The two men charged with drugging and raping a 24-year-old Spring Breaker who was found dead in a hotel room after the alleged attack were photographed walking the streets with other party-seekers the very next day.
Evoire Collier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 24, have both been charged in the sexual assault and drugging of Christine Englehardt.
She was found dead in a hotel room in Miami on Thursday morning, hours after being filmed on surveillance cameras entering the hotel with the two men.
On Friday, the two men were spotted shamelessly walking the streets and photobombing another woman.
The woman uploaded the photograph to Twitter after reading that the pair had been charged.
‘Oh nothing just out in Miami getting photo-bombed by rapist murderers Woozy face,’ the woman, calling herself D, said.
The two men allegedly gave Englehardt a ‘green pill’ then sexually assaulted her at the Albion Hotel on Wednesday night. She had traveled alone to Miami from Pennsylvania. The two men had traveled from North Carolina.
Police say the men were filmed holding her up as they entered the hotel.
He said he was aware the two men had been charged in connection with her death.
Alleged attackers Dorian Taylor, 24, and Evoire Collier, 21, were seen in the background of a photo taken by another spring breaker in Miami this week
Christine Englehardt left her home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to travel to Spring break in Miami, an annual booze-fueled street and beach party
Evoire Collier, left, and Dorian Taylor, right, appeared before Judge Mindy S Glazer in court in Miami on Tuesday
Collier and Taylor appeared in court in Miami on Monday charged with burglary with battery, petty theft, sexual battery and credit card fraud.
They may also face manslaughter or murder charges if the drug they gave her is proven to have played a role in her death.
Englehardt’s Facebook page reveals a chilling message she wrote three years ago, warning women to trust their gut instinct and to always ‘be alert’ if they felt a situations wasn’t right. She was prompted to write it after encountering a man behaving suspiciously at Tyler State Park in Pennsylvania while she was out for a run.
In the post on July 5, 2019, she wrote: ‘Last week, I was running past the Tyler Arts Center building and saw in the parking lot a car with a white T shirt hanging out the driver’s side window. As I was running past him, the car started beeping at me and the driver waved his hand out the window.
‘I assumed he was broken down and needed help, but my gut feeling was telling me something wasn’t right. So I kept running and didn’t stop. Today around 1 pm, I ran past the same area and there was same car with the same T shirt hanging out.
‘My heart started racing. As I ran past him, he beeped again and waved for my attention. I immediately knew that this was some kind of predator scheme. I waited until I wasn’t in his sight to stop to call 911.
‘Luckily, park workers were driving by and I stopped them and told them to get the park ranger to investigate for this was now the second time the same man was doing this. They dispatched the ranger immediately and thanked me for alerting them.
‘So if you ever feel unsafe in ANY way or have a feeling something isn’t right, DON’T hesitate to notify the police. Always go with your gut. Please be on alert for any suspicious people or cars. This is a dangerous world now unfortunately and you never know what anyone’s true intentions are.’
In the Facebook post Englehardt wrote in 2019, she warned women to trust their gut instinct, saying: ‘This is a dangerous world now unfortunately and you never know what anyone’s true intentions are’
Evoire Collier, 21, left, and Dorian Taylor, 24, right, both from Greensboro, North Carolina, were arrested Sunday in connection to 24-year-old Christine Englehardt’s death
Friends of the victim have now also taken to social media to pay tribute to her.
Posting on Facebook, friend Rachel Kerr called for ‘Justice for Christine’.
‘I wish I could ask God why the good die young,’ wrote Kerr.
‘It feels like it was just yesterday that I saw you at jules and we were talking about making plans to catch up. You were such an amazing, outgoing & most beautiful women. I will cherish all our memories we shared together. Rest in paradise angel✨ Christine Englehardt. #JusticeForChristine.’
According to her Facebook page, Englehardt worked as an assistant manager at Jules Thin Crust pizza chain.
A relative of Christine’s named Dora Englehardt changed her Facebook profile picture to one of Christine.
‘Thinking of you and sending prayers,’ said one commenter.
A photograph on Christine’s Facebook page which was open to the public showed her beaming with pride after finishing the Philadelphia Love Run Half Marathon in 2019.
According to a police report, Collier told officers the two men met Englehardt at a local restaurant before giving her the drug as they walked along Ocean Drive.
The group then headed back to the Albion Hotel at 1650 James Avenue, the Miami Herald reported.
Surveillance footage taken from the hotel lobby shows the two men entering the hotel with Englehardt at around 1am Thursday.
As they walked into the elevator in the building, the woman was staggering and Taylor was holding her from behind ‘by the neck so she could stand’, Miami Beach Detective Luis Alsina said in a court hearing Monday.
Christine Englehardt, pictured with her mother, Doreen, worked as an assistant manager at Jules Thin Crust pizza chain, according to her Facebook page
A close friend of Englehardt’s called for Justice For Christine and praised her ‘amazing, outgoing and most beautiful’ woman
Englehardt worked as an assistant manager at the Jules Thin Crust pizza chain in Pennsylvania and was an accomplished distance runner
Collier said he and Taylor each had sex with Englehardt and that Taylor raped her as she seemed to be unconscious, authorities said.
Police said Englehardt was not able to have consented to sex with either of the two men while under the influence of alcohol and narcotics.
Collier claimed he thought the pill they gave Englehardt was Percocet, a powerful pain reliever, but authorities are investigating the possibility it was a narcotic such as fentanyl.
It is not clear if she took the drug willingly or if she was spiked.
Collier and Taylor then stole her phone, cash and credit cards and left her unconscious in the room ‘without any concern for her welfare or safety,’ the police report said.
The two men were then captured on the hotel surveillance cameras leaving the building around an hour after they arrived.
They then allegedly went on a spree using the victim’s cards at ‘various locations’ across Miami Beach including at liquor store South Beach Liquors.
Englehardt’s semi-nude body was found on the bed in the hotel room Thursday and emergency services were called.
A cause of death is yet to be determined with the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office carrying out further tests to learn if she died from an overdose from the pill given to her by the suspects, the Herald reported.
Christine Englehardt was reportedly given a ‘green pill’ before being raped and left for dead
Extra police were drafted in to quell the disturbances, which saw more than 1,000 revelers arrested in Miami
Both Collier and Taylor appeared in court in Miami on Monday.
At the hearing, broadcast on NBC Miami, Collier’s sister told Judge Mindy S Glazer that her brother had never been in trouble with the law before, and asked that he be released on bond.
‘I’m severely bewildered by these charges and accusations against him, but I can attest for his character and I can attest for responsibility of him standing trial for whatever charges,’ his sister said.
‘If you please let my brother come home and let our family handle the situation appropriately we will do what ever is necessary that Miami-Dade County asks of us.’
But Judge Glazer refused the request, and both men were kept in custody without bind.
‘The victim couldn’t even pick up a phone after they did whatever they did to her,’ said Judge Glazer.
This year’s annual Spring break fiesta descended rapidly into chaos with police arresting 1,000 partygoers letting off steam after coronavirus lockdowns.
Faced with a surge of violence in the city, Miami Beach Police brought in an emergency 8pm curfew on Saturday.
Five different law enforcement agencies are working to patrol the city, which has seen wild parties.
Miami Beach police faced criticism after using pepper balls and sounds cannons on the crowd on Saturday night, which black leaders called ‘unnecessary force’.
City officials say they are concerned about the potential for the large crowds to drive the spread of coronavirus, and cite lawless behavior and rampant property destruction as additional reasons to impose the curfew, which on Sunday was extended up to three weeks.
Miami Beach was calm on Monday evening after raucous weekend where officials called a state of emergency and enforced a curfew to curb the wild partying and resulting riots.
