Brittanee Marie Drexel, missing since 4/25/09 from Myrtle Beach, SC

[always 1]

You are right, Dolce, and reading what you just posted he sounds wise beyond his years and very caring.

[numbersgirl]

Great post Lovinlife...thanks for putting that together.  I hope this girl is found soon. 

[AZSunny]

He looks like a typical "jock" to me, but then again thats just my opinion.  He is not lacking in the looks department, I will say that much!

True Dolce, but do you think, reading the other boys comments, that perhaps Brittanee crossed the line by going to the other boys hotel room and maybe she was taught a lesson?

Its a possibility, but I do not think so.  If she were afraid of her BF or had any indication that it could be crossing a line then she would not have gone in the first place out of fear of what he might think.
She has been with this guy for 2.5 years, and he is not small by any means.  I just wonder if she had not fallen into a pattern of being "comfortable" and feeling "safe" because she was with this guy and he was always her big "protector" that while out and about she let her guard down a bit.  I dont know, but I just dont believe that BF had anything to do with this.

The quotes from the other guys look like they were made in January and February, long before she went missing.  Am I reading that right?

[Tracygirl]

Did anyone notice on the myspace profile page he had put he was married?

He is not married, right? maybe he meant taken, or he and Brittanee had plans to marry? 

I don't think he had anything to do with this. Did he know she was going down there? From what I understand no.

I really think Brittanee was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was taken by a person who either didn't know her or had seen her at the club she was at.

The group of girls  Brittanee was hanging with? typical stuck up, party gals, selfish and only thinking of themselves, boys and their next party place. The boys she met up with? Young and stupid. In my opinion, nothing equals they would have her vanish.  But who knows...

[bikerbev]

Did anyone notice on the myspace profile page he had put he was married?

He is not married, right? maybe he meant taken, or he and Brittanee had plans to marry? 

I don't think he had anything to do with this. Did he know she was going down there? From what I understand no.

I really think Brittanee was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was taken by a person who either didn't know her or had seen her at the club she was at.

The group of girls  Brittanee was hanging with? typical stuck up, party gals, selfish and only thinking of themselves, boys and their next party place. The boys she met up with? Young and stupid. In my opinion, nothing equals they would have her vanish.  But who knows...

It makes me suspcious about the girls she went with because it was said that they weren't her close friends, just some girls she knew so I got the impression Britney was just getting a ride with them but not hanging around them once she was down there, but I don't know.  But the thing that makes me suspcious about those girls was that one of them called Brit to come back to the motel to  give her back her black shorts.  It sounds to me almost like some sort of set up.  Did Peter call Brit to come to his hotel and then those girls call Brit back to their hotel and had an ambush set up somewhere inbetween??  That's what it sounds like to me.

[Lovinlife]

I agree, too many unanswered questions. I'm not getting a good feeling on this. I am going to go to Ocean Blvd tomorrow morning after the kids go to school and walk this journey that she did and time it for myself.

Looking at the surveilance video, it appears to be light outside, which contradicts the time given. It could be lighting inside the hotel but I need to see for myself.

Did you get to area yet to check it out?  Is there any way that you can tell where the surveilance of her walking was taken? 

I'm wondering if the time stamp on the video is not set to daylight savings time?

[cookie]

Brittanee is a darling girl...sounds like she is a very sweet girl...sorry for her family that they are away from each other...

[Lovinlife]

You wonder why some cases stick to you like glue...like this one.

I feel really old when I look at these kids on spring break and their myspace accounts.  I see video's posted on youtube of a bunch of girls beating up one singled out girl.  Things just weren't like that when I was coming of age...

I do remember driving to MB (12 hrs) alone after I found out my bf was cheating when I was 19.  I thought it was the greatest place to clear my head and seek solitude.  One of the dumbest things I ever did looking back.  Maybe Brittanee was trying to find some solitude when she left NY?

I'm leaving for MB on 6/6/09 and as much as I wish I could spend my one week/year vacation looking for Brittanee, my family would think I'm completely crazy.  I would like to attend a vigil and see if I can bring back anything new.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

[darla]

Breaking noon News on WIS-TV in Columbia S.C. A possible siting of Britanee in Soscatee S.C. Surveillance video from a conveince store looks like her. Was seen leaving in a red dodge stratus, New York Tag number EJS9543.

Can't find it on their website yet. www.WISTV.com
Gives hope that she is still alive.

[akmom]

Fox News had a short blurb a while ago that there was a possible siting of her, but I have seen nothing since.  I am praying there is good news soon.

[klaasend]

http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/police_investigating_possible_drexel_sighting_in_horry_county/50335/

Police investigate possible Drexel sighting in Horry County
By Rusty Ray
WBTW Anchor/Producer
Published: May 14, 2009

Working off of a tip, Myrtle Beach police are investigating another possible sighting of missing New York teenager Brittanee Drexel.

According to Capt. David Knipes, someone called police to report seeing a girl matching Drexel’s description getting into a car at the Scotchman store at the corner of Old Highway 544 and Socastee Boulevard around 8:30 a.m.

The vehicle is described as a red, 4-door Dodge Stratus, with New York license number EJS 9543.

Knipes said a detective would head to the store Thursday morning to review any surveillance video the store may have captured.

Count on News13 and scnow.com for the very latest.


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Posted by ( jbjb ) on May 14, 2009 at 11:34 am


No way she could elude an all out search for this long, I believe it is a false sighting.Hopefully the Scotchman store video will show it is her, but it is highly inprobable.


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Posted by ( commonsense ) on May 14, 2009 at 11:06 am


I also hope that girl was Brittanee and that she is found soon.  No parent deserves what these parents are going through.  ( I do agree with you though “darlingtonsc”)


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Posted by ( darlingtonsc ) on May 14, 2009 at 10:54 am


i hope that this is her therefore that being said if it is her she needs to get a good a@@ whipping from her dad for putting her family trough all the fear and the police for all the hours spent looking for her

[califmom]

I hope and pray that it is Brittanee.

Sending prayers to her and her family.

[klaasend]

http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Police-Say-Possible-Brittanee-Drexel-Sighting-Is/3aCd1AifeUWyFzFlRLjQwg.cspx

Police Say Possible Brittanee Drexel Sighting Is Unconfirmed

Last Update: 12:33 pm 

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File Photo of Brittanee Drexel (Socastee, S.C.) – Horry County police received a call around 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning about a possible sighting of Brittanee Drexel, the missing 17-year-old from Chili, who disappeared there on April 25.

Myrtle Beach police said a person reported someone matching Drexel's description came into the Scotchman convenience store in Socastee, S.C., located just outside Myrtle Beach. The person then left in a red Dodge Stratus with New York license plates.

Myrtle Beach police reviewed the store’s surveillance tape and said they have no indication at this time that it's Drexel.

The police are getting reports of numerous sightings every day, and they take all of them seriously.

 

[klaasend]

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S930398.shtml?cat=566

www.whec.com
Posted at: 05/14/2009 11:23 AM | WHEC.com
 
Updated at: 05/14/2009 12:35 PM
 
Possible sighting of Brittanee Drexel at convenience store in SC 
 
News 10NBC has confirmed a possible sighting of Brittanee Drexel in South Carolina.

The district manager of a convenience store called Scotchman in the town of Socastee, South Carolina says an employee of the store called police reporting a woman fitting Brittanee's description came into the store at 8:30 this morning.

The woman used the ATM in the store and left in a red Dodge Stratus with New York license plates.

Seventeen-year-old Drexel disappeared on April 25 after she went to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Spring break. She hasn't been seen or heard from since. 

We will update you on News 10NBC at 5 and 6 and on www.whec.com.

For more Rochester, N.Y. news go to our website www.whec.com.
 
 

[Edward]

They have the license plate number..
Very easy to confirm.

[califmom]

Since this person used the ATM then LE can check her cc or debit card for any transactions, right? 

[Anna]

Hoping for update on this sighting but a lot of people would fit Brittanee's "description" so not too hopeful on this one especially with the use of the ATM machine, etc. as I am sure LE would be monitoring that continually.

[califmom]

Hoping for update on this sighting but a lot of people would fit Brittanee's "description" so not too hopeful on this one especially with the use of the ATM machine, etc. as I am sure LE would be monitoring that continually.

That's what I thinking too.  I sure wish it was her, though.

[Dolce]

Hoping for update on this sighting but a lot of people would fit Brittanee's "description" so not too hopeful on this one especially with the use of the ATM machine, etc. as I am sure LE would be monitoring that continually.

That's what I thinking too.  I sure wish it was her, though.

The free standing ATM machines normally found in convenience stores many times do not have cameras.  I do not use them for that very reason.

[numbersgirl]

You wonder why some cases stick to you like glue...like this one.

I feel really old when I look at these kids on spring break and their myspace accounts.  I see video's posted on youtube of a bunch of girls beating up one singled out girl.  Things just weren't like that when I was coming of age...

I do remember driving to MB (12 hrs) alone after I found out my bf was cheating when I was 19.  I thought it was the greatest place to clear my head and seek solitude.  One of the dumbest things I ever did looking back.  Maybe Brittanee was trying to find some solitude when she left NY?

I'm leaving for MB on 6/6/09 and as much as I wish I could spend my one week/year vacation looking for Brittanee, my family would think I'm completely crazy.  I would like to attend a vigil and see if I can bring back anything new.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hey Little Monkey...I don't have any suggestions, but I would like your opinion on why Brit wanted to go to MB without her family or close friends.  Maybe I'm wrong, but from my understanding she really didn't know the girls she road with all that well.  I hope LE has checked computers, etc. to see if she was talking with someone online and going to meet up with them in MB.  I know things are very different today for young people, but with what we know, her trip doesn't really make sense to me.