CHARLESTON, S.C. (WBTW) — The longtime girlfriend of Brittanee Drexel’s killer was expected to plead guilty Monday afternoon for lying to the FBI, but her hearing in U.S. District Court in Charleston was continued.
Angel Vause, 56, was indicted in March for lying to authorities as they investigated Raymond Moody, who’s serving a life sentence after confessing to the rape and murder of Drexel, a 17-year-old from Rochester, New York, who was last seen while on spring break in Myrtle Beach in 2009.
Last month, Vause agreed to plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Charleston to two counts of making false statements to federal agents — each carrying a penalty of five years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
Longtime girlfriend of Raymond Moody admits lying to investigators
But according to court documents filed on Wednesday — the planned date of her plea and sentencing — both sides agreed to a 10-day continuance as she now faces maximum penalties of eight years for each count.
Moody confessed in October 2022 to killing Drexel. Five months earlier, Vause told an FBI agent she went home to get keys from a truck while Drexel was being assaulted and killed, but the indictments said she was actually going somewhere else.