Brittanee Drexel vanished April 25, 2009, from Ocean Blvd.
The task force of investigators on the case of missing spring breaker Brittanee Drexel now includes an agent from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
A source close to the investigation confirmed SLED Cpt. Kin McKenzie joined the investigation last week after receiving a full briefing.
Drexel, 18, and from Rochester, NY, vanished from Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach on April 25, 2009.
Drexel's cell phone signals were tracked from Myrtle Beach to an area along the Georgetown/Charleston county line the night she went missing.
The investigation has spanned all three counties and prompted the creation of a task force of detectives from Myrtle Beach, Georgetown County and Charleston County.
While the task force has worked closely together, each investigator has jurisdictional restrictions.
McKenzie, however, will not have to worry about jurisdiction since his is statewide, the source said.
McKenzie's presence could help "expedite" certain aspects of the case, though the source could not talk specifics.
In April, the task force announced that they had developed several persons of interest in the case, though no arrests have been made.
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