On May 5, awash in tips and alleged reported sightings of Brittanee, police released surveillance images of her entering and leaving the Blue Water Resort on the night of April 26, the teen wearing black shorts, a printed tank-top and silver flipflops, her purse over her shoulder. The family had set up a website,, through which people could donate. But already there were scammers trying to make a buck from the family's ordeal, John said, people knocking on doors asking for donations, claiming it was for the search. 'It's kind of hard to be in Rochester without Brittanee.' He described her as 'a really strong-headed person,' and he didn't think she had run away or harmed herself. 'My whole life in Rochester had Brittanee involved with it,' he said, noting that they had been dating off and on for two and a half years. John Grieco, who also went to Myrtle Beach during that first week, told, that he had taken a break from work and school to focus on the search for his girlfriend. 'Sinister? I don't know,' the captain said, noting that they could also have merely wanted to get an early start on their 16-hour drive home before work or school the next day.īut, Knipes added, 'Nobody's been cleared. You don't clear anybody until the case is closed.' and 2 a.m. later that night and drove back to Rochester, Knipe also told. It could range the whole gamut from 'I'm a runaway' to 'I've been abducted and killed.''Ī Myrtle Beach Police report stated that two of the five guys Brittanee met at the Blue Water Resort that night told investigators she only stayed for about 10 minutes, then left to return some clothing to another friend. The whole group checked out of their room sometime between 1 a.m. 'It could go either way.'Īs yet there was 'no evidence of foul play,' he said. 'Could there be? Sure. 'We can't really get a handle on it,' Myrtle Beach Police Capt. When Brittanee was first reported missing April 26, police weren't yet sure what they were dealing with.

The Long Search for Brittanee Drexel Begins She texted her boyfriend, 19-year-old John Grieco, who was back in Rochester, that she was walking back to where she and her pals were staying, the Bar Harbor Motel, about a mile and a half away.Īfter checking in with some of the people Brittanee was on vacation with, John-who later told CBS News he had known Brittanee was going on the trip and 'never thought anything could happen in three days'-texted Dawn, informing her that her daughter was in Myrtle Beach and that neither he nor her friends there could get a hold of her. Security camera images released later showed her leaving the Blue Water Resort alone at 8:45 p.m. The group she'd traveled with said they last had contact with Brittanee at approximately 8 p.m.

On the night of April 25, 2009, according to investigators, Brittanee went to meet a friend from her hometown and a few of his buddies at the Blue Water Resort on Ocean Boulevard, the main drag of downtown Myrtle Beach.

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