MORE HEARTACHE FOR MOM OF BRITTANEE DREXEL MURDERED ON SPRING BREAK
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 6 June 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
It's been more than 26 years since a 17-year-old New York girl disappears during a spontaneous Spring Break trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Ultimately, Brittanee Drexel 's remains were found and her killer confessed.
Drexel was last seen on video after she walked out the Bar Harbor hotel near downtown. She texted her boyfriend that she was returning to her hotel and was never seen again.
Convicted sex offender Raymond Moody was first questioned about the girl's disappearance when Drexel when missing. Police searched Moody's residence but found nothing to link him to the crime. Technology advance in the years since rekindled suspicions that Moody was the killer and he has pleaded guilty to the charges of murder and first-degree sexual misconduct. He has been sentenced to life in prison.
Dawn Conley, mother of 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel, filed a wrongful death and emotional distress lawsuit and was awarded $700 million in damages. Raymond Moody has not paid the judgment.
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Dawn Drexel - Victim's Mother
- Jarrett Ferentino - Pennsylvania Attorney/Homicide Prosecutor, Attorney to Dawn Drexel
- Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA www.angelaarnoldmd.com, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital
- Sheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
- Dr. Michelle DuPre - Former Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Author: "Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide", Forensic Consultant DMichelleDupreMD.com
- Nicole Boone - Special Events Anchor, WBTW (Myrtle Beach), Host and Producer: "Conversations with Nicole" podcast, www.wbtw.com, Facebook.com/Conversations.Nicole.Boone, Instagram: @nicoletvnews, Twitter: @WBTW_NicoleB, Youtube: "Conversations with Nicole"
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:03.4 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:12.4 | Well, it's Saturday night, and I've got something special. |
| 0:18.2 | You know, you never know the depths of evil. You don't. So often I say, well, I've seen it all. And then something else happens. And then I say, I've seen it all. Tonight, heartache for the mother of a beautiful young girl murdered on spring break. |
| 0:38.7 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us. |
| 0:44.1 | The mom finds out her daughter snuck off to go to spring break. But that wasn't the end of |
| 0:50.7 | her shock. She then discovers her 17-year-old daughter, who had snuck off to Myrtle Beach, |
| 0:57.8 | South Carolina, faced every parent's just worst nightmare possible. Her daughter, Britney, last seen |
| 1:07.3 | on security video from Blue Water Resort. |
| 1:15.3 | After that, she was kidnapped, assaulted, and murdered. |
| 1:20.9 | But tonight, believe it or not, it can get worse. |
| 1:26.2 | For years, the case goes unsolved and then amazingly, |
| 1:31.4 | Britney's killer, Raymond Moody, is brought to justice. |
| 1:38.8 | After she watches Moody be sentenced to life behind bars, she files a lawsuit, accusing Moody and the Blue Water Resort, where Brittany stayed of wrongful conduct leading to Britney's death. |
| 1:46.3 | And I've got to tell you, this is one of the worst cases I've ever seen what was done to Brittany. |
| 1:52.1 | Just one year ago, a jury says Moody intentionally caused Britney's family great emotional distress. |
| 2:01.3 | But in the last hours, we learn the killer. |
| 2:05.9 | Moody has blocked the mom's payout after years of suffering. |
| 2:12.2 | Oh, I mean, no depths, has no remorse, no sympathy, nothing after what he did to this girl. |
| 2:24.9 | What happened to Brittany Drexel? |
| 2:27.6 | First of all, take a listen, WBTW in Myrtle Beach. |
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