Pair of spring breakers in Fla. charged over suspected rape of woman found dead in hotel room

March 23, 2021 KayAdmin US 0

Police keep an eye on tourists as they make their way down Ocean Drive during Spring Break in Miami Beach, Fla. on Monday, March 22, 2021. A party-ending curfew is in effect in Miami Beach, imposed after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous stampedes broke out among huge crowds of people. The curfew could extend through the end of spring break. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)

Police keep an eye on tourists as they make their way down Ocean Drive during Spring Break in Miami Beach, Fla. on Monday, March 22, 2021. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP)

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UPDATED 1:50 PM PT – Tuesday, March 23, 2021

A pair of spring breakers in Florida face multiple charges in connection to the suspected rape and drugging of a woman found dead in a hotel room. 21-year-old Evoire Collier and 24-year-old Dorian Taylor were arrested Sunday after using 24-year-old Christine Englehardt’s credit cards at a Miami Beach liquor store.

🚨 CRIME ALERT: Two men vacationing in South Beach for spring break are charged with drugging and raping a woman who was later found dead in a hotel. https://t.co/NiBNNTMNOr

— WPLG Local 10 News (@WPLGLocal10) March 22, 2021

They were charged with sexual battery, burglary, credit card fraud and theft. This came after police found Englehardt’s body in a South Beach hotel room on Thursday. According to detectives, video surveillance shows her clearly intoxicated while entering the building with the two suspects.

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“She was actually staggering a little bit and at one point co-defendant Taylor held her behind her neck to basically keep her stable,” a Miami Beach detective stated.

“Beautiful” , “Kind” & “would do anything for her friends.” That’s what we are hearing from friends about Christine Englehardt. A Bucks County native. She died during a trip to South Beach where she was drugged & raped. 2 people are in custody. @6abc pic.twitter.com/c7TzqJzMPL

— Annie McCormick (@6abcAnnie) March 23, 2021

Meanwhile, the suspects could also face manslaughter or murder charges if Englehardt is determined to have died from a pill one of the suspects admitted to giving her.