FBI agent: Missing teen Brittanee Drexel was kidnapped, shot and dumped in alligator pit

[EL34x4]

Source: Post and Courier (South Carolina)

A teenage girl who disappeared from Myrtle Beach seven years ago was abducted, gang-raped, shot to death and thrown into an alligator-infested swamp in the dense forests near McClellanville, according to the FBI.

FBI agent Gerrick Munoz this week gave the first detailed account of what investigators think happened to 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel after she disappeared in 2009. His account, contained in a federal court transcript obtained by The Post and Courier, is based on a statement from a prison inmate who claims he was present when she was killed.



Read more: http://www.postandcourier.com/20160826/160829517/fbi-agent-missing-teen-brittanee-drexel-was-kidnapped-shot-and-dumped-in-alligator-pit

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I remember when she first disappeared. This was a pretty big case that got a fair amount of publicity. Pretty white girl against her parents wishes travels out of state for spring break and is never seen again.

I don't know if I'm buying this conclusion. I'm always suspicious of jailhouse snitches who all too often will say anything when freedom is dangled in front of them. Pending further evidence, I still think she crossed paths with a serial killer. Hoping authorities can finally close this case.

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[Divine Discontent]

1. Sick

Young ladies can be so naive and laugh off the message about predators who are out there just waiting for them to be vulnerable. I've warned my beautiful niece about being 18 and alone on campus or after work and not trusting strangers. I think the agent is doing his job and what they have pieced together is more than likely what generally happened. Wouldn't be the first time such inhumane acts occurred. And, of course, my niece laughs me off and says I'm paranoid.

I even told her how my best friend was raped & murdered in my senior year and how awful it was to go through that. They finally caught the guy eons later who was trying to do the same to another woman. This had no effect on her, which frustrates me.

I'm sorry for the family to lose their daughter! Such pain they must deal with.

[EL34x4]

5. Actually, looks like they've been piecing this narrative together for a while now.

A little research tells me that they declared her dead last June. It was only yesterday the horrific details surfaced.

I'm sure the authorities don't want to get something this high-profile wrong. After all, convicting the wrong people means there's still a killer running loose.

[Dustlawyer]

7. I have three beautiful daughters that I worry about.

They take it serious, but they still are vulnerable. Recently, a young student at the University of Texas was taken from campus, raped, and murdered by a mentally ill young homeless man. One of my daughters was a student there at the time.

I hope the gang that raped and murdered her have nightmares of it for life, preferably behind bars!

[thucythucy]

2. This poor girl.

What her family must be going through...

[jtuck004]

3. Story sounds far fetched. No physical evidence, no corroboration, and charging him

again, for a crime he has already paid for just to pressure him.

Doesn't sound like justice, yet.

[Tempest]

6. A whole lot of nothing but an inmate's story.

Sounds like the FBI just wants to close the case.

"But a McClellanville woman whose husband and son have been implicated by the inmate says the story is just a bunch of “craziness” adopted by federal authorities desperate to solve a vexing case."

[melman]

9. Yeah, well she *would* say that

wouldn't she.

[Tempest]

10. And I believe her more than I would a convicted criminal

Especially considering how nonsensical his story is and there's not a shred of evidence to support it.

[LanternWaste]

14. What would pressure the FBI

What would pressure the FBI to allege a conclusion to close the case when many other cases, both higher in profile and using much more manpower, are still being pursued?

Additionally, there is no pressure for the FBI to close any cases outside of political pressure-- as the heads of the organization are appointed rather than elected might be the case with a local DA.

[Blue_Tires]

11. fwiw, they did say there was additional outside corroboration

And it is the same general place where her cell phone was last tracked...

[Justice]

4. Sadly the only part that is far fetched is where

The body was dumped. Horrific crime.

[jmowreader]

8. It's not far-fetched at all

They figured the alligators would destroy the evidence of their crime by eating her.

[Blue_Tires]

12. What's far-fetched about dumping a body in rural SC?

Isolated, wooded/marshy areas are usually the location of choice...

[Blue_Tires]

13. From the archives....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5575384


It's a shame to see someone this careless and naive with the inevitable result...

Seven years later I'll still never understand exactly how she got there, how she paid for her own room and other expenses (I've never seen much written about those "friends" from Rochester she was supposedly with), and why mom didn't tell her to immediately come home...

Had I pulled this stunt at 17, my parents would have personally flown down and physically dragged me back home... Had I insisted on staying, they would have told me not to come back because the locks would be changed on the door...

[LanternWaste]

15. I did South Padre Island spring break when I was sixteen and on my own dime.

I did South Padre Island spring break with some friends when I was only sixteen and we did it on our own dime. Sure, I wasn't supposed to go, and payed the price when I returned, but it's standard teen stuff.

Nor is it as expensive as you may believe. Between cheap road-trips and that many teenagers have more money than you may believe-- from a Bat Mitzvah or Quinceañera to part time jobs or grandam consistently sending a $20 bill every year for Christmas, a high school junior popping out a few hundred miles for a long weekend simply isn't really unbelievable or far-fetched to me.