MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — (MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) -- The family of the man who had previously been named a suspect in the 2009 disappearance of 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, said the investigation had ruined their lives for years.
Timothy Taylor was named by the FBI as a suspect in Drexel's disappearance in 2016, ABC Charleston affiliate WCIV reported. An informant told FBI agents that he saw Taylor, who was 16 at the time of Drexel's disappearance, and others sexually abusing Drexel at a home in McClellanville, South Carolina, about 60 miles south of Myrtle Beach.
He was convicted on state and federal armed robbery charges and was sentenced in 2019 to three years of probation. During a press conference on Thursday, Taylor's family and friends expressed how devastating the investigation had been. Bratton said that even as the criminal justice system abandoned them, the community, as well as groups such as the National Action Network, the NAACP and the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance stood firmly beside the Taylor family.
"The years long fight against accusations, false accusations, and the media frenzy that shoot us has traumatized us, affecting every aspect of our lives," she said."It has publicly questioned without reason our family, our families character, and it has shaken us to the core."Drexel traveled to Myrtle Beach from her parents' home in the Rochester, New York, area in April 2009, despite her mother denying her permission to go, Melissa Drexel told ABC News.
Moody is being held without bond at the Georgetown County jail and is expected to be charged with rape, murder and kidnapping, said Jimmy Richardson, solicitor for Horry and Georgetown Counties, on Monday.
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