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FEB 18, 2020
Police: Girl, 6, was killed by neighbor who then killed self
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Faye Marie Swetlik died of asphyxiation just hours after she was abducted, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher told reporters Tuesday, refusing to say if she was strangled or suffocated.
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Shortly after the girl's body was found, authorities said, they were called to Taylor's home where he was found dead on his back porch, covered in blood.
Taylor, 30, slit his own throat, Fisher said in a statement released after Tuesday's news conference, in which the coroner only wanted to talk in front of cameras about the girl.
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“DNA was tested and did connect and link the residence, the deceased male and Faye to that location," Snellgrove said.
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The clue that cracked the case came from a trash can. Investigators followed a trash truck going around the neighborhood Thursday and sifted through every can as it was emptied. Inside Taylor's can, Snellgrove said, they found a rain boot matching one Faye was wearing and a ladle full of dirt.
Snellgrove said he ordered a search near the area and personally found the girl's body which was “moved in shadow of the night.”
Taylor had a roommate who was not home much while the girl was missing, said Snellgrove, adding the roommate appeared to know nothing about the abduction.
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At the bottom of the article: This version of the story corrects to say the coroner said the girl was asphyxiated, but did not give details
Police: Girl, 6, was killed by neighbor who then killed self
[...]
Faye Marie Swetlik died of asphyxiation just hours after she was abducted, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher told reporters Tuesday, refusing to say if she was strangled or suffocated.
[...]
Shortly after the girl's body was found, authorities said, they were called to Taylor's home where he was found dead on his back porch, covered in blood.
Taylor, 30, slit his own throat, Fisher said in a statement released after Tuesday's news conference, in which the coroner only wanted to talk in front of cameras about the girl.
[...]
“DNA was tested and did connect and link the residence, the deceased male and Faye to that location," Snellgrove said.
[...]
The clue that cracked the case came from a trash can. Investigators followed a trash truck going around the neighborhood Thursday and sifted through every can as it was emptied. Inside Taylor's can, Snellgrove said, they found a rain boot matching one Faye was wearing and a ladle full of dirt.
Snellgrove said he ordered a search near the area and personally found the girl's body which was “moved in shadow of the night.”
Taylor had a roommate who was not home much while the girl was missing, said Snellgrove, adding the roommate appeared to know nothing about the abduction.
[...]
At the bottom of the article: This version of the story corrects to say the coroner said the girl was asphyxiated, but did not give details