Two North Carolina men face charges of raping, drugging and robbing a woman who was found dead in a hotel room in South Beach, Florida.
Evoire Collier, 21, (left) and Dorian Taylor, 24, both of Greensboro, North Carolina, allegedly gave Christine Englehardt a “green pill” which she chased down with alcohol at a South Beach bar.
They then took her back to her room at the Albion Hotel, where she passed out. Englehardt’s semi-nude body was found on the bed in the room on Thursday, March 18.
Collier later told police he and Taylor — in town for Spring Break — met 24-year-old Englehardt at a local restaurant before giving her the drug as they walked along Ocean Drive.
The trio then headed back to her hotel at 1650 James Avenue, according to a police report
Surveillance footage shows the men holding Englehardt by her neck as she staggered to her room.
Collier and Taylor then had sex with Englehardt while she was unconscious, police said. Authorities said Englehardt was unable to give consent because she was under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Collier and Taylor allegedly robbed Englehardt, stealing her phone, cash and credit cards before leaving her for dead, police say.
A surveillance camera caught one of the men using her credit card to buy alcohol at a liquor store.
Collier and Taylor appeared in a Miami-Dade courtroom on Monday following their arrests on Sunday. A judge ordered the two suspects held without bail.
The suspects face murder or manslaughter charges if tests show the drug they gave Englehardt was the cause of her death.
Miami Beach officials declared a state of emergency and imposed an 8 p.m. curfew in South Beach after thousands of mostly Black, maskless Spring breakers descended on Miami for the annual ritual of drinking, drugs and partying.
Police arrested more than 1,000 people — mostly Black out-of-towners who were not just college students.
