SC - Faye Marie Swetlik, 6, Cayce, 10 Feb 2020*Media maps timeline no discussion

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Caroline Hecker on Twitter
Law enforcement says it believes 30 y/o Coty Taylor is the sole person responsible for the abduction and death of Faye Swetlik. @wis10
3:22 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Candace Scalese on Twitter
@Cayce_DPS Byron Snellgrove is getting emotional talking about the effort of every officer and community member who came together to help bring #FayeSwetlik home
3:22 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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Darci Strickland on Twitter
@Cayce_DPS - We don’t know where Faye was between Monday and Thursday. #FayeSwetlik
3:23 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Hunter Sáenz on Twitter
New: @Cayce_DPS says evidence shows Coty Taylor abducted and killed #FayeSwetlik. Police believe he is the only responsible for the crime. Be sure to keep Faye’s parents and family in your prayers. These developments being made public today has to be so hard for them. @wcnc
3:24 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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BREAKING: Coroner releases Faye Marie Swetlik’s cause of death, confirms 6-year-old girl was a homicide victim
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Margaret Fisher said at the news conference that the six-year-old girl died of asphyxiation, and that she was not killed at the location where her body was found last week.

Fisher said that authorities believe Faye “died elsewhere, and her body had been at that location for only a short time.”

Investigators found Faye’s body last Thursday in a wooded area very close to the girl’s home. A man identified as Coty Taylor, reportedly a neighbor of Faye’s, was found dead in his home, just yards away, on the same day.

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#BREAKING: @LexCoCoroner released a press release stating #FayeSwetlik suspect Coty Taylor’s cause of death was “the result of an incised wound to the neck.” It’s a reported suicide. @abc_columbia

Maria Szatkowski on Twitter

 

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Jason Raven on Twitter
-The Cayce Department of Public Safety says Coty Taylor abducted & killed 6-year-old Faye Swetlik
-Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher says Faye’s cause of death is asphyxiation
-Taylor died by suicide
@wis10 @WRDW_WAGT @wmbfnews @WTOC11 @Live5News
3:36 PM - 18 Feb 2020 from Cayce, SC

 

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FEB 18, 2020
Autopsy reveals heartbreaking details of 6-year-old Faye Marie Swetlik’s death
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher struggled to share how Faye died Tuesday.

It was concluded that Faye died just a few hours after she was abducted.

Officials said the 6-year-old died of “asphyxiation,” which means she was strangled or choked to death.

When police found Faye’s body, they said she had only been there a short time. The coroner said Faye did not die where she was found.

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FEB 18, 2020
Neighbor killed Faye Swetlik the day she went missing, killed himself days later, police say
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher released Swetlik's cause of death but did not give many details beyond that she died of asphyxiation, saying she did that out of respect to the family. She said Swetlik was not killed in the woods where her body was found, and had only been there a short time before she was discovered.

After the news conference ended, her office sent a news released confirming Taylor killed himself "as a result of an incised wound to his neck."

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... Thursday, officers found Swetlik's polka dot boot as well as as a ladle with dirt in it in a trash can near Taylor's home. That led them to the woods near the area, where Snellgrove found Faye's body.

As that discovery was being made, officers went to Taylor's home, where they found him bleeding on the back patio. He was declared dead.

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https://twitter.com/AdamThePIO/status/1229859701187325957
Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon standing with @Cayce_DPS⁩ Public Safety Director Byron Snellgrove and other law enforcement leaders as ⁦@LexCoCoroner⁩ Margaret Fisher opens news conference on Faye Swetlik case. #LESM

3:06 PM - 18 Feb 2020

https://twitter.com/AdamThePIO/status/1229860769254248450​

Snellgrove introducing those on platform with him. Sheriff Koon and Coroner Fisher bookending Jody Norris of @fbi and SLED Chief Mark Keel. #LESM

3:10 PM - 18 Feb 2020

https://twitter.com/AdamThePIO/status/1229861377449381900
Snellgrove: @Cayce_DPS requested SLED and @FBI assistance around 6 p.m. Monday when search for Faye was still in early phases. #lesm
3:12 PM - 18 Feb 2020

https://twitter.com/AdamThePIO/status/1229862179727388672
Snellgrove: @Cayce_DPS and @LCSD_News officers established mobile command post in Faye’s neighborhood on the first night of her disappearance to maintain a presence in the area where she was last seen. @CityofCayce also opened its city hall and established an operations center.
3:16 PM - 18 Feb 2020

https://twitter.com/AdamThePIO/status/1229862889412059137
Snellgrove: Officers methodically went through trash as they following trash trucks Thursday, which was usual pick-up day in Faye’s neighborhood, hoping to find something. They found an item related to Faye during search of trash.
3:18 PM - 18 Feb 2020

https://twitter.com/AdamThePIO/status/1229863654897725442
Snellgrove: Approximately 300 law enforcement officers were a part of search for Faye and the related operation after her body was found. #LESM
3:21 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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Hunter Sáenz on Twitter
#Breaking: out of respect for #FayeSwetlik family, coroner did not discuss autopsy result of Coty Taylor, the 30-year-old neighbor who killed Faye. They sent it in an email. He killed himself after slashing his neck. @wcnc
3:41 PM - 18 Feb 2020 from Charlotte, NC

FEB 18, 2020
Faye Swetlik died from asphyxiation hours after abduction, coroner says - CNN
"We have concluded that Faye's death was a homicide and took place within only a few hours after she was abducted," Fisher said.

Genevieve Curtis on Twitter
Results of the autopsy show #FayeSwetlik died shortly after being abducted by neighbor Coty Taylor. Investigators say Taylor took his own life on his back patio that Thursday morning.
3:44 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Erin Laviola on Twitter
Police say they believe Coty Taylor kidnapped #FayeSwetlik and killed her within hours. His manner of death was determined to be suicide

3:56 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Greg Suskin on Twitter
Lexington coroner Margaret Fisher says her heart breaks for the parents of Faye Swetlik.

3:06 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Greg Suskin on Twitter
6-year-old Faye Swetlik died by asphyxiation. According to Lexington County coroner Margaret Fisher. Speaking at a news conference, she says it happened very shortly after she was abducted

3:08 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Greg Suskin on Twitter
Dept of public safety director Byron Snellgrove says This was never just a case for them. But Faye Swetlik captured all their hearts from the beginning.

3:11 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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Greg Suskin on Twitter
Cayce officials said DNA found in Coty Taylor’s home put Faye Swetlik there. They believe he killed her within hours of abducting her. He was questioned two days later and his home searches but nothing was found until the next day. Her boot was the item found in his trash.

3:42 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Adam Myrick on Twitter
Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon standing with @Cayce_DPS⁩ Public Safety Director Byron Snellgrove and other law enforcement leaders as ⁦@LexCoCoroner⁩ Margaret Fisher opens news conference on Faye Swetlik case. #LESM

3:06 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Adam Myrick on Twitter
Snellgrove introducing those on platform with him. Sheriff Koon and Coroner Fisher bookending Jody Norris of @fbi and SLED Chief Mark Keel. #LESM

3:10 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Adam Myrick on Twitter
Snellgrove: @Cayce_DPS requested SLED and @FBI assistance around 6 p.m. Monday when search for Faye was still in early phases. #lesm
3:12 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Adam Myrick on Twitter
Snellgrove: @Cayce_DPS and @LCSD_News officers established mobile command post in Faye’s neighborhood on the first night of her disappearance to maintain a presence in the area where she was last seen. @CityofCayce also opened its city hall and established an operations center.
3:16 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Adam Myrick on Twitter
Snellgrove: Officers methodically went through trash as they following trash trucks Thursday, which was usual pick-up day in Faye’s neighborhood, hoping to find something. They found an item related to Faye during search of trash.
3:18 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Adam Myrick on Twitter
Snellgrove: Approximately 300 law enforcement officers were a part of search for Faye and the related operation after her body was found. #LESM
3:21 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Brian McConchie on Twitter
Tonight at 5:30 a vigil has been set for little Faye Swetlik, it is happening at Cayce City Hall on 12th Street in Cayce

4:11 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Amanda Shaw on Twitter
Cayce police chief says a rain boot and soup ladle with fresh dirt on it were found in the garbage on trash day on Picadilly Square. They immediately did another grid search and recovered Faye Swetlik.
4:14 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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Bria Bell on Twitter
A candlelight vigil for Faye Swetlik is about to start outside Cayce Council Chambers. Crowds are forming as it starts to drizzle - everything will still go on as planned even if it continues to rain.

5:22 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Miranda Parnell WIS on Twitter
A vigil for #FayeSwetlik is about to begin in the @CityofCayce. This community has shown continued support for Faye and her family since last Monday-and that unity is still evident today. @wis10

5:24 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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Jenna Kurzyna on Twitter (Video)
Dozens of community members are gathering at City Hall here in Cayce for the prayer vigil and candle lighting in honor of 6-year-old #FayeSwetlik @WLTX
5:28 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Anne Maxwell WSPA on Twitter
People are gathered at Cayce City Hall for a candlelight vigil honoring the life of Faye Swetlik

5:31 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Chandler Mack on Twitter
HAPPENING SOON: Dozens are here in front of Cayce City Hall for a Candle Light Vigil for Faye Marie Swetlik. Vigil set to start right at 5:30 @WLTX
5:34 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Miranda Parnell WIS on Twitter
All walks of life are here at the vigil for little #FayeSwetlik. From senators, to young students. Residents of @CityofCayce, and beyond, are here for the Swetlik family. @wis10

5:36 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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Adam Myrick on Twitter
Snellgrove: Evidence leads @Cayce_DPS to believe Coty Taylor abducted and killed Faye. He says it appears Taylor was the sole perpetrator of the crime. #LESM
5:07 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Greg Suskin on Twitter (Video)
Right now. A vigil is about to get started in downtown Cayce. A crowd has gathered outside the town hall to honor Faye Swetlik. Several children and adults are wearing pink and purple. Her favorite colors. There will be a prayer and several speakers.
5:41 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Darci Strickland on Twitter
Mayor @elisepartin offers a tearful opening message as hundreds gather at @CityofCayce Town Hall to remember the life of 6 year old #FayeSwetlik.
5:43 PM - 18 Feb 2020

USC Carolina N&R on Twitter
Mayor Elise Partin with a touching tribute to Faye Swetlik.

5:44 PM - 18 Feb 2020 from Cayce City Hall

Will Rioux on Twitter
Mayor of Cayce, Elise Partin, pays tribute to six-year-old Faye Swetlik at a candlelight vigil this evening.

5:46 PM - 18 Feb 2020 from Cayce, SC

 

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FEB 18, 2020
City of Cayce SC Vigil

 

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Miranda Parnell WIS on Twitter
#FayeSwetlik’s principal is speaking. She tells us how Faye would bounce into breakfast every morning with a bright, wide-eyed smile. @wis10

5:53 PM - 18 Feb 2020

Rochelle Dean TV on Twitter
@AlexisFrazierTV is covering the ongoing candlelight vigil for #fayeswetlik outside @CityofCayce city hall. Mayor Elise Partin "What happened was unspeakable but that's not all we saw. We saw who we are in the worst of times. What we saw was also alot of good in the community "

5:57 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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Alexis Frazier on Twitter
Different people throughout the Cayce community say they came to this candlelight vigil to begin the healing process. #FayemarieSwetlik #FayeSwetlik @abc_columbia

6:03 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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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

 

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FEB 18, 2020
Candlelight vigil held for Faye Swetlik
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“The unimaginable happened here. A child went missing and won’t be coming home,” said Cayce Mayor Elise Partin.

Tuesday night, just hours after Faye Swetlik's autopsy was released, more than 100 people stood in rainy weather to honor the little girl's life.

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“Everyone quickly grew to love her smile, her joyful spirit, and her very kind heart,” said Hope Vrana, principal of Springdale Elementary School.

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Members of this close-knit community said the six year old's death is affecting everyone.

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“I feel her pain. I feel her pain as a grandparent and as a mother. I can feel her pain,” said CR.

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“I’ve prayed diligently for law enforcement as they searched for her, prayed for her family for answers as announced they had found her,” said PW.

 

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Mia McLeod on Twitter
The tragic death of precious little Faye Marie Swetlik hit us hard. Today, I stood w/Cayce Mayor @elisepartin Senators @NikkiSetzler @KatrinaShealy & Rep. @MicahCaskey & was comforted by the love & light that shines so brightly, in spite of the darkness that brought us together.

10:46 PM - 18 Feb 2020

 

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Poor sweet little girl. My heart aches for her family.

I am so glad that things have moved along quickly and commend the investigating officers.