On Monday, February 10, Swetlik was reported missing by her mother at her home in the Churchill Heights neighborhood in Cayce. The girl had come home from school just before 3 p.m but an hour later, she couldn't be found.
A massive search began for the child that involved local police, state police, and even the FBI. Around 11 a.m. Thursday, however, Cayce DPS Chief Byron Snellgrove found Faye's body in some woods not far from her home. Investigators say her remains had not been at that location for a long time.
A piece of evidence found in a garbage can outside of the home of 30-year-oldCoty Taylor, a man who lived near Swetlik, led investigators to those woods. That evidence in turn led officers inside Taylor's home, where they found his body.