Faye Swetlik's body was found near the remains of an unidentified man, and police are now treating her death as a homicide.
The body of a 6-year-old South Carolina girl who had gone missing earlier this week was found near the remains of an unidentified man, authorities said Thursday. Police are now treating the child's death as a homicide.
Faye Swetlik was last seen playing in the front yard of her Cayce, South Carolina, home after school on Monday when she was reported missing. "It is with extremely heavy hearts that we're announcing we have found the body, that the coroner has identified as Faye Marie Swetlik," Cayce Director of Public Safety Byron Snellgrove told reporters."We are now treating this case as a homicide."
The girl's body was found in her neighborhood of Churchill Heights, near"a deceased male," according to police.Snellgrove declined to answer any questions. But, he said,"at this time we feel there is no danger to the community," just outside the state's capital city of Columbia. No arrests were immediately made and police were seen combing through a wooded area of Churchill Heights following the announcement.
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