HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Federal prosecutors may pursue a kidnapping charge against the girlfriend of Brittanee Drexel’s killer after she rejected a plea agreement on Tuesday.
Angel Vause, 56, turned down a deal that would have seen her admit to two counts of making false statements to federal agents during their probe into the 2009 disappearance of Drexel, 17-year-old from Rochester, N.Y. last seen in Myrtle Beach on spring break.
Vause was indicted in March for lying to the FBI as they investigated Raymond Moody, a Georgetown man now serving a life sentence after confessing to Drexel’s rape and muder.
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.
But on Aug. 15 — the planned date of her sentencing — both sides agreed to a 10-day continuance after the penalty was upgraded to a maximum of eight years for each count.