Family, friends hold vigil to remember Bucks County woman found dead in Miami

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Family, friends hold vigil to remember Bucks County woman killed in Miami
Family and friends remembered a Bucks County woman who died while on Spring Break in Florida.

MIAMI BEACH, Florida (WPVI) -- Family and friends remembered a woman from Bucks County, Pennsylvania who died while on spring break in Florida.

A candlelight vigil was held Monday night at Jules Pizza in Newtown to remember 24-year-old Christine Englehardt.

Englehardt worked as a manager at the pizza place.

Authorities said the 24-year-old was drugged, raped and robbed while on a trip to Miami. She was found dead in a hotel room.

Two men have been arrested and charged in the case.

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According to police, the body of Christine Englehardt, of Richboro, Bucks County, was found on March 18.

Surveillance cameras from the Albion Hotel on James Avenue show Englehardt with the two men around 1 a.m. on March 18.

Evoire Collier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 24, both of North Carolina, were arrested and charged with sexual battery and burglary.

The men are also accused of stealing her cell phone, cash and credit cards once Englehardt was unconscious, according to a judge.

Englehardt was a Richboro native and graduate of Council Rock High School North.

Residents in Miami Beach, Florida held a vigil on Friday night to honor Englehardt.

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Residents in Miami Beach, Florida held a vigil to honor a Bucks County woman who was found dead inside a hotel room earlier this month.