

 

[RoseC]

Good Morning everyone
Im try a little diff route here, ok once perps (with BD) got into Gtown, instead of them heading up alt 17 ,i say they took 521 to alt 17 (this alt also going towards Andrews) they turn left as going to Sampit,then instead of staying on alt 17 they yield to there left went to Powll Road,,this would be seem timing (maybe a little longer but they could make better time,no red lights no cops,no traffic,this would put them in the woods, of N Santee, ok this would been a best route ,so we not sure which way LE travels to do there searches, but this route has been with me from get go since hearing her cell phone ping there last,that tower Mlatta found is here to,,belive me this not a area a white girl goes to alone,unless shes friends with ppl there,nobody (mom,dad,sis,bro,etc) will talk on each other,,i got family and friends that live in edge of sampit,so i do know this area and what its all about,(not good stuff either!!! But this just my 2 cents on the route,,

 

[SeaNymph]

Good Morning everyone
Im try a little diff route here, ok once perps (with BD) got into Gtown, instead of them heading up alt 17 ,i say they took 521 to alt 17 (this alt also going towards Andrews) they turn left as going to Sampit,then instead of staying on alt 17 they yield to there left went to Powll Road,,this would be seem timing (maybe a little longer but they could make better time,no red lights no cops,no traffic,this would put them in the woods, of N Santee, ok this would been a best route ,so we not sure which way LE travels to do there searches, but this route has been with me from get go since hearing her cell phone ping there last,that tower Mlatta found is here to,,belive me this not a area a white girl goes to alone,unless shes friends with ppl there,nobody (mom,dad,sis,bro,etc) will talk on each other,,i got family and friends that live in edge of sampit,so i do know this area and what its all about,(not good stuff either!!! But this just my 2 cents on the route,,

RoseC, I compared those two routes the other day and thats what I came up with. Here's my post:

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - SC SC-Brittanee Drexel 17, Msg 04/25/09, Myrtle Beach thread #10

Now, with the sunglasses possibly being found in the west delta area, I'm thrown off a little, but on the maps I saw where Powell Road, getting on it from that 521/17 route, still comes back out to this other route of 17, then if the west delta area does hold any significance they could have just come down 17 and went there.

 

[LLLindsayy]

If the Santee River Delta West --where the classes were found -- is on the southern side of the river, why do we think they were searching on the northern side near Corner Loop etc.?

 

[RoseC]

RoseC, I compared those two routes the other day and thats what I came up with. Here's my post:

Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community - View Single Post - SC SC-Brittanee Drexel 17, Msg 04/25/09, Myrtle Beach thread #10

Now, with the sunglasses possibly being found in the west delta area, I'm thrown off a little, but on the maps I saw where Powell Road, getting on it from that 521/17 route, still comes back out to this other route of 17, then if the west delta area does hold any significance they could have just come down 17 and went there.

Yes i remember your post, but i wanted to go travel that route just make sure,im very use to sampit,but been awhile going on to nsantee ,so i had work yesterday at the beach so on my way back i checked it out,and i was right,so thats why i posted my comment this morn,,
to be honest i think LE is throwing out diff areas, (not thinking we the public would be trying to figure this out) but im stick to my story on route,due to knowing ppl that know ppl in n-santee,and how they do things,my bet is that the perps (if from n santee) would have went back roads not threw Gtown city itself,,,,

 

[mlatta]

see the little road that looks like it turns off to the right just beyond that sign to maybe go back down towards the river. Maybe there is a launching area there, I dont know, but that road has to go somewhere back near the bank of the river.

If it is the road I am thinking of - it allows foot access back to the W WMA area. It's the route I took to get back there. There's a gate and it's locked (I think it's SC DNR's gate) but from what I could gather from the signs, it's only to prevent vehicular access, foot access is ok past that gate. I parked my car at Pole Yard and road my bike down there. You can access the river from there, though there is not really any type of dock or launch. Also, IIRC, there's a pond back there, and some sort of storage shed that belongs to DNR. Both Santee Delta WMAs are frequented by Duck Hunters...

Will take more pics next time I venture out that way.. (May be as soon as Sunday)

 

[mlatta]

Y'all should get a kick out of this - I called the guy who found the sunglasses, well his wife actually found them, anyhoo, He gave me a description of where he found them. I don't have time at the moment to map it, but here are his words:

Put your boat in at pole yard, travel inland (west) 300-500 yards, they were close to the bank on the left. He said there are 3 docks close together, and it was near the middle dock. Also, he said the police used a small red cone to mark the location, and he has returned to do some fishing 3 weeks ago, and the cone is still there.

He's leaving to go out of town today, but he said, when he returned, he would be willing to meet me up there and show me where they were located

 

[MBLover]

WTG MLatta!!!

 

[LLLindsayy]

Y'all should get a kick out of this - I called the guy who found the sunglasses, well his wife actually found them, anyhoo, He gave me a description of where he found them. I don't have time at the moment to map it, but here are his words:

Put your boat in at pole yard, travel inland (west) 300-500 yards, they were close to the bank on the left. He said there are 3 docks close together, and it was near the middle dock. Also, he said the police used a small red cone to mark the location, and he has returned to do some fishing 3 weeks ago, and the cone is still there.

He's leaving to go out of town today, but he said, when he returned, he would be willing to meet me up there and show me where they were located

THANK YOU. I think this could be really useful.

 

[LLLindsayy]

The map attached shows Pole Yard Landing in the bottom left hand corner. According to Mlatta's description, the glasses were found on the opposite bank 300-500 yard away. He said there were 3 docks. I don't see 3 docks in the picture, but they are probably just small.

Anyways, this covers the 300-500 yard range and a bit further as well.

 

[krista]

Lol, Mlatta!!

I was SO close to calling myself, but was scared to do it!! You are such a trip!! This confirms that it was in Santee Delta West, which is what was written in the article I linked to about a week ago. Sorry I didn't get a chance to answer--been out all day.

LLLindsayy: "Why are we searching the other side of N Santee?" Because we know LE has been searching there most recently and we know they believe the perps are within a 5 mile range of the area. I said last week, I think it's possible that the perps put her/her things in the water upstream from Santee Delta West. The only homes and boat docks upstream are on the opposite side of N Santee River, in the community we've been talking about. I think it's possible that the glasses floated downstream and that they came ashore in Santee Delta West. Obviously, the other scenario is that her glasses were taken to that spot specifically...maybe to throw LE off??

Awesome job, everyone!!

 

[krista]

Mlatta, don't suppose you (or some other 'local') would visit the site and look for the police marker sometime this weekend?

Really wondering how far in from the river they were found....and if it's possible they floated to the location they were found, or if it was way too far inland from the river. I know we'll all get down there eventually, but I'm scared LE may remove the marker.

 

[mlatta]

Mlatta, don't suppose you (or some other 'local') would visit the site and look for the police marker sometime this weekend?

I am gonna try to go out that way on Sunday - locate and take some photos...