A South Carolina jury granted $ 700 million to New York family of a 17 -year -old who was abducted and killed in 2009 Spring trip to Myrtle beach.
Brittanee Drexel’s mother, Dawn Pleckan, filed a lawsuit in January 2023, which accused Raymond Moody, the man who He killed his daughter; Bar Harbor Resort Inc .; and Smith Family Partners LLC of illicit behavior that led to the murder of Drexel while the teenager visited the holiday site on the southern southern coast with his friends.
The jury concluded last month that Moody caused Drexel’s emotional discomfort and the prize included $ 200 million in real damage and $ 500 million in punitive damage, according to County and Fox 8 Greensboro records.
« I’m losing the words, » Moody said in court, according to Fox 8. « I mean, just lament me. I realized that no matter how sincere I am of how I feel about the things I have done. It’s not enough. »
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Raymond Moody was sentenced to life in prison on October 19 for the violation and assassination of Brittanee Drexel, 17, in Myrtle Beach, SC, SC (Sheriff Office of Georgetown County/ Associated Press)
Angel Cooper Vause, Moody’s girlfriend, 57 Georgetown, South Carolina, He was also sentenced to 18 years in prison for lied to federal researchers on his role in the abduction and murder of Drexel.
On April 25, 2009, Drexel left the beach and the Harbor Hotel Bar, where he stayed, to find a friend on the nearby Blue Water Resort. It was the last time no one that was Moody and Vause saw the teenager. The security pictures showed Drexel that he entered Myrtle Beach Resort that night.
Security images showed Drexel that he entered the Blue Water Resort on the night of April 25, 2009, just before he disappeared. (Demand)
At 9 pm, Drexel walked alone on myrtle beach when Moody approached her as she drove a Ford Explorer and hijacked the teenagerHe transported her to a remote campsite near her house in Georgetown, raped and murdered.
Moody discarded Drexel’s phone on the North River of Santee and buried his body in a « shallow grave ».
Raymond Moody, 62, was found guilty on October 19, 2022 in Georgetown, SC, for violating and killing Brittanee Drexel, 17, in 2009. (Jason Lee/The Sun News Via AP)
Vae is accused of attracting Drexel to Moody’s van, promising to take a trip to his hotel, according to the Department of Justice. He maintained his participation and details of Drexel’s murder a secret for 13 years until authorities found the remains of the teenager in 2022.
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« For more than a decade, Brittanee’s loved ones imagined the worst possible scenario of Brittanee’s disappearance while Vause retained the truth, » said United States lawyer, Adair Ford Boroughs, in the South Carolina district, in a statement last month.
« We hope that Brittanee’s loved ones can now have both the closure and a measure of justice that entails this phrase. Rest in Paul knowing that his mother Dawn was relentless in his pursuit of justice. »
In October 2022, 62 -year -old Moody from South Carolina, declared guilty of kidnap, violate and murder Drexel. He was sentenced to life in prison.
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