--- description: A New York teenager who vanished during a spring break trip may have been adducted, gang-raped and shot before she was fed to alligators. title: Teen Who Disappeared During Spring Break Was Raped and Fed to Alligators: FBI image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt042b2d5fa0ccbd1f/6988a4162dce0116ef9ea763/brittanee-drexel.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Teen Who Disappeared During Spring Break Raped and Fed to Alligators: FBI  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2016 8:39 PM CUT  Brittanee Drexel in a family photo. Brittanee Drexel in a family photo.Help Find Brittanee Drexel  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2016 8:39 PM CUT A New York teenager who vanished during a spring break trip seven years ago may have been [adducted, gang-raped and shot before she was fed to alligators](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-missing-teenage-girl-abducted-raped-thrown-into-swamp/ "undefined"), an FBI agent said. Authorities have not been able to find [Brittanee Drexel](http://helpfindbrittaneedrexel.com/ "undefined") since she disappeared from Myrtle Beach in 2009 when she was 17\. FBI Agent Gerrick Munoz said investigators now believe a prison inmate who claims he was present when the Rochester girl was killed knows how she died, the [_Post and Courier_](http://www.postandcourier.com/20160826/160829517/fbi-agent-missing-teen-brittanee-drexel-was-kidnapped-shot-and-dumped-in-alligator-pit "undefined") of Charleston reports. Inmate Taquan Brown claims he saw Drexel being sexually assaulted in a “stash house” before being shot and killed, according to the newspaper. Munoz also said “several witnesses have told us Miss Drexel’s body was placed in a pit, or gator pit, to have her body disposed of. Eaten by the gators.” No one has yet been charged in Drexel’s death, the [_Democrat & Chronicle_ reports](http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/08/29/transcript-details-claims-drexel-homicide/89541298/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4471584/missing-new-york-teenager-raped-alligators/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4471584/missing-new-york-teenager-raped-alligators/"},"headline":"Teen Who Disappeared During Spring Break Raped and Fed to Alligators: FBI","datePublished":"2016-08-29T20:39:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:05:39.238Z","description":"Brittanee Drexel disappeared in 2009 when she was 17","url":"https://time.com/4471584/missing-new-york-teenager-raped-alligators/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt042b2d5fa0ccbd1f/6988a4162dce0116ef9ea763/brittanee-drexel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt042b2d5fa0ccbd1f/6988a4162dce0116ef9ea763/brittanee-drexel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"brittanee-drexel","caption":"Brittanee Drexel in a family photo.","creditText":"Help Find Brittanee Drexel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4471584/missing-new-york-teenager-raped-alligators/","name":"Teen Who Disappeared During Spring Break Raped and Fed to Alligators: FBI"}}]}] ```