Update: Finally an arrest was made in the case and her remains were found. God Bless her and her family.
I've been following the story of this missing teenager, Brittanee Drexel, from Rochester, NY for years now after seeing an episode about her on the TV show "Disappeared". I love a good mystery, but this one has always bothered me.
Brittanee was a junior in high school when she snuck away to Myrtle Beach with some friends for spring break back in 2009. She lied to her parents and told them she would be staying with a friend for the weekend after they told her repeatedly she couldn't go to Myrtle Beach.
Shortly after arriving, she separated herself from the kids she went down there with because they were doing drugs and partying and that wasn't something she was into. She kept in constant contact with her boyfriend while she was there, texting him every ten minutes or so. One night she was walking alone back to her hotel room when her texts suddenly stopped. Knowing that she was out by herself, her boyfriend knew almost right away that something was wrong. He panicked and finally threatened her that he was going to tell her parents where she really was if she didn't text him back. When she didn't respond to his threats, he knew she was in trouble so he called her parents. They all drove down to Myrtle Beach the next day to look for her, but she was never found.
Surveillance footage showed her walking in and out of a friend's hotel, but she never made it back to where the traffic cameras were on the street where she should have been seen walking back to her own hotel. This suggested she was likely picked up along the way...and most likely against her will. Brittanee hasn't been seen now for seven years.
Today the FBI held a news conference updating her case. They say they have evidence that she was held for five days in the Georgetown, S.C. area and eventually killed. McClellanville, where the news conference was held, is about 50 miles south of Myrtle Beach where she went missing. Her cell phone pinged in that area shortly after she disappeared.
Hearing that she was held for up to five days makes me sick. I guess I just never thought about that. I really hope the person, or people, who did this to her are found soon and put away forever. I also hope that people who may know something will speak up so the family can finally know what happened to their beautiful daughter and hopefully bring her home for a proper burial.
God bless you Brittanee.
Brittanee was a junior in high school when she snuck away to Myrtle Beach with some friends for spring break back in 2009. She lied to her parents and told them she would be staying with a friend for the weekend after they told her repeatedly she couldn't go to Myrtle Beach.
Shortly after arriving, she separated herself from the kids she went down there with because they were doing drugs and partying and that wasn't something she was into. She kept in constant contact with her boyfriend while she was there, texting him every ten minutes or so. One night she was walking alone back to her hotel room when her texts suddenly stopped. Knowing that she was out by herself, her boyfriend knew almost right away that something was wrong. He panicked and finally threatened her that he was going to tell her parents where she really was if she didn't text him back. When she didn't respond to his threats, he knew she was in trouble so he called her parents. They all drove down to Myrtle Beach the next day to look for her, but she was never found.
Surveillance footage showed her walking in and out of a friend's hotel, but she never made it back to where the traffic cameras were on the street where she should have been seen walking back to her own hotel. This suggested she was likely picked up along the way...and most likely against her will. Brittanee hasn't been seen now for seven years.
Today the FBI held a news conference updating her case. They say they have evidence that she was held for five days in the Georgetown, S.C. area and eventually killed. McClellanville, where the news conference was held, is about 50 miles south of Myrtle Beach where she went missing. Her cell phone pinged in that area shortly after she disappeared.
Hearing that she was held for up to five days makes me sick. I guess I just never thought about that. I really hope the person, or people, who did this to her are found soon and put away forever. I also hope that people who may know something will speak up so the family can finally know what happened to their beautiful daughter and hopefully bring her home for a proper burial.
God bless you Brittanee.
