Spring breakers accused of drugging and raping woman who later died in Miami Beach

Two North Carolina spring breakers have been arrested and charged with drugging, raping and robbing a woman who later died at a hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., Authorities said Monday.

The men, Evoire Collier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 24, face charges of sexual violence, burglary and other crimes, court records show. They remain in detention; the amount of the deposit was not entered on Monday evening.

Miami Beach officials are struggling to deal with the waves of bathers that have been pouring into the area since last month. There have been more than 1,000 arrests since February and on Sunday the city imposed a new curfew and other restrictions that could last until mid-April.

Citing police records, NBC Miami reported that Collier and Taylor were seen on surveillance video entering the Albion Hotel on Thursday with a 24-year-old woman. Half an hour later, he reported, Collier and Taylor left without the woman and were subsequently arrested and arrested.

At a bail hearing on Monday, a prosecutor said the woman was so intoxicated when she entered the hotel that she was reportedly unable to give consent. It was not immediately clear when or why the woman died.

Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer said one of the defendants admitted giving the woman a green pill with the characters “a30” on it, but the contents of the pill were unclear and the toxicology report was on hold.

Authorities accused Collier and Taylor of using credit cards stolen from the woman after she left the hotel, NBC Miami reported.

A relative told the station that the woman had traveled to the area on her own.

Lawyers for the men did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A woman who identified herself as Collier’s older sister and legal guardian said during the bail hearing that he had never had any problems and was “taken aback” by the charges.

“I can attest to his character,” she said. “Please let my brother come home.”