The missing New Yorker was searched for 13 years: the mystery of her loss was solved by accident

Last week, the body of a 17-year-old New York girl was found who disappeared while visiting Myrtle Beach in South Carolina 13 years ago. The criminal who stole her has been charged with murder, kidnapping and rape. NBC New York.

Brittany Drexel was last seen in April 2009 walking between hotels in Myrtle Beach. Her boyfriend got worried when she stopped responding to his text messages.

Drexel was kidnapped that night by Raymond Douglas Moody, who raped and killed her. And then he buried her body in the woods, Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver said at a May 16 press conference.

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Drexel's body was found last Wednesday (May 11) in Georgetown County. About 56 kilometers down the coast from where she disappeared. This comes after lengthy investigations, including the arrest of Moody, 62, on May 4 on obstruction of justice charges. When he was arrested, they were not suspected of killing the girl, but then the puzzle was formed and the man's involvement in the crime was established.

Sheriff Weaver said that Moody has a long history of sex crimes. Moody was added to the South Carolina sex offender registry in 1983. Then he was convicted of sodomy with the use of violence against persons under 14 years of age and kidnapping.

The sheriff, the police chief, the FBI agent and the lawyer all said little on Monday about what helped them solve the case after 13 years of searching, speculation and ridiculous rumors. Including there were even talks about the fact that the bodies of victims of sexual violence are fed to alligators.