Brittanee Marie Drexel: A Prayer for Answers: Holding Onto Hope for Their Missing Daughter

The worst nightmare for any missing person's family is waking up each new day without answers.  For three solid years the family of Brittanee Drexel, 17 have prayed to God their beautiful doe eyed ray of sunshine would be found.

On April 25, 2009, Dawn Drexel, her mother received news her daughter was missing. Immediately from her home in Rochester, NY she drove to Myrtle Beach, SC.,looking for her daughter.

Brittanee had gone without her parents permission or knowledge with a group of older kids to Myrtle Beach for Spring Break.  Like most teenagers her age she'd thought her parents would never find out.

The kids secured rooms together at various hotels on the strip.  Approximately four kids to each room.  Brittanee was with her group at the Bar Harbor Hotel on Ocean Blvd., when she vanished.  She was captured and recorded on the Bluewater Resort video camera around 8:15 PM, and it was assumed she was returning back to her hotel the Bar Harbor.  But, she never made it back.  And all the kids that talked her into taking the trip and watched out for her by making sure Brittanee had money for food and always knowing where she was, suddenly threw another dagger at a distraught mother, the kids refused to take Dawn's calls when all she wanted information about her daughter.  Instead, the kids packed up and headed back to Rochester, NY, refusing to provide any information or cooperate with law enforcement.

This Saturday, the Drexel family returns to Myrtle Beach to plant and dedicate a tree in her memory.  Hopefully, they won't have to wait out another year of keeping their cells phones charged around the clock for when the call finally comes in to say Brittanee has been found.  You can bring her home.  This has been their prayer since April 25, 2009.  And the CUE Center for Missing person's have worked from the beginning enlisting their trained and certified search teams, working directly with law enforcement on numerous large scale searches to bring Brittanee home.  The Cue Center a national not-for-profit organization, is the light of hope for so many missing persons families across the county.  The Cue Center will also be in attendance at the tree dedication this weekend.

Please attend the Dedication for Brittanne Drexel out at Market Commons on the morning of April 28th 2012  (9:00AM)
Dawn and her Family will be there to help plant a tree and to dedicate a place for all to go and pray for Brittanne. The spot is at the Grand Park where the balloons will be.

This marks the 3rd year of still not knowing where Brittanne may be.
Come and be with her family to show support from all of us who live in Myrtle Beach, SC.

Any questions please contact Robin Holley at sunfunbeach@sc.rr.com or call 843-455-9645

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Myrtle Beach Police Department
(843) 918-1963

or CUE Center For Missing Persons 24 Hour Tip Line 910-232-1687

Missing from: Myrtle Beach,SC
Missing since: 04/25/09
Classification: Endangered Missing
Date of Birth: 10/07/91
Age at disappearance: 17
Sex:  Female
Race:  White
Hair:  Brown
Eyes:  Blue
Height:  5’0″
Weight:  103 lbs

What is Missing in Brittanee Drexel's case: The Truth

All a missing person's family asks is for answers when their loved one goes missing. Some missing cases, come with no answers at all. Perhaps it was a random abduction or criminal act. Or law enforcement simply has no suspect or clues. The family continues to search and maintain contact with law enforcement while continuing to keep the case in the public eye.

But what happens when there are answers in a case and those involved or know what happened and flat out refuse to cooperate?

One case in particular comes to mind, Brittanee Marie Drexel. She was 17 years of age, traveling with kids older then she from Rochester, NY to Myrtle Beach, SC, over spring break. On April 25, 2009, she went missing. Those who arrived with her to Myrtle Beach, made sure she had enough money for food, took the underage teen to clubs and basically watched over her.

Yet, they pack up leaving Myrtle Beach, without her? It simply does not compute. Unless of course out of fear, they are not coming forward. But still, who would put a family through such hell? I also wonder about the parents of those kids. Wouldn't you question your daughter or son who went on a trip with a person who did not return? Or is it better to live under a rock with the truth hoping nothing will ever come of it?

In this case, the kids in my opinion, hold the answers for Brittanee's family. They refuse to talk. They refuse to assist police. They refuse to look her mother in the eye. They refuse to act like adults and tell the truth.

And they refuse to give Brittanee Marie Drexel's family the peace they so rightfully deserve!

Dawn Drexel, her mother, on the show "Time's Up" during the second hour, from 3-4 pm on April 21, 2011. To listen to the re-broadcast here is the link:http://herewomentalkradio.com/home/archives_details/710

Investigating Agency
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:
Myrtle Beach Police Department
(843) 918-1963

or CUE Center For Missing Persons 24 Hour Tip Line 910-232-1687