NY Teen Found Dead After 13 Years; South Carolina Sex Offender Charged

NY Teen Found Dead After 13 Years; South Carolina Sex Offender Charged
Raymond Douglas Moody. Georgetown County Sheriff's Office via AP
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COLUMBIA, S.C.—The body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach on spring break 13 years ago has been found and a sex offender has been charged with murder, kidnapping, and rape, authorities said Monday.

Brittanee Drexel was last seen April 2009 when she was walking between hotels in Myrtle Beach. Her boyfriend, who stayed home in Rochester, New York, became concerned when she stopped answering texts.