Motorcade brings 6-year-old back from autopsy, but coroner not set to release results
The body of Faye Marie Swetlik was escorted back to Lexington County Saturday by an official motorcade.
The 6-year-old Cayce girl’s remains were taken to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston for an autopsy, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said.
Preliminary results from the autopsy were not released Saturday.
Fisher said she would wait until a news conference on Tuesday to share the results from the autopsies performed on Faye, and Coty Scott Taylor.
The coroner said the delay is “out of respect for Faye’s family.”
“They need privacy and time to process the information,” Fisher said in a news release.
Information on the time of that news conference was not available.
Faye’s body was brought to Lexington for a funeral, and the Charleston County Sheriff’s Department provided an escort, Fisher said in a news release.
The motorcade left Charleston at noon and took Interstate 26 to Exit 113, getting off the highway at Airport Boulevard, according to the release.
From there, the motorcade continued along the Columbia Airport Expressway, Platt Springs Road, and North Lake Drive before arriving at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home in Lexington, Fisher said.
Information on a funeral, and any other memorial services, was not available.
“Sweet little baby girl Faye Swetlik is going to get a police escort back to Lexington County from Charleston,” Fisher said on Facebook. “My heart goes out to Charleston for bringing this baby girl home with dignity!!!”
Faye’s body was found Thursday near her Cayce home in the Churchill Heights neighborhood.
Her death is considered a homicide and has been linked with the death of Taylor, a 30-year-old neighbor whose body was also found Thursday in the same neighborhood.
Police found evidence in the man’s trash can that linked him to Faye’s death, said Sgt. Evan Antley of the Cayce Department of Public Safety.
Faye was reported missing Monday afternoon. She was last seen about 3:45 p.m. playing in the yard of her mother’s house in the Churchill Heights neighborhood off Airport Boulevard in Cayce. Her body was found Thursday morning.
Taylor lived in a home about 100 to 150 feet from Faye’s home, Antley said. Taylor was not a relative or friend of Faye or her family. Taylor had no criminal record and “was not known to law enforcement.”
Police have not made any arrests and have no suspects, Antley said, but authorities are still investigating and are keeping details about the case limited for that reason.
Faye was described as bubbly and energetic and was loved by her teacher and classmates at Springdale Elementary School, Cayce Department of Public Safety Director Byron Snellgrove said at a previous news conference. She liked fancy shoes and dresses, cats and spending time outside.
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This story was originally published February 15, 2020 at 11:20 AM.
