A South Carolina jury awarded $700 million to the New York household of a 17-year-old lady who was kidnapped and murdered on a 2009 spring break journey to Myrtle Seaside.
Brittanee Drexel’s mom, Daybreak Pleckan, filed a lawsuit in January 2023 that accused Raymond Moody, the person who killed her daughter; Bar Harbor Resort Inc.; and Smith Household Companions LLC of wrongful conduct that resulted in Drexel’s homicide whereas the teenager was visiting the coastal South Carolina trip spot along with her pals.
The jury concluded final month that Moody prompted Drexel’s household emotional misery, and the award included $200 million in precise damages and $500 million in punitive damages, in keeping with county information and FOX 8 Greensboro.
“I’m confused,” Moody reportedly stated in courtroom, in keeping with FOX 8. “I imply, I simply have a lot remorse. I’ve realized it doesn’t matter how honest I’m about how I really feel about issues I’ve executed. It’s simply not sufficient.”
BRITTANEE DREXEL MURDER CASE: SC RESORT SAYS SHE WAS NEVER REGISTERED AS GUEST WHEN SHE VANISHED
Raymond Moody was sentenced to life in jail Oct. 19 for the 2009 rape and homicide of 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel in Myrtle Seaside, S.C. (Georgetown County Sheriff’s Workplace/ Related Press)
Angel Cooper Vause, Moody’s 57-year-old girlfriend of Georgetown, South Carolina, was additionally lately sentenced to serve 18 years in jail for mendacity to federal investigators about her function in Drexel’s kidnapping and homicide.
On April 25, 2009, Drexel left the seashore and the Bar Harbor Resort, the place she was staying, to satisfy a good friend on the close by Blue Water Resort. It was the final time anybody aside from Moody and Vause noticed {the teenager}. Safety footage confirmed Drexel getting into the Myrtle Seaside resort that night.
NEW YORK TEEN BRITTANEE DREXEL SENT EERIE TEXTS TO BOYFRIEND BEFORE DISAPPEARANCE, DEATH: REPORT
Safety footage confirmed Drexel getting into the Blue Water Resort on the night of April 25, 2009, simply earlier than she disappeared. (Lawsuit)
At 9 p.m., Drexel was strolling alone in Myrtle Seaside when Moody approached her whereas driving a Ford Explorer and kidnapped {the teenager}, transported her to a distant campsite close to his residence in Georgetown, raped and murdered her.
Moody discarded Drexel’s telephone within the North Santee River and buried her physique in a “shallow grave.”
REMAINS OF NY TEEN BRITTANEE DREXEL FOUND 13 YEARS AFTER GOING MISSING IN SOUTH CAROLINA, SUSPECT CHARGED
Raymond Moody, 62, pleaded responsible Oct. 19, 2022, in Georgetown, S.C., to raping and killing 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel in 2009. (Jason Lee/The Solar Information through AP)
Vause is accused of luring Drexel into Moody’s van, promising to offer her a experience again to her lodge, in keeping with the Justice Division. She stored her involvement and the small print of Drexel’s homicide a secret for 13 years till authorities discovered {the teenager}’s stays in 2022.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
“For greater than a decade, Brittanee’s family members had been left to think about the worst doable situation in Brittanee’s disappearance whereas Vause withheld the reality,” U.S. Legal professional Adair Ford Boroughs of the District of South Carolina stated in an announcement final month.
“We hope Brittanee’s family members can now have each the closure and a measure of justice that comes with this sentence. Could she relaxation in peace understanding that her mom Daybreak was relentless in her pursuit of justice.”
In October 2022, 62-year-old Moody of South Carolina pleaded responsible to kidnapping, raping and murdering Drexel. He was sentenced to life in jail.
