Sex offender Raymond Moody sentenced in murder of NY teen Brittanee Drexel, who disappeared in 2009

A South Carolina intercourse offender admitted he raped and murdered an upstate New York lady whereas she was on spring break 13 years in the past — calling himself a “monster” Wednesday as he was slapped with a life sentence for the crime.

Raymond Moody, 62, pleaded responsible earlier than his sentencing within the slaying of 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel, who had traveled to Myrtle Seaside for a spring break journey in 2009.

Moody, showing in court docket with a crutch, informed the court docket that he hadn’t been reformed after serving earlier jail time for kidnapping and raping a 9-year-old, stories stated.

“I served 20 years and I assumed it was sufficient, nevertheless it wasn’t. I used to be a monster then, and I used to be a monster after I took Brittanee Drexel’s life,” Moody informed the court docket, in keeping with the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

Raymond Moody is escorted right into a South Carolina courtroom on Oct. 19, 2022. He was sentenced to life behind bars for the 2009 slaying of Brittanee Drexel.

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“I don’t have the phrases to specific how horrible I really feel and I've felt ever since that day. I’m very sorry.”

Drexel was reported lacking April 25, 2009 however her stays weren’t recovered till Might in Georgetown County, when Moody directed cops to the place he had dumped the Rochester lady’s physique after raping and strangling her.

Drexel – who was final seen leaving a resort — had been strolling alone in Myrtle Seaside on the night time she disappeared and voluntarily hopped into Moody’s automotive with him and his ex-girlfriend to smoke marijuana, he informed cops.

The three went to a campground in Georgetown, the place Moody deliberate to have intercourse with the lady as soon as his girlfriend left, Myrtle Seaside On-line reported.

Chad Drexel addresses the court docket concerning the lack of his daughter Brittanee.

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Moody then flew right into a rage, pressured her to take off her garments and raped her earlier than killing her, in keeping with the outlet.

Moody’s ex-girlfriend wore a wire and cops used evolving know-how to hyperlink his automotive to the lady’s disappearance to lastly break the case after greater than a decade, stories stated.

The sufferer’s grieving mother, Daybreak Drexel, stated “no one wins” regardless of the decision – which included two 30-year sentences on fees of kidnapping and legal sexual conduct within the case.

Rochester native Brittanee Drexel disappeared whereas spring breaking in Myrtle Seaside.

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“For 13 years, I've looked for Brittanee, and for 13 years, I suffered the loss of a kid,” she informed Myrtle Seaside On-line.