According to Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver, Raymond Douglas Moody, 62, of Georgetown, has been charged with murder, kidnapping, also criminal sexual conduct in the first degree.
He was detained in Georgetown County in 2012 after being labeled a person of interest in the disappearance of Brittanee Drexel more than a decade ago.
He was also detained and charged with obstructing justice on May 4. It’s unclear whether the arrest is related to the Drexel case.
Who Is Raymond Douglas Moody? Arrested For Kidnapping Brittanee Drexel
Raymond Moody, a sex offender from Georgetown, South Carolina, is a person of interest in the case of Brittanee Drexel, a 17-year-old New York girl who has gone missing.
Brittanee Drexel was last seen at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 2009, when she went on spring break without telling her parents. Family and friends had hoped for years to understand what happened to the teen who seemed to vanish into thin air.
Moody, 62, has been the person of interest in the case for years, but searches in South Carolina and his arrest have reignited interest in him. in In Georgetown, South Carolina, according to 13WHAM, human remains were discovered in a wooded area.
According to WPDE-TV, the remains were located roughly 2.5 miles from a motel where Moody was staying when Drexel vanished.
Is Raymond Douglas Moody In Jail?
Despite posting a $100,000 bond, a former person of interest in Brittanee Drexel’s disappearance remains in custody Friday morning.
Raymond Douglas Moody was arrested for obstructing justice this week.
According to court records, Moody has been ordered not to leave the state of South Carolina and is required to wear the ankle monitor as part of his bond. A required court appearance is also listed on July 21 and August 18.
Moody was still being held at the Georgetown County correctional center as of the last check. On May 4, Moody was arrested. The crime date cited for Raymond Moody’s impeding justice allegation is the same date Brittanee Drexel vanished, according to documents obtained by News 2 on Thursday.
List Of Charges Raymond Douglas Faces
Following the shooting, Raymond Douglas, 39, was charged with second-degree domestic violence assault.
Douglas went to the residences on Montgomery Street just after 8 p.m. Thursday, according to police documents.
Douglas allegedly shot a 32-year-old lady in the right forearm while visiting an apartment. According to court papers, the bullet entered her arm but did not depart. The type of relationship Douglas had with the victim is unclear from the court records.
At around 5 a.m. Friday, a warrant for Douglas’ arrest was issued, and he was served with the paperwork. With a $20,000 bond, he was booked into the Montgomery County Detention Facility.