A woman drugged and raped in Miami Beach warned of dangers in Facebook post

MIAMI STRAND, Fla. Two visitors to Miami Beach during the spring break remain without bars after police said they drugged and raped a woman who was later found dead.

Dorian Taylor, 24, and Evoire Collier, 21, both of North Carolina, were seen on a surveillance video Thursday night accompanying 24-year-old Christine Englehardt at the Albion Hotel and then leaving for 40 minutes, authorities said.

Englehardt, who was visiting from Pennsylvania, was later partially dressed and found dead in her room at the hotel.

Many are now commenting on a Facebook post by Englehardt in 2019 warning about predators.

She wrote: ‘So if you feel unsafe or feel something in any way, something is not right … always go with your gut. … Unfortunately, this is a dangerous world right now and you never know what someone’s real intentions are. ‘

Englehardt’s friend, Hailey Davis, regrets a promising life that has been cut short.

“She still had her whole life to do things, and she had dreams and goals and all these things that she would never be able to do now,” Davis said.

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Englehardt allegedly met Taylor and Collier in a restaurant, where investigators say they gave her a pill before returning to the hotel.

Authorities say the men had sex with her several times, including once when she was unconscious.

According to police, Taylor and Collier then show the victim’s credit card to buy alcohol at a local liquor store.

If the pill allegedly given to Englehardt is found to have caused her death, Taylor and Collier could face charges of manslaughter or murder.

“We are going to do everything in our power to make sure there is any connection between the situation and her death, that we continue and support the full prosecution of the law,” said Miami Beach Police Chief Rick Clements.