MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- The longtime girlfriend of Brittanee Drexel's killer could get a lengthy prison sentence in January -- months after admitting lying multiple times to the FBI as they investigated the case. Angel Vause, 56, pleaded guilty Sept. 9 in U.S. District Court's Charleston division to three counts of making a false statement to federal agents and faces up to 24 years behind bars. U.S. Department of Justice spokeswoman Veronica Hill told News13 on Monday that sentencing could happen early next year. It’s the latest development in a case that began in March when Vause was indicted. Her boyfriend Raymond Moody is serving a life sentence after confessing in 2022 to raping and murdering Drexel while she was on spring break in Myrtle Beach. Vause agreed in July to plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Charleston to two counts of making false statements to federal agents — each carrying a penalty of five years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. But on Aug. 15 — the planned date of her sentencing — both sides agreed to a 10-day continuance after the penalty was upgraded to a maximum of eight years for each count. “In light of Ms. Vause’s rejection of the plea, we’re currently preparing for trial and considering all our options … Those options include potentially seeking a superseding indictment to include a federal kidnapping charge,” First United States Attorney Brook B. Andrews told News13 at the time.