GUILTY SC - Brittanee Drexel, 17, Myrtle Beach, 25 April 2009 *ARREST in 2022* #21

[KateB]

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If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Myrtle Beach Police Department
(843) 918-1963 or CUE Center For Missing Persons 24 Hour Tip Line 910-232-1687

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[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526261838891065344

 

[Emi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526262067153588224

 

[Emi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526261777507536896

 

[Shadowtrix]

Thirteen years, we've been waiting for this. I Googled this case at least once a month since it happened, hoping for some kind of update. Thinking of Brittanee's family right now more than ever. May Brittanee finally receive the justice that's been long overdue.

 

[Emi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526262406778916865

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526264546586927114

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526264328965562369

 

[PeterThomasFan]

Been talking about this guy for the past 11 years now! RIP Brittanee.

Found Deceased - SC - Brittanee Drexel, 17, Myrtle Beach, 25 April 2009 - #14

HLN is doing a story right now. They are showing footage of LE bringing evidence bags out of the apt. I am sure they will rerun it....it was a teaser for JVM's show tonight. Have tv's on in oppsite sides ot the house:/ My prayers and thoughts are with Brittanee's family right now. I...

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Now, it makes you wonder how many others he's violated and killed since then!

 

[Emi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526264988398194689

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[Emi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526266826270834688

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526266670339211265

 

[Emi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526270619385581569

 

[jash]

So glad they have closure. So glad someone was arrested. RIP Brittanee.

Did I know the name Moody from this case? Were there Moody's involved with Heather Elvis?

He was a named POI back in 2012. Of note, the day he got the ticket is the date they think he buried Brittanee (at the press conference they said he buried her "on or about April 26").

Ticket shows person of interest near Drexel's last known location

A traffic ticket shows that a person of interest in the case of missing New York teenager Brittanee Drexel was near the location the teen was last seen the day

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A traffic ticket shows that a person of interest in the case of missing New York teenager Brittanee Drexel was near the location the teen was last seen the day after she disappeared.
Raymond Moody,Georgetown, was pulled over by Surfside Beach Police Officer Steve Brode at 3:21pm April 26, 2009, according to the ticket obtained by News 13.

The ticket shows Moody was traveling 45 miles per hour in a 30 miles per hour section of 16th Avenue North and Cherry Drive in SurfsideBeach.

It also shows Moody was driving a Harley Davidson motorcycle when he was pulled over.
The ticket indicates Moody paid a $133 fine and therefore did not need to show up to the set May 20, 2009 court date.

 

[MissLaura]

Anyone get a hold of warrants yet?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526280398317158400

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526282057827209217

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526285092246659078

 

[rkendmar]

The article below contains a copy of the arrest warrant and the full LE press conference (scroll down to the end).

"GEORGETOWN, S.C. (WHEC) — The convicted sex offender who was arrested in Georgetown County for obstruction of justice last week has now been charged with murder, kidnapping and criminal sexual conduct in the first degree in the Brittanee Drexel case.

His name is Raymond Moody and he's 62 years old. Moody was a target of the investigation going back to 2011 but wasn't charged then."

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[concernedmother]

I downloaded the pdf of these warrants. Am I allowed to upload them here?

 

[BrittyB7]

They had searched Moody years ago.

 

[Emi]

@concernedmother please do it will be good for all of us to have it here

 

[concernedmother]

I tried. Says file is too large. Very basic. Nothing in them that hasnt been reported in the media though.

 

[TTF14]

Wow. So glad the family will finally get some closure on this one. RIP to this beautiful girl.

Gives me a sliver of hope Heather Elvis will eventually be found.

 

[SouthernMom]

They had searched Moody years ago.

This video shows a picture of Moody 3 years after BD disappeared. He looks more like a tough guy.,

 

[QPRfan]

https://wpde.com/newsletter-daily/georgetown-county-brittanee-drexel-raymond-moody-missing-remains-body-found-murder-crime-south-carolina-wciv

I'm not sure if this has been posted or not (there has been a lot of information posted today -- thank you all), but it states that Moody took Brittanee to the Santee River (probably the Poleyard boat landing) where he raped and strangled her. Then he transported her body to the site where it was buried. If he was transporting her body around after he killed her, then I think its pretty safe to assume he was not on his motorcycle that night, and he had switched vehicles by the time he was pulled over the next afternoon in Surfside. It seems like Moody knew exactly where he wanted to take her, since he made a beeline for the landing after taking her off the street. I bet he had also previously scoped out the location he ended up burying her, and I assume he had a shovel with him that night, knowing full well that he intended to murder a girl and bury her body. So while his encounter with Brittanee was apparently random, to me the rest of what happened that night shows some degree of planning. Personally, I believe the gf is involved, possibly through the entire sequence of events, but definitely beyond simply providing an alibi in 2011. Also, I see people online expressing some confusion about statements about her being buried on the 26th. I think this refers to the fact that it was after midnight by the time he had buried her, not that there was some long delay between the murder and her burial. As always, JMO.