One of the previous victims of Brittany’s alleged killer, Drexel, a sex offender who had previously been convicted of raping seven underage girls, stepped forward to describe the horror she experienced after she was abducted and sexually abused in 1983. .
Kerry Harding, now 48, also expressed outrage that Raymond Moody – who raped her when she was just eight – had been released from prison after serving just under half of her 42-year sentence. for sexually assaulting her and six other girls in Vallejo, California.
Moody, now 62, was released in 2004. In April 2009, investigators said he abducted, raped and strangled 17-year-old Brittany Drexel while she was on a spring break at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
In an interview with The US Sun, Harding said: “It hurts me so deeply because Brittany would still be with us today if he was kept behind bars.”
Carrie Harding, pictured here as a child, said she was eight years old when Raymond Moody abducted her from a playground in Northern California
Moody confessed to killing Brittany Drexel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on May 4, 2022. A week later, her remains were found outside Georgetown.
Drexel, a native of Rochester, New York, was in South Carolina on a spring break with friends when she was last seen
Harding said she was still haunted by the words he said to her when she was eight: “Let’s get in the back, we’ll fuck.” Moody was 23 at the time.
Years later, on May 4, 2022, he confessed to killing Drexel. A week later, her remains were found outside Georgetown.
The teenager, a native of Rochester, New York, was traveling with friends at the time – without knowing her parents.
He now faces charges of murder, kidnapping and first-degree sexual offenses that qualify for the death penalty.
In a separate interview with WHEC, Harding said: “He is a demon and a monster and must be killed. The world would be a better place without him.
Harding told The Sun that one winter morning in 1983, she was meeting a friend on a school playground.
As she walked near the school, Harding first met Moody, standing by his car, bouncing a basketball.
Harding described his abduction in 1983 as saying: “It all happened in the blink of an eye. He held me in his car and passed in seconds.
Harding said of Drexel’s murder: “I was sick, that’s all I can say, I was sick. It must be removed forever. I am very sorry that this happened to her.
Moody told her not to go in the direction she was going because the fence was being repaired. Harding said she ignored him, but found that he was telling the truth, so she turned and went back to dress the waiting predator.
Harding then says: “It all happened in the blink of an eye. He held me in his car and passed in seconds.
Harding said Moody kept his head down in the passenger seat while driving with one hand.
Moody told her that she was too young to be alone and that he was taking her to a police station.
Eventually, Moody took Harding to a seemingly abandoned construction site, where he told her, “Did anyone tell you you had a beautiful body?”
Harding said his next words haunted her forever, and Moody told her, “Let’s get in the back, we’ll fuck.” At age 8, Harding said he didn’t understand what he meant.
After being brutalized for hours, Harding persuaded Moody to let her go to the bathroom while holding her hair.
When Harding tried to urinate, a pool of blood gushed, causing Moody to lose his grip on her.
Harding runs to a couple who was looking at one of the houses with a broker. From there, they were able to notify authorities when Moody walked away from the scene.
In an interview, Harding talks about how difficult it was for her family members to hear about her ordeal. She said, “My uncles were very strong men, and to see them so devastated and feel so helpless is something I will never forget while I’m alive.”
Shortly after the incident, Harding said her mother and aunt took her out, driving around the area where she was abducted, hoping to recognize Moody’s car.
After a while, Moody recalled that his car was decorated with a green sticker on the armor, which was used by military members to gain access to a nearby naval shipyard.
Harding was able to identify a green sticker on Moody’s car, indicating that he had access to a local naval shipyard. This helped detectives capture him in 1983
Moody was arrested the next day. Reports from the time show that Moody was a second-class junior officer at the Navy Naval Shipyard.
After his release from Solano State Prison in California, Moody moved across the country to Georgetown, South Carolina.
When Moody was first identified as a suspect in Drexel’s disappearance in 2012, Harding told WMBF News she went to police.
It was also the first time she learned that Moody had been released in the middle of his 42-year sentence.
She said: “I did everything I thought I could do to help them have evidence to support that he did this to Brittany. For example, I told them to take my records here and compare them to Brittanee’s records, and they did, and the similarities were amazing.
Harding continued, “I was sick, that’s all I can say, I was sick. It must be removed forever. I am very sorry that this happened to her.
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