May 1, 2, 3

[aproudmom]

I have seen the video of her leaving the Bluewater but I do not remember what the timestamp was.

I agree that she met with foul play. I think people are underestimating how dangerous it is on the strip at night. It is extremely dangerous out there and no place for someone like her. Yes, there are lots of young people out there at night in the center of the strip, but most are in groups and are cruising the ocean blvd in vehicles. Further south and virtually all along the strip, there are many homeless people, many many drug addicts and dealers, druken groups of all kinds walking up and down the strip, prostitues and other psychos.

Im not saying that it is a certainty someone abducted her. It very well could have been one of those stupid kids she was with that is responsible for her disappearance, but it wouldnt surprise me at all if she did indeed get abducted on the street.

I just sent the other poster the a link it says she was leaving at 8:13pm

[aproudmom]

Try this link to the pdf:
POLICE REPORT
http://rochesterhomepage.net/media/pdf/drexelreport1.pdf

It just worked for me after 2 trys.



Also, I forgot who made the inquiry earlier about the names of the hotels involved:
boys: Blue Water Hotel/Resort
girls: Bar Harbor and then moved to the Boardwalk Motel
(girls hotel info is noted in the Police Report-2nd page of pdf)

thanks worked for me also

[RADAR]

here's the news link showing the pics of her entering and leaving the boys hotel.

http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=88382

[aproudmom]

Try this link to the pdf:
POLICE REPORT
http://rochesterhomepage.net/media/pdf/drexelreport1.pdf

It just worked for me after 2 trys.



Also, I forgot who made the inquiry earlier about the names of the hotels involved:
boys: Blue Water Hotel/Resort
girls: Bar Harbor and then moved to the Boardwalk Motel
(girls hotel info is noted in the Police Report-2nd page of pdf)

I had never heard of that medication..I wonder if she was still taking it? I take effexor for depression but never heard of what she was on I pray she was not in deep depression by the pics she does not look to be unhappy but if you need the medication and do not take it you can become very depressed with in 2 days...

[aproudmom]

here's the news link showing the pics of her entering and leaving the boys hotel.

http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=88382

cant see the time stamp on those...on the one I just looked at she was leaving at 8:13pm it is timestamped guess they could be blown up and see the time she arrived.

[doctor_J]

Her biological father is John Kahyaoglu. Her stepdad must be Chad Drexel. Don't know why she does not have father's name. I stayed up and waited for the Geraldo repeat to get the name. He was beside Dawn so must be in MB. No wonder I didn't get the name the first time! Still can't pronounce it but I copied it off screen. He looked very young compared to Dawn.

[n/t]

Her biological father is John Kahyaoglu. Her stepdad must be Chad Drexel. Don't know why she does not have father's name. I stayed up and waited for the Geraldo repeat to get the name. He was beside Dawn so must be in MB. No wonder I didn't get the name the first time! Still can't pronounce it but I copied it off screen. He looked very young compared to Dawn.

She was adopted by Chad. I read that in an earlier report. It didn't say why though or what her relationship with the bio dad is.

[n/t]

I couldn't find a link to Geraldo's show. Anybody? TIA

[~jomomma~]

wow! the different stories that are out there!!!

someone posted that maybe one of the girls needed the black shorts back because they were packing up to leave in the morning. they were probably packing but because they were moving to a different hotel in the morning.

also, BD had black shorts on when we see her in the video. i wonder if she wasn't going to PB's hotel to pick up the shorts but to pick up flip flops instead? maybe she had those shorts on. PB says she has flip flops in her hand as she's leaving the place.

maybe the group was going out that night and BD didn't have money to go so was going to spend the night alone or try to find something to do by herself.

with all the different stories we are reading we (or i) are still not positive how they went.
*we've heard she texts them to say she's on her way back
*we've heard she texts them to say she's going to another hotel to see another friend.

my understanding is this:
her friends contacted John Grieco (boyfriend) to say she can't be found
John G contacts Dawn
Dawn contacts John Hahn

[Ice Cycle]

My gosh this case is confusing, I have heard so many different time frames and versions. Also this is the first that I have heard the the Chad guy was the step Dad. I also read last night that the one John guy (the marine) had actually spoke with her on Saturday but yet had originally heard that the Mother had not called him on Sunday.....so did he know she was already there??? Plus I thought that the Mother had found out that she had lied and where she was and talked to her before she went missing....but now I here that is not true, so BD still thought her Mother did not know????
Also I at first read the last text BD made was at 9:15 to her BF (John) back home, but now hearing different stories that would make that wrong?? I also first read that the 2 Hotel's were about 1/2 mile apart now I am reading that they are 20 blocks apart,???
We need a correct time frame and report from somewhere.

[iluvmua]

Does anybody else think this could possibly be a Stranger Abduction?

What if somebody pulled up in a car and asked her where she was going and she told them and the person said "Hop In, I'll give you a ride to your hotel" or something along those lines so she gets into the car and vanishes.

Is that a possible scenario?

[Ice Cycle]

This is why I don't understand the purpose of the Parents appearing for live interviews. They make a very special effort to go to the studio, then are very vague and evasive about the timeline. What's the point?

Yes I know and evidently they are vague with all the Media since so many different reports and add to that many opinions being stated as facts and you have a mess of information.

[Keegan]

You're 17 years old with a hundred dollars in your account. Your parents are divorcing. The home you lived in is in default. You take off on a trip 1000 miles away to the beach with a bunch of street smart "friends" for adventure but reality hits hard. No money to party. No money to eat. No money to pay your share of the room. You have borrowed all you can from your roomies. They are now short on cash too. Your hungry. You see friends you know, visit their hotel, hint you need money with no response. You call a family friend close by at a Marine base. None have funds available. You can't call home. Your mother has enough on her plate. Your step father is out of the picture. What would you do?

I hope I am wrong. I see selling herself for cash and getting caught up with the wrong person or persons.

[Maelstrom5]

Does anybody else think this could possibly be a Stranger Abduction?

What if somebody pulled up in a car and asked her where she was going and she told them and the person said "Hop In, I'll give you a ride to your hotel" or something along those lines so she gets into the car and vanishes.

Is that a possible scenario?

Hi,

Stranger is a subjective term. A person you may think of as a stranger, someone you met in passing but did not really know, could be viewed by a 17 year old as a new friend. We know that Brittanee ran into Peter B the night before in a club, could she have run into someone else she knew slightly? Could she have met someone new who the next day said "Hi, do you remember me? Hop in I will give you a ride back to your Hotel."

[iluvmua]

so LE has ruled out Peter and the rest of the boys as possible suspects?

[Ice Cycle]

You're 17 years old with a hundred dollars in your account. Your parents are divorcing. The home you lived in is in default. You take off on a trip 1000 miles away to the beach with a bunch of street smart "friends" for adventure but reality hits hard. No money to party. No money to eat. No money to pay your share of the room. You have borrowed all you can from your roomies. They are now short on cash too. Your hungry. You see friends you know, visit their hotel, hint you need money with no response. You call a family friend close by at a Marine base. None have funds available. You can't call home. Your mother has enough on her plate. Your step father is out of the picture. What would you do?

I hope I am wrong. I see selling herself for cash and getting caught up with the wrong person or persons.

Well I could be wrong but for some reason I don't see that happening. Though if it is true that she only had $100 she might of had some $ problems. It seems though she would of ask the BF if she actually had been in contact with him as he says.
I wonder if it is possible that the girls told her they would pay for the room and gas before they left and maybe they got into it and would not let her back in the room and would not give her/her things. If say half her money was gone and she did not have anywhere to stay and did not have $ to get home maybe she found someone that said they would drive her home. It still seems like she would of mentioned this to the BF.

[tadpole]

Yes. The way she was dressed was for the daytime on the beach. This time of year it gets very chilly once the sun goes down. Someone offering a ride would be very tempting, IMO.

ETA...... Where was BD before her 10 minute visit with the boys? How did she get to their hotel?

You make good observations. We are assuming she walked there in the first place. Being chilly also adds to the list of reasons she might accept a ride when normally she'd know better.

Thank you for sending link proudmom! So she actually left the hotel at 8:13. Would have sent her text to her friend only a block or two down the street. Which, if she had walked straight back like promised would have gotten her back to the Bar Harbor at 8:45.

Getting a ride is one scenario, the other, now that I'm thinking it's a longer time frame, is that she had met someone during that week that was in a hotel along the strip from one place to the other. Stopped by to see "what they were doing". Again, the idea is she assumed she knew them because she'd met them at a club, maybe seen them more that once, etc. Hung out and then they suggest a party at another hotel, and at that point she sends the last text.

In other words, in that hour she met up with "someone" and was not initially alarmed or concerned. Assuming of course that text msg was not for some reason coerced and is factual (we've seen it reported but not that LE confirmed it?).

Heck, she could have even made it back to her hotel and hooked up with someone in the lobby.

More videos from along the strip would help (whether she's spotted or not) to narrow down how far she got. Initially she seemed to have every intent of returning straight away. My guess is LE has those, but not releasing them? I wonder why they wouldn't.

Does anyone know for sure when the girls checked out and moved to the Boardwalk? Some articles indicate it was before BD headed to the Bluewater (that she was at the Boardwalk), and most articles say "since her disappearance". Which would lead me to believe the girls moved Sunday (check in time usually after 3). Anyone have that placed for sure? I keep wondering if they hightailed it while she was at Bluewater ... (nasty trick sort of thing).

[Ice Cycle]

More different information and the first time I heard this, as I though she had the shorts on when she left the girls room.


Cops say the night Brittanee disappeared she borrowed a teal, purple and black spaghetti strap dress from a friend and was wearing it when she left the motel.


http://www.amw.com/missing_children/case.cfm?id=65194

[annalyzer]

So thinking through this again.

There are now 14 people crammed into this hotel, drinking, partying, probably smoking and doing other kinds of drugs, providing alcohol for each other, fake id's, all that stuff.

Now, this one girl is who knows where and she won't answer her phone and the cops are coming around soon.

Scatter. I think they all just up and scattered, and tried to act normal and laid low. Huh? Yeah, we'd always planned to leave and switch hotels. Brittannee who. Don't know where she is. We didn't know she didn't have permission to be here.

Like if word gets out that cops are coming to an underage drinking party. Everyone scatters, it's every man for himself, doesn't matter who you rode there with just get out. Lay low, act dumb afterwards. What party. Didn't hear about it. Don't know.

That sounds very plausible, why they would have moved so quickly and acted so dumb. I think they all thought she would turn up the next day, but they really didn't feel like dealing with a bunch of cops and questions, thanks.

Meanwhile, something horrible has happened to her but they don't know it.

Hi Rachel. Didn't the one guy that she went to see at the hotel leave like 3am in the morning and didn't take his clothes or get his deposit of 100 dollars back? Why leave that early in the morning? And why would her friend call to say she wanted her shorts returned? Unless they were fighting about something why would anyone be so petty to want a friend to return a pair of shorts then and there?

[tadpole]

So thinking through this again.

There are now 14 people crammed into this hotel, drinking, partying, probably smoking and doing other kinds of drugs, providing alcohol for each other, fake id's, all that stuff.

Now, this one girl is who knows where and she won't answer her phone and the cops are coming around soon.

Scatter. I think they all just up and scattered, and tried to act normal and laid low. Huh? Yeah, we'd always planned to leave and switch hotels. Brittannee who. Don't know where she is. We didn't know she didn't have permission to be here.

Like if word gets out that cops are coming to an underage drinking party. Everyone scatters, it's every man for himself, doesn't matter who you rode there with just get out. Lay low, act dumb afterwards. What party. Didn't hear about it. Don't know.

That sounds very plausible, why they would have moved so quickly and acted so dumb. I think they all thought she would turn up the next day, but they really didn't feel like dealing with a bunch of cops and questions, thanks.

Meanwhile, something horrible has happened to her but they don't know it.

Agree with the other posters that this is a good observation. Thank you for clarifying when the group moved to the other hotel.

The article on AMW says "Brittanee's friends, who were staying with her, said the last time they saw her was around 8 p.m. on that Saturday evening." I have read that several times now. Yet she entered the Bluewater at 7:55 - if she had walked from Bar Harbor to Bluewater then if the last time they saw her was at the Bar Harbor, that time would have been more in the 7:15 to 7:25 range.

So maybe they dropped her off? Maybe she had a ride? Maybe they can't tell time.

As far as I can tell the dress (I think it might best be described in fashion terms as a tunic? A long shirt that is worn as shirt or minidress) was not in any of the FB pics for a closer comparison.

[playnice]

Just able to check in today. Looks like there is no new news?

[bhardy1956]

Yes. The way she was dressed was for the daytime on the beach. This time of year it gets very chilly once the sun goes down. Someone offering a ride would be very tempting, IMO.

ETA...... Where was BD before her 10 minute visit with the boys? How did she get to their hotel?

Does anyone know what the temperture was that night BD went missing? It could have been warm night??

[FindtheLost]

Does anyone know what the temperture was that night BD went missing? It could have been warm night??

The temperature was probably somewhere high 50's and low 60's at night. But around 8-9pm it wouldn't have gotten that low yet.

[tadpole]

The dress/tunic/blouse looks like it might be tucked into the shorts in the surveillance shots and bloused at the waist.

Just trying to think like a teenager....(I was one once ;-)

Say she is hoping to go to the guys motel room at Bluewater and be invited to a party, but doesn't want to look like she's asking. I'd have done that very thing - she just tucks the dress in a pair of shorts, very casual "hey I'm just here to get my flipflops", but later assuming said party came to be, or she got invited to go out clubbing, she could shimmy out of the shorts, pull down the dress, add some earrings, and you're ready to hit the town. She could have a makeup case, different shoes and a curling iron in that bag easily.

I also might not tell the girls my insecurity - hard to say. My girlfriends knew everything, but these were acquaintances. I sense in the FB pictures a little bit of being kept on the edges except when she was invited in. A triangle of girls is a fickle thing. So in this case I "might" leave my hotel with the dress pulled down over the shorts. Of course she has permission to borrow the dress, but no one sees the shorts leave and figure it out later (hence the call/text msg - either because the girl who owned them really wanted to wear the shorts out or because she was just being - well - a girl who's pissed her shorts walked out without her permission).

But I agree - I wouldn't call those spaghetti straps.

Some notes: if I'm reading the weather archives correctly - sunset would have been 7:55, just as she was entering Bluewater. I can't get the hourly temps for that day, but at midnight on the 26th it was still 70 degrees. Highs were in the mid - upper 70's during the day, and fairly humid. Just some things to throw in to visualize the scene.

[playnice]

I am more confused than ever now. On the FB set up for tips it was posted that JG (her BF) had nothing to do with her disappearance nor the boys that were with him. So was he on that trip too?:confused:

[Maelstrom5]

Teens traveling across state lines at 17: New York State Law

New York does not have an emancipation statue. The legal age in NY, as in most of the states is 18. A 17-year old is a minor and your parents have the right to decide where you live. If you leave home without their permission, they can report you as a runaway and have you picked up by the authorities and returned home. Anyone who assisted you, or takes you in, could also be facing charges for doing so.

[playnice]

Teens traveling across state lines at 17: New York State Law

New York does not have an emancipation statue. The legal age in NY, as in most of the states is 18. A 17-year old is a minor and your parents have the right to decide where you live. If you leave home without their permission, they can report you as a runaway and have you picked up by the authorities and returned home. Anyone who assisted you, or takes you in, could also be facing charges for doing so.

Could those kids that took her across state lines get in trouble then? I dont buy they didnt know she didnt have permission because IIRC one boy got on the phone with Dawn pretending to be one of the girls dads.

[Maelstrom5]

Could those kids that took her across state lines get in trouble then? I dont buy they didnt know she didnt have permission because IIRC one boy got on the phone with Dawn pretending to be one of the girls dads.

It's possible they could, but only if it is proven they knew she did not have permission and let her go wth them anyway. If Brittanee lied to them also and said her parents said it was ok then I don't think LE would go after them.

[Ice Cycle]

The dress/tunic/blouse looks like it might be tucked into the shorts in the surveillance shots and bloused at the waist.

Just trying to think like a teenager....(I was one once ;-)

Say she is hoping to go to the guys motel room at Bluewater and be invited to a party, but doesn't want to look like she's asking. I'd have done that very thing - she just tucks the dress in a pair of shorts, very casual "hey I'm just here to get my flipflops", but later assuming said party came to be, or she got invited to go out clubbing, she could shimmy out of the shorts, pull down the dress, add some earrings, and you're ready to hit the town. She could have a makeup case, different shoes and a curling iron in that bag easily.

I also might not tell the girls my insecurity - hard to say. My girlfriends knew everything, but these were acquaintances. I sense in the FB pictures a little bit of being kept on the edges except when she was invited in. A triangle of girls is a fickle thing. So in this case I "might" leave my hotel with the dress pulled down over the shorts. Of course she has permission to borrow the dress, but no one sees the shorts leave and figure it out later (hence the call/text msg - either because the girl who owned them really wanted to wear the shorts out or because she was just being - well - a girl who's pissed her shorts walked out without her permission).

But I agree - I wouldn't call those spaghetti straps.

Some notes: if I'm reading the weather archives correctly - sunset would have been 7:55, just as she was entering Bluewater. I can't get the hourly temps for that day, but at midnight on the 26th it was still 70 degrees. Highs were in the mid - upper 70's during the day, and fairly humid. Just some things to throw in to visualize the scene.

I posted the AMW link mainly to show how much different or wrong information their is out their. Because up until I saw that I thought it was shorts that she borrowed as it has been reported everywhere. But you would think that AMW would get it right since I think they are involved in the search.

[lune3]

I'm pretty sure this must be wrong, but a person in the comments section just said that BD was found in the river, posted about 15 mins ago. Probably just a troll, but I don't know...

http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Police-Search-River-for-Brittanee-Drexel/yzLP7XWxBkieillMwZpIwA.cspx

[Ice Cycle]

I don't see anything online yet either but waiting.....

[lune3]

I have a feeling that may be true - or at least the poster thinks it's true.

Poster is now saying she/he found out from her/his uncle who "was in the area". I'm inclined to think it's not credible. Poster said they contacted CNN. Why do this, and not a local news source?

[playnice]

I think that is where she will be found so it wouldnt surprise me if its true.:sad:

[CC I See]

I think that is where she will be found so it wouldnt surprise me if its true.:sad:

I think that you are right.... that must have been a strong reason that they were searching there today.

[playnice]

Just the way it's written, it sounds to me like the poster at least believes it.

did that comment section just vanish? I went to refresh and its gone.:confused:

Never mind. I followed the above link back and its still there.

[aproudmom]

Teens traveling across state lines at 17: New York State Law

New York does not have an emancipation statue. The legal age in NY, as in most of the states is 18. A 17-year old is a minor and your parents have the right to decide where you live. If you leave home without their permission, they can report you as a runaway and have you picked up by the authorities and returned home. Anyone who assisted you, or takes you in, could also be facing charges for doing so.

Thank you I have been saying this for 2 days that is why I think there was not a lot of talking they are little worried they could get into trouble...

[aproudmom]

I have a feeling that may be true - or at least the poster thinks it's true.

OMG Please tell me it is not true..I have been sick all day and just got on but felt I needed to check in for some reason..I pray it is not true..

[FindtheLost]

There was a body found in SC but it is man and found in a different area.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10292841

http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/pee_dee/article/police_charge_man_in_connection_with_bennettsville _mans_death/48006/

I was thinking this could have been what the above poster was referring to but probably not.

[aproudmom]

did that comment section just vanish? I went to refresh and its gone.:confused:

Never mind. I followed the above link back and its still there.

is this the on you all see the comment on?
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Police-Search-River-for-Brittanee-Drexel/yzLP7XWxBkieillMwZpIwA.cspx?p=Comments

[aproudmom]

There was a body found in SC but it is man and found in a different area. Not sure he has been identified yet.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10292841

a fisherman was found

[aproudmom]

There was a body found in SC but it is man and found in a different area. Not sure he has been identified yet.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10292841

is this the one I was folllowing twitter and seen this form earlier..
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Search-Resumes-For-Missing-Fishermen/RLleIaU_sEKg_QogMk9zOA.cspx?rss=509

Search Resumes For Missing Fishermen:confused:

[Ice Cycle]

a fisherman was found

The poster over there said she was just found and it was posted about 5:30, the fisherman was found on Friday I think. She could of got the story wrong though as I think it would be on the news by now.

[FindtheLost]

is this the one I was folllowing twitter and seen this form earlier..
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Search-Resumes-For-Missing-Fishermen/RLleIaU_sEKg_QogMk9zOA.cspx?rss=509

Search Resumes For Missing Fishermen:confused:

Different one. This man wasn't a fisherman. I went back and added the second link that says foul play suspected and arrest made.

[aproudmom]

There was a body found in SC but it is man and found in a different area.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10292841

http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/pee_dee/article/police_charge_man_in_connection_with_bennettsville _mans_death/48006/

I was thinking this could have been what the above poster was referring to but probably not.

thanks I can not find anything on the net..why would they call CNN? that comment was alittle strange...I just pray it is not her..

[playnice]

OMG its true....WMBF.com

that is a page of ads:confused:

[aproudmom]

that is a page of ads:confused:

all I got was a bunch of ads

[CC I See]

all I got was a bunch of ads

...you know this is not something to joke about. If this is a hoax started by the poster on this site, it is in very poor taste.

http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Myrtle-Beach-Police-Continue-Search-for-Missing/yzLP7XWxBkieillMwZpIwA.cspx?p=Comments

[playnice]

all I got was a bunch of ads

If it is true it will be breaking news on NG before cnn reports it. I wonder if anyone is even in the studios on the weekends because they just repeat the same stuff over and over all day.

[FindtheLost]

WMBF's website is

WMBFNEWS.com

I do not see it listed on the website.

[aproudmom]

...you know this is not something to joke about. If this is a hoax started by the poster on this site, it is in very poor taste.

http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Myrtle-Beach-Police-Continue-Search-for-Missing/yzLP7XWxBkieillMwZpIwA.cspx?p=Comments

ITA I did not post it just got on and seen a post..I would never joke about this....you saying I started it?

[aproudmom]

If it is true it will be breaking news on NG before cnn reports it. I wonder if anyone is even in the studios on the weekends because they just repeat the same stuff over and over all day.

IMO it would be on FOX breaking news..if anything they break in I am not so sure it is true..I hope not anyway

[playnice]

Lets all take some deep breaths and stay calm. Maybe someone local will come on here and tell us if its on tv. Sometimes they just dont update website real quick and being a weekend they probably dont keep full crews on.
Maybe someone just heard about the fisherman too and got it mixed up.
Lets just wait awhile and see.:biggrin:

[CC I See]

ITA I did not post it just got on and seen a post..I would never joke about this....you saying I started it?

No, you did not........... it was the poster on this website, jenp6247 that posted the hoax. I have posted with you a long time and know that you practice integrity. :thumbsup:

http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Myrtle-Beach-Police-Continue-Search-for-Missing/yzLP7XWxBkieillMwZpIwA.cspx?p=Comments

[sunstar]

No, you did not........... it was the poster on this website, jenp6247 that posted the hoax. I have posted with you a long time and know that you practice integrity. :thumbsup:

http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Myrtle-Beach-Police-Continue-Search-for-Missing/yzLP7XWxBkieillMwZpIwA.cspx?p=Comments

I was just coming over here to see if there were any updates and see that somebody's playing games on a news site? That is really sad. :sad: MOO

[FindtheLost]

Lets all take some deep breaths and stay calm. Maybe someone local will come on here and tell us if its on tv. Sometimes they just dont update website real quick and being a weekend they probably dont keep full crews on.
Maybe someone just heard about the fisherman too and got it mixed up.
Lets just wait awhile and see.:biggrin:

I am local and I am following three local stations and no one has mentioned anything. No breaking news here. The last update I see is at 6:43 pm tonight (45 minutes ago) from The Sun News website (newspaper)

http://www.thesunnews.com/news/breaking_news/story/885221.html

I don't think the story is time stamped but if you go to the home page it will give the time and a link to the story.

Also, these websites don't update quickly especially on the weekend but I will follow our three local stations and update if I hear anything.

[aproudmom]

does anyone have her facebook page? that was sat up by some friends I think..

[playnice]

I can't tell.

This is the kind of thing that might not be picked up by the media for awhile. - there's no specific location given so reporters couldn't rush to the scene, and cops don't typically call the media.

I knew about JFK's plane being missing an hour and a half before CNN broke the news, just from being on a dog training internet forum with the sister of an air traffic controller.

Hard to say. But this circumstance is the kind the media could miss for awhile.

Someone could have leaked it and media may be holding it til they find her parents. I hope she is found alive but I dont think it looks good. No matter, she needs to be found. So if she is in the river I hope they find her.

[playnice]

I am local and I am following three local stations and no one has mentioned anything. No breaking news here. The last update I see is at 6:43 pm tonight (45 minutes ago) from The Sun News website (newspaper)

http://www.thesunnews.com/news/breaking_news/story/885221.html

I don't think the story is time stamped but if you go to the home page it will give the time and a link to the story.

Also, these websites don't update quickly especially on the weekend but I will follow our three local stations and update if I hear anything.

Thanks for following. Please do tell us if you hear anything.

[FindtheLost]

I can't tell.

This is the kind of thing that might not be picked up by the media for awhile. - there's no specific location given so reporters couldn't rush to the scene, and cops don't typically call the media.

I knew about JFK's plane being missing an hour and a half before CNN broke the news, just from being on a dog training internet forum with the sister of an air traffic controller.

Hard to say. But this circumstance is the kind the media could miss for awhile.

This story along with the swine flu are the big stories now since the fire has died so the stations normally would race to put it on the previews for tonights news.

[Ice Cycle]

No, you did not........... it was the poster on this website, jenp6247 that posted the hoax. I have posted with you a long time and know that you practice integrity. :thumbsup:

http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Myrtle-Beach-Police-Continue-Search-for-Missing/yzLP7XWxBkieillMwZpIwA.cspx?p=Comments

Lune3 originally posted it here (about jenp6247 posting it over there) but made it clear that it might be a hoax. It does sound like the poster believes it but who knows?

[aproudmom]

I am local and I am following three local stations and no one has mentioned anything. No breaking news here. The last update I see is at 6:43 pm tonight (45 minutes ago) from The Sun News website (newspaper)

http://www.thesunnews.com/news/breaking_news/story/885221.html

I don't think the story is time stamped but if you go to the home page it will give the time and a link to the story.

Also, these websites don't update quickly especially on the weekend but I will follow our three local stations and update if I hear anything.

All I do have to say is the one sick blogger will not say IT'S name or site but could have got this going..what a sick person please no one add IT'S name or url CW ask us not to yesterday...why they even allow IT to post on her facebook I have no clue if they are her friends....:angry:

[aproudmom]

No, you did not........... it was the poster on this website, jenp6247 that posted the hoax. I have posted with you a long time and know that you practice integrity. :thumbsup:

http://www.13wham.com/mostpopular/story/Myrtle-Beach-Police-Continue-Search-for-Missing/yzLP7XWxBkieillMwZpIwA.cspx?p=Comments

OK knew me and you posted on a lot of threads I think it is a sick sick joke..it would not surprise me though if it was not started by someone posting on her facebook opened up by some friend..who allows a blogger to add comments...under a girls name..

[Ice Cycle]

Well I can see them waiting a hour or so to notify the family but it's been too long now it would of been reported by now. I am not so sure that it was a hoax but maybe a over zealous teenager that did not get her facts straight, I believe she texted the post.

[aproudmom]

Unless they don't know about it.

It does seem like a long shot.

But I keep thinking of other things that they haven't picked up on - for example, the girl who was mistaken for Brittannee, with the pink hoodie. The media missed that she had been found, questioned, and determined not to be Brittannee. That's the kind of thing a segment of the population would know - surely all the girl's friends, family, etc., and the media didn't hear it. Or, for whatever reason, didn't report it.

I wonder if police communications there are done differently than in other locations - where media sit and listen in on police communications and can get to a scene even before the cops do. They don't seem to have insights, in this case.

RR
I am trying to remember was the search to continue today they were just not going to have as many searches as yesterday? I have been in bed all day sick so have not read up on what they were doing today..do you know..

[aproudmom]

Well I can see them waiting a hour or so to notify the family but it's been too long now it would of been reported by now. I am not so sure that it was a hoax but maybe a over zealous teenager that did not get her facts straight, I believe she texted the post.

I have had it on FOX news and seen nothing..not saying they are not reporting it but I am not so sure it was true..Hey C ur in KY did you make it to the Derby

[playnice]

i found a radio station in sc...news is on...nothing yet. 690 wokv.

Thanks. It was probably a mix up with the guy that had been found.

[playnice]

Well maybe tomorrow they will find her.

[aproudmom]

My grandson got mixed up to. My heart sunk. Well nothing on the radio. I'll keep it on 24/7.

Thanks..guess we can continue to pray she is found alive and well...

Good Evening everyone....

[Ice Cycle]

I have had it on FOX news and seen nothing..not saying they are not reporting it but I am not so sure it was true..Hey C ur in KY did you make it to the Derby

If you mean me as C, yes and live close to CD but did not go this year. Usually bet though and usually a long shot and was one of the ones I had picked but didn't bet, of course.

[playnice]

Well she supposedly texted jen at 8:45 and told her she was on the way back so if true I think she had intention of returning. Someone grabbed her or she recognized someone and got in the car with them. either way, abducted.

[aproudmom]

If you mean me as C, yes and live close to CD but did not go this year. Usually bet though and usually a long shot and was one of the ones I had picked but didn't bet, of course.

guess it was not true..thank goodness still starting to worry me that she is not just a runaway and something could have happened to her...
I did not get to CD this year but do go a lot through the year..
well hope to hear good news on BD soon...

[lune3]

I needed to be out a couple of hours, immediately came to see if there are developments.

So it looks like jenp's comments on WHAM news were not credible after all..and them being deleted by that news site corroborates that.
(strange coincidence..jen and other jen)

At least we still have a little hope.

[aproudmom]

Very possible scenario.

She could have gotten into a car, she could have met someone and took a stroll on the beach, she could have met someone or group of people and went to there hotel room, she could have seen something someone was doing and kidnapped and many other things.

Considering the scum on the streets down there at night, she could have been snatched up by a homeless drug addict and had lord knows what done to her. She could have hooked up with a guy that was a psychopath who could have done harm to her.

I know everything I am saying on here is bad and believe me, I pray that every scenario I have mentioned is anything but what happened to her, however, considering the circumstances and the number of bad possibilities that could have happened out there, I believe that something did indeed happen on the strip with someone she did not know.

Think about it. Do you honestly think any of those stupid kids she went with or knew down there are smart enough to cover up any kind of crime they committed against her. I mean cmon! I highly doubt, that even if they were cunning enough to initially get away with anything, that (considering how many of them were in the group that went down) someone wouldn't come forward and tell authorities what had happened.

That poor girl was abducted while walking back to her hotel on ocean blvd. I hope and pray that I am wrong and many on here are right. I hope that she did, in fact, run away or something else where she is still alive. I just know how it is out there at night and imagining her walking out there alone breaks my heart.

I think at this point anything is possible..also got to thinking anyone knows how to send a text just cause it came from her phone does not mean she sent it or was not made to send it...just thinking out loud..since she actually did not speak to them just text..could have been anyone...I just can not figure out why the ping being picked up from that tower..and then the phone is no longer in use..

[aproudmom]

I needed to be out a couple of hours, immediately came to see if there are developments.

So it looks like jenp's comments on WHAM news were not credible after all..and them being deleted by that news site corroborates that.
(strange coincidence..jen and other jen)

At least we still have a little hope.

yeah I think we would have heard if it was true..so we still have hope...

[playnice]

I think at this point anything is possible..also got to thinking anyone knows how to send a text just cause it came from her phone does not mean she sent it or was not made to send it...just thinking out loud..since she actually did not speak to them just text..could have been anyone...I just can not figure out why the ping being picked up from that tower..and then the phone is no longer in use..

The location of the last ping is the scary part. I cant think of one good reason she would have been there.

[lune3]

The location of the last ping is the scary part. I cant think of one good reason she would have been there.

Me either. And she couldn't have gone there alone.
An offered ride possibly on the strip around 9:15 or thereabouts, then the ping at around midnight.
The person (or group) had a car. This was no homeless drunk or addict.

[aproudmom]

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88697134048

if this is the same one I have you can pretty much see who posted 20 comments with link and twitter link saying she was no longer with us several hours ago...how sick some can be...I am done even going to that site for her because I will not go to any site where that crap is being posted..:thumbdown:

[aproudmom]

The location of the last ping is the scary part. I cant think of one good reason she would have been there.

me to..it makes me think she is not just hanging out somewhere...

[lune3]

Just a thought.....what if what that jen poster heard from her uncle is true? what if in fact she did relay her tip to CNN, and CNN called LE to confirm? what if LE asked WHAM to delete, given that a "body" was not yet identified or parents not yet notified. The poster came back, a troll doesn't usually come back.

Just looking at another angle,
....yet still believe poster/uncle was mistaken or someone stirring things up.

[aproudmom]

The rumor has now been removed from the comments section of 13Wham, so they must have determined it not to be true.

Well that's good news.

ProudMom - I don't think they were going to search as vigorously today - but I read that the Myrtle Beach sheriff stated they have "other leads".

I figured it was..thanks for letting me know I knew they were going to go back out that way and search it would just not be as many as Saturday I have not heard they got new tips..well that is good to hear I know she went there without permission and it was wrong but I have a very strong feeling she is not missing they are doing alot to search for her and it tells me alot since in alot of cases they just consider them a runaway and don't put to much into it...I pray she is found safe..that's about all you can do is hope and pray now..

[aproudmom]

Just a thought.....what if what that jen poster heard from her uncle is true? what if in fact she did relay her tip to CNN, and CNN called LE to confirm? what if LE asked WHAM to delete, given that a "body" was not yet identified or parents not yet notified. The poster came back, a troll doesn't usually come back.

Just looking at another angle,
....yet still believe poster/uncle was mistaken or someone stirring things up.

well glad they removed it no matter what...

[Pag Boi]

the guy on tonight is her bio dad his first name is John..her step-day is back home staying with her younger siblings...perhaps her step father adopted her. but that was her father on GR tonight...her mothers myspace has her kissing some Army guy so maybe she is seeing someone else since they are divorcing



I am not sure how to sort out all the confusion and contradictions reported in this case. Here is what FOX reported at one time

On Monday, Dawn Drexel and a handful of her daughter's friends posting dozens of flyers in Myrtle Beach bearing Brittanee's picture and description. The teen's father, who lives near Tampa, Fla., and is in Myrtle Beach with his wife and relatives, is helping in the search, Drexel said.

Brittanee's stepfather has been helping out from Rochester, fielding some media calls during the teen's disappearance. But Dawn Drexel said stress from her impending divorce to Brittanee's stepfather may have contributed to her daughter's depression — and possibly her decision to come to Myrtle Beach.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518511,00.html


Here is what ABC reported:

Chad Drexel said he didn't know his daughter was out of town until he learned she was missing Saturday night. Dawn Drexel said she thought her daughter was staying at a friend's house, since "she played it off like she was in Rochester." Drexel had asked whether she could go on the trip and was told no by both parents.

Her parents are in the middle of a divorce and are selling their home.


Chad Drexel described his daughter as an "uncontrollable child" who was also outgoing and athletic.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7479898&page=2


I caught the that parents were already divorced. I don't know who Chad Drexel actually is at this point. But he had a very different opinion of BD than her own mother. As JMOO, an "uncontrollable child" is certainly someone that could runaway.

[doctor_J]

If this girl turns out to be dead I don't think the others in her car, particularly the driver will escape prosecution. Whether or not they thought she had permission will probably not be revelant. As adults (20 yr. old) they/she had the responsibility of finding out before taking a minor out of state. Taking the word of a minor will not relieve her of that responsibility. Maybe contributing to the delinquency of a minor, don't really know what charges would apply. Also there's the possibility of civil prosecution.

[FindtheLost]

According to WMBF the search in Georgetown County is over.


Nearly a week after her mysterious disappearance, the Myrtle Beach Police Department said their search for Drexel in Georgetown County is over. That's the arean where they say a cell phone tower in the area picked up signals from the girl's phone.


http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10287623

So I guess they go back to Ocean Blvd.

[doctor_J]

Forgive me for the reality check but a body in the river a week would probably not be identifible unless DRESSED (jewelry,tat, etc. would be helpful). Otherwise, have to wait on dental records (usually only takes a few hours, esp. since they have probably already asked for them).

[Pag Boi]

Me either. And she couldn't have gone there alone.
An offered ride possibly on the strip around 9:15 or thereabouts, then the ping at around midnight.
The person (or group) had a car. This was no homeless drunk or addict.

I disagree.

Upthread I provided a plausible alternative to how BD could have left the strand of her own accord (the shuttles)

I don't MB's homeless population was ever considered.

John G. told BD's mom she was missing on Sat. Nite. She requested John H. go to MB and report her missing at 5am.

The girls BD traveled with claimed not to know BD well. They certainly didn't act like caring friends. However, I don't think we know the whole story. One or both Johns 1) knew the girls well enough to call and ck on BD b/c communications stopped; or 2) their last exchange with BD was alarming enough that when BD never checked back in - they called her mom.

I hope BD is found safe. There is as a good a chance BD caused harm to herself as someone harmed her. It is just so sad waiting to know. All above JMOO

[Pag Boi]

If this girl turns out to be dead I don't think the others in her car, particularly the driver will escape prosecution. Whether or not they thought she had permission will probably not be revelant. As adults (20 yr. old) they/she had the responsibility of finding out before taking a minor out of state. Taking the word of a minor will not relieve her of that responsibility. Maybe contributing to the delinquency of a minor, don't really know what charges would apply. Also there's the possibility of civil prosecution.

Do you think John G or John H should be considered accessories after the fact? They both knew where she was. They are both over 18 or "adults" as you say. Just curious.

[dulcinea]

How long would it take to get from Camp LeJeune to Myrtle Beach?

[doctor_J]

It would help a lot to know if it's true that BD texted that she had decided to go visit another friend at another hotel. That's very alarming, esp. if friends did not know this person. I think BD would have called them a "friend" even if she had just met them on beach earlier in the week, or even that night.

[doctor_J]

Do you think John G or John H should be considered accessories after the fact? They both knew where she was. They are both over 18 or "adults" as you say. Just curious.

I'm thinking not, If they did not know (or LE can't prove they knew) until she was already missing. Not sure you're legally required to report knowledge of a crime.

ETA--they did not know she was in eminent danger but I quess that's arguable.

[Pag Boi]

So thinking through this again.

There are now 14 people crammed into this hotel, drinking, partying, probably smoking and doing other kinds of drugs, providing alcohol for each other, fake id's, all that stuff.

Now, this one girl is who knows where and she won't answer her phone and the cops are coming around soon.

Scatter. I think they all just up and scattered, and tried to act normal and laid low. Huh? Yeah, we'd always planned to leave and switch hotels. Brittannee who. Don't know where she is. We didn't know she didn't have permission to be here.

Like if word gets out that cops are coming to an underage drinking party. Everyone scatters, it's every man for himself, doesn't matter who you rode there with just get out. Lay low, act dumb afterwards. What party. Didn't hear about it. Don't know.

That sounds very plausible, why they would have moved so quickly and acted so dumb. I think they all thought she would turn up the next day, but they really didn't feel like dealing with a bunch of cops and questions, thanks.

Meanwhile, something horrible has happened to her but they don't know it.

I am not so sure. Maybe LE or John H asked them to move and stay another night? IIRC, JohnG said he expected BD home Sunday night. This case is very confusing. LE initial report may have even confused some details? Not uncommon.

I would rather the room be left alone for LE to process than like Natalee Holloway, whose luggage was packed up taken to airport and back to hotel room BEFORE LE got there. At least it seems LE would have a better chance of obtaining clues if the room was left as the victim JMOO

[Pag Boi]

How long would it take to get from Camp LeJeune to Myrtle Beach?

1.5-2 hrs

jmoo

[Pag Boi]

I'm thinking not, If they did not know (or LE can't prove they knew) until she was already missing. Not sure you're legally required to report knowledge of a crime.

ETA--they did not know she was in eminent danger but I quess that's arguable.


well obviously they thought she was eminent danger since JohnG is the one that called her mother to tell her so. JohnH certainly didn't seem surprised by Dawn's request to drive to MB.

Both claim they got texts @ 8pm. What was in them? I think that is important to LE JMO

[doctor_J]

well obviously they thought she was eminent danger since JohnG is the one that called her mother to tell her so. JohnH certainly didn't seem surprised by Dawn's request to drive to MB.

Both claim they got texts @ 8pm. What was in them? I think that is important to LE JMO

But that was AFTER she was missing, when they did the appropriate thing, ie. called the mom. Before 8 pm, even if they had knowledge of a crime, were they required legally, not morally speaking, to report it to LE??

I'm thinking the driver could be charged with child endangerment, a felony and contributing to the delinquency, giving alcohol to a minor (even though they were not old enough to buy alcohol either so not sure of this one).

[Ice Cycle]

Well as I have said their is too many confusing facts about this case. For one I had first though the hotels (girls & boys) were close together, but 20 blocks? Even if she took a shuttle to the boys hotel, why would she be going there alone? Did she not have plans to do something with those girls? Did they get into a argument and she left or did the Peter guy ask her out, their has to be a reason why she decided to go there especially since she had a BF. Also why would they not offer to drive her back, especially since they were supposedly going to go out to a party. I am sure LE has ask these questions and evidently got satisfied answers, surly.

[doctor_J]

Anyone got a link to BD being in a room with 14 others???

The only thing I read was an interview with an unrelated girl from Rochester who talked about going to MB at the same time and staying in a "big room with, like, 15 people in it"> Brittanee's group only had 2 girls and 2 boys according to Dawn (I think).

[playnice]

According to WMBF the search in Georgetown County is over.


Nearly a week after her mysterious disappearance, the Myrtle Beach Police Department said their search for Drexel in Georgetown County is over. That's the arean where they say a cell phone tower in the area picked up signals from the girl's phone.


http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10287623

So I guess they go back to Ocean Blvd.

That phone didnt get there by itself. :confused:

Sounds like they are back to square one. Nothing. :sad:

[lune3]

That phone didnt get there by itself. :confused:

Sounds like they are back to square one. Nothing. :sad:

I don't understand why they are giving up on the river area search after only one or two days. Searching a river, its banks, down current, surrounding area etc must take time I'd think. Did they bring dogs, anyone know?
Plus the phone ping. Unless they have reason to believe the phone was stolen, or that BD went further south, but how would they know that?

[aproudmom]

I am not sure how to sort out all the confusion and contradictions reported in this case. Here is what FOX reported at one time



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518511,00.html


Here is what ABC reported:



http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7479898&page=2


I caught the that parents were already divorced. I don't know who Chad Drexel actually is at this point. But he had a very different opinion of BD than her own mother. As JMOO, an "uncontrollable child" is certainly someone that could runaway.

her father lives in FL from what I have read..and it is her step-dad that is divorcing her mother not her dad..chad may be step dad ..there are so many names it is all so hard to keep up with them all.. her bio dads family said she was suppose to visit in FL over Spring Break from what I read today..his name is Jon IIRC

[playnice]

I don't understand why they are giving up on the river area search after only one or two days. Searching a river, its banks, down current, surrounding area etc must take time I'd think. Did they bring dogs, anyone know?
Plus the phone ping. Unless they have reason to believe the phone was stolen, or that BD went further south, but how would they know that?

I wonder why they never brought scent dogs to the hotel she was seen leaving from and try to track her. If they could pick up a scent and where it stopped it might help focus on an area she went missing and maybe someone will remember seeing something.

[lune3]

Read this on another site

1st off we left at 130am bc we wanted to get home, it was a long trip. 2nd. a few random dirty clothes were left not suitcases. 3rd. bottles were empty. 4th. the deposit is being refunded. Also on this site friend said her parents were out of town when BD left for MB. Also town in NY is doing a bottle and can fund drive.

Parents were out of town? I thought Dawn received a call from BD saying she was on "a beach". I guess then calls were made to mom's cell phone, and that Dawn called the home where BD was supposed to sleep by cell too.

If BD knew her parents would be out of town, maybe she felt it to be less of a risk to take off? What a tragic turn of circumstances.

[aproudmom]

Read this on another site

1st off we left at 130am bc we wanted to get home, it was a long trip. 2nd. a few random dirty clothes were left not suitcases. 3rd. bottles were empty. 4th. the deposit is being refunded. Also on this site friend said her parents were out of town when BD left for MB. Also town in NY is doing a bottle and can fund drive.

I have heard so many reasons..one was they had BBQ to get to one had to get back to school..and 3 he had enough money he did not need the 100 bucks..sure LE has made sure why they did leave at that time and feel they had nothing to do with it..did seem odd but guess I will put my trust that the LE has looked into it and ruled all of them out..

what site said her mother was not in town? I have not seen that...and her soccer friends and other friends have been raising money to help with her search..it is on their facebook site IIRC
It is not ran by her mother some friends

[doctor_J]

If she's just "hiding out" why did she not take what little she had in MB with her?

[aproudmom]

Initially, I think we're looking at a runaway here. If a crime was committed against BD, the perp should be held responsible.

It should not be completely disregarded that if BD is a runaway, she may not want to be found.

I will worry about that when she is found or I pray to god she is alive and well...but as of right now she is listed as missing but to tell you the truth that would be a blessing to my ears and then deal with why she ranaway when she is found...but so far she has not been found...

[doctor_J]

I don't get the big deal with the deposit money. They almost certainly arranged the hotel reservations on line with a credit or debit card and will get the deposit refunded (depending on the condition on the room) electronically credited to their card. They would have had to wait hours for someone the examine the room and return their money. I've never waited for mine, and I've always had it refunded to my card

And they'd have been really stupid to take opened liquer bottles with them on return trip. They were under age to have it anyway.

[aproudmom]

If she's just "hiding out" why did she not take what little she had in MB with her?

because I have no doubt she intended on not doing that..no cell no money taken out for over a week..I do not think she has runaway in MB and if she had went missing on the day they all left I may feel she did not want to go home but why 2 days before she was to return....JMO though..

[lune3]

If she's just "hiding out" why did she not take what little she had in MB with her?

The only scenario I see relating to her being a runaway is if she met up with a very slick character(s) in a bar or somewhere, and to whom she poured out her heart and troubles. He/they then "suggested" she go with them to wherever with promises of putting her up and buying her a few clothes, convincing her she'd easily find a job, start a new life etc. Naively she could have believed these kind new friends.

[Pag Boi]

Well as I have said their is too many confusing facts about this case. For one I had first though the hotels (girls & boys) were close together, but 20 blocks? Even if she took a shuttle to the boys hotel, why would she be going there alone? Did she not have plans to do something with those girls? Did they get into a argument and she left or did the Peter guy ask her out, their has to be a reason why she decided to go there especially since she had a BF. Also why would they not offer to drive her back, especially since they were supposedly going to go out to a party. I am sure LE has ask these questions and evidently got satisfied answers, surly.


She supposedly walked to the Blue Water. The shuttle/bus I was mentioning as a possibilty of transport for BD is the one that runs to provide transport to/from surrounding communities. It's the only way they can meet The demand for service workers

One of the girls in the room said they all pretty much did their own thing once they got down there. It's spring break. Live & let live. BD prolly wasn't the only one walking up & down the strand that night.

Where were the pings from Sat. nite to Sunday pm? There should have been a trail. I can't let go of the feeling that BD sent warning signs in her 8pm texts to the 2 Johns. Whether she harmed herself or was harmed by others, she didn't deserve it. But something sent to those boys told them she was at risk JMOO

[aproudmom]

I don't get the big deal with the deposit money. They almost certainly arranged the hotel reservations on line with a credit or debit card and will get the deposit refunded (depending on the condition on the room) electronically credited to their card. They would have had to wait hours for someone the examine the room and return their money. I've never waited for mine, and I've always had it refunded to my card

And they'd have been really stupid to take opened liquer bottles with them on return trip. They were under age to have it anyway.

I am not even sure who the room was under but alot of hotels these days they have the throw away keys and you do not have to go to the front desk..I always do because most around here you have to have a cash deposit or I do because I refuse to own credit cards so I would have had to get my money before I left but since a poster on here said 100 bucks was nothing to him then I see no big deal about it..she even said he had plenty of money for a lawyer..so she must have knew him.

[aproudmom]

topix. cousins, friends, aunts, parents etc are on there.

oh OK thanks not sure if I have heard of that before..topix..

[Pag Boi]

I am not even sure who the room was under but alot of hotels these days they have the throw away keys and you do not have to go to the front desk..I always do because most around here you have to have a cash deposit or I do because I refuse to own credit cards so I would have had to get my money before I left but since a poster on here said 100 bucks was nothing to him then I see no big deal about it..she even said he had plenty of money for a lawyer..so she must have knew him.

They were charged a security deposit most likely b/c of age and number of guests in the room, etc. As an adult w/family, I have never had to pay one at MB or any other hotel.

Did the Bar Harbour even have security cameras? Wouldn 't that show what time BD left last, roommate activity, JohnH arrival, etc.


I don't see the big deal if they had more money and he had a lawyer?
It's his right and there were some unfounded accusations made against him. We don't even know if that comment is legit.The mother is the one that said a "PI told her that...." Did she even hire one? Or did some Cobra just rush in? To date, I haven't seen a PI back this up. Or come out w/any other info.

[aproudmom]

Parents were out of town? I thought Dawn received a call from BD saying she was on "a beach". I guess then calls were made to mom's cell phone, and that Dawn called the home where BD was supposed to sleep by cell too.

If BD knew her parents would be out of town, maybe she felt it to be less of a risk to take off? What a tragic turn of circumstances.

I could not find it not sure if it is just in comments on topix or what but if so then I don't put to much into it after what happened tonight..her mother never said she was not in town..

[aproudmom]

She supposedly walked to the Blue Water. The shuttle/bus I was mentioning as a possibilty of transport for BD is the one that runs to provide transport to/from surrounding communities. It's the only way they can meet The demand for service workers

One of the girls in the room said they all pretty much did their own thing once they got down there. It's spring break. Live & let live. BD prolly wasn't the only one walking up & down the strand that night.

Where were the pings from Sat. nite to Sunday pm? There should have been a trail. I can't let go of the feeling that BD sent warning signs in her 8pm texts to the 2 Johns. Whether she harmed herself or was harmed by others, she didn't deserve it. But something sent to those boys told them she was at risk JMOO

she was in a heck of alot of pics not to have been around her..

[doctor_J]

Yeah, I only know about security deposits because I have a college student and I've put up the deposit for trips more than once. Always got it back (my son was threatened within an inch of his life,lol).Boy am I glad those days are over. Soooooo much worry. It would have been even worse with a girl, I think.

[aproudmom]

Spring break, yet LE immediately took action when John H reported her missing.

Was it the texts?

have they confirmed the 2 text were to them and was her? I answer my kids text all the time when they forget them at home and tell their friends they are not home..seems alot of text were around 8 and then nothing more from her

[doctor_J]

Pag Boi --- What leads you to think the 2 John's knew she was at risk before the girls called John G. at 2 am. If they had known of risk would they have not called the mom at 8 something? I got the impression they thought nothing of earlier texts.

[lune3]

Spring break, yet LE immediately took action when John H reported her missing.

Was it the texts?

Was it ever reported what the content of those two texts are?

[aproudmom]

Just thought of something her mom said she talked to her at 2pm on Saturday and said she would be home tomorrow right? which would have been Sunday...when did the girls come back Monday? so how was she going to get home on Sunday..unless she was going to try to come up with some reason not to come home that day...:confused:

[doctor_J]

have they confirmed the 2 text were to them and was her? I answer my kids text all the time when they forget them at home and tell their friends they are not home..seems alot of text were around 8 and then nothing more from her
This made me chuckle, mom. My son would sooner forget his pants than his cell phone.

[aproudmom]

Was it ever reported what the content of those two texts are?

lol lune good question I sure wish we knew that..seems there is so many stories at this point..

[aproudmom]

This made me chuckle, mom. My son would sooner forget his pants than his cell phone.

lol:biggrin:I know my youngest is the bad one remember he is in all those sports so that is the only time he forgets it other wise I have to take it from him or he would be texting all night long..I only got the boys cells so I can get them and they can have 911 handy..lol..

[aproudmom]

JMO. I think the girls called the guys at 100am telling them they cannot find her, the guys split real fast but the girls stayed looking for her. Even the mom on GR said they told me they went looking for her but mom said i dont believe them.

I think her mom does think someone knows more and just not telling..I have no reason not to believe her..I did read that JH ask her B/F if anyone had even looked for her and he said no do not have a link and no use looking for it since it is all a mess but the way I took it was the girls had not looked for her they just called at 2am when they got worried..maybe they did look but I think they just kept trying to call her and got no answer from what I took...

[aproudmom]

Why did the group move from one hotel to the other? I realize it's not uncommon, but why this time?

you know I am not real sure but they left her stuff in the room from what I read..I still do not know why they moved...and yeah you are right it is not uncommon they could have been sold out that night..but seeing it was a Sunday not sure seems alot would be leaving from spring break

[aproudmom]

does anyone know if they are on GR tonight..I don't like him but if they are on there I will watch the repeat at 1am

[doctor_J]

does anyone know if they are on GR tonight..I don't like him but if they are on there I will watch the repeat at 1am

I stayed up this morning and saw the 3 am repeat. Nothing new at all except the bio-dad was with Dawn and it flashed his name just long enough for me to write it down--John Kahyaoglu. Mostly Dawn was so exhausted she was dazed. Can you imagine?

[juliekan]

I am not so sure. Maybe LE or John H asked them to move and stay another night? IIRC, JohnG said he expected BD home Sunday night.



Sorry have not read through the whole thread tonight, but the girls checked out Sunday am(when I guess their stay was up), and went to the hotel room of friends of theirs for Sunday.

[juliekan]

Anyone got a link to BD being in a room with 14 others???

The only thing I read was an interview with an unrelated girl from Rochester who talked about going to MB at the same time and staying in a "big room with, like, 15 people in it"> Brittanee's group only had 2 girls and 2 boys according to Dawn (I think).

Once again, I may have missed something, but I believe the room the girls moved to had "15" people in it. Sorry have just been posting as reading.

[aproudmom]

I stayed up this morning and saw the 3 am repeat. Nothing new at all except the bio-dad was with Dawn and it flashed his name just long enough for me to write it down--John Kahyaoglu. Mostly Dawn was so exhausted she was dazed. Can you imagine?

it is on now..so far just see Maddi M. AND Z-Killer so guess nothing on it tonight..I watched the one you saw..KG on for GR

[juliekan]

I don't get the big deal with the deposit money. They almost certainly arranged the hotel reservations on line with a credit or debit card and will get the deposit refunded (depending on the condition on the room) electronically credited to their card. They would have had to wait hours for someone the examine the room and return their money. I've never waited for mine, and I've always had it refunded to my card

And they'd have been really stupid to take opened liquer bottles with them on return trip. They were under age to have it anyway.

Sorry, just have to say hahahahhaham like they werent already drinking underage, I guess we have to appreciate that they didn't take their bottles with them. Wonder how much they'd had to drink before they got in the car to drive all the way home!

[aproudmom]

Once again, I may have missed something, but I believe the room the girls moved to had "15" people in it. Sorry have just been posting as reading.

The one girl said they left on Monday to the media..and heck how do you fit 15 people in one room I actually heard she was in a room with 2 girls and one guy..but who knows...

[aproudmom]

Sorry, just have to say hahahahhaham like they werent already drinking underage, I guess we have to appreciate that they didn't take their bottles with them. Wonder how much they'd had to drink before they got in the car to drive all the way home!

omg don't even want to think about that..they were watching a game..sorry but very much against drinking and driving not that they did just hits a nerve with me,.

[juliekan]

The one girl said they left on Monday to the media..and heck how do you fit 15 people in one room I actually heard she was in a room with 2 girls and one guy..but who knows...

I believe the room the group Brittanee was staying with had just a few people, the room that group went to on Sunday when they checked out had the 15 people in it.(before they left on Monday)

It does happen...frequently...my husband,not I, can tell stories.....

[juliekan]

Slicklime

Would 24/7 work for you if it was your daughter?

And I think the information to be "rolled out" should come from the "friends" she was there with. Why did they all go home to merrily post pics from their trip, and LE had to come looking for them for info..?

[aproudmom]

Once again, I may have missed something, but I believe the room the girls moved to had "15" people in it. Sorry have just been posting as reading.

I am looking at links but they all seem to not be the same...on one of the girls pics on her facebook she has tons of pics and BD is in almost everyone of them...but looking for her media interview link..I know she said she hated to leave on Monday with out her...if I can find it I will post it..

[aproudmom]

ok so there was 15 in one room still looking for the other girls interview..

Dawn Drexel didn't know Brittanee was in Myrtle Beach until the girl's boyfriend John Grieco called her, according to CarolinaLive.com.

Those messages stopped at 8 p.m. Saturday. Grieco notified Brittanee's mother about her disappearance.
"He said, 'Yeah, they can't find her,'" Drexel told the station. "I said, 'Are you serious?' He said, 'Yeah.'"

Drexel said stress from her impending divorce to Brittanee's stepfather may have contributed to her daughter's depression — and possibly her decision to come to Myrtle Beach.

"She tries to watch out for her brother and sister," Drexel said. "It was very stressful in the household."

Her father, who lives near Tampa, Fla., is in Myrtle Beach with his wife and relatives and is helping in the search, Drexel said.

Allanna Lippa, 19, said she was one of about 15 people in the group who stayed "in one big room" at the motel. Lippa returned to Rochester, where she is now worrying about her friend.

[aproudmom]

they did move hotels so they did not just plan on leaving on Sunday they did not leave on Sunday they left on Monday..so the question is why did they move.:confused: ok giving myself a headache..reading all these link...lol..I just pray she is ok..I do not think she is just hanging around in MB I pray I am wrong....


http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/search_for_missing_ny_teen_continues/46665/

According to the report, Drexel was staying with a group of friends at the Bar Harbor Hotel, 1010 N. Ocean Blvd. Since her disappearance, the group moved to the Boardwalk Hotel, located at 2301 N. Ocean Blvd.

Britannee Marie Drexel seen on the lobby camera of the Bluewater Resort Saturday between 8:40 to 8:45 pm.
Photo courtesy Myrtle Beach Police Department

[aproudmom]

Don't understand what that means they couldn't find her at 0100. Had they been partying with her prior to 0100?

What I really don't understand is why this is being made into a 24/7 news story, rolling out the family, if they are not going to give any information.

The public can be very helpful, but not if nobody knows what direction to go.

Very strange indeed.
my bolding

R we on Army time here or that is what I call it when I am around my BIL who is in the Army..lol:wink:

[aproudmom]

You miss the point.

If you appear and say "I need your help", it is necessary to know for WHAT you need help. Saying "My daughter is missing" is no help if the person from who you are seeking help does not know where to start.

As far as the friends go, it seems to be a new and disturbing trend. The fellow travelers of Natalee Holloway did not speak to ALE before they left the Island, either. For many months, they refused. Most have not to this very day.

why would they speak to ALE they messed that whole case up from day one..IMO..and they did talk didnt try to hide any facts IIRC..They did not want to leave without her..so I would not go as far as refused they just talked in the states not over there..I sure would never allow my child over there it was a huge cover up IMO..But has nothing to do with BD they are out looking for her and talking to people...

[lune3]

ok so there was 15 in one room still looking for the other girls interview..

Dawn Drexel didn't know Brittanee was in Myrtle Beach until the girl's boyfriend John Grieco called her, according to CarolinaLive.com.

Those messages stopped at 8 p.m. Saturday. Grieco notified Brittanee's mother about her disappearance.
"He said, 'Yeah, they can't find her,'" Drexel told the station. "I said, 'Are you serious?' He said, 'Yeah.'"

Drexel said stress from her impending divorce to Brittanee's stepfather may have contributed to her daughter's depression — and possibly her decision to come to Myrtle Beach.

"She tries to watch out for her brother and sister," Drexel said. "It was very stressful in the household."

Her father, who lives near Tampa, Fla., is in Myrtle Beach with his wife and relatives and is helping in the search, Drexel said.

Allanna Lippa, 19, said she was one of about 15 people in the group who stayed "in one big room" at the motel. Lippa returned to Rochester, where she is now worrying about her friend.

I did not watch the interview, or read it, but now that you mention that Dawn said Brittanee "tries to watch out for her brother and sister" makes me think all the more that she is not a runaway.

Divorce is very hard on kids and evidently was stressful for B. But siblings tend to look at each other for support in these cases. It seems, at least from Dawn's description, that B was there for her siblings. I think she had every intention to return.

With the awful stress present in this family already, my heart just goes out to all of them. I can't imagine how they are coping.

[tinkerbell]

I don't think for one minute that Brittanee is a runaway. She may have had a mind of her own and left NY for Myrtle Beach without her mother's consent; but, I fear she has been abducted...

[tinkerbell]

The last time I read research, one out of every two marriages in the US ended in divorce. Out of the 50% of marriages ending in divorce; 3/4 or 75% involved children...

[lune3]

I don't think for one minute that Brittanee is a runaway. She may have had a mind of her own and left NY for Myrtle Beach without her mother's consent; but, I fear she has been abducted...

I feel the same way. Either she was forcibly abducted right from the moment she disappeared, or she naively went with someone who had a ruse and then became a victim. I lean towards the latter since chances are higher that she was on that boulevard, stopped in a bar, or accepted a ride, where people were around. IMO

[aproudmom]

Does anyone know if someone did pretend to be her friends father I have read this on several link

The next day Dawn says, she called Brittanee and asked to speak with the dad of the girl she was staying with. A man got on the phone and said all was fine. The "man" as it turns out was a boy. Probably a friend posing as dad and by that time Brittanee could have been in Myrtle Beach

[aproudmom]

The last time I read research, one out of every two marriages in the US ended in divorce. Out of the 50% of marriages ending in divorce; 3/4 or 75% involved children...

the stats are very high

[aproudmom]

I did not watch the interview, or read it, but now that you mention that Dawn said Brittanee "tries to watch out for her brother and sister" makes me think all the more that she is not a runaway.

Divorce is very hard on kids and evidently was stressful for B. But siblings tend to look at each other for support in these cases. It seems, at least from Dawn's description, that B was there for her siblings. I think she had every intention to return.

With the awful stress present in this family already, my heart just goes out to all of them. I can't imagine how they are coping.

oh yeah I was like my 2 younger sisters second mother when my parents divorced..and my mom had to work very hard so I had alot on me with a 8yr old and 2 yr old sister..I still look out for them...

[aproudmom]

This is from one who posted here 1 time IIRC it is on about 10 forums and sites...they say why the boys left...who ever it is must know a lot they give all the details as to why they left at that time and talks about JH knowing the guy

http://boards.insessiontrials.com/showthread.php?t=352673&page=3

[tinkerbell]

I feel the same way. Either she was forcibly abducted right from the moment she disappeared, or she naively went with someone who had a ruse and then became a victim. I lean towards the latter since chances are higher that she was on that boulevard, stopped in a bar, or accepted a ride, where people were around. IMO

I agree with you; lune3. I wish that as adults we could be better or at least more credible "teachers" in the eyes of our children and other young people...

moo

[aproudmom]

I agree with you; lune3. I wish that as adults we could be better or at least more credible "teachers" in the eyes of our children and other young people...

moo

they always think it will never happen or they are invincible..they don't understand your just trying to keep them safe..

[aproudmom]

Well out of here for the night...everyone who is on have a wonderful morning/day...will be praying for good news and BD comes home safe...:seeya:

[iluvmua]

I feel the same way. Either she was forcibly abducted right from the moment she disappeared, or she naively went with someone who had a ruse and then became a victim. I lean towards the latter since chances are higher that she was on that boulevard, stopped in a bar, or accepted a ride, where people were around. IMO

I agree with you Lune, I'm leaning towards that too.

Does anybody know how crowded that area where Brittanee was last seen is?