CHARLESTON, S.C. — Angel Cooper Vause, 56, of Georgetown, is set to enter a guilty plea in federal court on Tuesday, August 27.

Vause is the longtime girlfriend of Raymond Moody, who is currently serving time in prison for raping and murdering Brittanee Drexel. Drexel was a teenager kidnapped and murdered while on vacation in the City of Myrtle Beach.

Angela Cooper Vause

Angel Cooper Vause was charged with lying to federal investigators about her knowledge of the 2009 kidnapping and murder of Brittanee Drexel. Read the previous release here.

United States District Judge Richard Gergel will preside over the hearing.

WHEN:         Tuesday, August 27, 1 p.m.

WHERE:      J. Waites Waring Judicial Center

                        Courtroom #1

                        83 Meeting St.

                        Charleston, South Carolina

In March, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against Angel Cooper Vause, for making false statements to federal investigators.

According to the indictment, in May 2022, Vause is alleged to have lied to investigators with the FBI during the investigation into the 2009 disappearance and murder of Brittanee Drexel. Vause was arrested this morning and is scheduled to be arraigned today in Charleston at 1 p.m. before Magistrate Judge Molly H. Cherry.

The case was investigated by the FBI Columbia Field Office. Assistant United States Attorneys Winston Holliday and Elle E. Klein prosecuted the case.