Authorities in South Carolina on Monday announced an arrest in the 13-year-old missing person case of teenager Brittanee Drexel, whose remains were discovered

Brittanee Drexel was reported missing on April 25, 2009.

The body of a 17-year-old New York girl who disappeared while in South Carolina for spring break more than a decade ago was found several miles from where she was last seen and her alleged killer has been arrested.

Authorities in South Carolina say they have made an arrest in connection with the 2009 disappearance of New York teen Brittanee Drexel.

Authorities in South Carolina say they've found the body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting Myrtle Beach on spring break 13 years ago

Authorities in South Carolina say they've found the body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting Myrtle Beach on spring break 13 years ago

Authorities in South Carolina say they've found the body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting Myrtle Beach on spring break 13 years ago. They say a 62-year-old sex offender with an extensive record has been…

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The mother of Brittanee Drexel expressed concern after learning that the trinkets and mementos left at her daughter's memorial went missing. https://t.co/eqlbwelqOa

The city asks community members not to "neaten up" the memorial site claiming that mementos and other items placed in Brittanee's honor have been removed from the tree and headstone displaying her name. https://t.co/b4IoIHUceo

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Brittanee, a native of Rochester, New York, disappeared in April 2009 while visiting Myrtle Beach on spring break. She was 17 at the time. https://t.co/RIPjl5Ntbe

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Mementos, flags, trinkets and flowers went missing from Brittanee Drexel’s memorial tree over the weekend. https://t.co/89mK6Oa1TO