Finding Brittanee Drexel

Raymond Moody and his longtime girlfriend, Angel Vause, are cornered. Their years of covering up one of the most notorious disappearances in modern South Carolina history are coming to an end. But investigators need two final pieces to complete the puzzle: a confession by Brittanee Drexel's killer, and the location of her body. Who will talk first? One year after Raymond Moody's guilty plea, hear...

After 13 years, law enforcement has Brittanee Drexel's real killer in its sights. The suspect is Raymond Douglas Moody, a man with a monstrous history of sexual violence targeting young women. Investigators go back to the drawing board, using new technology to reexamine old evidence as they close in on the man who evaded their grasp once before. ~~~~~~~~~~ Finding Brittanee Drexel is a documentary...

You cannot tell the story of Brittanee Drexel without telling the story of Timothy Da'Shaun Taylor. Law enforcement came tantalizingly close in 2011 to arresting Brittanee Drexel's kidnapper and killer, but local investigators were unable to put the last few pieces of the puzzle together at that time. Years later, a fantastical story from a questionable source drew attention away from the real sus...

You cannot tell the story of Brittanee Drexel without telling the story of Timothy Da'Shaun Taylor. Law enforcement came tantalizingly close in 2011 to arresting Brittanee Drexel's kidnapper and killer, but local investigators were unable to put the last few pieces of the puzzle together at that time. Years later, a fantastical story from a questionable source drew attention away from the real sus...

Authorities in May 2022 finally arrested the serial rapist responsible for Brittanee Drexel's death, solving a murder and kidnapping case that cast a shadow over the state of South Carolina nearly 15 years. But the frustrating part is detectives came agonizingly close to solving the case 11 years earlier, and even identified the suspecT: Raymond Douglas Moody. In this episode you'll hear the horri...

Brittanee's friends and loved ones have lost contact with her, and within minutes sound the alarm. A massive search effort begins, trekking from the sunny shores of Myrtle Beach deep into murky and hostile Lowcountry swamps. Yet solid leads and clues are nonexistent. As days and weeks turn to months and years, the desperate search goes astray. Events are set in motion that will derail the investig...

In this special bonus episode, you'll hear a sidebar story from Anne Emerson's visit to Brittanee's hometown in Chili, New York, a suburb of Rochester. A memorial tree is planted in Brittanee's honor at the soccer fields where she spent so much time as a youth. While there, Anne met with Mike Slattery, who was one of Brittanee's soccer coaches growing up. In an emotional conversation, Slattery tal...

Brittanee Drexel was going down the wrong path long before it led to her disappearance. Her Dad saw it happening. He says he even knows when it started. He tried his best to intervene. In hindsight, her best friend could see it happening, too. But the world looks different through the eyes of 17-year-olds. Instant gratification clouds good choices. Danger hides in plain view. But with trouble and...

South Carolina's most infamous missing person case of the 21st century reached a stunning climax in May 2022. Brittanee Drexel was not lost. She was taken, and then she was killed. After 13 agonizing years, the world finally learned by who. In this episode, we begin laying the foundation of Brittanee's story — from the ominous prelude to her disappearance, to the volatile investigation into her ki...

Episode 1 of Unsolved South Carolina's "Finding Brittanee Drexel" podcast will be available for download or streaming beginning Wednesday, December 14. Get a preview of what to expect from the series in this teaser trailer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finding Brittanee Drexel is a documentary podcast from WCIV’s Edward R. Murrow award-winning  Unsolved South Carolina  series. In it you’ll hear...

Finding Brittanee Drexel is a new podcast from WCIV’s Edward R. Murrow award-winning  Unsolved South Carolina  series. In it you’ll hear exclusive interviews with Brittanee’s family, and get unprecedented access to details of an investigation spanning more than a decade. Join investigative reporter Anne Emerson for stories of daring searches through murky South Carolina swamps, the dogge...