HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The girlfriend of Brittanee Drexel’s killer will be in a federal courtroom next week where she’s expected to change her plea after rejecting a deal last month on two charges of lying to investigators, a Tuesday filing shows.
Angel Vause, 56, turned down a deal on Aug. 28 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, New York, last seen in Myrtle Beach on spring break.
Timeline: Brittanee Drexel disappearance
She’s now due to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Gergel at 10 a.m. on Sept. 9 in Charleston.
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.
In July, 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.