FBI offers reward in ’09 case of New York girl likely killed in S.C.

Janet Blackmon Morgan/The Sun News via AP Dawn Drexel, mother of Britanee Drexel, listens during a news conference in McClellanville on Wednesday. Authorities announced that the case of the disappearance of her daughter Brittanee Drexel of Rochester, New York, is now being investigated as a homicide and the FBI is offering a reward of $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

FBI to share information on Brittanee Drexel case at 1 p.m.

Officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state and local agencies will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. to discuss developments in the case of Brittanee Drexel, who disappeared from Myrtle Beach in 2009. David Thomas, special agent in charge with the FBI, will hold the news conference in McClellanville to talk about the case and the FBI's involvement in the ongoing investigation.