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Tuesday, December 04, 2012  With help from the CUE Center for Missing Persons, Brittanee Drexel's family has released an age progression photo of her, three years after she went missing.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Family, friends, and community members solemnly celebrated Brittanee Drexel's 21st birthday Sunday evening during a candlelight vigil.

Friday, October 05, 2012  This weekend on the Grand Strand, the family of Brittanee Drexel will hold a fundraiser and a candlelight service in honor of her 21st birthday, which is this Sunday.

Saturday, April 28, 2012  The new pin oak tree near the short bridge at Grand Park at The Market Common might look like all the rest along the sidewalk. But to the Drexel family, the leaves and branches mean something more. "It symbolizes hope," Dawn Drexel said.

Thursday, April 26, 2012  The following story and video attached to it contain graphic descriptions of events that may not be appropriate for all ages. On April 25, 2009, spring breaker Brittanee Drexel disappeared after leaving a hotel on the Grand Strand. On the third anniversary of the disappearance, a victim of the only named "person of interest" in the case shared her disturbing and powerful story with NewsChannel 15.

Friday, August 12, 2011  A new billboard for missing teenager Brittanee Drexel will formally be unveiled this morning at 11:00 at 10th Avenue North and US Bypass 17.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011  The family of missing spring breaker Brittanee Drexel is holding out hope police will find the teen who disappeared from Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach more than two years ago.

Monday, August 01, 2011  The search for missing New York state teenager Brittanee Drexel brought investigators to a motel just south of Georgetown Monday.

Monday, April 25, 2011  It was exactly two years ago Monday, April 25, that Brittanee Drexel, a teenager from New York on the Grand Strand for spring break, disappeared.

Saturday, April 23, 2011  Monday will mark the two year anniversary of when spring breaker Brittanee Drexel went missing.

Friday, April 22, 2011  As police plan another search for missing Brittanee Drexel, the effort to find the missing spring breaker needs all the help it can get - the Drexel family and authorities say, including your's.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011  MB police often get new tips when the family of missing spring breaker Brittanee Drexel comes to Myrtle Beach. And a new lead has both police and the family encouraged.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011  As the disappearance of spring breaker Brittanee Drexel nears its second anniversary, Myrtle Beach police have what they're calling a substantial new lead in the case.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  It's been almost two years since Brittanee Drexel went missing from the Grand Strand.  There have been nearly 50 searches for Drexel, but still no signs of her. Her family is planning fundraisers along the Grand Strand to continue to fund more searches.

Tuesday, February 01, 2011  Nearly 200 people scoured an area off of Old Georgetown Road in search of the Rochester, New York teen who disappeared from Myrtle Beach in April 2009.