Report: Inmate claims McLellanville man and son killed, raped Brittanee Drexel

(WPDE) -- The Post and Courier of Charleston is reporting an FBI agent has testified that Brittanee Drexel, who disappeared from Myrtle Beach seven years ago while on spring break, was kidnapped, raped, shot and then her dead body was put into a swamp filled with alligators near McClellanville.

"FBI agent Gerrick Munoz this week gave the first detailed account of what investigators think happened to 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel after she disappeared in 2009. His account, contained in a federal court transcript obtained by The Post and Courier, is based on a statement from a prison inmate who claims he was present when she was killed," says the posting on the Post and Courier's website.

The report also states the inmate claims Shaun Taylor and his then-teenage son were responsible for killing Drexel.

In 2010, Taylor was in court after a woman came forward claiming Taylor tried to abduct and throw her inside a van on Ocean Boulevard near the Blue Water Resort. She allegedly got away. That was the same resort Drexel was last seen leaving a year prior. ABC 15 News asked Taylor questions after his court appearance.

A reporter asked, "Do you know anything about the Brittanee Drexel case?" Taylor responded, "Nothing about that." The reporter asked, "Do you know that name?" Taylor replied, "I see it on TV a lot." The reporter then asked, "Do you have any idea who might have been involved in that?" Taylor responded, "No, I don't."

The reporter continued to question Taylor, asking, "Do you have any comment on the charges you face?" Taylor replied, "Nah, not really. I mean it's not me." The reporter asked, "Why do you say it's not you?" Taylor responded, "Because it's not me." The reporter then followed up by asking, "Why do you think they say it's you?" Taylor ended the conversation there, saying , "I'm not sure, but talk to you later. I got to go."

That case was eventually dropped for a reason we still don't know.

In June, the FBI held a news conference and said Drexel was taken from Myrtle Beach to the McClellanville area, where she was held for a few days against her will and then was killed.

The FBI appealed to the McClellanville community, south of Georgetown, for information about the teen's disappearance and death.

Drexel went missing from Myrtle Beach on April 25, 2009 and was last seen on surveillance cameras leaving the Blue Water Resort on Ocean Boulevard to go back to the motel where she was staying, but she never made it there.

The lead investigator later said in that news conference that they did not know how she was killed.

We reached out to Dawn Drexel, Brittanee Drexel's mother, for comment and she referred us to her attorney, Brad Conway. Conway said "I'm just getting this information and looking into it."

Myrtle Beach police officials said they were just getting the information as well and would not be releasing any comment.