May 4 to - 8th

[Ice Cycle]

Sorry Ice Cycle I misread your post. I thought you were referring to the hotel video not the one from the street.

The most logical explanations why she would not be spotted coming back to her hotel would be that she was taking a different route possible on the other side of the street, or maybe she went down to the beach and was planning on walking back that way.

It seems to me that the most important text message is the one where Britt says she is going to another friend’s room.

“She sent a text message to one of her friends around 9:15 p.m. and said she was going to see another friend who was staying at another hotel.”

It can’t be Peter B’s because she had already come and gone from there. She would not refer to the room she was sharing with the people she came down with that way, so who is this other friend and do the people she came down to MB with know this person's name?

This is what is really confusing as I have read many different reports on this and some say the 9:15 text was the one to the BF and their was a earlier ones to the girls- then I heard it vise versa.

[doctor_J]

Anyone know if they are searching today?

[GentleBreeze]

How old were the people BD traveled with?

How did BD know them?

How did they know the BF phone #?

Did BD know the friends were moving to a different hotel?

When did the friends plan on driving home? BD had school Monday April 27.

Was BD requesting a ride home with the boys?

Many more questions, but very few answers.
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I heard the FOXNews report. JMO, they need to back off that Peter person.

I really don't think her friends are involved in her disappearance. Now were they caring and devoted friends? Imo, no and probably thought nothing about her not coming back. They probably thought she had met up with someone new.

I have seen some of these type of young people many times before and they just don't see the dangers that can congregate on Spring Break at ocean towns like this one. They will just talk to anyone and everyone or even hop in a vehicle and ride off with them. I guess they call it letting their inhibitions go during Spring Break but they also let their commonsense and logic go and don't consider the dangers they may place themselves in.

I think it may be someone that lurked in the area looking for an easy mark and found BD walking by herself. He probably came across as unassuming and just another spring breaker like her.

I sure hope I am wrong but I don't think BD is alive anymore. Predators are known to hangout at areas like this looking for a vulnerable victim.

imo

[Maelstrom5]

This is what is really confusing as I have read many different reports on this and some say the 9:15 text was the one to the BF and their was a earlier ones to the girls- then I heard it vise versa.

According to Brittanee BF his last message to/from her was at 8pm., tragically I think his last post said something to the effect "Be careful/safe but have a good time."

BTW as someone who has written to and met a number of family/boyfriends/girlfriends of the missing, John Grieco feelings and actions break my heart. He has put everything in his life on hold. School/work/sleep; no longer important, the only thing in the world he wants to do is find her.

I should also point out that John does not believe that Peter B has anything to do with Brittanee’s disappearance; "I don't believe he had anything to do with Brittanee's disappearance," Grieco said. "I do believe there are people out there who know what happened to her”

[playnice]

This is what is really confusing as I have read many different reports on this and some say the 9:15 text was the one to the BF and their was a earlier ones to the girls- then I heard it vise versa.

This one confuses me too and Id like to know if it happened or just bad reporting. :confused:

[FindtheLost]

Anyone know if they are searching today?


According to the 6:00 news WMBF (will be online later) there are two search teams here CUE and one from Texas. The family has moved their search to the Georgetown area. A grid search ( I think that is what it is called) is planned for later in the week.

Also, here is a link from this morning with the Today correspondent.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/category.asp?c=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=109086&topVideoCatNoB=144993&topVideoCatNoC=123142&topVideoCatNoD=139177&topVideoCatNoE=144602&clipId=3725398&topVideoCatNo=109086&autoStart=true

[aproudmom]

Anyone know if they are searching today?

I have not heard of any doc but not sure

[aproudmom]

According to the 6:00 news WMBF (will be online later) there are two search teams here CUE and one from Texas. The family has moved their search to the Georgetown area. A grid search ( I think that is what it is called) is planned for later in the week.

Also, here is a link from this morning with the Today correspondent.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/category.asp?c=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=109086&topVideoCatNoB=144993&topVideoCatNoC=123142&topVideoCatNoD=139177&topVideoCatNoE=144602&clipId=3725398&topVideoCatNo=109086&autoStart=true

great thanks it is on HLN right now

[playnice]

great thanks it is on HLN right now

Is Tes there?

[Ice Cycle]

According to Brittanee BF his last message to/from her was at 8pm., tragically I think his last post said something to the effect "Be careful/safe but have a good time."

BTW as someone who has written to and met a number of family/boyfriends/girlfriends of the missing, John Grieco feelings and actions break my heart. He has put everything in his life on hold. School/work/sleep; no longer important, the only thing in the world he wants to do is find her.

I should also point out that John does not believe that Peter B has anything to do with Brittanee’s disappearance; "I don't believe he had anything to do with Brittanee's disappearance," Grieco said. "I do believe there are people out there who know what happened to her”

Ok but is their a link to this as the only one I saw a reporter said he said 9:15 and I have tried to find the video of the interview today the BF gave but could not locate it.

[aproudmom]

This is what is really confusing as I have read many different reports on this and some say the 9:15 text was the one to the BF and their was a earlier ones to the girls- then I heard it vise versa.

ITA Ice we seem to read something different in every link he did say he sent her a text and never heard back from her which I read that was the 9:15 text she did not text him he text her and she did not answer back..so we have heard so many things until I see it in Police Docs I am not going off of the text thing..

[aproudmom]

Ok but is their a link to this as the only one I saw a reporter said he said 9:15 and I have tried to find the video of the interview today the BF gave but could not locate it.

He was just on HLN did not say anything about the texting..so many stories hard to know what is the right on

[aproudmom]

Is Tes there?

really did not say much other than her mother is giving up hope and her B/F was interviewed by someone and he said he knows something has happened to her or she would have got ahold of him...that was about all they said...

[Jaxnoeny]

See that is what I at first though and maybe their is but it looks as if Ocean Blvd is only one sidewalk and the other side is beach. Not sure of that though.

I am not from that area but have been there many many many times on vaca. Most of Ocean Blvd has hotels/businesses on both sides. If she was anywhere close to the pier there are buildings on both sides of ocean blvd. There has to be other cameras that picked up her movements. I wonder if they have looked to see if any of the girls left their hotel between the time that BD left the boys hotel and the time "they became concerned". If one or more of the girls was mad at her and she texed telling them she was on her way back they could have left the hotel to meet her and confront her about hanging out with the boys/wearing their clothes/whatever else they were mad about. I shudder to think what may have happened to this poor girl. I have a hard time thinking someone could have taken her against her will without someone noticing. There is so much traffic on ocean blvd at this time of night...not just cars but foot traffic. Spring break is especially busy. I think her so called "FRIENDS" had something to do with it! JMO

[FindtheLost]

Is Tes there?

It is the Laura Recovery Center

Also Monday, two representatives from the Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children arrived in Myrtle Beach to assist in the search, according to Bob Walcutt, executive director. The Texas-based group's mission statement is to "prevent abductions and runaways and to recover missing children by fostering a Triangle of Trust among law enforcement, community and a missing child's family."

http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/775239.html

[FindtheLost]

I am not from that area but have been there many many many times on vaca. Most of Ocean Blvd has hotels/businesses on both sides. If she was anywhere close to the pier there are buildings on both sides of ocean blvd. There has to be other cameras that picked up her movements. I wonder if they have looked to see if any of the girls left their hotel between the time that BD left the boys hotel and the time "they became concerned". If one or more of the girls was mad at her and she texed telling them she was on her way back they could have left the hotel to meet her and confront her about hanging out with the boys/wearing their clothes/whatever else they were mad about. I shudder to think what may have happened to this poor girl. I have a hard time thinking someone could have taken her against her will without someone noticing. There is so much traffic on ocean blvd at this time of night...not just cars but foot traffic. Spring break is especially busy. I think her so called "FRIENDS" had something to do with it! JMO

I too think her friends may of had something to do with it. If not one of the people she went with - one of JO friends from her time living at the beach. JMOO

[Ice Cycle]

He was just on HLN did not say anything about the texting..so many stories hard to know what is the right on

Yeah, NG needs to get LE of this on there and ask the right questions.

[aproudmom]

According to Brittanee BF his last message to/from her was at 8pm., tragically I think his last post said something to the effect "Be careful/safe but have a good time."

BTW as someone who has written to and met a number of family/boyfriends/girlfriends of the missing, John Grieco feelings and actions break my heart. He has put everything in his life on hold. School/work/sleep; no longer important, the only thing in the world he wants to do is find her.

I should also point out that John does not believe that Peter B has anything to do with Brittanee’s disappearance; "I don't believe he had anything to do with Brittanee's disappearance," Grieco said. "I do believe there are people out there who know what happened to her”

I have also heard he text her later and she did not text back..so I am not so sure we can go off all these reports and the times..seems everyone said around 8 for some reason..I am sure LE knows who she text last or if it was him texting and she never text back..kids that age usually do not make it a priority to look at what time they text or get one..so who knows like I said until I see it from LE docs I can not go with all these different times..getting 2 or 3 text right around the time she was last seen is kinda odd..IMO..I am sure they were not all around 8pm I think they are going by the last time she was seen at the boys hotel which she left at 7:55 IIRC..I do not think her friends or so called friends did anything other than allow her to walk alone and ask for a pair of shorts back if that is even the case...she walked out with flip flops which were red and this Peter guy said she came to get..perhaps it was never shorts but flip flops and that has just never been a priority either since we have not heard about that since the first few days..and when he looked at the video he said she came to get flip flops and she had been with them at the beach at 11am that morning..

I also agree her B/F seems to really care for her he looked very tired and they have been together for about 2yrs so his one and only priority is her at this time and I think a lot of him for putting everything on hold to help find her..

[dgfred]

I really don't think her friends are involved in her disappearance. Now were they caring and devoted friends? Imo, no and probably thought nothing about her not coming back. They probably thought she had met up with someone new.

I have seen some of these type of young people many times before and they just don't see the dangers that can congregate on Spring Break at ocean towns like this one. They will just talk to anyone and everyone or even hop in a vehicle and ride off with them. I guess they call it letting their inhibitions go during Spring Break but they also let their commonsense and logic go and don't consider the dangers they may place themselves in.

I think it may be someone that lurked in the area looking for an easy mark and found BD walking by herself. He probably came across as unassuming and just another spring breaker like her.

I sure hope I am wrong but I don't think BD is alive anymore. Predators are known to hangout at areas like this looking for a vulnerable victim.

imo

Sounds very probable. There has to be more videos of her walking, cameras are everywhere and I don't understand them not being released.

[Maelstrom5]

According to the 6:00 news WMBF (will be online later) there are two search teams here CUE and one from Texas. The family has moved their search to the Georgetown area. A grid search ( I think that is what it is called) is planned for later in the week.

Also, here is a link from this morning with the Today correspondent.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/category.asp?c=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=109086&topVideoCatNoB=144993&topVideoCatNoC=123142&topVideoCatNoD=139177&topVideoCatNoE=144602&clipId=3725398&topVideoCatNo=109086&autoStart=true

FYI;
CUE Center for Missing Persons
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143252708&albumID=2161318&imageID=31966741

Laura Recovery Center
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143252708&albumID=2161318&imageID=31966492

Banners and brief summery of the organizations. Both are first rate.

I had the great privilege to meet Monica Caison the founder of CUE last summer.

When I met her In Connecticut she was dead tired and she had been up to 2 in the morning helping coordinate a NC search (the woman was found in a ravine hidden by overgrowth, her car went off the road and she was trapped in the car, but she was found alive)

Regardless she was gracious and interested in what I had to say. As a Yankee I am hesitant to state what southern graciousness should entail, but Monica is this Yanks interpretation.
CUE “On the Road To Remember” Tour 2008.
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143252708&albumID=1911969&imageID=25604894

[aproudmom]

Yeah, NG needs to get LE of this on there and ask the right questions.

ITA there has been so many reports and times and so easily could be cleared up but for some reason it has not been..I just find it odd that all the text we have heard about was around the same time she was last seen..I am not so sure this 9:15 text was her it could have been a text she never answered back because she no longer had her phone or it was turned off for some time..we just don't know with all the reports being different.

well was hoping to see good news guess I will check back in later..I am sure her family is having a very hard time with each day passing..and to see searches in water and along a road has got to be so hard..god bless them all...

[Ice Cycle]

I am not from that area but have been there many many many times on vaca. Most of Ocean Blvd has hotels/businesses on both sides. If she was anywhere close to the pier there are buildings on both sides of ocean blvd. There has to be other cameras that picked up her movements. I wonder if they have looked to see if any of the girls left their hotel between the time that BD left the boys hotel and the time "they became concerned". If one or more of the girls was mad at her and she texed telling them she was on her way back they could have left the hotel to meet her and confront her about hanging out with the boys/wearing their clothes/whatever else they were mad about. I shudder to think what may have happened to this poor girl. I have a hard time thinking someone could have taken her against her will without someone noticing. There is so much traffic on ocean blvd at this time of night...not just cars but foot traffic. Spring break is especially busy. I think her so called "FRIENDS" had something to do with it! JMO

It has been hard for me to think this is a stranger abduction also, I could be wrong but I just find it hard to believe that a 17 year old in this day and time would willing go or get in the car with a stranger.
If it was someone she knew a acquaintance maybe offered to drive her back to the hotel, that might be and I suppose someone could of grabbed her. I don't know what to think about the so called friends just not enough information released yet.

[n/t]

I am not from that area but have been there many many many times on vaca. Most of Ocean Blvd has hotels/businesses on both sides. If she was anywhere close to the pier there are buildings on both sides of ocean blvd. There has to be other cameras that picked up her movements. I wonder if they have looked to see if any of the girls left their hotel between the time that BD left the boys hotel and the time "they became concerned". If one or more of the girls was mad at her and she texed telling them she was on her way back they could have left the hotel to meet her and confront her about hanging out with the boys/wearing their clothes/whatever else they were mad about. I shudder to think what may have happened to this poor girl. I have a hard time thinking someone could have taken her against her will without someone noticing. There is so much traffic on ocean blvd at this time of night...not just cars but foot traffic. Spring break is especially busy. I think her so called "FRIENDS" had something to do with it! JMO



They may not have taken her against her will. She may have voluntarily taken a ride. That's what's so scary. Young, naive and vulnerable...what predators look for. :sad:

[playnice]

someone could have struck up a conversation walking along by her and she thought the seemed nice. They could have offered her a ride.

[lune3]

Also Agency called CUE. Also assist in searches. The owner Monica Caison is a great lady who stops at nothing to find missing people. Shes a great organizer, fund raiser, and gets things done for free. She has 7000 volunteers. With these 2 agencys I think they will find her.

They stopped searching for her in Georgetown. But seaches in MB area are still being done.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090505/NEWS01/905050326&s=d&page=1#pluckcomments

If they've temporarily stopped searching in the Georgetown/river area and gone back to MB, I'm guessing that they are looking for leads/talking to people etc. I'd think chances are that BD is no longer in MB since the last location of the cell phone ping is 35 miles south.

I wonder if they're thinking the cell phone may have been stolen and BD never did go south, or if the search teams just don't know where to concentrate in such a large area.

Anyone know if that phone ping actually pinpointed a specific area? Or do pings like that indicate a much larger area?

[FindtheLost]

Also Agency called CUE. Also assist in searches. The owner Monica Caison is a great lady who stops at nothing to find missing people. Shes a great organizer, fund raiser, and gets things done for free. She has 7000 volunteers. With these 2 agencys I think they will find her.

They stopped searching for her in Georgetown. But seaches in MB area are still being done.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090505/NEWS01/905050326&s=d&page=1#pluckcomments

On tonights news the family has just left Georgetown Police Department and was handing out flyers, etc to local businesses.

I feel sure they are searching both areas right now. Although the local news is focusing on Georgetown.

Here is the new video from WMBFNEWS.com

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/category.asp?c=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=109086&topVideoCatNoB=144993&topVideoCatNoC=123142&topVideoCatNoD=139177&topVideoCatNoE=144602&clipId=3726444&topVideoCatNo=109086&autoStart=true

[playnice]

On tonights news the family has just left Georgetown Police Department and was handing out flyers, etc to local businesses.

I feel sure they are searching both areas right now. Although the local news is focusing on Georgetown.

Here is the new video from WMBFNEWS.com

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/category.asp?c=151146&clipId=&topVideoCatNo=109086&topVideoCatNoB=144993&topVideoCatNoC=123142&topVideoCatNoD=139177&topVideoCatNoE=144602&clipId=3726444&topVideoCatNo=109086&autoStart=true

THE POLICE HAVE NARROWED THERE SEARCH TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF BRITTS PHONE AND THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH IN THE GEORGETOWN AREA. THE CASE IS NOT BEING TREATED AS A RUNAWAY CASE ANYMORE IT IS BEING TREATED AS AN ABDUCTION.
THEY HAVE A K-9 UNIT AS WELL AND AR3E COMBING THE GEORGETOWN AREA FULLY.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88697134048

This was added to the site on Sunday.

I sure wish LE held PC on this case and updated the public on what is going on. Its hard to figure it all out with so much of the media reporting conflicting stories.

Maybe they have searches going on in both places.
Maybe LE is returning their focus to MB since these outside sources are coming in to help.

[dulcinea]

It has been hard for me to think this is a stranger abduction also, I could be wrong but I just find it hard to believe that a 17 year old in this day and time would willing go or get in the car with a stranger.
If it was someone she knew a acquaintance maybe offered to drive her back to the hotel, that might be and I suppose someone could of grabbed her. I don't know what to think about the so called friends just not enough information released yet.

Teens might not get into a car with a creepy old guy, but a young hot guy in his 20s partying-they wouldn't think twice, IMO. Yes, it's stupid to do, but when you're in a party atmosphere you think everyone else is out for a good time, too, and you don't consider the danger. I'm still on the fence at this point about what happened/who was involved, but since I teach HS none of the actions of any of these kids surprises me. They disappoint me, but don't surprise me...and I'm not much older!

[playnice]

Teens might not get into a car with a creepy old guy, but a young hot guy in his 20s partying-they wouldn't think twice, IMO. Yes, it's stupid to do, but when you're in a party atmosphere you think everyone else is out for a good time, too, and you don't consider the danger. I'm still on the fence at this point about what happened/who was involved, but since I teach HS none of the actions of any of these kids surprises me. They disappoint me, but don't surprise me...and I'm not much older!

When they go on these partying trips they become self absorbed.

[FindtheLost]

THE POLICE HAVE NARROWED THERE SEARCH TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF BRITTS PHONE AND THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH IN THE GEORGETOWN AREA. THE CASE IS NOT BEING TREATED AS A RUNAWAY CASE ANYMORE IT IS BEING TREATED AS AN ABDUCTION.
THEY HAVE A K-9 UNIT AS WELL AND AR3E COMBING THE GEORGETOWN AREA FULLY.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=88697134048

This was added to the site on Sunday.

I sure wish LE held PC on this case and updated the public on what is going on. Its hard to figure it all out with so much of the media reporting conflicting stories.

Maybe they have searches going on in both places.
Maybe LE is returning their focus to MB since these outside sources are coming in to help.


BD's father said this morning that they have a briefing each morning before they start their seaching for the day. I haven't seen any press conferences on this. Not sure if the press is invited. I do remember one press conference early on but I missed it.

Maybe with the teams here doing searches they will begin to give more information.

[playnice]

NG Casey again.hammer

[lune3]

http://rochesterhomepage.net/

OMG a student shot himself in this school. What an awful tragedy, 17 years old.
Anyone know if BD attended this same high school in Rochester, Canandaigua Academy?

[Sunshine1]

NG Casey again.hammer


I guess it is hard to report on BD's story when there really isn't anything to update on. For a story this big, I am shocked that we don't hear more things updated about it. I get more info from blogs and forums than anywhere else.

[playnice]

I guess it is hard to report on BD's story when there really isn't anything to update on. For a story this big, I am shocked that we don't hear more things updated about it. I get more info from blogs and forums than anywhere else.

Maybe if we emailed NG we could let her know we are interested in this case and want her to follow it.
Im glad she is giving those little boys some time . I sure hope they are found. At least the whole show isnt Casey now.

[Ice Cycle]

I guess it is hard to report on BD's story when there really isn't anything to update on. For a story this big, I am shocked that we don't hear more things updated about it. I get more info from blogs and forums than anywhere else.

Yes but their is so much missing information and facts on this case that she could report on. Certainly more necessary than what CA spent her funds on and other ridiculous and repeat information. Most nights they could cut in half what they say and spend more time on others.

[Sunshine1]

Great work on the links you posted Ice Cycle! :thumbsup:

[iluvmua]

OMG a student shot himself in this school. What an awful tragedy, 17 years old.
Anyone know if BD attended this same high school in Rochester, Canandaigua Academy?

BD attended Gates-Chili High School

[Ice Cycle]

Great work on the links you posted Ice Cycle! :thumbsup:

Thanks but for some reason the 2 at the hotel have been removed since I posted them.

[lune3]

Has it been established whether BD knew her friends were changing hotels? What was the point? BD had school on Monday. How old were they?

Changing rooms at 1am Sunday is actually when they should have been leaving for the trip back to New York. If all they wanted to do was party a few hours more before leaving, there would be no need for another room. They could have gotten dressed at the initial room, leaving the luggage in the car.

BD was out of $$$. No food, no place to stay. Maybe she tried to hitchhike home?

The only reason I see why the group changed hotels was because maybe they were only booked till then and it was full, and they decided to stay one more day. They weren't in HS any more.
But way back I read that BD called her mom and said she'd be back on Sunday (I guess from the supposed stay with her friend). So I wonder, was that group just going to assume that BD would stay an extra day without consulting her? They must have known she had school on Monday.

[doctor_J]

What's MSM?

[nana2]

What's MSM?

main stream media??:confused:

[forensicfan]

I have a question! How do I know that after leaving the boys, she did not show back up at the hotel and found the girls had ditched her, checking out and changing rooms in order to ditch her? Why don't we have any information from the hotel clerks about her possibly coming back to the hotel and even inquiring about the room? Were the clerks even interviewed? Just because she isn't on camera doesn't mean she didn't return. Don't most of the surv. cameras have a 3 second lapse where anything could be missed? What if she did come back to the room and couldn't get in, have the employees at the hotel been examined by LE? I just haven't read anything about that in this case.
It's really bugging me! Was the room blacklighted? Usually we see at least the door with crime scene tape. Not so this case.

What if she did come back to the hotel wouldn't the hotel clerk be the last person to know that she had been ditched by her friend and had no where to go?
Did she even have a room key? Is there a Room Key missing?

Your post just made me think of something. Maybe she was met outside by one of the girls and told not to come back to the room and to find her own way home. Maybe that is what she tried to do and someone she met that she thought she could trust said he would take her but had other intentions.

[Kid606]

Why is it so hard for people to grasp the idea that someone who was coined a POI, being threatened, and being consistently asked redundant questions from the police would get a lawyer? Especially considering he's being 100% cooperative and offering DNA. :rolleyes:

[juliekan]

BD had no $$$ to contribute to gas, hotel or food. Her vote in the dynamic seemed moot.

I think it's very rude of the people who brought her not to consider all the ramifications. However, I don't old them responsible for choices BD makes. Sounds like the whole thing was extremely irresponsible .

The Trip Calculator indicated the gas alone for the @800 mile journey home would be at least $60. 16-18 hrs is a long time to go without food or drink. Add to that the time BD was without $$ for food/drink during the trip. Moving to the other hotel room would have required a contribution as well.

BD had money of her own, per her mother. Most kids nowdays have Daddy's credit card for gas.

Nowdays you don't really have to "check out" of a hotel. They have your credit card on file. They slip a bill under your door after midnight sometime (it's there in the morning) and if you have no problems with the bill, you can just leave. Doubt this group was worried about that. Also, I have not seen a link that the girls checked out during the night. I did see where they moved to another hotel the next day to stay with friends there.

[lune3]

Regarding the possibility that BD discovered she had been abandoned by her group, and being left without money, clothes, food, transport etc., I honestly think she would have called her boyfriend, the military friend, or her parents.
Here she was so far from home, scared and miserable, and needed help, I think she would have called mom, even knowing she'd be chewed out.

She didn't. All the more reason I think harm came to her.

[lune3]

I don't have a problem with it and have posted so several times. He would have been a fool NOT to have an attorney present. I can't quite understand what the DNA sample was for. Against what will it be compared?

OMG! It just occurred to me that LE probably has her dirty clothes with some foreign DNA?

Curiouser and curiouser

Oh, you mean that may have been discovered somewhere other than in the room? Could only be the shorts and blouse then.
Not the clothes in the group room, there would be plenty of foreign DNA on those if everybody's clothes were scattered around.

What I don't get is why was Peter singled out and not the others with him. Weren't there 3 or 4 guys in the second hotel? Didn't they stick together that last night?

[doctor_J]

I think it's safe to assume Brittanee had more money than her mom knew. Rule of thumb I've been told by teens is twice as much.

[juliekan]

I think it's safe to assume Brittanee had more money than her mom knew. Rule of thumb I've been told by teens is twice as much.

Her mom said B had some money plus the money family members had given her for Easter.

[doctor_J]

Wasn't this Peter B. named a POI by the police? If he had the funds in any capacity he'd be a fool NOT to get an attorney. His parents surely saw that, even if he did not.

[lune3]

I don't understand what you mean.


Were her belongings with the roomies or left in the room before the move?

Either way, there would be garments worn only by BD. At least I would hope no one would have worn her undergarments.

I was trying to understand your suggestion that LE might have some of her dirty clothes with foreign DNA on them.

Her clothes and belongings were apparently left in the original room when the roomies left. If people touched her clothes, some items could have trace DNA on them or if they were on the floor or somewhere mixed with others' clothes, then roomies' DNA could also conceivably be transferred that way. But that's normal and doesn't matter because she disappeared after she left the room.

So I wondered by your post if you meant that possibly LE had found an item of clothing elsewhere after she vanished, that hasn't been reported.

[Maelstrom5]

Nope. I meant the dirty clothes she left in the room. No way in h*ll any of those roomies would wear some of her dirty panties.

It's possible there is foreign DNA which may give clues to the direction any investigation should go. LE has to look at everything. Every clue. I'm glad they are keeping tight lipped.

I'm not saying that has anything to do with it. Very odd that Peter would be asked for a DNA sample. Apparently, there is something LE has for comparison. Having a casual sexual encounter (if she did) is not a huge problem, IMO. Not condoning, but it happens.

LE is at a loss on this one so far, IMO.

The question about DNA was probably a follow-up question. It followed "did you have close contact or sexual relations with Brittanee?" If the answer was no, then a request for DNA would be a way to ascertain or disprove Peter B's answer. Unfortunately I think the police were thinking more along the lines that they could make the comparison when Brittanee’s remains were found

[Maelstrom5]

That's absolutely ridiculous, IMO.

LE would not have any grounds to ask for a DNA sample without something to compare.

An attorney would not advise giving one on the contingency something is found at a later date.

That may be ridiculous to you but it is done all the time. They can't compel someone to give a DNA sample without a court order but they can ask for one and according to Peter's lawyer he was asked and agreed to give one. Peter’s lawyer did not object to him doing so.

[FindtheLost]

I have a question! How do I know that after leaving the boys, she did not show back up at the hotel and found the girls had ditched her, checking out and changing rooms in order to ditch her? Why don't we have any information from the hotel clerks about her possibly coming back to the hotel and even inquiring about the room? Were the clerks even interviewed? Just because she isn't on camera doesn't mean she didn't return. Don't most of the surv. cameras have a 3 second lapse where anything could be missed? What if she did come back to the room and couldn't get in, have the employees at the hotel been examined by LE? I just haven't read anything about that in this case.
It's really bugging me! Was the room blacklighted? Usually we see at least the door with crime scene tape. Not so this case.

What if she did come back to the hotel wouldn't the hotel clerk be the last person to know that she had been ditched by her friend and had no where to go?
Did she even have a room key? Is there a Room Key missing?

From my understanding of the events - the girls were planning to leave on Sunday morning. Which means they came in from partying and decided they needed to go ahead and "Pack Up" and then sleep for a few hours. When they realized BD wasn't there and whatever calls happened and the police were involved they "decided" to stay another day. At that point they couldn't stay in the same room - not sure why they went to another hotel maybe no rooms available here or to expensive. I don't think BD got back and realized she was ditched.

This is the opinion I got from either a nightly news cast or one of the paper articles.

[n/t]

From my understanding of the events - the girls were planning to leave on Sunday morning. Which means they came in from partying and decided they needed to go ahead and "Pack Up" and then sleep for a few hours. When they realized BD wasn't there and whatever calls happened and the police were involved they "decided" to stay another day. At that point they couldn't stay in the same room - not sure why they went to another hotel maybe no rooms available here or to expensive. I don't think BD got back and realized she was ditched.

This is the opinion I got from either a nightly news cast or one of the paper articles.

Why did they leave her belongings behind, if that's the case?

[n/t]

Regarding the DNA....could they have found something in the boys room? Maybe found some type of evidence and that's why Peter was considered a POI at the beginning?

Just trying to make sense of it all.

[Maelstrom5]

Why did they leave her belongings behind, if that's the case?

LE may have already taken Britt's belongings as part of the investigation. And besides Brittanee's mom and BF were in MB by the time they left so they could take charge of her clothing if LE did not feel a need to process them.

[iluvmua]

I still think Britt was taken against her will. I believe the boys have all been cleared of any wrongdoing.

[n/t]

LE may have already taken Britt's belongings as part of the investigation. And besides Brittanee's mom and BF were in MB by the time they left so they could take charge of her clothing if LE did not feel a need to process them.

I guess it's unclear as to why the girls moved hotel.


Police said Brittanee was last seen by her friends around 8 p.m. Saturday. Knipes said Brittanee’s friends moved to a different hotel in the area Sunday and left Myrtle Beach this morning to drive back to New York.

http://www.zimbio.com/Brittanee+Drexel/articles/1/Brittanee+Drexel+17+year+old+girl+goes+missing

[Maelstrom5]

I guess it's unclear as to why the girls moved hotel.


Police said Brittanee was last seen by her friends around 8 p.m. Saturday. Knipes said Brittanee’s friends moved to a different hotel in the area Sunday and left Myrtle Beach this morning to drive back to New York.

http://www.zimbio.com/Brittanee+Drexel/articles/1/Brittanee+Drexel+17+year+old+girl+goes+missing

It’s really not been made clear but I think everyone from New York was planning to go home Sunday. The girls had an 11am check out. When Britt did not show up it looks like they booked a different hotel, possible because the one they were in was full, then they went home Monday the 27th a day later then they planned to.

[playnice]

Good morning. Hoping they find Brittanee today.

[~jomomma~]

just checking in

i'm hoping we hear some news today. :mellow:

[Destini]

Haven't been posting here, but I've spent the last few days reading to get up to speed on this sad story.

I'm seriously hoping this girl is just stressed & confused, decided to take a break & is safe somewhere, will call home soon. I keep trying to find reasons to explain why she would leave clothes, makeup, not use her cell phone.

If she went back to the hotel with the other girls & they weren't there & she didn't have a key, that might explain her leaving the clothes & makeup. She could have met up with someone & either left the area with this person or possibly even OD'ed & the other person freaked & dumped her somewhere (I hate to say that).

From what I understand, the ping location is not exact. If she was holed up with someone in that area & they just rode through that area at the the exact moment her phone went dead, it could explain the pings in the Georgetown (?) area, couldn't it? Her phone wouldn't necessarily be there, just that's where the phone cut off. I want to believe she's okay.

It just makes me hurt for her family that something bad could have happened to her, what a nightmare, but it sounds like this is what they are believing at this point. She could have been abducted, but because of her unhappiness I'm really worried about the OD'ing scenario.

Praying for some answers soon.

[playnice]

Hi destini. With 15 girls in one room probably against hotel policy its a good possibility she didnt have a card key. They probably only issue so many per room. Thats why I hope (they probably did) check hotel cameras to see if she returned.
I think I read that from that tower it could be within several mi because that area doesnt have many towers to pinpoint it more specifically. It could have been a drive thru and the phone went dead at that time.
It would be wonderful if she is hiding out somewhere.
Alot better than the alternative. Hopefully they find her soon. I cant begin to imagine the pain her family is going thru.

[Worrywart]

Good morning everyone, I saw they are offering a $1000 reward for any information.

I sincerely hope this young woman is found, very soon.

Does anyone have any news info besides the reward? More videos? I have not heard anything online from the cops. Hoping NG covers, I'm sick of hearing about Tot mom..want to hear about BD!

[Alwill978]

Hi everyone. No news still on BD? :crying:

[StickyBeak]

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=296160

Search crews on Wednesday will go door to door in Georgetown County trying to develop new leads in the case of the teenager who vanished while on spring break in Myrtle Beach.

This is frightening, looking for a needle in a haystack. I think anyone in that area would have already notified LE since BD pictures and stories all over the news. I give them big credit for not giving up, wonder how long they will continue any searches. I read the cost is somewhere in the area of $5000 per day. Mom is sticking to her intuition that BD did not runaway. So is the Marine the Mom's BF? very confusing. JMO

[playnice]

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=296160

Search crews on Wednesday will go door to door in Georgetown County trying to develop new leads in the case of the teenager who vanished while on spring break in Myrtle Beach.

This is frightening, looking for a needle in a haystack. I think anyone in that area would have already notified LE since BD pictures and stories all over the news. I give them big credit for not giving up, wonder how long they will continue any searches. I read the cost is somewhere in the area of $5000 per day. Mom is sticking to her intuition that BD did not runaway. So is the Marine the Mom's BF? very confusing. JMO

The marine is a family friend of several years. he is 20-22 years old.

[Baldguy]

Don't know if you guys are into psychics or not. I don't even know if I believe that anyone can possess the ability to do what they claim they can do.

Anyway, and for what it's worth, I just came across a website, Briansprediction.com. This guy claims to have remote viewings where he has dreams about missing people(along with other things) and can see what transpired. He simultaneously draws and scribbles on paper as he has these dreams and after he wakes up, copying what he saw in his remote viewings during these dreams.

He did a remote viewing on this case and made a video on May 3rd, which was a few days ago with what he thinks is going on in this case.

He said that he saw Brittanee alive but in danger. He said that he saw a young white male with "lots of hair". For some reason or another, he saw Mt. Pleasant in his dream and thinks that maybe she is being held against her will by this young guy in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

As I said, take it for what it is worth. I don't really believe in psychics but I do believe that Britannee was abducted on Ocean BLVD. I think that, if she is still alive, that she is indeed being held against her will somewhere inland.

Anyway, don't mean to be off topic. Just thought I'd share what I saw on this guy's website.

[StickyBeak]

TY Playnice. I read Dawn's myspace according to someone on topix and they referred to this John as Moms new bf. Did not seem right, but who knows anymore.

Prayers for Brittanee, hope today is the day for good news.

[Worrywart]

The marine is a family friend of several years. he is 20-22 years old.

He was the first person I heard from in the case when he said the mother called him and he went to investigate her missing. He sounded like such an honest young man......he wondered why her belonging were left as well as why the boys left at 1am....Wish I could hear more from his POV.

Foxnews.com reporting Dawn is disappointed in the clearing of the boys who last saw her. I think they are cleared through the videos aren't they? Unless I am missing something.

[Alwill978]

It appears BD had a number of friends by the messages, etc on the facebook page. However, she went to MB with a number of people that she didnt know all too well. Has her BF, Marine friend, mother or anyone given an indication why she wanted to go to MB so bad? Do we think it was just to take a break from home life dealing with divorce, etc? Did her and the BF have a good relationship? Any friends mention anything about any of this?

Also, I think her mother said she went to MB with $100... Was that really all she had?.... she had to have more money. Did any of the friends say anything about how BD paid for room/gas/food, etc?

But then again.....My niece had runaway once...when she was 15...and went from the East Coast to San Diego....with less than $100. She was missing a couple weeks before she was located by police ..sleeping in a car with a "friend" who was 23! (guy...of course)...needless to say...he was arrested. BUT, of course only slapped on the hand and released. So I guess runaway could be possible for BD. I am hoping this is the case over other possiblities...but, from listening to her family, friends and BF....I have to say....I do not get that feeling she is runaway.
?????????

[playnice]

I dont think she ran away. I think Dawn's gut instinct is probably right that she met with foul play. However, a few times they have been abducted and kept alive. I never would have thought Shasta Groane was still alive.

[IlliniFan]

I too have been reading and following all of your posts.

It sounds like B had a boyfriend and an upcoming prom, something she would, under normal circumstances, be very excited about, imo.

It doesn't seem her MB trip was all she had hoped. Didn't she text her bf that she was miserable? I might be getting that confused, but I thought her text indicated she wasn't having a very good time.

These things indicate to me that she was ready to come home. Having a bad time, a boyfriend at home, and a prom, which most girls enjoy, leads me to believe she wanted to come home, not run away.

I know her father that adopted her was in the process of a divorce with her mom, but I thought he had recently sent her a loving, supportive text, telling her he was there for her.

Although I don't feel she ran away, I pray she is safe somewhere.

[FindtheLost]

From the TV13 noon news - should be posted at SCNOW.com later

The search continues in Georgetown going door to door and to businesses. Also, a family member said there is a lead that they should know later today if it pans out. No mention of what the lead is. The father is the one being interviewed mostly now and he seems hopeful.

(This is not verbatim the news cast. )

[Ice Cycle]

Hello Everyone.
Just catching up for today and see no new developments. I noticed someone had posted that their was supposedly 15 in the girls room but from what I understand that was the 2nd room they went to not the one BD was staying at. As I said before it is hard to even speculate right since their are so many different facts out there.

[playnice]

From the TV13 noon news - should be posted at SCNOW.com later

The search continues in Georgetown going door to door and to business. Also, a family member said there is a lead that they should know later today if it pans out. No mention of what the lead is. The father is the one being interviewed mostly now and he seems hopeful.

(This is not verbatim the news cast. )

I hope the lead is a good one.

[~jomomma~]

I hope the lead is a good one.

me too!

something needs to break soon!

btw....thanks FindtheLost!!!!

[Worrywart]

I pray the new lead pans out and finds her. I cannot imagine going on without my daughter or son. The thought of not knowing and not having any control over where they are would drive me absolutely nuts. I don't know how Dawn is so composed when talking, I would be beside myself and on some heavy duty sedatives to be able to put a sentence together if one of my kids was missing!

[juliekan]

Thanks, FindtheLost

I wish they would find Brittanee alive, I'm tired of bad or no outcomes in these cases. :sad:

[Jpanda]

This may have been brought up before, but this makes it clear how her family realized she was missing.

The friends in Myrtle beach never did anything - anything at all - to communicate that she was missing.

John G, the boyfriend, was texting Brittannee (I believe the 9:16 text) and she didn't respond. After a long time he called the girls at the hotel and they said she was walking from the other hotel. Then, John called the mom and she called the John Hahn at Camp LeJeune. He came to Myrtle beach, talked to the girls and filed a missing persons report.

Then they up and moved out and left her stuff, laughed all the way home and posted party pics.

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S912873.shtml?cat=572

WOW. Thanks for posting that. Those girls didn't care about her at all. I guess it's safe to say that the one girl's comment (Jenn I think?) that "coming home without her was surreal" was a load a carp.

jmo

[playnice]

This may have been brought up before, but this makes it clear how her family realized she was missing.

The friends in Myrtle beach never did anything - anything at all - to communicate that she was missing.

John G, the boyfriend, was texting Brittannee (I believe the 9:16 text) and she didn't respond. After a long time he called the girls at the hotel and they said she was walking from the other hotel. Then, John called the mom and she called the John Hahn at Camp LeJeune. He came to Myrtle beach, talked to the girls and filed a missing persons report.

Then they up and moved out and left her stuff, laughed all the way home and posted party pics.

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S912873.shtml?cat=572

I didnt know that. I thought one of the girls called him. Wow. Would they have just left and said nothing to anyone? Interesting.

[Worrywart]

This may have been brought up before, but this makes it clear how her family realized she was missing.

The friends in Myrtle beach never did anything - anything at all - to communicate that she was missing.

John G, the boyfriend, was texting Brittannee (I believe the 9:16 text) and she didn't respond. After a long time he called the girls at the hotel and they said she was walking from the other hotel. Then, John called the mom and she called the John Hahn at Camp LeJeune. He came to Myrtle beach, talked to the girls and filed a missing persons report.

Then they up and moved out and left her stuff, laughed all the way home and posted party pics.

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S912873.shtml?cat=572

TY RachelRose! What a great post! I had no clue this was how they found out she was missing? They did not care about her at all! This explains alot! They need to put those girls in a room and figure out what went on down there in MB.

[~jomomma~]

on the one girl's FB (who posted the pics) there were a couple of comments that bothered me

one was i think from a male who was on the trip, something like 'it was a great trip even with the crazy chit that happened' (paraphrased...i can't pull it up right now to get the exact words)

and another....i think it was a girl who posted 'leave itt...' i can't remember the rest of it.

did they think it was funny? :confused:

[Ice Cycle]

Well it was also posted yesterday that the BF had spoke with her earlier and she told him she was unhappy or miserable ( forgot wording) due to the girls, and he told her to go out and have fun or something like that, I think he then later tried to text her back and did not get a response. I think it is obvious that when BD left that room their was some sort of conflict or argument.
I wonder if both agencies are there today searching as reported they would be.

[FindtheLost]

Well it was also posted yesterday that the BF had spoke with her earlier and she told him she was unhappy or miserable ( forgot wording) due to the girls, and he told her to go out and have fun or something like that, I think he then later tried to text her back and did not get a response. I think it is obvious that when BD left that room their was some sort of conflict or argument.
I wonder if both agencies are there today searching as reported they would be.

(bold text by me)

I know on the noon news today that Laura Recovery was here. CUE also stated they would be here at least until the end of the week.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10309631

[Ice Cycle]

(bold text by me)

I know on the noon news today that Laura Recovery was here. CUE also stated they would be here at least until the end of the week.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10309631

TY, Lets hope they turn up some good news, though it is looking kind of dim.

[StickyBeak]

Horrible news, body found in Okahumpka, fl. They cannot identify, looks like body been there a few days due to decomp. Gave me the willies, what if BD hitched a ride to florida to see her real dad. Trip is about 8 hours from MB. Not a toddler ref. Trenton Duckett, Haleigh Cummings?
Just too many missing.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-body-found-050609,0,4661295.story

[playnice]

Horrible news, body found in Okahumpka, fl. They cannot identify, looks like body been there a few days due to decomp. Gave me the willies, what if BD hitched a ride to florida to see her real dad. Trip is about 8 hours from MB. Not a toddler ref. Trenton Duckett, Haleigh Cummings?
Just too many missing.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-body-found-050609,0,4661295.story

That would be weird.:scared:

[lune3]

Horrible news, body found in Okahumpka, fl. They cannot identify, looks like body been there a few days due to decomp. Gave me the willies, what if BD hitched a ride to florida to see her real dad. Trip is about 8 hours from MB. Not a toddler ref. Trenton Duckett, Haleigh Cummings?
Just too many missing.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-body-found-050609,0,4661295.story

" a few days" would fit the timeline. I wonder if clothing was found with the body. This is so sad for whoever it is, and for the person's family.

[playnice]

As crazy as this world is I could see someone driving 8 hrs to dump this poor girls body. I pray she is found soon and safe. jmo

For a truck driver it wouldnt be a problem at all.

[~jomomma~]

oh man.....i hope it's not her :crying:

don't they usually say if they think it might be male or female?

[playnice]

oh man.....i hope it's not her :crying:

don't they usually say if they think it might be male or female?

They havent yet. Hopefully soon.

[Ice Cycle]

Horrible news, body found in Okahumpka, fl. They cannot identify, looks like body been there a few days due to decomp. Gave me the willies, what if BD hitched a ride to florida to see her real dad. Trip is about 8 hours from MB. Not a toddler ref. Trenton Duckett, Haleigh Cummings?
Just too many missing.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-body-found-050609,0,4661295.story

Yes one of my first thoughs when I saw this over on the Haleigh board. I believe it is about 300 mi away from Myrtle Beach but their are so many out of towner's there and the timing would apply.
Hope not.

[~jomomma~]

Body found in Lake
County
Updated: Wednesday, 06 May 2009, 3:19 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 06 May 2009, 3:18 PM EDT

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The Lake County Sheriff's Office is investigating the discovery of a body found in a wooded area off of CR 48 in Okahumpka Wednesday.

A man walking his dog found the body just before 10:00 a.m.

Investigators say the body was approximately 200 feet off of CR 48 in the woods near a dirt path and it appears that it has been in there for several days.

The age of sex of the body has not been determined.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/lake_news/050609body_found_lake_county

[lune3]

I don't like the fact that the location of the last cell phone ping was south of MB either.

[playnice]

I don't like the fact that the location of the last cell phone ping was south of MB either.

Its kind of scary that its just been there a few days. What if someone did befriend her and offer to take her to her dads?

[lune3]

Its kind of scary that its just been there a few days. What if someone did befriend her and offer to take her to her dads?

Maybe, but I'm not sure she was in contact with her bio dad. Wasn't Chad her stepdad in the picture when she was just a baby?

I'm thinking more that she "accepted" a ride in MB through another ruse, and was then taken south. I hope this isn't her, it could mean I think that she was kept alive a few days. Ugh.

[lune3]

Is that about where this body has been found?

No, the ping was about 35 miles south of MB. The body was found in Florida.

[doradoll]

Its kind of scary that its just been there a few days. What if someone did befriend her and offer to take her to her dads?

I am in Lake County. Where does her dad live?

[~jomomma~]

I am in Lake County. Where does her dad live?

i think i read in the Tampa area? i'd have to search articles to make sure.

[Ice Cycle]

Maybe, but I'm not sure she was in contact with her bio dad. Wasn't Chad her stepdad in the picture when she was just a baby?

I'm thinking more that she "accepted" a ride in MB through another ruse, and was then taken south. I hope this isn't her, it could mean I think that she was kept alive a few days. Ugh.

Yes I think I read somewhere that she has been in contact with her Bio Dad and I believe visited him before.

[doradoll]

i think i read in the Tampa area? i'd have to search articles to make sure.

well, this area is on the way to Tampa if they came down I-75, but it is quite rural there

it seems unlikely, but anything is possible, there are no missing people this week here that I know of....the five o'clock news is about to start; I will check it out

[lune3]

Thanks I am late and just catching up. I can see her befriending someone and putting trust in them at a bar. Kids just do that these days. I feel so sad for her but I dont think the out come is looking to bringht. Hope I am wrong. jmo

You're welcome. I can see the same scenario. She wasn't happy with the friends, wasn't very welcome at the boys' hotel,.. she was vulnerable. Walking back alone, a pretty girl could very well have been approached..in a bar or on the street, beach, or invited into a car.

[lune3]

Yes I think I read somewhere that she has been in contact with her Bio Dad and I believe visited him before.

Oh I didn't know that. But she called her mom and said she'd be home Sunday. I'm not so sure she would have spontaneously "planned" to go to Tampa.

[Ice Cycle]

Oh I didn't know that. But she called her mom and said she'd be home Sunday. I'm not so sure she would have spontaneously "planned" to go to Tampa.

Well no but the perp could of been from Florida, they seem to have alot of them.

[Destini]

Hmm, a juvenile female body found in North Carolina today.

http://www.witn.com/crime/headlines/44479977.html

Mapquest showing route from Myrtle Beach ....

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Kinston&1s=NC&2c=Myrtle+Beach&2s=SC

[lune3]

Hmm, a juvenile female body found in North Carolina today.

http://www.witn.com/crime/headlines/44479977.html

Mapquest showing route from Myrtle Beach ....

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Kinston&1s=NC&2c=Myrtle+Beach&2s=SC

What on earth is happening these days??
That's only 3 hours north of MB (thanks for the map). But that wouldn't explain the cell phone ping south of MB.
A juvenile...BD was only 5 feet and small boned.

[Destini]

oh my I wonder if it could be her....... She is still a juvenile at 17 .jmo

And she's tiny, 5 ft. tall, 100 lbs ....

Are there any children missing in North Carolina?

[~jomomma~]

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/

about body found in lake county. i haven't watched the video yet.
my computer is being really stupid

[~jomomma~]

Hmm, a juvenile female body found in North Carolina today.

http://www.witn.com/crime/headlines/44479977.html

Mapquest showing route from Myrtle Beach ....

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Kinston&1s=NC&2c=Myrtle+Beach&2s=SC

oh no!!!! what the heck is going on?!

[Destini]

What on earth is happening these days??
That's only 3 hours north of MB (thanks for the map). But that wouldn't explain the cell phone ping south of MB.
A juvenile...BD was only 5 feet and small boned.

It's probably not her. I pray not. But someone's precious child has been found.

[Maelstrom5]

And she's tiny, 5 ft. tall, 100 lbs ....

Are there any children missing in North Carolina?

North Carolina Missing Kids; There are currently 47 listed at NCMEC
www.missingkids.com/precreate/NC.html

[lune3]

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/

about body found in lake county. i haven't watched the video yet.
my computer is being really stupid

Well, only new detail is that they found a "purple corduroy baseball cap nearby".

It would help to know whether the body was clothed, and in what.

[Destini]

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/

about body found in lake county. i haven't watched the video yet.
my computer is being really stupid

Video says a purple corduroy baseball cap was found nearby.

[Destini]

Body in Florida:

Detectives working on an investigation into a body discovered in a wooded area in rural Lake County today just released a description of clothing found on the body.

The clothing included blue jeans, brown work boots and a patterned, collared shirt, according to Sgt. John Herrell with the Lake County Sheriff's Office. A purple baseball cap with no logo also was found with the body, Herrell said in a statement.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-body-found-050609,0,4661295.story

[Ice Cycle]

I though a juvenile was someone under 12 but I guess it could apply to a teenager also.

[IlliniFan]

From the video, we know what clothing B was wearing. We know she didn't go back to her room. I would think if either of the bodies were that of B they would be able to tell from her clothing. (if clothed)

I pray neither is B. Her parents, bf and friends must be terrified by the discovery of any body at this point.

God Bless them

[lune3]

Body in Florida:

Detectives working on an investigation into a body discovered in a wooded area in rural Lake County today just released a description of clothing found on the body.

The clothing included blue jeans, brown work boots and a patterned, collared shirt, according to Sgt. John Herrell with the Lake County Sheriff's Office. A purple baseball cap with no logo also was found with the body, Herrell said in a statement.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-body-found-050609,0,4661295.story

Looks like this being Brittanee can be ruled out fortunately.
Still, a family is missing this person whether there was foul play involved or an accident/natural causes.

[Ice Cycle]

So 2 bodies found today, One in Lake Co Florida that they have not said the gender and the One in North Carolina that is a juvenile female.

[Destini]

So 2 bodies found today, One in Lake Co Florida that they have not said the gender and the One in North Carolina that is a juvenile female.

Yes, that's right ....

The link has been updated on the NC person, with additional information including this:

"All we can say at this point is that the victim was a teenager, believed to be from Lenoir County," Hall said. "The body was found on the tracks, which is not usually where a body will come to rest after being struck by a train."

http://www.enctoday.com/articles/sheriff-55175-kfpress-hall-county.html

[StickyBeak]

Oh my Lord, Maybe time to ban spring break, Just saying.

The area where body found in Okahumpka FL about 8 hr. drive from MB.
http://maps.yahoo.com/map?q1=us&q2=us&mag=5&ard=1#mvt=m&lat=33.69357&lon=-78.882675&mag=5&zoom=18&q1=Myrtle%20Beach%2C%20SC%2C%2029577&q2=%20Okahumpka%2C%20florida

At this point in time, anything is possible. Although, as per BD's boyfriend she Was looking forward to coming home. My question would be How? If her room booked another hotel, God only knows what these guys said to her. Where was she going to see another friend? Possibly someone she met at krytonite or someone she was introduced to by JO.
JMO I pray she is found safe...

[~jomomma~]

UPDATED 5:45 P.M.: An unidentified female body was found on railroad tracks in Jones County on Wednesday.

Jones County Sheriff John Hall confirmed that the body of a female teenager had been discovered on the railroad tracks south of Kinston, approximately 1 mile into Jones County near British road.

Details of the investigation - including the girl's name, physical description or how long she had been dead - are being withheld until investigators can notify the girl's mother and father.

"All we can say at this point is that the victim was a teenager, believed to be from Lenoir County," Hall said. "The body was found on the tracks, which is not usually where a body will come to rest after being struck by a train."

http://www.kinston.com/articles/sheriff-55175-hall-county.html

[FindtheLost]

WMBFNEWS.com - 6:00 newscast - should be online later

About 5 police officers went to Georgetown high school to talk to a student who spent time with BD when she was at the beach. This could be the lead they were talking about earlier. News said they couldn't say for sure that what the police were doing at the high school was directly related to BD but that they were helping MB police.

Hoping for good news.

[playnice]

UPDATED 5:45 P.M.: An unidentified female body was found on railroad tracks in Jones County on Wednesday.

Jones County Sheriff John Hall confirmed that the body of a female teenager had been discovered on the railroad tracks south of Kinston, approximately 1 mile into Jones County near British road.

Details of the investigation - including the girl's name, physical description or how long she had been dead - are being withheld until investigators can notify the girl's mother and father.

"All we can say at this point is that the victim was a teenager, believed to be from Lenoir County," Hall said. "The body was found on the tracks, which is not usually where a body will come to rest after being struck by a train."

http://www.kinston.com/articles/sheriff-55175-hall-county.html

They know who this girl is and it isnt Brittanee.

[Destini]

Drexel’s family continue holding out hope that they’ll find her safe; that hope includes theories about what happened April 25, “She maybe met a couple people and she saw them again at another time and went with them, or like my brother said, she might have made the wrong choice and made a decision that maybe was the wrong one for her.”
http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/search_for_missing_new_york_teen_heats_up/48687/

(snipped)

Georgetown County investigators spent several hours questioning people near the Hopsewee Plantation Wednesday about the case.

The plantation is in the area where Myrtle Beach Police said they picked up a signal from Drexel’s cell phone a few hours after she went missing April 25.

Searches are planned using cadaver dogs in the Hopsewee area for later this week.

The CUE Center for Missing Persons out of Wilmington, NC plan to use cadaver dogs to continue searching the area investigators think Drexel’s cell may be.

[playnice]

Yes I think I read somewhere that she has been in contact with her Bio Dad and I believe visited him before.

IIRC she was supposed to spend spring break with her dad and changed her mind? Maybe feeling so alone that night she decided to just try to get a ride to FL figuring she was going to get in alot of trouble when she went home and mom found out she lied and went on this trip. According to her BF she was miserable on the trip and not getting along with the girls. Add depression to the list and who knows what could have went thru her mind that night.

[Maelstrom5]

Yes, that's right ....

The link has been updated on the NC person, with additional information including this:

"All we can say at this point is that the victim was a teenager, believed to be from Lenoir County," Hall said. "The body was found on the tracks, which is not usually where a body will come to rest after being struck by a train."

http://www.enctoday.com/articles/sheriff-55175-kfpress-hall-county.html

I pray this is not the case but one teen who went missing recently is Ashlee Davenport 16, Missing 4/13/09 Goldsboro, North Carolina. But Ashlee went missing from Wayne County, not Lenoir
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143252708&albumID=2107073&imageID=34170931

[playnice]

WMBFNEWS.com - 6:00 newscast - should be online later

About 5 police officers went to Georgetown high school to talk to a student who spent time with BD when she was at the beach. This could be the lead they were talking about earlier. News said they couldn't say for sure that what the police were doing at the high school was directly related to BD but that they were helping MB police.

Hoping for good news.

Must be pretty important if the went to school and got this person out of class and it took 5 officers to question them. I wonder if the parents of this child were there when he/she was questioned. I thought all these kids that went with her were older?:confused:

[Love]

Good afternoon all. Ive been following this case from day one and this board as well. I appreciate all the info everyones putting forth, i learn more and more everyday:thumbsup: I guess its my criminal justice major that compels me to stay on cases like these. Well i know everyones familiar with the facebook page group dedicated to the search for BD. As some may know there is a guy who posts rude and nasty comments on there from time to time. I was being nosey and found his site dedicated to her case:
http://www.michael-crook.com/brittanee/
Let me tell you, its very disturbing!! I dont know if anyone else got the chance to see all of what hes been saying, but hes been reported to the police after he made a confession to killing BD. Heres the link, just scroll down and click "read this" and it will take you to his confession.
http://www.michael-crook.com/2009/05/05/another-day-no-body/
He probably has NOTHING to do with this case, but it further proves there ARE sick people in this world! Im just beyond belief right now.:crying:

Anyone else know about this guy? Why would he confess to something like this [IF its not true]......

[playnice]

We are forbidden to talk about him or a link to his site.
CW said no.

[Destini]

I pray this is not the case but one teen who went missing recently is Ashlee Davenport 16, Missing 4/13/09 Goldsboro, North Carolina. But Ashlee went missing from Wayne County, not Lenoir
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=143252708&albumID=2107073&imageID=34170931

So, so sad ... so many people missing, some not even really begun to live their life yet.

I will just pray that Ashlee & Brittanee both decided they needed a taste of freedom, wanted to spread their wings, and they will be found safe soon.

I feel so bad for Brittannee's mom. She said no to the spring break trip, but B went anyway. What is a mother supposed to do? You can't handcuff them in their room. And with cell phones, they can say they're anywhere but you never really know where they are. I can relate. Mine are 17 & 20. It's a tough age.

[FindtheLost]

Must be pretty important if the went to school and got this person out of class and it took 5 officers to question them. I wonder if the parents of this child were there when he/she was questioned. I thought all these kids that went with her were older?:confused:

(My Bold)

This person is someone she met at the beach and spent time with. I believe that is how they said it.

So maybe this could be the person she met when she didn't have anywhere else to go. (JMO)

All the reporting has been so vague. I'll be sure to watch the news at 11:00 for an update.

[playnice]

(My Bold)

This person is someone she met at the beach and spent time with. I believe that is how they said it.

So maybe this could be the person she met when she didn't have anywhere else to go. (JMO)

All the reporting has been so vague. I'll be sure to watch the news at 11:00 for an update.

thanks FTL.

[FindtheLost]

So, so sad ... so many people missing, some not even really begun to live their life yet.

I will just pray that Ashlee & Brittanee both decided they needed a taste of freedom, wanted to spread their wings, and they will be found safe soon.

I feel so bad for Brittannee's mom. She said no to the spring break trip, but B went anyway. What is a mother supposed to do? You can't handcuff them in their room. And with cell phones, they can say they're anywhere but you never really know where they are. I can relate. Mine are 17 & 20. It's a tough age.

(My bolding)
I agree. My 17 year went to the lake with his for the weekend and before he could leave I got the cell phone number for every kid there. I also called the parents that owned the lake house to make sure everything was ok'ed by them. My son of course thought I was a bit ridiculous.

[Destini]

We are forbidden to talk about him or a link to his site.
CW said no.

I just hope someone has forwarded his site to LE.

[playnice]

I just hope someone has forwarded his site to LE.

I bet they got tons of emails and calls about it.

[Destini]

(My bolding)
I agree. My 17 year went to the lake with his for the weekend and before he could leave I got the cell phone number for every kid there. I also called the parents that owned the lake house to make sure everything was ok'ed by them. My son of course thought I was a bit ridiculous.

Oh, the stories I could tell about mine ... but won't. Suffice it to say my hair is much grayer than it was 5 years ago.

My son & his girlfriend went with a bunch of friends to Spring Break at Panama City Beach last month. I was a wreck. I even told my son "do not go off alone, stay with the group, if anyone's doing anything they shouldn't call me", & he's 20 years old. He thinks I'm whacked, but it's knowing all we know from reading here that makes us so wary. Makes me feel sick for Brittannee's parents.

[IlliniFan]

O/T little Missouri boy found alive!!!!!!!!!

[FindtheLost]

O/T little Missouri boy found alive!!!!!!!!!

Finally, some good news.

[IlliniFan]

Finally, some good news.

No kidding, thank God that little one was found ok....I bet his Mom and Dad secure that house like Fort Knox....

[~jomomma~]

just fyi guys..........

CW said any posts about that person would be removed as well as any poster who mentions it.

:mellow:

[~jomomma~]

looks like JVM will have something on Brittanee

[~jomomma~]

Thank you so much i didnt know that and deleted it. Once again thank you!


no problem! :biggrin:

[playnice]

no problem! :biggrin:

I try to warn everyone too not because Im mean but that person isnt worth getting banned over and alot of people didnt see the warning.:biggrin:

[LILMANMAX]

I'm having really bad feelings about this. This is awful they found a teenager in Jones County. It could be BD or the other young girl who went missing last month. Its bad news all the way around. So sad. :sad:

[Ice Cycle]

Ok so not to get confused
This is the information for Lake County, Florida

Detectives working on an investigation into a body discovered in a wooded area in rural Lake County today just released a description of clothing found on the body.

The clothing included blue jeans, brown work boots and a patterned, collared shirt, according to Sgt. John Herrell with the Lake County Sheriff's Office. A purple baseball cap with no logo also was found with the body, Herrell said in a statement.

Earlier today, Herrell said detectives were still trying to determine the age and gender.

Herrell said they "are hopeful that the autopsy, scheduled for tomorrow, will produce more information that will aid in identifying the individual and possibly reveal a cause of death. "
Lake County detectives suspect the body may have been at the location, about 200 feet off County Road 48, for a few days due to signs of decomposition, Herrell said earlier today.

Detectives confirmed the body is not that of a toddler, according to a brief statement Herrell put out.

This is for Jones County, North Carolina

The State Bureau of Investigation is in Jones County, after a juvenile female's body was found.
Officials were called to Caswell Station Road near railroad tracks, near the Lenoir County line. That's where the body was found.
An SBI crime scene unit was also at a home on British Road in Jones County, a location also beside railroad tracks.
The SBI said they were called in by the Jones County Sheriff's Office to investigate.

[lune3]

Thanks and we can rule the first one out. The second one is makeing me a little nervous tho.

Other than the fact that B's cell phone ping was south of MB, not towards or within Jones County.
But I know, perp could have traveled south afterwards and dumped the phone.

I'm concerned about the 5 cops who went to the HS in Georgetown area, the kid who evidently B met or talked to on the beach. Ping was in that area.

[playnice]

Other than the fact that B's cell phone ping was south of MB, not towards or within Jones County.
But I know, perp could have traveled south afterwards and dumped the phone.

I'm concerned about the 5 cops who went to the HS in Georgetown area, the kid who evidently B met or talked to on the beach. Ping was in that area.

The other day when the map was posted with the pings she went north before going south. I dont know how far since I dont know the counties. does anyone have that map handy? I believe someone said that was all rural area.

http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/search_continues_for_missing_new_york_teen_monday/48092/

I think this is the video that talked about her pings.

[playnice]

The other day when the map was posted with the pings she went north before going south. I dont know how far since I dont know the counties. does anyone have that map handy? I believe someone said that was all rural area.

http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/search_continues_for_missing_new_york_teen_monday/48092/

I think this is the video that talked about her pings.

Sorry. wrong one.:blushing:

[~jomomma~]

Sorry. wrong one.:blushing:

actually, i think you found the right link but it has today's story on it!
i searched and found the same thing you did! LOL!!

i can't find past stories on that site but a post of mine (with that link) did say she headed north then south. maybe they meant north, while she was walking? i can't remember

[playnice]

actually, i think you found the right link but it has today's story on it!
i searched and found the same thing you did! LOL!!

i can't find past stories on that site but a post of mine (with that link) did say she headed north then south. maybe they meant north, while she was walking? i can't remember

Yeah that sure messed me up when I watched it.:biggrin:

[FindtheLost]

actually, i think you found the right link but it has today's story on it!
i searched and found the same thing you did! LOL!!

i can't find past stories on that site but a post of mine (with that link) did say she headed north then south. maybe they meant north, while she was walking? i can't remember


I think it was north while walking and then south through Surfside and to Georgetown.

[playnice]

I think it was north while walking and then south through Surfside and to Georgetown.

K. Thanks. Looks like NG isnt going to mention it because tot mom has episode when they discovered where she put her daughter.Guess she forgets we heard it last night too.:rolleyes:

[Ice Cycle]

K. Thanks. Looks like NG isnt going to mention it because tot mom has episode when they discovered where she put her daughter.Guess she forgets we heard it last night too.:rolleyes:

Whoo and who cares, would someone actually believe it? I heard about that months ago and stopped keeping up with it weeks ago until the trial.

[lune3]

And the night before that and the night before that too:laugh: I wish they would have something on this case a update would be nice.

I'm anxious to hear about that report regarding the HS kid in Georgetown. Was this a legitimate lead? Was he a kid who actually met B on the beach and could give light to the situation? Is he a POI? How did LE find info on this guy? Did he call himself or did someone in MB (or Georgetown) call in the tip?
So many questions.

[playnice]

Carolina Crimestoppers Join Search for Brittanee
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Carolina-Crimestoppers-Join-Search-for-Brittanee/oREI9iG5z0WBnVuAxrZ2oA.cspx

[Destini]

I'm anxious to hear about that report regarding the HS kid in Georgetown. Was this a legitimate lead? Was he a kid who actually met B on the beach and could give light to the situation? Is he a POI? How did LE find info on this guy? Did he call himself or did someone in MB (or Georgetown) call in the tip?
So many questions.

This was all I could find.

http://www.gtowntimes.com/story/search-resumes

(snipped)

At about 11:30 this morning, five investigators visited Georgetown High School. Police will not comment on the nature of their visit but other sources told the Times they were speaking to a student who said he knows someone who was with Drexel during the weekend she vanished.
The investigators were with the student for about 30 minutes and then left the school.
It’s unknown what, if any, impact the information will have on the search.

[jerzeegirl]

Good afternoon all. Ive been following this case from day one and this board as well. I appreciate all the info everyones putting forth, i learn more and more everyday:thumbsup: I guess its my criminal justice major that compels me to stay on cases like these. Well i know everyones familiar with the facebook page group dedicated to the search for BD. As some may know there is a guy who posts rude and nasty comments on there from time to time. I was being nosey and found his site dedicated to her case:
http://www.michael-crook.com/brittanee/
Let me tell you, its very disturbing!! I dont know if anyone else got the chance to see all of what hes been saying, but hes been reported to the police after he made a confession to killing BD. Heres the link, just scroll down and click "read this" and it will take you to his confession.
http://www.michael-crook.com/2009/05/05/another-day-no-body/
He probably has NOTHING to do with this case, but it further proves there ARE sick people in this world! Im just beyond belief right now.:crying:

Anyone else know about this guy? Why would he confess to something like this [IF its not true]......

yes i know all about michael crook, my niece was killed in a car accident here in nj last month and he started a blog about her and stated how she deserved to die. He is a sick sick person. He is very well known here in NJ. Please dont comment on his blog, this is exactly what he wants, attention. Me and my daughter reported him to authorities last night because he had a pdf file with his confession to killing BD. Of course he most certainly didnt, but this man needs to be stopped.

[lune3]

This was all I could find.

http://www.gtowntimes.com/story/search-resumes

(snipped)

At about 11:30 this morning, five investigators visited Georgetown High School. Police will not comment on the nature of their visit but other sources told the Times they were speaking to a student who said he knows someone who was with Drexel during the weekend she vanished.
The investigators were with the student for about 30 minutes and then left the school.
It’s unknown what, if any, impact the information will have on the search.

Thanks! So this was someone who heard something. He probably called in then. I wonder if LE are following up. I wonder how this kid knows this person (or knows of him) and if this person told him or others he was with Brittanee.

[playnice]

Thanks! So this was someone who heard something. He probably called in then. I wonder if LE are following up. I wonder how this kid knows this person (or knows of him) and if this person told him or others he was with Brittanee.

Also what she may have told this person. What frame of mine was she in?

[FindtheLost]

This was all I could find.

http://www.gtowntimes.com/story/search-resumes

(snipped)

At about 11:30 this morning, five investigators visited Georgetown High School. Police will not comment on the nature of their visit but other sources told the Times they were speaking to a student who said he knows someone who was with Drexel during the weekend she vanished.
The investigators were with the student for about 30 minutes and then left the school.
It’s unknown what, if any, impact the information will have on the search.

Thanks for finding this. I never thought to look in Georgetown's newspaper. Hopefully, they will have more on the 11:00 news.

[playnice]

Thanks for finding this. I never thought to look in Georgetown's newspaper. Hopefully, they will have more on the 11:00 news.

I was brain dead earlier and was thinking student from her school.:blushing:
Wow. Interesting its someone also near the last place her phone pinged. I hope this may lead to the break LE need to find Brittanee.

[~jomomma~]

i hope it helps. that's what they need is one person to start talking. no matter how little info it is....people don't realize what it could mean.

[playnice]

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=296549
Search for Brittanee goes door to door in Georgetown Co

A candlelit vigil is scheduled for 7:00 Friday on the beach behind the Blue Water Resort at 2001 South Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach.

[playnice]

This was all I could find.

http://www.gtowntimes.com/story/search-resumes

(snipped)

At about 11:30 this morning, five investigators visited Georgetown High School. Police will not comment on the nature of their visit but other sources told the Times they were speaking to a student who said he knows someone who was with Drexel during the weekend she vanished.
The investigators were with the student for about 30 minutes and then left the school.
It’s unknown what, if any, impact the information will have on the search.

Myrtle Beach Police say Drexel could be a runaway or they could possibly be dealing with an abduction case.

At the bottom of this article. so I guess they arent ruling out the possibility she ran away.

It seems like she didnt fit with this group and spent alot of time on her own while she was there. These people certainly werent her friends.
If she did meet and hang out with someone from Georgetown I suppose she could have decided to not return home.
I fear foul play but hope there is a happier outcome.

[Love]

We are forbidden to talk about him or a link to his site.
CW said no.

I guess i missed the memo....sorrrry:blushing:

[playnice]

One of the girls said they went their separate ways most of the time - that meaning, Brittanee went off all on her own and the others had friends to hang out with. I think basically they viewed this as giving her a ride down there, and some space on a hotel room floor, and that's about it. Like, do you want a ride to Myrtle beach, since we're going too.

Carol Wagner said the family has added money to Brittanee's bank account, "in case she is out there," and said she wants her to know "nobody is mad at her."

"We are staying at our time share on the north side of the ocean," Wagner said. "She is more than welcome to call. We just want to know that she is safe, and we are here, and we would appreciate her to call back."

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090430/NEWS01/904300359/Leads+give+family++friends+hope+in+search+for+miss ing+Chili+teen
On page one of this article it says carol is the grandma.
I wonder if Brittanee had been there before and perhaps met some people that the family doesnt know about.

[playnice]

I guess i missed the memo....sorrrry:blushing:

Its ok. Your new. dont wanta see ya get in trouble. :biggrin:

[lune3]

One of the girls said they went their separate ways most of the time - that meaning, Brittanee went off all on her own and the others had friends to hang out with. I think basically they viewed this as giving her a ride down there, and some space on a hotel room floor, and that's about it. Like, do you want a ride to Myrtle beach, since we're going too.

Since she didn't know these people well, and they were older than her, I have wondered, why did she go? Her boyfriend stayed home, her normal friends I guess were around. And why did that group even invite her?
I guess she was looking for a new fun experience and getting in with this crowd I guess, but still...

[playnice]

Since she didn't know these people well, and they were older than her, I have wondered, why did she go? Her boyfriend stayed home, her normal friends I guess were around. And why did that group even invite her?
I guess she was looking for a new fun experience and getting in with this crowd I guess, but still...

well IIRC she was depressed, only on med for about a month, didnt take them with her, alot of problems at home with the divorce etc, alot of responsibility taking care of her siblings. Maybe she thought she just needed to get away from it all.
Starting new meds and not taking them along isnt good. she wasnt on them long enough to even see what they were going to do to her. sometimes the dosage needs adjusted and that may have played heck on her emotional state too.

[~jomomma~]

i just saw Dawn's myspace tonight for the first time.

i can see why Brittanee might need to get away for a bit. to myrtle beach?...i don't know...i can see if it was a friend who was going with family that invited her or something like that.

i can see why Dawn would say no

but by looking at Dawn's myspace, i got a feel for what Brit might've been going thru. not only are her parents divorcing, looks like mom's got a BF. i know it's been mentioned here before but i never responded cuz i didn't know where that was coming from.

i guess a lot of kids go thru this kind of stuff these days. i feel so bad for her i just wish she'd be found, dang it. that's probably why Chad's message to her was that he's there for her if she needed him :sad:

[playnice]

i just saw Dawn's myspace tonight for the first time.

i can see why Brittanee might need to get away for a bit. to myrtle beach?...i don't know...i can see if it was a friend who was going with family that invited her or something like that.

i can see why Dawn would say no

but by looking at Dawn's myspace, i got a feel for what Brit might've been going thru. not only are her parents divorcing, looks like mom's got a BF. i know it's been mentioned here before but i never responded cuz i didn't know where that was coming from.

i guess a lot of kids go thru this kind of stuff these days. i feel so bad for her i just wish she'd be found, dang it. that's probably why Chad's message to her was that he's there for her if she needed him :sad:

Where is her myspace? Please dont tell me the BF is the marine.

[~jomomma~]

Where is her myspace? Please dont tell me the BF is the marine.

not THAT marine

http://www.myspace.com/bemibabe

[playnice]

not THAT marine

http://www.myspace.com/bemibabe

Whew. 34 is better than 20. I was scared.

[playnice]

I was wondering why a 17 year old would have such problems with a divorce. They are able to understand stand it better than little kids. If her parents were moving on too fast I think that may have been hard for her.
I wonder if she could just not want to return home and this is why?

[~jomomma~]

I was wondering why a 17 year old would have such problems with a divorce. They are able to understand stand it better than little kids. If her parents were moving on too fast I think that may have been hard for her.

yeah. my ex was around that age too when his parents split and i don't think he ever really got over it. especially with seeing them both with someone else.

what bugged me about that myspace is i didn't see one pic of her with Brittanee on there :sad:

time for me to get to bed

maybe tomorrow we'll have some good news about her.

ETA: or a pic of Brittanee period

[playnice]

Maybe tomorrow some news. GN. I need to go too.

[FindtheLost]

WMBF News -

What kind of tip or lead would send investigators into a high school that is far from the closest to the place where Drexel was last seen alive? Sgt. Neil Johnson with the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office isn't offering an answer to that question, other than that his deputies were simply "assisting the Myrtle Beach Police Department."

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10317996

[bluebird70]

Somewhere on the net i saw a website for Brittanie but now I cant find it...anyone know the link?

[aproudmom]

yes i know all about **** ****, my niece was killed in a car accident here in nj last month and he started a blog about her and stated how she deserved to die. He is a sick sick person. He is very well known here in NJ. Please dont comment on his blog, this is exactly what he wants, attention. Me and my daughter reported him to authorities last night because he had a pdf file with his confession to killing BD. Of course he most certainly didnt, but this man needs to be stopped.


<respectivilty removing name per CW request not to post name or site of this person>
This is all I have to say:cursing:
and glad CW put a stop to linking It's site...sorry for what you and your family had to go through or I would not even be replying to you other than I wanted to say how truly sorry I am to hear this is the normal from this person I did remove the name since our Mod ask not to post It's name or url. and you dont have to worry people on here do not care to read any of that stuff or comment on ITS blogs we seem to be different on this forum we are adults.. Once again I am so sorry for what you had to go through..your all in my thoughts as is BD family

[aproudmom]

Geez. I have a problem with that too. I was looking really hard for just one of her. I dont see communications between them either. So my first impression of her was possibly right, maybe she didn't know her daughter as well as she lead us to believe and possibly, is the reason she left.
Her page is, well ugh. As a mother, it leaves little to be desired. Not the best role model is what I'm trying to say. Maybe she is a runaway.
Who is the gorgeous dark haired guy from NY? Did he know Britt as well? He say's he is one BMF. Myspace and FB never fail to amaze me lol. They are fun to look at, last week there was a special on I think it was npr or cnn radio about women in their 40s who have facebook addictions. They are "addicted" to the messages and the ego boost all the contacts give them. (wow)

I'd put this myspace in that category. No body has been found, that is a good thing so far in this case. What was life really like for her, and can someone refresh my memory is this the case where the mom said she left a whole carton of smokes behind, one pack removed? I struggled with that info as well. Right away I was thinking OK mom, what kind of structure is in the home? She allows her to smoke and buys her a carton? I don't like it. I'm not old fashioned in any way but if my teen lived under my roof, I would not be buying them cancer sticks and dating men and splashing that fact all over myspace.

I hope she is safe, wherever she is. Why is it the homelife is never truly as these people say it is? If something happened in my life, you'd find me just as I am, but it seems people who have things to hide always want us to believe they are just regular hard working good americans. Loving Parents. Etc Etc. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I had not read any of that is this new news? have not been on to much the past couple of days

[aproudmom]

http://helpfindbrittanee.com/

I did not think it was to good of a site IMO it should have more info on it did the family sit it up? or National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

[aproudmom]

WMBF News -

What kind of tip or lead would send investigators into a high school that is far from the closest to the place where Drexel was last seen alive? Sgt. Neil Johnson with the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office isn't offering an answer to that question, other than that his deputies were simply "assisting the Myrtle Beach Police Department."

http://www.wmbfnews.com/global/story.asp?s=10317996

WOW do you think it just could be because most schools were on Spring break at that time and just making sure no one in that area had been in MB? Seems odd they would be going to the school with no tip to take them there..

[aproudmom]

Where is her myspace? Please dont tell me the BF is the marine.

I tried to ask who it was over a week ago..but no one answered me..lol..her soon to be ex is also in the service BD step-father.

[jerzeegirl]

<respectivilty removing name per CW request not to post name or site of this person>
This is all I have to say:cursing:
and glad CW put a stop to linking It's site...sorry for what you and your family had to go through or I would not even be replying to you other than I wanted to say how truly sorry I am to hear this is the normal from this person I did remove the name since our Mod ask not to post It's name or url. and you dont have to worry people on here do not care to read any of that stuff or comment on ITS blogs we seem to be different on this forum we are adults.. Once again I am so sorry for what you had to go through..your all in my thoughts as is BD family

thank you proudmom, our family has been through its toughest times.

[doctor_J]

Whew. 34 is better than 20. I was scared.

I quess there is something I Don't know about navigating Myspace. I can't read thru the Logos and if I click on the pics it says it is set to private. What am I missing?

From what is shown, I'm shocked. Closer to Brittanee's age than Dawn's. She's got 3 kids----ugh! Maybe it was more of a competition than a mother/daughter relationship.

I've never used the HURLING icon but if I could find it I might use it now.

[Short_kid]

yeah. my ex was around that age too when his parents split and i don't think he ever really got over it. especially with seeing them both with someone else.

what bugged me about that myspace is i didn't see one pic of her with Brittanee on there :sad:

time for me to get to bed

maybe tomorrow we'll have some good news about her.

ETA: or a pic of Brittanee period

I was around Brittanee's age when my parents split up and the divorce was not hard on me, seeing them start to date was really difficult though and bothered me for a really long time. I think the situation is compounded for Brittanee seeing as Chad is not her biological father. It would seem that if the man adopted her (like it seems he did) her real father wasn't in the picture for awhile. Don't quote me but for someone to adopt a child the biological father has to relinquish his parental rights (if he was listed as the father), correct? Since both her biological father and stepfather are in the picture the entire situation looks complicated. So dealing with the prospect of losing a father (again) would likely be emotionally taxing at best, especially if her mother was dating people and leaving her to watch her siblings.

[FindtheLost]

WOW do you think it just could be because most schools were on Spring break at that time and just making sure no one in that area had been in MB? Seems odd they would be going to the school with no tip to take them there..


Most students in SC had spring break the week before or the week after Easter. Many local kids do go to the beach on the weekends -if they live close enough to travel back and forth or their parents on houses there. There was a tip but yesterday they did interview a few kids from the school who said they were just asking questions. I do think they had to talk to someone specific while there. Reports differ if it was a person who spent time with or or a person who knew someone who did.

[FindtheLost]

BD's parents are going to be on the Today show in just a minute.

[~jomomma~]

i'm sure you'll let us know what they say :sneaky:

[playnice]

I think understanding more about what was going on may help explain also why she was starting to hang with a crowd different than her normal friends.

[Maelstrom5]

MySpace page set up for Brittanee

Bring Brittanee Drexel HOME!
www.myspace.com/findbrittaneemariedrexel

There is a interesting message that was left in the comment section about the person we can’t name.:wink:

[~jomomma~]

yeah, it's possible she was starting to break away some from what she has been in the past.

she was still playing soccer tho because Dawn mentioned texting her about shoes she needed. so she was still 'into' things. her BF stated that BD would NOT run away. that if she was having those kinds of problems, she would've went to him and talked to him about it (paraphrased)

i know a 17 yr old girl who for the past 2-3 years has been hanging with older kids. i could go on and on about that but i won't. i just don't know how her mother has allowed it. she was riding around in cars with them when she was 14.

i can't remember how old these girls BD went with are. aren't they like 19-20? that's not THAT much older than her. when is BD's b-day? just wondering when she turns 18.

[Maelstrom5]

yeah, it's possible she was starting to break away some from what she has been in the past.

she was still playing soccer tho because Dawn mentioned texting her about shoes she needed. so she was still 'into' things. her BF stated that BD would NOT run away. that if she was having those kinds of problems, she would've went to him and talked to him about it (paraphrased)

i know a 17 yr old girl who for the past 2-3 years has been hanging with older kids. i could go on and on about that but i won't. i just don't know how her mother has allowed it. she was riding around in cars with them when she was 14.

i can't remember how old these girls BD went with are. aren't they like 19-20? that's not THAT much older than her. when is BD's b-day? just wondering when she turns 18.

BRITTANEE MARIE DREXEL
DOB: Oct 7, 1991
Missing Date: Apr 25, 2009
Sex: Female
Race: White
Age Now: 17
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
Weight: 103 lbs (47 kg)
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Missing City: MYRTLE BEACH
Missing State : SC
Missing Country: United States
Case Number: NCMC1121354

www.missingkids.com

[FindtheLost]

Here is the video from the Today show. It seems to me that Dawn is so evasive especially about the timeline. Matt asked specifically about a time line and she talked about the police working hard, etc. Maybe it is my frustration but Dawn seems to never directly answer a question.

Also, the parents stress that she wasn't a runaway. One reason I think Dawn stresses that is because one of the papers reported that she is possibly a runaway because everything points to that.


http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/26411480#30618027

Here is the latest from The State paper too. Nothing new.
http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/777929.html

[StickyBeak]

MySpace page set up for Brittanee

Bring Brittanee Drexel HOME!
www.myspace.com/findbrittaneemariedrexel

There is a interesting message that was left in the comment section about the person we can’t name.:wink:

Interesting also about 5th post down about BD doing coke and having to be hospitalized, bad reaction. She did it again? or just guessing.
This certainly has not been confirmed to my knowledge. Mom's myspace is a real eye opener. Maybe she was so involved in her new romance she dumped the kids on brittanee, JMO
Britannee being supposedly depressed may feel she had nothing to lose, but her BF said she would never leave her siblings. Scary

[Worrywart]

I checked out Dawn's myspace page. Is this normal for mothers to do? I have a FB page dedicated to posting pics of my children for family across the country to view....not of me kissing people (albeit I'm happily married). I was a bit appalled to see this kind of page from a mother of three?? And no pics of Brit? Not casting blame but her interviews are getting to me due to lack of emotion? I don't think she had a clue as to who her daughter was.....

If they are searching a high school something led them there, someone knows and I think they are closing in on a person who is responsible. I hope they find the perp soon and can find her alive.

I am sorry to cast judgement on her mother but just seeing other cases I just don't see the emotion there......her site reminded me of my young teenage cousins sites......but she is a mother of 3? JMO.

[StickyBeak]

I checked out Dawn's myspace page. Is this normal for mothers to do? I have a FB page dedicated to posting pics of my children for family across the country to view....not of me kissing people (albeit I'm happily married). I was a bit appalled to see this kind of page from a mother of three?? And no pics of Brit? Not casting blame but her interviews are getting to me due to lack of emotion? I don't think she had a clue as to who her daughter was.....

If they are searching a high school something led them there, someone knows and I think they are closing in on a person who is responsible. I hope they find the perp soon and can find her alive.

I am sorry to cast judgement on her mother but just seeing other cases I just don't see the emotion there......her site reminded me of my young teenage cousins sites......but she is a mother of 3? JMO.


ITA worry, she seems to be reliving her youth minus the responsibilities of child raising. Odd to see no photos of children. Maybe this is their special meeting place although not set to private. I would like to know how Mom gets her hair sooo big, is she a hairdresser anyone know?
Being on the verge of foreclosure Mom is totally unemotional. Maybe she has the "Ugly Coping" mechanism like CA. JMO
I hope this HS tip or search pans out and real soon.

[Maelstrom5]

Here is the video from the Today show. It seems to me that Dawn is so evasive especially about the timeline. Matt asked specifically about a time line and she talked about the police working hard, etc. Maybe it is my frustration but Dawn seems to never directly answer a question.

Also, the parents stress that she wasn't a runaway. One reason I think Dawn stresses that is because one of the papers reported that she is possibly a runaway because everything points to that.


http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/26411480#30618027

Here is the latest from The State paper too. Nothing new.
http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/777929.html

TY for the links FindtheLost;

One thing I noticed in the Today Show interview is that Dawn’s description of her daughter is not the one that everyone else is giving to the press. Brittanee’s Step-dad, Grandparents and friends describe her as outgoing, persistent in getting her own way, and at least in recent months, somewhat out of control. Dawn says she is shy and would never go off with someone she just met. But the fact is she just did that; took off to Myrtle Beach with people she did not really know well, and did so against her parent’s wishes

[playnice]

TY for the links FindtheLost;

One thing I noticed in the Today Show interview is that Dawn’s description of her daughter is not the one that everyone else is giving to the press. Brittanee’s Step-dad, Grandparents and friends describe her as outgoing, persistent in getting her own way, and at least in recent months, somewhat out of control. Dawn says she is shy and would never go off with someone she just met. But the fact is she just did that; took off to Myrtle Beach with people she did not really know well, and did so against her parent’s wishes

Dawn may have been wrapped up in the divorce and the new BF that she may have not seen what Brit was going thru. jmo

[~jomomma~]

Here is the video from the Today show. It seems to me that Dawn is so evasive especially about the timeline. Matt asked specifically about a time line and she talked about the police working hard, etc. Maybe it is my frustration but Dawn seems to never directly answer a question.

Also, the parents stress that she wasn't a runaway. One reason I think Dawn stresses that is because one of the papers reported that she is possibly a runaway because everything points to that.


http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/26411480#30618027

Here is the latest from The State paper too. Nothing new.
http://www.thestate.com/breaking/story/777929.html

THANKS SO MUCH!!!! :seeya:

i'll have to view it later...can't right now.

[~jomomma~]

i wonder....on Dawn's myspace, are those BD's siblings in the pics we can see? or are they the BF's kids? i saw a reference on there about when he gets home, they'll all be together...them and all 5 kids.

i can't view it from work. don't remember how many different kids i saw on there. i was just bummed when i didn't see any of BD. although, i couldn't view any additional pics...just the ones on her main page.

[Maelstrom5]

Dawn may have been wrapped up in the divorce and the new BF that she may have not seen what Brit was going thru. jmo

I think you are right. I know of one case in New England (the girl was Brittanee's age) her parents were have money problems and thinking about splitting up. They were so involved with what was happening in their own lives they missing the fact that their daughter was hanging out with new friends. When they did realize something was wrong it was too late. Their daughter has been missing for over 5 years and everyone now concedes the fact she was murdered. In a tragic irony, I think her disappearance probably saved her parents marriage.

[Ice Cycle]

G Morning,
Haven't been able to watch the Today Show interview yet but will take everyone's word for it about the Mom being evasive, since that is the way she has been on all other interviews. You know I think many times people think that they should say things on a "need to know" basis as I think LE is doing in the case also. Normally I might agree with that way of thinking but not if my child had missing for that amount of time. I think it goes without saying that her F/B is not the normal Mother F/B but I am not sure that would of affected B.

[Ice Cycle]

Also wondering has anyone heard anymore about that body found in Jones Co, NC ? The last I read was that it was a female teenager thought they though she was from a county next to Jones Co (can recall name)?

[Worrywart]

Also wondering has anyone heard anymore about that body found in Jones Co, NC ? The last I read was that it was a female teenager thought they though she was from a county next to Jones Co (can recall name)?

Kinston Free Press is reporting that no names have been released but believe it to be a female teenager missing from Lenoir County. No other details available but see comments on other sites asking if it's BD.

[Ice Cycle]

On the interview we learned that her father came back into her life a year and half ago. Father said everyone was so excited to see her 3 weeks ago.. To bad she didn't go there for spring break. Im thinking shes dead and prob was already dead when her cell pinged in Georgetown area.

I am leaning that way also, when I first saw the video of her with that big purse I thought their was a possibility that she set this up from the beginning, but believe she would of came out by now and the more I heard the less it sounded that way.
For one thing I read or heard (don't remember) that the BF tried to call her back and her phone was off, he did not say it went to v/m. So she was either mad at him and turned it off or something happened, or both.

[~jomomma~]

anybody see or hear any new reports from any noon news?

i about choked, searching, ....found new headline.. that a body was found floating in a Hilton Head lagoon. article says it's a man tho

http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=10318039

[KittyMom]

Wanting to see good news today. :sad:

[lune3]

anybody see or hear any new reports from any noon news?

i about choked, searching, ....found new headline.. that a body was found floating in a Hilton Head lagoon. article says it's a man tho

http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=10318039

My God, that's three bodies, seemingly found by chance, in two days.

[playnice]

Wouldnt it be nice to get some breaking news today?

[Worrywart]

Wouldnt it be nice to get some breaking news today?

Yes, although I don't think it will be the ending we all want....(She shows up and says sorry for worrying everyone!) :sad:

[Jpanda]

Wouldnt it be nice to get some breaking news today?

Yes, it would! It would be so nice to hear of a lead actually going somewhere. This girl didn't just vanish without a trace. Someone had to have seen SOMETHING.

A little part of me just can't get over the behaviors of the other people who went on the trip with her. I feel like they're hiding SOMETHING, whether it be drug usage, hookups they knew about, etc. Hopefully they've told LE everything they know. I don't necessarily think they're involved in her disappearance, but I definitely think they could shed some light on what Britt was up to that night, which in turn could provide some new clues.

I hope this lead with the Georgetown high school student leads somewhere.

jmo

[FindtheLost]

anybody see or hear any new reports from any noon news?

i about choked, searching, ....found new headline.. that a body was found floating in a Hilton Head lagoon. article says it's a man tho

http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=10318039

There was nothing new on the noon news today about this case just that they are still looking and information about the vigil tomorrow.

Good News for another case - a man missing for three days was at a homeless shelter and saw himself on TV and called police to say he was fine.

[Ice Cycle]

http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S912873.shtml?cat=566

I had read that but somewhere early on either he said or is was reported he said he tried to reach her and said her phone was "off"
because I remember thinking that was odd- for a teenager. I thought it was on NG, might see if I can find it, if time allows.
Hope their is some news today but unfortunately at this point don't think it will be good.

[playnice]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7526937&page=
Brittanee Drexel's Boyfriend Refuses to Give Up Hope or Stop Searching1

I thought there were 4 boys. Now this says 5 boys.
LE says no one has been cleared.

[juliekan]

When did bf give this version of the story?:unsure:

I heard it in a phone interview with Fox.

[Jpanda]

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7526937&page=
Brittanee Drexel's Boyfriend Refuses to Give Up Hope or Stop Searching1

I thought there were 4 boys. Now this says 5 boys.
LE says no one has been cleared.

I'm so glad her boyfriend isn't giving up hope.

[playnice]

I'm so glad her boyfriend isn't giving up hope.

Yeah. It seems he really cared alot about her. If they dont find her alive he will be devastated.

[justathought]

Did the police verify that Peter and his friends attended a party after Brittanee left their hotel room?

[Ice Cycle]

Did the police verify that Peter and his friends attended a party after Brittanee left their hotel room?

I had heard that also or read it somewhere, I believe it said college party but don't know if it was ever verified.

[justathought]

I have read it several times, playnice also posted a link

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7526937&page=

[playnice]

Thanks! That's the first I'd had read that they went to a party before leaving Myrtle Beach.

Unimportant, but interesting, no one seems to know how to spell Peter's name. I wonder how many other errors there are in these media accounts.

I didnt realize they had went to a party after she left. Wonder where they partied at and if she showed up to party with them? I was assuming her leaving their hotel alone would clear them. But if they met up later that opens the door back up.
I wish there was more national coverage on this and LE would hold PC and do updates. There are inconsistances between different media reports esp about the text messaging. Its hard to nail a timeline.

[~jomomma~]

Authorities do not believe foul play was involved in the death of a Kinston teenager whose body was found near some railroad tracks in Jones County Wednesday.

District Attorney Dewey Hudson tells WITN News that the victim was Deamaris Guzman of Kinston. He says the 13-year-old girl died from blunt force trauma to the head and believes she was injured while jumping on or off a moving train.

Hudson says the death has been ruled an accident, though there is evidence that someone else was also injured.

The body was found off Caswell Station Road near railroad tracks, not far from the Lenoir County line.

The district attorney says they're in the process of trying to interview others who may have been involved.

http://www.witn.com/crime/headlines/44479977.html

[Ice Cycle]

Authorities do not believe foul play was involved in the death of a Kinston teenager whose body was found near some railroad tracks in Jones County Wednesday.

District Attorney Dewey Hudson tells WITN News that the victim was Deamaris Guzman of Kinston. He says the 13-year-old girl died from blunt force trauma to the head and believes she was injured while jumping on or off a moving train.

Hudson says the death has been ruled an accident, though there is evidence that someone else was also injured.

The body was found off Caswell Station Road near railroad tracks, not far from the Lenoir County line.


The district attorney says they're in the process of trying to interview others who may have been involved.

http://www.witn.com/crime/headlines/44479977.html

Thanks for the update, been waiting to here about this. Sad

[~jomomma~]

Horse search teams arrive for Brittanee search
By Graeme Moore
Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 1:38 p.m.

Mounted horse search teams are beginning to arrive in Georgetown County for a renewed search effort for missing 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel.

The Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children out of Texas and the CUE Center for Missing Persons sent out alerts to volunteer horse units on Wednesday, and they expect as many as 100 teams could be on the ground by Saturday.

The Darlington County Sheriff's office sent its Mounted Patrol Unit with two horses, and three officers. River View Farms out of Little River has four horses, and two volunteers from Loris have arrived.

The searchers are scouring areas around the North Santee River community in southern Georgetown County for any signs of Drexel. The Rochester, NY, native was on Spring Break in Myrtle Beach when she vanished around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, April 25, after leaving the Blue Water Resort on Ocean Boulevard. Myrtle Beach Police were able to pick up a signal that Drexel's cell phone beamed to a tower a few hours later near the Santee Rivers in Georgetown County. The cell phone communicated with the tower the following day, on Sunday, but there has been no activity from it since.

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=297026

[~jomomma~]

i thought the BF called Dawn to tell her BD was missing, then Dawn called marine friend

:shrug:


i need a nap...bbl guys!

[lune3]

Horse search teams arrive for Brittanee search
By Graeme Moore
Thursday, May 07, 2009 at 1:38 p.m.

Mounted horse search teams are beginning to arrive in Georgetown County for a renewed search effort for missing 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel.

The Laura Recovery Center for Missing Children out of Texas and the CUE Center for Missing Persons sent out alerts to volunteer horse units on Wednesday, and they expect as many as 100 teams could be on the ground by Saturday.

The Darlington County Sheriff's office sent its Mounted Patrol Unit with two horses, and three officers. River View Farms out of Little River has four horses, and two volunteers from Loris have arrived.

The searchers are scouring areas around the North Santee River community in southern Georgetown County for any signs of Drexel. The Rochester, NY, native was on Spring Break in Myrtle Beach when she vanished around 8:45 p.m. Saturday, April 25, after leaving the Blue Water Resort on Ocean Boulevard. Myrtle Beach Police were able to pick up a signal that Drexel's cell phone beamed to a tower a few hours later near the Santee Rivers in Georgetown County. The cell phone communicated with the tower the following day, on Sunday, but there has been no activity from it since.

http://www.carolinalive.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=297026

This is the first I hear that B's cell phone pinged twice... "a few hours" after she vanished, and again the next day.

I so hope the searchers find something that leads to answers.

[Ice Cycle]

Authorities do not believe foul play was involved in the death of a Kinston teenager whose body was found near some railroad tracks in Jones County Wednesday.

District Attorney Dewey Hudson tells WITN News that the victim was Deamaris Guzman of Kinston. He says the 13-year-old girl died from blunt force trauma to the head and believes she was injured while jumping on or off a moving train.

Hudson says the death has been ruled an accident, though there is evidence that someone else was also injured.

The body was found off Caswell Station Road near railroad tracks, not far from the Lenoir County line.

The district attorney says they're in the process of trying to interview others who may have been involved.

http://www.witn.com/crime/headlines/44479977.html

I had never heard of the next day ping either, it does make me wonder if this was a deliberate diversion.

[doctor_J]

This is the first I hear that B's cell phone pinged twice... "a few hours" after she vanished, and again the next day.

I so hope the searchers find something that leads to answers.

I wonder if there is a reporting problem here. It has been reported that the phone pinged "around midnight" and "just after midnight". I'm think it was 1 ping but questionable whether it was Sat. night or Sunday morning. The difference being only a minute or 2?

[juliekan]

I remember hearing a report of the bf telling BD to go out and have a good time on her last night in MB. Don't remember the exact wording. But I do remember thinking how strange it was. he was probably just sounding like a guy..."blow them off if they're mean, have a good time tonight, you'll be home tomorrow."

What other option did BD have except to stay in MB and have a good time? Had she asked him for some $$ to maybe ride the bus home? Had she asked him for $$ since she was broke? he was in Rochester, no way to get $$ to her, she had money of her own plus the money family members had given her for Easter, don't know how much she still had.

Why would bf call the military friend to make the police report? Why not ask the people already in MB to do that? the bf called John Hahn, the friend in the military to call Ms. Drexel and tell her B was missing. She then called the Monroe County PD, and also was looking for the number for the MBPD to call them. John Hahn said he would go to MB. None of the so called "friends" in MB called to report B missing, only called the boyfriend John Grieco.


respectfully snipped and all in red are my replies.

links to this sort of info here:
http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/search_for_missing_ny_teen_continues/46665/

the video has most of the info, the articles in the same box are good...if you start at the bottom of the box it will be the oldest articles posted.

When the video was shot, the mom had not slept in about 32 hours. I bet she hasn't had much sleep since then either:rose:

[lune3]

I wonder if there is a reporting problem here. It has been reported that the phone pinged "around midnight" and "just after midnight". I'm think it was 1 ping but questionable whether it was Sat. night or Sunday morning. The difference being only a minute or 2?

Yes maybe. The wording though implies a second ping during daytime on Sunday. Otherwise they might say twice "that night" or something similar.
In any case her phone was in that area and that fact does not bode well.

[Alwill978]

respectfully snipped and all in red are my replies.

links to this sort of info here:
http://www.scnow.com/scp/news/local/grand_strand/article/search_for_missing_ny_teen_continues/46665/

the video has most of the info, the articles in the same box are good...if you start at the bottom of the box it will be the oldest articles posted.

When the video was shot, the mom had not slept in about 32 hours. I bet she hasn't had much sleep since then either:rose:

Ok..now I am lost..i will read the link. But I thought the BF (JG) called the "so called" FRIENDS in MB about BD because he was concerned when he didnt hear from her. AND THEN BF (JG) called the "MOTHER" Dawn...who then called the "MARINE" ...who called the BF (JG)???/
do i sound lost or what!?

[Dogmatic]

It is my opinion that she was abducted.

She sent a text at 9:15 pm, and from that point forward she made no other phone calls and sent no more text messages.

Very uncharacteristic of this young girl who spent hours daily talking on her phone and texting. She received her boyfriends text but was unable to respond. I'm guessing her phone was taken from her and deposited somewhere, where it eventually ran out of battery and shut itself off.

[tadpole]

Please correct me?

I probably missed a discussion about this as have been away for a few days, so forgive me if this has been rehashed, but I noted the link to the "last video" (see links only thread) was supposedly taken of BD heading "southward" on the blvd. at "8:15".

I haven't found this video elsewhere.

I can only see the tiny thumbnail in that article that is linked to - so there may be more information in a full size video I'm not getting, but...

...isn't Bar Harbor north of Bluewater? The news articles keep saying 1010 as the address, but the official address of Blue Harbor on their website/and google link (and looks exactly like the hotel all the reporters are standing in front of) is 100 N. Bluewater is 2001 S. With those two pieces of info I "walked" the Google streetmap between the two hotels (about 1.4 miles). You go north past some sort of amusement park.

Where have I gotten my info wrong?

If not, and she was heading south - she was definitely going in the wrong direction?

[juliekan]

Ok..now I am lost..i will read the link. But I thought the BF (JG) called the "so called" FRIENDS in MB about BD because he was concerned when he didnt hear from her. AND THEN BF (JG) called the "MOTHER" Dawn...who then called the "MARINE" ...who called the BF (JG)???/
do i sound lost or what!?

you posted:
I thought the BF (JG) called the "so called" FRIENDS in MB about BD because he was concerned when he didnt hear from her.

this is true, after which, according to the first video, he called John H.

as for the rest of your post:
nope you're not so :blink:, that's what i thought also. but in the first video with the mom, this is what she says (i just listened to it again). of course she had been up 32 hrs and was in shock (i would surmise), so maybe she got it confused. may be more likely the media, since both are named "John"

[Alwill978]

Please correct me?

I probably missed a discussion about this as have been away for a few days, so forgive me if this has been rehashed, but I noted the link to the "last video" (see links only thread) was supposedly taken of BD heading "southward" on the blvd. at "8:15".

I haven't found this video elsewhere.

I can only see the tiny thumbnail in that article that is linked to - so there may be more information in a full size video I'm not getting, but...

...isn't Bar Harbor north of Bluewater? The news articles keep saying 1010 as the address, but the official address of Blue Harbor on their website/and google link (and looks exactly like the hotel all the reporters are standing in front of) is 100 N. Bluewater is 2001 S. With those two pieces of info I "walked" the Google streetmap between the two hotels (about 1.4 miles). You go north past some sort of amusement park.

Where have I gotten my info wrong?

If not, and she was heading south - she was definitely going in the wrong direction?

I wish I could help...but honestly...this case ..the information given out since day 1 ...seems to be contridicted with another news article. Like time line....who got what calls about BD, where/when last texts, phones, was she returning shorts or red flip flops, was she wearing a purple shirt or multicolored or a dress, was she walking north or south, the distance between the places, EVEN the timeframes they reported showing BD entering and exiting the lobby of hotel do not match what the video showed and news reported....NOTHING MATCHES UP!!!?? and honestly..with all this mix up...i am not sure we will ever find her?:crying: Its another Natalie Holloway case ..all over.

I am completely lost!

[lune3]

It is my opinion that she was abducted.

She sent a text at 9:15 pm, and from that point forward she made no other phone calls and sent no more text messages.

Very uncharacteristic of this young girl who spent hours daily talking on her phone and texting. She received her boyfriends text but was unable to respond. I'm guessing her phone was taken from her and deposited somewhere, where it eventually ran out of battery and shut itself off.

I agree. She was either forcibly abducted, which I think is unlikely given the crowds, or she was lured with a ruse and then once whoever had her in his vehicle or location or wherever she was taken, prevented her from escaping. Either way, it's an abduction. IMO

[bluebird70]

http://helpfindbrittanee.com/

Thanks, I must have been spelling her name wrong in my google search..too bad the website isnt posting updates...

[aproudmom]

I agree. She was either forcibly abducted, which I think is unlikely given the crowds, or she was lured with a ruse and then once whoever had her in his vehicle or location or wherever she was taken, prevented her from escaping. Either way, it's an abduction. IMO

I have to agree with you guess nothing new on the searches..

[tadpole]

I wish I could help...but honestly...this case ..the information given out since day 1 ...seems to be contridicted with another news article. Like time line....who got what calls about BD, where/when last texts, phones, was she returning shorts or red flip flops, was she wearing a purple shirt or multicolored or a dress, was she walking north or south, the distance between the places, EVEN the timeframes they reported showing BD entering and exiting the lobby of hotel do not match what the video showed and news reported....NOTHING MATCHES UP!!!?? and honestly..with all this mix up...i am not sure we will ever find her?:crying: Its another Natalie Holloway case ..all over.

I am completely lost!

Thanks for that! I have been trying to go through the threads carefully but my eyes start to go all cross-eyed after an hour and I'm only a few pages in! LOL

I started constructing a timeline earlier in the week, but put it aside and just now getting back to it. You are right, and it IS frustrating - all the misinformation. A more accurate reporting of the timeline might have helped initially. I still see her missing in current news reports at 8:45 and I just don't know what that correlates to except the alleged text to JO and friends that she was coming back with shorts. And I'm not even sure that's not also been reported as 8:15. Why not report the time she left hotel? Or the time of the last text - 9:15?

[bluebird70]

I just want to say that I dont think this was a case of mom not knowing her daughter's secret life. Teens lie. Teens do things they aernt supposed to do. With shows like MTV glamorizing spring break, what teenager wouldnt be tempted into going on an unsupervised trip to a place known as a hot party spot? This has been yet another eye opener for me as a mom of a 14 and 18 year old to never, EVER assume the kids are telling the truth. But sometimes parents let their guard down and trust their kids. It happens. There are millions of parents who will never know what their kids have done because they were fortunate and returned safely and did not get caught. Just sayin...

[aproudmom]

Thanks, I must have been spelling her name wrong in my google search..too bad the website isnt posting updates...

ITA it is not a good site to get updates IMO figured they would have the video of her and updates but is it just ran by the NCMEC or the Family?

[aproudmom]

I just want to say that I dont think this was a case of mom not knowing her daughter's secret life. Teens lie. Teens do things they aernt supposed to do. With shows like MTV glamorizing spring break, what teenager wouldnt be tempted into going on an unsupervised trip to a place known as a hot party spot? This has been yet another eye opener for me as a mom of a 14 and 18 year old to never, EVER assume the kids are telling the truth. But sometimes parents let their guard down and trust their kids. It happens. There are millions of parents who will never know what their kids have done because they were fortunate and returned safely and did not get caught. Just sayin...

great post and agree with you

[aproudmom]

I wish I could help...but honestly...this case ..the information given out since day 1 ...seems to be contridicted with another news article. Like time line....who got what calls about BD, where/when last texts, phones, was she returning shorts or red flip flops, was she wearing a purple shirt or multicolored or a dress, was she walking north or south, the distance between the places, EVEN the timeframes they reported showing BD entering and exiting the lobby of hotel do not match what the video showed and news reported....NOTHING MATCHES UP!!!?? and honestly..with all this mix up...i am not sure we will ever find her?:crying: Its another Natalie Holloway case ..all over.

I am completely lost!

you and alot of us are lost it seems things have changed since this story started

[aproudmom]

Thanks for that! I have been trying to go through the threads carefully but my eyes start to go all cross-eyed after an hour and I'm only a few pages in! LOL

I started constructing a timeline earlier in the week, but put it aside and just now getting back to it. You are right, and it IS frustrating - all the misinformation. A more accurate reporting of the timeline might have helped initially. I still see her missing in current news reports at 8:45 and I just don't know what that correlates to except the alleged text to JO and friends that she was coming back with shorts. And I'm not even sure that's not also been reported as 8:15. Why not report the time she left hotel? Or the time of the last text - 9:15?

lol it will drive you nuts trying to figure it out tad I have no idea why a timeline was not put out very early on..how hard is it to get at least that much..OK guess that was a stupid question on my part..

[aproudmom]

so mom thinks they cleared the wrong guys? she really feels they did something even though they have been cleared..just heard the BF on HLN when was he on NG? last night? so the girls were not considered friends so who invited her and who drove her..I think they were just scared in the beginning that they could be in trouble cause of her age..

[StickyBeak]

lol it will drive you nuts trying to figure it out tad I have no idea why a timeline was not put out very early on..how hard is it to get at least that much..OK guess that was a stupid question on my part..

ITA, the timeline seems to change, I think LE is witholding alot to the Media. The Media is so inconsistent IMO. The BF said his last text was 9:16 to BD's phone, no response. Shut Off, or did he get voice Mail and leave a msg. Accordingly with no word from her, he contacted that other girls? Do I have that right? or maybe he contacted the guys. So then he also is the one who made the call to Dawn, the Mother and she then contacted old family marine friend in Camp Lejeune. Yikes.... Not a whole lot coming from Mom and bio Dad said Nada IMO. I wish someone from Rochester would get on here and give us the scoop. Whatever happened to the Pink Poster?

All just my rambeling Opinion.

[Ice Cycle]

ITA, the timeline seems to change, I think LE is witholding alot to the Media. The Media is so inconsistent IMO. The BF said his last text was 9:16 to BD's phone, no response. Shut Off, or did he get voice Mail and leave a msg. Accordingly with no word from her, he contacted that other girls? Do I have that right? or maybe he contacted the guys. So then he also is the one who made the call to Dawn, the Mother and she then contacted old family marine friend in Camp Lejeune. Yikes.... Not a whole lot coming from Mom and bio Dad said Nada IMO. I wish someone from Rochester would get on here and give us the scoop. Whatever happened to the Pink Poster?

All just my rambeling Opinion.

I think the time frame changing has been due to some bad reporting and of course the Mother being so evasive hasn't helped.
You would think their would be some reporter in SC or Rochester that would be following enough to get the facts straight.
I wonder if it has something to due with this not happening in her home town that the reporting is not as well.

[StickyBeak]

I think the time frame changing has been due to some bad reporting and of course the Mother being so evasive hasn't helped.
You would think their would be some reporter in SC or Rochester that would be following enough to get the facts straight.
I wonder if it has something to due with this not happening in her home town that the reporting is not as well.

My Bold, Your are correct, seems like local gossip is all, but then again, What is there to report? The local LE and volunteer groups in MB are certainly knocking their socks off looking IMO. The family members and possibly her BF are looking. What can we really expect short of a call home or a body. Think we are too used to some sort daily update/timeline. I am just so concerned the longer this goes on, the less likely will be a good happy ending.