re: South Carolina - 6 year old missing Update OP: Sat 2/26 Neighbor did it. Confirmed

My neighbor has 6 year old twins and they say they are free range parents. The one twin was at my house yesterday playing with my kids and her dad came to pick them up for dinner. He had no idea the other twin wasn’t here and said the kid was probably walking the neighborhood. We live an hour away from this situation. I couldn’t believe it.

Cannot watch at work. Any summary from the news conference?

"Authorities have identified a man whose body was found during the search for Faye Marie Swetlik in Cayce Thursday.

Coty Scott Taylor, 30, was found dead shortly after Faye's body was found Thursday morning.

Investigators said Taylor was linked to the investigation into Faye's death and that he was not a relative or friend of Faye's family.

"He was merely a neighbor," Antley told reporters at a Friday afternoon press conference. Taylor did not have a criminal history and was not known to law enforcement, according to Antley.

6-year-old Faye was reported missing Monday afternoon about an hour after getting off of her school bus near her home in the Churchill Heights neighborhood in Cayce.

Investigators from Cayce DPS, the Lexington County Sheriff's Office, the State Law Enforcement Division and the FBI searched the neighborhood for days."

On Thursday, investigators followed sanitation trucks around the neighborhood as they emptied trash cans.

Antley said a critical item connected to the case was found in a trash can belonging to a residence at 602 Picadilly Square. That home sits about 100 to 150 feet from the home where Swetlik, he said.

As investigators were in the early planning stages of the renewed search, Cayce DPS Director Byron Snelgrove found the Faye's body in a wooded area near Taylor's home.

Antley said investigators do not believe she was in that location for very long before her body was found.

A short time later, investigators found Taylor's body inside his home at 602 Picadilly Square.

The investigation is ongoing. Antley said authorities are working to determine whether anyone else was involved.

Autopsies are scheduled Saturday for both Faye Swetlik and Taylor.

Thanks. I posted some of the news in my post above. This is so sad.

Reads like this 30yo killed the little girl and then offed himself.

My first thought after going through the topic.

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They had repeatedly searched the same area her body was ultimately found in and said she had to have been very recently placed there. They also said that they had interviewed all neighbors and "turned their homes and properties upside down" several times, including Coty Taylor.

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This is baffling. I wonder where he had her during the search? I pray he didn't torture this child for several days. A good thing about him taking his own life is that they will not have to endure a trial and hear all the horrid details and see photographs no parent should ever have to see.

I remember the case of Samantha Runnion and how awful that was. Also, the case of Danielle van Dam. Horrendous.

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Never received an amber alert on my phone either.

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They never issued one.

I'm having a really hard time with this one

This is so fricked up. frick this world. I used to run around the neighborhood as a kid with not a care in the world. The neighbors all knew me. If I did something wrong you bet one of them told my parents. Now you’ve got sick frickers living next door to you and you have no idea. Everyone locks their doors and closes their blinds and hides from each other bc we’ve allowed sick people to control our world

What a horrible turn with this story, so the creepy neighbor murdered her?