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A jury of South Carolina granted $ 700 million to the New York family of a 17 -year -old girl who was kidnapped and killed in 2009 Spring Vacation Trip to Myrtle Beach.
Brittanee Drexel’s mother, Dawn Pleckan, filed a demand in January 2023 who accused Raymond Moody, the man who He killed his daughter; Harbor resort bar inc.; and Smith Family Partners LLC of unfair behavior that resulted in Drexel’s murder while the teenager visited South Carolina coastal holiday with her friends.
The jury concluded last month that Moody caused Drexel’s family emotional anguish, and the prize included $ 200 million in real damages and $ 500 million in punitive damage, according to the county and Fox 8 Greensboro records.
“I am lost by the words,” according to reports, Moody said in court, according to Fox 8. “I mean, I regret it a lot. I have realized that no matter how sincere it is about how I feel about the things I have done. It is simply not enough.”
Raymond Moody was sentenced to life imprisonment on October 19 for the 2009 violation and the murder of Brittanee Drexel, 17, in Myrtle Beach, SC (Sheriff’s Office of the Georgetown County/ Associated Press)
Angel Cooper Vause, Moody’s 57 -year -old girlfriend Georgetown, South Carolina, He was also recently sentenced to turn 18 years in prison for lying to federal investigators about his role in the kidnapping and murder of Drexel.
On April 25, 2009, Drexel left the beach and the Harbor Hotel bar, where he stayed, to meet a friend in the near Blue Water Resort. It was the last time someone who is not Moody and Vause saw the teenager. Security images showed Drexel entering the Myrtle Beach Resort that night.
Security images showed Drexel entering the Blue Water Resort on the night of April 25, 2009, just before disappearing. (Lawsuit)
At 9 PM, Drexel walked alone in Myrtle Beach when Moody approached her while driving a Ford Explorer and kidnapped the teenagerHe transported her to a remote camp near her home in Georgetown, raped and murdered her.
Moody ruled out Drexel’s phone on the North Santee river and buried his body in a “shallow tomb.”
Raymond Moody, 62, declared himself guilty on October 19, 2022 in Georgetown, SC, for raping and killing Brittane Drexel, 17, in 2009. (Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)
Vause is accused of attracting Drexel to Moody’s van, promising to take her back to her hotel, according to the Department of Justice. He maintained his participation and the details of Drexel’s murder in secret for 13 years until the authorities found the adolescent’s remains in 2022.
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“For more than a decade, Brittane’s loved ones were to imagine the worst possible scenario in Brittane’s disappearance, while the porudura retained the truth,” said the United States fiscal prosecutor, Ford Boroughs of the South Carolina district, in a statement last month.
“We hope that Brittanee’s loved ones can now have the closure and a measure of justice that comes with this prayer. That she rests in peace knowing that her mother Dawn was relentless in her search for justice.”
In October 2022, Moody of South Carolina, 62, she declared himself guilty of kidnapping, violation and murder Drexel He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
