*Someone sent this to us Last year. Said most have not seen it. .. We agree.
Not heard of Several Investigators being pulled off Brittanee Drexel Case. WTH ..
( happened in 2010 )
Not heard of Several Investigators being pulled off Brittanee Drexel Case. WTH ..
( happened in 2010 )
Myrtle Beach, S.C. (WHAM) – It was 10 years ago Thursday that Brittanee Drexel disappeared while on spring break.
The FBI tells 13WHAM it’s still a priority case, and agents continue their work on it. But Brittanee’s mother is growing increasingly frustrated by the case. She wonders why she’s had to wait a decade for resolution.
13WHAM has learned from former investigators that this case was very close to being solved nine years ago, and for the first time, we can show one of the sites that played a key role in it.
It’s been nine years since Steve Pickering traveled on the rural road in South Carolina, but it still comes easily. The work he and others did there is seared in his memory. He spent a week in the remote spot, searching for Brittanee.
The former homicide detective was working for a private investigation firm called in to assist local law enforcement with the search.
An “alligator pit” is how the FBI has referred to the place where agents believe Brittanee’s body was placed. For the first time, using a drone, 13WHAM is able to show you the site along the Santee River.
Pickering says cadaver dogs hit on a scent at the site. Sifting through the dirt, investigators found physical evidence they say was tied to Brittanee’s disappearance.
“It helps piece it together,” Pickering tells 13WHAM. “It helps corroborate what other people said. It’s not conclusive, but it certainly adds to the totality of the evidence that's been gathered so far.”
Still mindful of the FBI investigation, Pickering won’t say what was found at the site – but he says agents have never looked at it, because the evidence gathered there sits in a box in a safe at the private investigation firm’s office.
“The only problem I see is law enforcement didn’t gather it, so they might have a question of continuity, but retired law enforcement gathered it. A respected forensic analyst processed it, testified in court before,” said Pickering. “So, it’s a hurdle a prosecutor can easily overcome.”
With the evidence found at the site and multiple interviews conducted, Pickering says the team – which included investigators from Myrtle Beach, Charleston County and Georgetown County – made significant progress.
“I think we were very close,” said Pickering. “If we needed a key piece of physical evidence or we had somebody finally, maybe not-so-great, involved in the case give information, it would have closed the door on it. But yeah, we were very close.”
They never got to finish, and possibly solve Brittanee’s disappearance. The team was taken off the case so it could get what Pickering was told was a fresh set of eyes.
( Take a whole team Off an Active Investigation ?? Why … )
( They were getting close to solving it. smh .. Fishy )
( Take a whole team Off an Active Investigation ?? Why … )
( They were getting close to solving it. smh .. Fishy )
For Brittanee’s mother, it’s one of many points of frustration.
“Why would you take someone off the case when they were that close to solving it?” said Dawn Pleckan. “That’s not fair. That's not fair to Brittanee.”
Nine years later, she is still left with many of the same questions she had when Brittanee disappeared: Where is she, who killed her daughter and why has this case taken 10 years to solve?
Steve Pickering wants to know, too. 10 years later, he cannot forget that spot along the Santee River, and Brittanee.
At the request of Brittanee’s mother, Pickering spoke with the FBI last year. The agency, which only took over the case three years ago, said it is open to talking with everyone involved.
Thursday night, a candlelight vigil was held for Brittanee. She was remembered under a tree of hope as a girl who loved frogs and the color pink.
"i just wonder what she would look like today, or if she would have children," said Carol Wagner, Brittanee's grandmother.
Family members from Rochester traveled to remember her. They were joined by what's become a second family of Myrtle Beach residents who have taken them in over the past decade.
Robin Holley says she was drawn to help them.
"It could have been me, and I guess that's probably another reason that I want to help others," she said.
Myrtle Beach police officers also joined the family, lighting candles that spelled out justice - a reminder of what Brittanee's mother is still seeking.
"She's still missing," said Pleckan. "We don't have any remains. We're still looking for her. So, it's not over, once we find her. It's going to be a long time before it's over, but at least I have some sort of resolution of what happened to her."
Please watch the video. Share it as well ..
No one has ever mentioned it before
Detectives pulled when so close to making arrest .. smh
https://www.wbtv.com/story/14561614/former-cops-speak-out-case-of-teen-missing-in-sc/?fbclid=IwAR2nRYfnFNs4kw-YH4-hZ1JS50wjTmtof3sf8NDvYtmKVevsuibRuj3IARM
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Washington, DC. .. Thank You
https://www.justice.gov/doj/webform/your-message-department-justice
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