23-year-old Amber Berbiglia had just finished her college exams and was planning on getting married, when her life was taken from her in May 2013.
Amber’s body was found lying underneath the Robert Edge Parkway bridge in South Carolina a little after 4 PM on May 3, 2013. Her car was found nearby, still running, with her cell phone inside. The cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma to the head.
Eight months later, police are still searching for answers.
Amber’s last known whereabouts were at a Time Warner office on Main Street at around 1 PM on May 3. She was there to pay her cable bill. Before that, she had stopped at a gas station to fill up her gas tank.
WMBF News has uncovered surveillance video of Amber at that gas station from just hours before her death.
Amber was engaged to a man named Jose Tolsa Soler, who she had met while she was studying abroad in London in 2012. Jose was still in London working at a hotel when Amber was killed.
Could Amber’s case be related at all to the disappearances of Brittanee Drexel or Heather Elvis? Both girls have been missing from the same area as Amber was found. Could there be a connection between them? Or did Amber have an enemy who would have wanted her dead?
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Eight weeks after 23-year-old Amber Berbiglia was found murdered, no arrests have been made. But police still consider this an active investigation.
Amber Berbiglia was last seen alive on May 3. Around 1:30 that afternoon, her friends say she was seen near the Time Warner Cable store on Main Street.
Hours later, her body was found less than two miles away under the Robert Edge Pkwy overpass.
Police rushed to the scene after getting 911 calls from a passerby and worked quickly to preserve what soon became the scene of a murder.
"When we arrived, we set a perimeter, so nothing is moved before Crime Scene has photos or video," explained Detective Jonathon Martin, the lead detective on this case.
As police worked to gather evidence, detectives arrived to inspect the area around Amber's body.
But what exactly were they looking for?
"Evidence. We were looking for evidence on how someone left the scene. It's pretty muddy around here, all the time. So, we looked for foot traffic," said Detective Martin.
While documenting the entire scene, they also looked for any trail leading to Amber's killer. Things like footprints in the mud, or if any objects were dropped as the suspect was fleeing the scene.
"People think DNA is everywhere, but sometimes it is not. In this case, we looked for it. We took DNA samples from around the area, from around the victim. We also looked around her car, and inside of it," shared Detective Martin.
But solving a crime isn't as easy as it looks on TV shows. It takes a lot more work, and a lot more time.
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One of my readers sent me this case and I want to thank all of you who take the time to advocate for these victims. My blog has yet to make a big difference in solving cases but it has the positive effect of opening minds and motivating people to continue this work. There is hope here. I must say that most of these cases make me really sad. I can't do one a day or even more than one a week because they are so dark and heartbreaking. This case is a stand out, in my opinion, because she died so brutally in such a short period of time... it seems unbelievable and really scary. I did the charts on this and they are also unbelievable and really scary. I hope they help shed light on what happened to this precious girl and what can happen to anyone at any time, it seems. I am curious about the possible link between this girl's murder and the loss of Heather Elvis and Brittannee Drexel. I have profiled each of these other cases and found that their murders were personal. Elvis was killed by her lover and Drexel was pregnant. Drexel was killed to keep her from having the baby. At least, that's what the charts revealed to me at the time and I still stand by those findings. So I have to say I did not find a link.
This first chart just spilled out in front of me and I felt the sadness creeping in again. You can see the seventh house ruler in the eighth house right away, a proven marker for a criminal. This person is sleazy, dangerous and aggressive. Uranus in Aries, right away, describes a highly unusual person who does not live by convention. Rules do not apply and there is a good chance the cops are already aware of this man because he cannot keep his head down. He is always creating chaos. Uranus is disposed of by Mars, so you can see the aggression here. Now couple this with the first house ruler, the Sun, right near by in the ninth house. This is the time when this criminal crosses her path. It is obvious. Now, both her ruler, the Sun and Mars are disposed of by the tenth house ruler, Venus. This is what brings them together; they are in the same place at the same time. Venus is closely aligned with the most violent fixed star in the heavens, Caput Algol. This always describes brutality and bloodshed and has been prominent in many famous murder cases, mostly those that became famous due to their brutality. I understand this girl was beaten to death. Pluto rules the fourth house and is placed in the fifth; I am surprised she was not raped as well.
She came across this criminal not far from where she was last seen, at the cable company office. He may have been panhandling or otherwise begging, perhaps asking for cigarettes. This caused her to stop long enough for him to commandeer her and her car. There is no doubt she was carjacked. The ninth house, where they came together, describes a parking area near a highway. Mercury in Taurus describes cars but it might be that hers was the only one parked there; there were no other people. The Moon in the seventh shows Amber in this persons' company, for whatever reason. However, Neptune being present also indicates that there was illusion at play and she had no idea who she was dealing with. There is a probability that he was a con artist as well as a dangerous violent criminal.
I jump ahead to the time of the discovery to see how it ties together. I will run charts for the between time but I do believe these will be the most revealing. In this chart you see the first house ruler, Mercury, in the eighth house of death. This shows her dead. Saturn shows us her dead body and it is in the second house, close to the node. Saturn is in Scorpio. This bridge crosses the intracoastal waterway and Scorpio is a water sign. It usually describes deep water with big fish. But she was found on land, under the bridge, which is described by the second house. Since it is near the node, we can assume he planned it this way and chose this spot in advance. But I do not think he knew this girl. I think he has killed before and grabs opportunities when they arise, leaving bodies in certain places he considers special for some reason.
In this chart you also see the tenth house ruler is Mercury. This describes more of the scene; the tenth house rules the authorities and here the ruler is conjoined her ruler, showing the authorities with her body. They have come together on discovery. But also Mercury rules cars and underpasses and highways... etc.. and this is how and where she was found. She was beaten to death instead of being shot or strangled because Mars is in Taurus, the sign of the pugilist and is trine to Pluto in Capricorn, a marker for being beaten, mostly by tools. Pluto is a violent marker in forensic charts and the sign Capricorn rules wood, rock and other natural elements. He may have used a bat or other large stick.
Neptune on the seventh cusp while conjoined the Moon in the sixth tells me he was nearby when the cops arrived. He was actually watching all of it from a hidden place. The fourth house ruler (the current location) is Jupiter, the planet of joy. Jupiter is disposed of by the first house ruler, Mercury, in the eighth house, telling us that he enjoys / enjoyed killing. He got a real kick out of beating this innocent girl to death. It's hard for those of us who find joy and solace in love and compassion to fathom that there are those who find joy and solace in murder. But this man does. It is because of this that I believe he is likely a serial killer or, at the least, a repeat violent offender. He actually wasn't far from where her body was found (Moon within a few degrees of the seventh house ruler) but he was well hidden from view (Neptune).
This is the chart where the first house ruler, Mercury, first enters the eighth house of death. Still disposed of by Venus, with Venus close to Algol. Mercury opposes Saturn in Scorpio in the third house. She was beaten to death right there near the overpass after being driven (or forced to drive) around the area for awhile. I don't know if he was looking for a place to leave her or what, but at 3 pm, they arrived there at the underpass and he beat her to death and left her. Perhaps she thought he wanted to go there or be taken there for some reason. Perhaps she thought he was homeless and slept under the bridge. I wish I had been a fly on the window of that car. But you can see Mercury entering the eighth, the first sign of impending death, and opposing Saturn, a marker for her body, in the third house (the car). Saturn is retrograde so she did not die easily; with all the planets in physical Taurus it is probable that she fought back. The node in the third shows planning; he needed a car to pull this off and he waited for the right victim. Saturn is disposed of by Pluto in Capricorn just entering the fourth house. All the markers point to a brutal beating death that happened right there where he left her.
Now, how do we determine clues to his identity? We have already discovered that he was / is a criminal and that he is dangerous and has done this before. Similar crimes, I'm sure, have been investigated. There is something unusual about his appearance, most especially on the face and head. An unusual shape to the head, perhaps or marks on the face. He has a fighter's body, medium height, stocky build, thick hands. Uranus square Pluto describes someone with a chip on his shoulder, that would explode in anger easily for unexpected reasons. He is a hot head and has a rebellious personality.
This girl was murdered for no reason other than being in the same place as a dangerous killer. The police need to get this guy or other women are going to die.
The devastated family of Heather Elvis, a missing South Carolina woman who mysteriously vanished from Myrtle Beach nearly three weeks ago, is appealing to the public for help.
"We are worried sick. We need anyone that knows anything – even the smallest detail – to come forward," Elvis' father, Terry Elvis, told The Huffington Post on Monday. "I'm not ruling out foul play or anything else. I don't care what it is. I can forgive just about anything."
The missing 20-year-old was last seen at about 2 a.m. on Dec. 18, 2013, when she returned home from a date. She called a female friend about an hour later to tell her how the date went and that was the last time anyone spoke with Heather Elvis. She has not made contact with friends or family and has not showed up for her job at the Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery in Myrtle Beach.
The first and only known break in the case came on Dec. 19, 2013, when Elvis's dark green 2001 Dodge Intrepid was found parked at Peachtree boat landing. The location is about an eight-minute drive from the missing woman's parents' house.
"It's in Socastee, on the outskirts of Myrtle Beach," Terry Elvis said. "It's known to the entire family."
He added, "She liked to go to the water now and then, but not at that hour of the night."
According to Terry Elvis, his daughter's cellphone was not found in her vehicle and is still missing.
Since Heather Elvis disappeared, there have been multiple searches for her. The most recent, organized by the CUE Center for Missing Persons, took place over the weekend. According to The Sun News, nearly 300 people participated.
A spokesman for the Horry County Police Department -- the lead agency investigating Elvis' disappearance -- said they are doing everything they can to locate her.
"Our major crimes detectives are continuing to investigate her disappearance around the clock," Lt. Rob Kegler told HuffPost on Monday. "We are working hand-in-hand with the CUE Center ... [and] we are following up on every lead that comes in."
In regard to the possibility of foul play, Kegler said, "There's no definite sign leading one way or the other at this point."
According to Terry Elvis, his daughter is responsible and does not have a history of running off.
"It's out of character for her to be gone for any length of time like this," he said. "She's never gone 24 hours without calling someone."
Elvis also said the family has yet to celebrate Christmas.
"It's on hold," he said. "The tree is still up and all the presents are there. We are hoping and praying she comes back so we can have Christmas with her."
Terry has stayed at the center of the effort to find his daughter. Desperation and frustration are just motivators for this 53-year old father of three.
"My heart tells me my daughter is alive," he says, when asked where he thinks Heather is today. "I have to go on the assumption, and I have to go on the faith and hope that she's alive."
But Terry Elvis fears the police investigation into Heather's disappearance may barely have a heartbeat. For the first time, he wants to share what he calls a fact sheet, showing why police need only look in one place. Truth is, much of that information comes from the unauthorized release of facts from a police report.
"There's a lot of circumstantial evidence, but it all points in one direction," Terry insists.
Terry Elvis has his own prime suspect based on phone records from the original police report. He confirmed what's in that report: months ago, Heather was romantically involved with a married man she met while working as a restaurant hostess. Terry says Heather's roommate told him it ended more than a month ago. Yet, according to witness statements to police and those same phone records, there were several calls back and forth between Heather and the married man the morning of Heather's disappearance. That same roommate told police Heather was talking to the man again, and that night, he called to tell her he was leaving his wife and wanted to be with her.
"A lot of information that's been withheld and probably withheld with very good reason, maybe for the first week (of the investigation). Maybe the first two weeks. But not now," Terry Elvis says.
Terry wants this information out there, believing it could encourage more tips, more witnesses, and finally a solid suspect. Horry County detectives have another take.
With all that circumstantial evidence, many Elvis supporters are asking , who needs detectives? Horry County Police insist they need solid, physical evidence to build a case. And no one is talking about physical evidence, not here at Peachtree landing, not anywhere in this case. The only other option is perhaps having someone admit to committing a crime. That's not happening either.
Investigators said Elvis was driven home by her date to the apartment she shared with another woman in River Oaks some time before 2 a.m. on Dec. 18. The young man with whom Elvis met for the date has been ruled out as a suspect, a source close to the investigation told FoxNews.com. Authorities believe that at some point later, Elvis drove herself to the boat landing, though the reason remains unknown.
Horry County investigators confirmed to MyHorryNews.com that cell phone records show Elvis communicated with a man, whom the website identifies as 38-year-old Sidney Moorer, as late as 6 a.m. on Dec. 18. Police records obtained by the website state that Elvis had a relationship history with Moorer, of Horry County.
The website also reports that Elvis' roommate, Brianna Warrelmann, received a distressing phone call from Elvis at 1:44 a.m. Dec. 18. Warrelman told authorities that Elvis "seemed like she was crying and upset" after receiving a phone call from Moorer, according to the website.
Moorer, who has not been named a suspect, told police that he had not seen Elvis since October, the police report states. Moorer later told authorities that he spoke to Elvis the night before she disappeared, MyHorryNews.com reports -- a conversation during which Moorer claims he told Elvis to, "quit calling him."
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This case is red hot right now and it's sort of gotten out of hand it seems. A lot of people are conducting their own searches and private investigations, using online contacts and social media. The cops are whining about too many people running around trying to solve this case and getting in their way. Personally I don't think any help should be rejected; sometimes conventions and laws keep cops from doing things that would help the case. It is true that they need to have "real forensics" for a courtroom with judge and jury and they can end up letting a murderer walk free if mistakes are made. But then again many people get frustrated really quickly with the slow movements of law enforcement and time is of the essence. And I am pretty sure that the cops wouldn't be upset if someone were to bring this girl home safely. There are many conflicting reports about time lines in this case. That will usually keep me from even attempting charts but curiosity will sometimes cause me to take big risks. Another factor that bothers me is the level of interest in the case, which is currently hot. That also makes me think I should wait and let the cops do their thing. So not only is the case red hot right now, there is also no doubt that the timelines and reports in this case are confused and conflicting. Her date believed he dropped her off at 2 am and her friend believed she had called her around 3 am. The cell phone Heather was using has not been found but the phone records kept by her carrier show that she called her roommate closer to 1:30 am than 3 am. This means she had to have been taken home earlier than 2 am. Also, a phone belonging to an ex boyfriend (the married man noted above) shows that phone calls were made to his phone from hers various times that night up until 6 am. Some reports have the married man calling her and telling her he was leaving his wife and wanted to be with her. His own testimony claims he called her to tell her to "stop calling him". She seemed to be upset, crying on the phone when she spoke to her roommate. So which one was it? Which timeline fits? Which story fits? You are going to be surprised by what the charts reveal because they fly in the face of the theories that seem to bouncing all over the place in this quickly escalating case.
It is obvious to me that Heather was not calling her roommate to discuss her date, as was originally reported. She was crying and upset after speaking with the ex boyfriend, who claims he called her to tell her to "stop calling". This phone call to her roommate, according to the phone records, was made at 1:44 am and not at 3 am, also originally reported. So she was home before 2 am. The first chart here is the one for 1:44 am and in it you can see the first house ruler, Venus, in the fourth house, showing Heather to be at home. So she was home earlier than 2 am. This chart was one of the reasons I almost rejected this case; it just didn't fit the accounts people have given. But I know now the charts do fit the phone records, which is more reliable than people's memories. In fact, Venus is completely inside the fourth, so she is inside the home and not just arriving. The closest aspect that Venus makes is an exact trine to the Pleaides, a fixed star grouping known as "the weeping sisters" and is indicative of sadness and tears. This is interesting because the subject was upset and crying at the time she phoned her friend. Mercury, the messenger, is in the third house but since it is not joined by an angular ruler, I think there may have been several phone calls (messages) at this time, none lasting very long. Interestingly, the third house ruler is at the midheaven, in the angular tenth, giving some energy to the third house, which rules communications. As well, Jupiter is disposed of by the Moon, the chart co ruler, so it seems like Heather was on the phone often with family and people in her "inner circle" mostly and this night was no different.
This chart gives some interesting aspects that create ominous scenarios for me. For instance, the node in the first disposed of by Mars in the twelfth with Mars ruling both the seventh and the twelfth. Does this look like someone sneaking around behind her? Or some plan being acted out that perhaps she was (or was not) aware of? Or did she have a plan herself she was keeping to herself? Something she was going to do that perhaps others would tell her not to? This aspect gives that feeling of "sneaking around" and there is no doubt that she was doing exactly that with this married man. And supposedly she had been talking with him most of the night. But had he actually called her and told her to "stop calling"? If so, then why were they still talking? Is it more likely that he called and told her he wanted to get back with her? But then why was she upset and crying? None of the reports dovetail and overall there is a feeling that something is hidden and the charts support this.
So Mars is in the twelfth house while it rules the seventh, showing someone doing something behind her back. This is usually literally, not figurative, so I am thinking someone is going to sneak up behind her or, at least, surprise her. Especially since Mars rules the seventh house, which always shows us who she is "next to meet". And eerily enough, Mars is disposed of by Venus, which is her indicator, to the purpose of the man represented by Mars is to meet up with her (Venus). What do the planets Venus and Mars bring to mind? Male - female relationships. And then if you watch the charts for the next hour and a half, you will see what happens here. At 2:30 am, when Venus is still ruling the first house, you see Venus moving towards the nadir or the front door. But then the twist occurs, that change that always happens in these charts that brings about the events that cause the disappearance or death of the subject. In the chart for 3 am, Mars takes over the Ascendant and Venus moves onto the seventh, exchanging the roles. And now Venus is just outside the nadir, showing someone outside the front door, perhaps coming in or perhaps going out. However, Mars (the new first house ruler) is now in the eleventh. The eleventh house is a relationship house and it often shows break ups and divorces as well as sexual contact.
This is where these charts get convoluted and complicated and need to be read carefully and thoughtfully. Has someone come to the door? We know that she has had contact that night with an "ex boyfriend" who was a married man and the eleventh house can define such a relationship perfectly. Friends with "benefits" as they say. But what is the purpose of Venus? This person who has come to the door? Venus is disposed of by Saturn in Scorpio in the first house, not far from the node, which is reaching the first house cusp. This person has a plan and it involves Heather (the first house is always the subject) but Saturn implies someone older, maybe committed? Not bringing good news, I suppose (Saturn is never joyous). But the node is closely trine to Neptune, the fifth house ruler, in the fourth. With the eleventh and the fifth house in play, there is no doubt that these people were lovers but Neptune shows us something hidden, secret, perhaps something no one else knew about? The fifth house also rules children and child bearing so was Heather pregnant? This is possible although I cannot say for sure just from these aspects. I do know, from these aspects, that these lovers were having troubles and trying to keep something secret, but that applies to any married man carrying on an affair. She does not need to be pregnant to complicate matters in this case.
Mars in the eleventh is disposed of by Venus in the third, so she is all about him. Her focus is dead set on this man. Perhaps she won't leave him alone and this is the cause of the rift? Or was there a rift? These charts seem to imply that there are problems but there is also a coming together here. In the chart for 3:30 am, I see something emerging that must be examined. The fifth house ruler, Neptune, is angular in the fourth while the fourth house ruler, Uranus, has moved into the fifth. At the same time, the Moon is moving into the eighth and Jupiter is right behind. Mars is lingering in the eleventh directly opposing Uranus so this chart has the feel of a sexual encounter. Does he come over there for sex? Or does he come over there to talk and they end up in bed? And when you progress the charts to 4:00 in the morning, you can clearly see a culmination of the sexual aspects. The intensity is certainly there because Pluto opposes the Moon in the eighth, so there is deep passion and emotion here. But was this previously planned? The node seems to indicate that it may have been. Or did he come over to end it and she seduced him? Or did he come over and force himself on her? Pluto can indicate any of these scenarios. It is hard to tell which was at play but there is no doubt that sex was a part of this meeting.
I will admit that when I first glanced over these charts I thought someone had snuck into her home and raped her. But on more examination, the aspects seemed to reflect a more congenial situation, where he is let in through the front door and the sex is consensual. But the bigger questions are, for one, where is this girl now and, for another, why did she leave her car? Is Heather Elvis dead? Or is she alive... and where is her cell phone? If she drove herself to the boat landing and had her phone with her, then why did she just leave and disappear? She is not in the company of this lover, who, by the way, is apparently still with his wife. I am sure the cops checked out his home and car already... it seems like they are looking everywhere! So where is the girl? Is she hiding or is she in a grave? The charts give a lot of sexual markers but they also have what I call a subtle death pattern so serious study is called for. With Saturn moving through the first and then into the twelfth, Neptune moving angular in the fourth house and the Moon transiting into the eighth, the death pattern becomes clearer. But it is not a strong one. The first house rulers (Mars and Pluto) are not in a death house. In fact, Pluto is in the third, showing movement and a possible verbal argument. The seventh house ruler is also in the third, showing movement as well. Both of these planets are disposed of by Saturn in the first, moving slowly into the twelfth. It almost looks like he went over to fight with her, ended up having sex with her but then somehow she died? And the really creepy thing for me is that most of the important planets in this chart are in water signs and her car was found at a boat ramp. It is a distinct possibility that the girl and her phone are in the water.
The chart for 3 am shows Venus in the third, as already noted, at the nadir, which I see as her front door. This would seem to say that he arrived in a car and then came to the door? So if he was in her home, or, at least, had come to the front door, when why are they still calling each other? I am not sure which phone records the cops are using; her phone has never been found but I know a record of all calls is kept by the provider. They say phone calls went back and forth until 6 am. But the charts clearly show these two people being in close proximity, whether in a home or in a car. In fact, sexual contact looks pretty certain. So why the phone calls? And where is her phone and why has she not used it since? If she were in love with this man and they were having sex on this night, then it would be certain that she would contact him, I think. But she hasn't. So when do the sex aspects in this chart become death aspects? Sex and death are really close in Astrology; they often look like the same thing and often in forensic charts, sex occurs prior to death. The chart for 4:30 am has an emergent death pattern, as already pointed out. Saturn has crossed the first house cusp into the twelfth, the Moon and Jupiter are both in the eighth house, the eighth house ruler, Mercury, is rising angular in the first, Neptune is right at the fourth house cusp from inside the fourth and the fourth house ruler is in direct opposition to the first house ruler. It doesn't look good for Heather. I hate to see charts like these. I would like nothing more than to say they show her alive and well, in hiding even. But the seventh house ruler is disposed of by Saturn in Scorpio in the twelfth, showing the purpose of the other person to be the disposal of her body. I have seen this pattern in many other cases where the body was eventually found.
So what of the cops saying she drove herself to the boat landing? I am not sure what they found at the scene that supports that. Perhaps she left shoe prints outside the car or a cup with a drink in it and her lipstick on the rim. I do not have these details so I will just go with the charts and not confuse things. It is the chart for 4:30 am that shows the clearest death pattern. With both the Moon and Jupiter conjoined in the eighth house in the sign Cancer, the fourth house Neptune in Pisces and Saturn in Scorpio in the twelfth, it is hard to imagine she is not in the water. The trine between the node in Scorpio with Neptune in Pisces makes me think the boat landing was a part of the plot. He knew she liked to go there. He either took her there and killed her there and then dropped her in the water or he killed her elsewhere and drove her there. The cops are so sure she drove there herself so let's say that she did and he killed her there. The eighth house ruler is Gemini with Mercury in Sagittarius. Gemini rules things that fly through the air, Mercury shows things that are held in the hands and Sagittarius is associated with ammunition, most especially arrows and bullets. Uranus directly opposes Mars, which is Heather's descriptor in this chart, showing that she was taken by surprise by an act of aggression. With Mercury rising in the first, perhaps he shot her in the head? This looks possible. Notice how Mercury is disposed of by Jupiter in the eighth house; this directly hows the outcome to be death. At the same time, Venus is consistently in the third house, showing this man to be moving around, either on foot or in a car. He may have followed her there, shot her and dropped her in the water. I presume the cops have looked for other tire tracks at the landing and have not found any? The charts do not show Heather driving her own car but her car was found there at the landing so someone was driving it. The charts actually show the other person, presumably a man, driving a car but I cannot say if it was hers or his. The first house co ruler, Pluto, is in the second house and this is often the trunk of a car, so Heather may have already been dead and in the trunk of the car. However, I presume the cops have been over her car (and possibly also his) with a fine tooth comb. Blood is something they don't often miss.
But here is another scenario and I think it fits. I do not know why she liked the boat landing but it is possible that someone had a boat. A boat may have been borrowed or rented if not outright owned. This is maybe why they went there that morning; to watch the sunrise from a boat? Is this possible? And if it is, could he have taken her out on a boat and shot her there? Otherwise, would they have walked around the water, even wading in it? Could he have shot her there and then pushed her in? The charts seem to show that she is in the water somewhere and probably also her phone. Take a look at the patterns in this chart for 5:30 am. The death pattern is still a standout in water signs with Sagittarius now on the first house cusp. Notice Jupiter in Cancer in the eighth house. This is the current descriptor for Heather. She looks dead in the water to me. The Moon also rules the eighth at this point while both the Moon and the first house ruler are in the eighth. If the cops haven't dredged the water way they need to do that. And they need to look at her lover again. I cannot say that this was her ex boyfriend for sure because I do not see markers specific to him that would indicate he was married. It could have been anyone else she was involved with, however, the fact that she was crying over this man fits the scenario... so a closer look is definitely called for. I am not saying for sure that this was her married boyfriend because the charts do not show a third party such as a wife but it is someone she would have sex with. There is no doubt in my mind that sex was a part of this scenario and death followed that sex. At least this is what the charts appear to be saying.
But I want to add this in closing. I am hoping that Heather is still alive and will be found somewhere, making the charts wrong. I am not perfect and this is just an experiment to see if charts can help in these cases. It is true that some cases that have been solved have proven to be close to what the charts revealed but there have been other cases where I feel the charts were wrong... or I read them wrong, which is the most probable. I never think the charts are wrong but I sometimes get them wrong and in cases like this I often hope that I did. And I do not mean this post to discourage anyone or cause anyone to give up looking for Heather but I do think the clues the charts provide should be looked at. And no one should stop looking for her and/or her killer. I am praying for this girl and her family; I cannot imagine their pain. I wish for nothing but the best in the outcome of this case.
Cold Case # 1972-6573
Victim: Sylvia Newman Gregory
Age: 22 / White Female
Location: Highway 160, near Fort Mill, SC, one and a half miles below the city limit sign.
Date of Homicide: 04-18-1972
Summary:
The victim is a female who was 22 years old at the time she was kidnapped (date of birth 7/28/49). She was 5'7", approximately 135 pounds, light brown shoulder length hair and brown eyes. The victim was home alone at the time of her abduction. When her husband arrived home he found the door on their trailer ajar and could not locate the victim. There were signs of a struggle. He then reported her disappearance to the police. Sylvia was apparently abducted from her trailer at approximately 2200 hours on 4/18/72. Her remains were located on 10/10/73 in woods off of Highway 160 west of Fort Mill, SC. Anyone with information regarding this homicide is asked to contact the Cold Case Homicide Squad.
This is about all I could find online about this case. In other newspaper articles they make references to the body find and that she had been shot in the head with a bullet. I cannot copy these pages but you can read them here:
I have been snooping around various county websites for cold cases. I did not want to end up doing a whole bunch from my area or from any particular area and wanted a national source. This was one of the cases that stood out to me. Something about her picture.. and memories from the 1970s. I felt really bad that this girl was only 22 years old and no one has yet been charged with her murder. So I drew charts for the time she was presumed abducted, for the time when her body was found and for the days and hours in between. I enjoy doing really old cold cases because it puts them back on the web, with a new slant, but it also allows me to study a variety of events with astrology charts.
It has been stated that she was assumed to be abducted around 10 pm that evening. I wanted to start a half hour before that time to see what was going on. And this first chart has a lot to show me. You can see that the seventh house ruler (the person she is "about to meet" is Mercury and that Mercury is in the fourth house (which describes her home). So, from this, we can assume he is already in her home at 9:30 pm. But notice that the fourth house ruler is Neptune and that Neptune is in the twelfth house. This shows something in that home that Syvlia could not see. Something was hidden from view and it's my guess it's this visitor. He is hiding in the home as early as 9:30 that evening and she did not see him right away. He must have caught her by surprise.
Mercury is trine Neptune so things are going to go his way. Neptune is the darkness there that keeps her from seeing him at first and this is how Neptune assisted him. Jupiter rules the first house and so Jupiter is Sylvia's marker. Jupiter is also in the first house, showing her to be in "her own place" which translates into her home (or any other area she frequented). Jupiter is disposed of by Saturn, which is at the Descendant (the marker for her abductor). Saturn is exactly opposite Neptune in the twelfth so she would stumble upon him (caught by surprise as noted) and this may be what caused the struggle in the house. There were reports from her husband, who was the first to discover her missing, that the house showed signs of a struggle. Saturn is also exactly sextile to Mercury so, from this, we can assume she had seen this person before. In fact, Jupiter opposing the Moon (with the Moon dexter by a few degrees) tells me that she had contact with him in the days before her abduction. She did something she didn't ordinarily do, such as being kind or supportive to a stranger, and he saw this act of kindness as a come on (or a sign of weakness). He chose her at that moment for some reason but the idea that should would be sympathetic, passive or "easy" seems to stand out for me. The Moon is really strong in Cancer but Jupiter is in fall in Capricorn, so this thing she did (this act of kindness) may be viewed as being a great quality of a strong character by many of us but, to this man, it would also look like Sylvia was weak. Kindness is often misread. This is what this looks like to me. He misread her kindness as a weakness towards him; perhaps flirtatious.
So he saw her in the days prior to this abduction and somehow knew where she lived. Mercury in Aries is his marker and this is disposed of by Mars in Gemini with both planets in mutual reception. He found it easy to discover where she lived and also found it easy to enter the home. We know that her home was a trailer, which are notorious for being unsafe, and the fourth house ruler, Neptune was in Sagittarius. Sylvia and her husband had not been in the trailer long and they had plans to move on eventually, maybe even travel out of state. That's what Neptune in Sagittarius is saying. It may also be saying that they were new to the area, having moved there from somewhere far away. It also is a marker for travel. Although I have no idea what either Sylvia or her husband did for a living, it is possible it involved travel of some sort.
Getting back to the abduction, I have to note that the seventh house ruler, Mercury, is in Aries and is disposed of by Mars in Gemini in the seventh house. Mars, in turn, is conjoined to Venus. At the same time, the Moon in Cancer is in the eighth house and Mercury rules the tenth house with Pluto at the midheaven. This is striking. His purpose in being there (Mercury disposed of by Mars) was to "get" Sylvia. He was not there to rob or steal and this was not a random event. Mars being so close to Venus in this scenario makes a female (most likely the victim) a target of this man's intentions. As well, the Moon in Cancer in the eighth house is a strong indicator that he wanted her for sex or death or both. Pluto, a violent and chaotic force in forensic charts, is in the last few minutes of the sign Virgo. The presages a change in events and since Pluto is angular and high in the chart, I would say it was going to be chaotic. Also, the tenth house describes this man's home and with Pluto there, I would guess he had done violent things in his home previously and had intentions to do so again.
In the chart for 10 pm I see that Mercury rules the tenth house from the fourth house. This man lived in the same neighborhood as Sylvia and lived in the same type of housing. It appears he lives in a trailer. In the chart for 11 pm, notice how the seventh house ruler, Mercury, at that hour has moved out of the fourth and into the third. They are on the road at that point. But the third house is not a highway or an interstate, it is a neighborhood avenue. He did not take her far. Moon in the seventh house shows Sylvia to be in "his custody". And the real interesting pattern in this chart is the cluster in the sixth, including the tenth and fourth house rulers with Saturn, which disposes of Jupiter in the first. Venus and Mars are exactly conjoined (within 30 seconds) so this represents two people who live together and may be married. Saturn there as disposition for the first house ruler, shows Sylvia with these two people and the probability that she will never be seen again. These people are transients who move around alot and may have been in the armed services at some time or, at the least, come from military families. The sign Gemini reinforces that there are, in fact, two people, close to each other in some manner and that they move around a lot and are not settled. Uranus in Libra in the tenth house shows us an alternative lifestyle of some sort: swingers, people of the same sex, living together unmarried (in the 70s that was "alternative") or some other unusual set up. I would say, just from my own viewpoint, that it would be rather unusual for two people, married or otherwise, to kidnap a woman and bring her to their home, for any purpose.
Then it's the chart for 1 am where things become crystal clear. Notice how the tenth and fourth house placements have changed to Taurus and Scorpio but that their rulers remain the same, Venus and Mars. This is that same couple but now things have changed. Venus and Mars are together with Saturn, which now rules the first house, in the fifth house. They are having sex with Sylvia! They have made a threesome with her, most likely against her will. Swinging was a popular past time in the 1970s but I have only heard of a few instances where a woman was abducted and used by a couple. Notice the tenth house ruler, Pluto, in the eighth house? And that all of these planets, Venus, Mars and Saturn, are disposed of by Mercury in the second house. And, also, that Neptune is within 3 seconds of exact opposition to Saturn, which rules the first. This, altogether, looks like sex on film for money and a possible snuff film in the making. Snuff films were a big rage thing in the 70s, also. When you have all the players planets disposed of by one planet in the second house, it starts looking like money as a motive. But Pluto in the eighth adds violent death to the mix and Neptune opposing Sylvia's marker looks like her being recorded against her will. She was abducted and forced into sex with these people; all of it was put on film for money. But it wasn't just the sex they wanted to record. Pluto in the eighth is disposed of by the same planet in the second house, Mercury. Documentaton of death. That's what it looks like to me. And the dignified Moon in Cancer lingering in the sixth house does assure us of one thing: Sylvia will never be seen again.
Another thing that Neptune opposing Saturn tells me is that they drugged this girl. She was drugged and then murdered. And with all the planets in Gemini disposed of by Mercury in Aries, this fits a gunshot to the head. Gemini also describes projectiles, often more than one. The Moon in Cancer can indicate drowning. Cancer rules the death house at the time of the abduction and the Moon is in Cancer also in the death house. There is a good chance that when all is said and done, they dump what is left of her in the water.
The first house ruler enters the eighth house for the first time at 2 am and remains there for hours. Pluto remains with the first house ruler, Uranus, in the eighth house until around 3 am, earth time. This seems to be saying that the sex and violence went on for quite some time before she died. Or, as much as I hate to say it, the sex and violence went on after her death. One or the other or both. This was a horrific act, according to these charts, and there is no nice way to say it.
This chart for 3 am shows that Sylvia is dead, as the charts before it also seemed to say, but in this one, they move her body. Pluto has moved into the seventh house, showing a disagreement between the two about something. Saturn, which represents the body of the victim in death, is now in the third house. They have taken her out of the home, perhaps into a car. Saturn rules the twelfth, which sort of affirms the idea that she is dead, and is directly opposite Neptune in the ninth (separated by only 2 minutes). I am thinking they took her out to the garage. Neptune has no house rulership so it is not prominent in this placement except by the opposition. I think they knew they could not hide her in the garage and they knew they could not burn the body without drawing unwanted attention. So Neptune would not work for them at this point. The third house ruler is Venus and it's placed in the fourth house so they had a car at their disposal. Both Venus and Mars so close together in Gemini seems to indicate that they both shared one car, rather than having two cars. Venus also rules the eighth while Saturn rules the twelfth so they were going to use that car to dispose of her; take her to her resting place, so to speak. North node in the twelfth indicates two different ideas: that they have done this before with people they knew and/ or they take the body (or bodies) to the same place every time. Add to that the node disposed of by Uranus in the eighth with Uranus ruling the first house, this may even be a part of their lifestyle. They think of their marriage as "alternative". Also, second house ruler, the Sun, in the second house may be describing a business contact that buys their "product". Back then, hard core porn was fairly new (it was rare in the 1960s) and snuff films were on the rise. I remember how horrified most of us were when we realized that.
Moon in the fifth house in this chart again describes sexual activity and with the first house ruler, Uranus, in the eighth, this may include "unusual" sexual activity. The Moon is sinister to a square with Uranus and this shows me that most of their victims were not willing. They fought back. Perhaps this was part of the "fun"? It is interesting that the Moon is the strongest planet in this chart, which seems to give the victim more power than it seems she had. At the same time, the tenth house ruler, Jupiter, is the weakest in the chart, and this shows us their home was vulnerable. They could have been easily discovered if someone had gone into their home. The victims could have revealed this if they would have gotten away. And perhaps, over time, someone did reveal them and they have since been imprisoned for crimes of this nature and/ or executed. Pluto in the seventh house underscores a violent personality and it is unlikely they continued this sort of thing and did not get caught.
I also think the presence of Uranus in the eighth after Saturn has been moved into the third, shows the couple having sex after moving the body. Yuk.
Remember that Saturn becomes the victim after death. The first house then becomes the abductor(s) / killer(s). The seventh house represents anyone else who enters the picture or has influence over events. The victim is no longer moving so you follow the body wherever the murderer may take it. Since this chart is showing us the victim as dead, then Saturn is her marker at this time. Saturn is in Gemini in the third house. Uranus in the eighth disposed of by Venus in the fourth conjoined Mars shows us this couple still in the home while Saturn in the third, shows Sylvia's body to be outside the home. The cusp of the seventh house is involved in a grand trine with Neptune in the ninth and Mercury in the first. They are probably going to cremate the remains. Mercury in the first in Aries will determine when and where they do it. The opposition from Neptune to Saturn confirms that they cannot hide her there, in their home, or burn her body there. So, Aries describes an area where the ground has been disturbed (for any reason), a place with abandoned buildings and empty structures (of any kind) Mercury describes an area within walking or driving distance, in the same neighborhood, perhaps in an area where things are stored or kept. Could also be an area near a truck stop, a school (likely closed), a paper mill (operating or not), an empty parking lot or any closed or abandoned business such as a car lot, a bowling alley or playground (any lot where sports were played). Any of these types of locations in the local area (not far from Sylvia's home) would be where they took her body and burned it. Aries describes outside cooking stoves, grills or ovens and if you keep this in mind, you can narrow it down. A camping site not far from a truck stop would make perfect sense. Sometime between 4 and 5 am in the morning, they took her body to a location similar to those described and burned it. And, then, with the Moon so strong in Cancer, they took the ashes and tossed them out over the water.
The couple who abducted her are described by Venus and Mars in Gemini. These were the markers at the time of her abduction. This describes an "intellectual" type couple who enjoyed playing "games". They liked strategy sessions and planning out their "adventures". They liked to share partners and to "swing" with other people but I think they mostly would stick with women as victims and maybe have adventures with other couples, both women and men, but these did not involve rape and murder. Venus and Mars square Uranus in these charts tells us that this couple was "adventurous" and different in their makeup and needed excitement. It probably started with "swinging", which was big in the 1960s and 1970s. They probably watched porn, when it became widely available, and indulged in experimentation. Mercury in Aries here shows us that they got aggressive about their strong desires and started dreaming up schemes where they could exercise power and be "in control". Gemini is playful so at first this was probably just acted out. But Mercury in Aries trine Neptune is now telling us that drugs and alcohol have often been involved and imaginations got wilder over time.
At about 8 p.m. on April 25, Brittanee left the Bar Harbor Hotel, where she was staying with some girl friends, and headed to the nearby Blue Resort Hotel to see friend Peter Broswick.
Surveillance camera footage captured 17-year-old Brittanee entering and leaving the Blue Resort lobby.
Hours later, at about 1 a.m., Broswick left Myrtle Beach to return home to Rochester. Authorities there and in Myrtle Beach have questioned him several times, but say he isn't a suspect.
Detectives believe Broswick may have been the last person to see Brittanee, a student at Gates-Chili High School in Rochester, alive.
Dawn Drexel has said her daughter suffers from depression and may have been upset because she and her husband are getting divorced. But she insists the girl would never run away.
Brittanee has blue eyes and shoulder-length brown hair with blond highlights. She's 5 feet tall, weighs about 100 pounds and was last seen wearing a multi-colored shirt, black shorts and flip-flops.
Those with any information are asked to call Myrtle Beach Police at (843) 918-1300, 1-800-CRIME-TV or 1-800-THE-LOST (843-5678).
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This is a big case in the news right now. This girl just disappeared and there is no known reason for it, although the police seem to think she ran off on her own. The Rochester police are not involved in the search but the Myrtle Beach Police are doing their best to find her. I guess because he has left Myrtle Beach and is out of their jurisdiction, the young boy who last saw her cannot be forced to talk to the Myrtle Beach Police. In order to force him to return there, they have to bring charges. So remember that when you are putting your thoughts to this case.
I have no idea what happened to this girl and I do not have any suspects in my mind. I know the boy looks hinky and most everybody has gone there in their minds but I am going to try to read this chart without prejudice. So the first chart I draw up is for the time this girl was last seen leaving the hotel. This time was on a videotape so we can assume it's accurate. In this chart, Scorpio is rising and Taurus is falling. Mars is in the fifth house with Pluto in the second house. Notice also that Venus is in the fifth, too. This shows Brittanee and the person she is next to meet are both either romantically involved or looking to party. The fifth house can mean many things but we know she is on spring break and not babysitting or at a casino. She is a minor so she is not in a bar. But I think she wants to party and she has a bit of a thing for the boy she is next to meet, which we know from reports is the boy who later went home early. Either that or he has a thing for her or, ideally, they both have a thing for each other. However this evolves, they are both connected in the fifth, showing mutual involvement. Combine this with Pluto in the second, with Pluto squaring both Venus and Mars and you can see that they didn't have any money and this was a problem. They wanted to have fun but were really short on funds.
Uranus rules the fourth house and it is placed in an out of sign conjunction with Venus and Mars. Uranus is in Pisces. Uranus is in mutual reception with Neptune in the fourth, which hints that she might have surprised him by dropping by. There is certainly something surprising in this meeting, something unexpected. Neptune conjunct Jupiter in the fourth house with both planets square with the Moon and Mercury in the seventh, Brittanee may have come into something she didn't expect. Perhaps he had been hiding something from her, that she came to discover in his hotel room, and it wasn't a good thing? The co ruler Moon in the seventh shows me that her intentions involved him directly; she went there expressly to see him and nothing more. He was the purpose of her visit. But there may have been a person or persons there that she did not expect to see. I think her age was a question; Mercury is involved in the square. Either that or there was another young person present; perhaps even younger than Brittanee.
The next chart I see is for 9 pm. Scorpio is still rising with Taurus falling and Venus and Mars are still in the fifth. The conjunction between Venus and Mars just tells me over and over again that these two came to Myrtle Beach for each other. Perhaps Brittanee's mother did not know about her relationship with this boy, but there was something going on here. He is referred to as "a friend" but the charts show a "tightness" that says more. These two planets are still square Pluto in the second, reiterating the fact that they were short on money and this was a problem. The Moon has slipped into the sixth, showing that Brittanee is in some danger. Notice how the Moon is disposed of by Venus? Again, I come back to this "friend" of hers. Did she go there for him? It looks like she did. Did they have a plan to run off together? Was her parents pending divorce a reason for Brittanee to throw herself at Peter? Did she want out of her home that badly? The Node in the third house tells me that she planned this trip for a long time and that she had help getting there. She also had a definite plan.
Moon in the sixth house trine to Saturn in the tenth shows me that Brittanee was depressed about something and it seemed to involve her father. She was seeking male company and comfort so she went to see her friend. There are also a few other factors that leap out at me. Aries rules the fifth and Mars rules both the first and the fifth with Mars placed in the fifth. Mercury in the seventh keeps talking about a young child. Is there a chance that Brittanee was pregnant? Is this the reason she went to see her friend?
At sometime around 10 pm, Brittanee got into a car. This would be with someone she did not know. The chart now has Sagittarius rising with Gemini on the seventh. Jupiter is in the third house, conjoined Neptune. Moon and Mercury are together now in the sixth. It looks more and more like she might be pregnant and afraid and not feeling good about it. Even if not, she is not pregnant and I am reading this wrong, then the sixth house does show danger and fear. Mercury and the Moon are close to the Plieades and these are seven fixed stars that show tears and sadness. The Moon has been under the Sun's beams this evening and still is, although moving away over time. This shows great fear and a troubled heart. Brittanee had loving feelings towards her friend but the surprises this night did not turn out well. She has a heavy heart and is troubled by hard choices. She has left in the car (Jupiter in the third) but she is doing it for him, as shown by the Moon with Mercury in the sixth as Mercury rules the seventh.
Let's just say she is pregnant and she went there to tell her friend. Let's say he's the father and not happy about it. Let's say the money problem was that he wanted her to have an abortion and the funds were lacking. Let's just say. Mercury, at this point, is disposed of by Venus, which is in the fourth. Was he frightened of his parents? Or of being a parent? These are all questions that the chart is suggesting. And when you see that their current rulers, Jupiter and Mercury are closely squared to each other, when they had been conjoined not but an hour ago, you see that they have come to a disagreement over something. Could this something be a pregnancy? Could she have wanted a family and he did not? Again, this is just a suggestion of what the chart seems to be saying. I may have it right and I may not. The chart never lies but the reader can be an idiot. I am often an idiot. None the less, my next question is: where is Brittanee going when she leaves in this car at 10 pm?
The charts have the ruler, Jupiter in the third with Neptune. Interestingly enough, Jupiter is disposed of by Uranus in the fourth, which in turn is in mutual reception with Neptune. They are going to someone's home. Brittanee is with this stranger going to someone's home? Strange. Neptune rules the fourth house which I find rather odd. Is she with someone's mother? I doubt it. Is she visiting a family? I doubt it. But the fourth house does rule motherhood, so perhaps if we go back to the thought that she might be pregnant, this trip she is making is about that. Getting advice? Checking into an abortion? At 10:30 at night? This is all very weird and I am not sure what to make of it. I will leave this part of the story to the other Astrologers who view this blog and see if they can make sense of what is happening now.
I will say, however, that at 10:30 pm, Brittanee was alive and well. She was in a car going to someone's home over something. She had had a disagreement with her friend, the person for whom she had come to Myrtle Beach. But then at 11:30, the planets start to form new aspects that concern me. I am watching Saturn moving along the midheaven and predicting that when Capricorn rises, Saturn will fall into the eighth. At that point, Pluto will be at the first house cusp. Pluto is disposed of by Saturn, creating an aura of influence that looks dangerous and scary to me. So I move the charts forward until I see this happen... or not. And then, just before 12:30 am on April 26th, this configuration falls into place. It is curious to me because this is only a half hour before her friend Peter leaves Myrtle Beach suddenly without taking his clothes or money. What scared the boy so bad? I think it was that Brittanee was killed somehow. I think it was unexpected and happened too easily. Notice in the chart for 12:30 am, a grand trine emerges involving Saturn in Virgo, Pluto in Capricorn and the Moon in Taurus. Don't forget that Saturn and the Moon are the current rulers of our subject, Brittanee Drexel.
I hate to point fingers at people. I watch the TV news people do it every day and most of the time, it turns out that they are right. But I still hate to do it, even if I am right. I feel sorry for everybody in these cases and it pains me to say bad things about people. But it looks an awful lot like this boy knows more than he is saying. She was taken somewhere on a ruse and after awhile, was dumped from the car. She went with a stranger, for some purpose, which is even weirder. I have no idea how adventurous Brittanee is, but considering her feelings for her friend, even with their disagreement, she would do as he asked. Or perhaps she went with him and not a stranger at all, with the dumb Astrologer reading it wrong. Perhaps Neptune is a secret and not a person at all. Perhaps the secret was that he was going to kill her. I mean, stranger things have happened, have they not? She went along, arguing with him all the way, and then he snuffed her. And dumped her. And ran for the hills.
As always, I am going to concede that I may be wrong. Heck, even the almighty cops are wrong some of the time. And if I am, Brittanee is alive somewhere, doing her thing. I doubt it, but I will concede it might be possible. So if it is, then I must implore you to look at her picture. She is a beautiful girl. And if you see her, have any idea what happened to her, or have any information about the night she went missing in Myrtle Beach, then call the cops at the number given above. And thanks for reading my blog.
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