FBI raid a rural South Carolina home as they hunt for remains of 17-year-old woman who was 'gang raped, shot and fed to alligators'
The FBI expanded their search in Georgetown County in South Carolina to a wooded area for the case of Brittanee Marie Drexel who was allegedly gang-raped, murdered then fed to alligators.
The 17-year-old from New York disappeared eight years ago while on spring break in Myrtle Beach. No arrests have been made in connection to her disappearance.
The 'investigative activity' was centered around a wooded area near Foxfire Court according to the Post and Courier.
WDPE confirmed FBI Supervisory Agent Don Wood told them there was digging on a 'private piece of property.'
Attorney Brad Conway said the search was pertaining to the Drexel investigation and did not provide details.
Conway told WYFF4: 'Of course we have every confidence in the FBI and the law enforcement working this case, but without knowing more information, Dawn Drexel (Brittanee's mother) is on pins and needles, waiting to find out what they found, if anything, and how this will affect hopefully the eventual prosecution of the people responsible for what was done to her daughter.'
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In August 2016, an FBI agent gave the first detailed account of what authorities believe happened to the teen, based on an account from an imprisoned man who says he saw Drexel's horrific last moments and made a jailhouse confession, according to the Post and Courier.
FBI agent Gerrick Munoz said in a report, citing the prisoner's account, that Drexel was being held in a 'stash house' outside of McClellanville, about an hour outside of Myrtle Beach.
Police had previously said they believed that the high school student was held for at least three days against her will near McClellanville, as that is where they traced signals from her cell phone after her disappearance.