CHARLESTON, S.C. (WBTW) — For more than a decade, Brittanee Drexel’s killer and his longtime girlfriend insisted the 17-year-old willingly got into their car for a night of drug use — a key claim that warded off abduction charges as the investigation into her eventual murder developed.
On Monday, Angel Vause finally admitted — for the first time — that the April 25, 2009, mutual encounter was a lie — blowing up a tightly woven cover story and clearing the Rochester, New York teen’s reputation.
Vause, 56, could be headed to prison for more than two decades after admitting on Monday that she lied to the FBI multiple times during their investigation into the teenager’s death. She pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court’s Charleston division to three counts of making a false statement to federal agents.
A sentencing date was not immediately known.
It’s the latest development in a case that began in March when Vause was indicted. Her boyfriend Raymond Moody is serving a life sentence after confessing in 2022 to raping and murdering Drexel while she was on spring break in Myrtle Beach.