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4@ .4@4@
4@ .4@4@ >> MISSING SIX-YEAR-OLD FAYE
MARIE 4@SWETLIK WHO'S BEEN
MISSING NOW SINCE LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND DHEC TO
4@PIATT. >> SINCE 5:00 ON MONDAY WE HAVE
BEEN NONSTOP TRYING TO BRING
FAYE SWETLIK
4@HOME. OUR 4@INVESTIGATION IS A
LARGE-SCALE INVESTIGATION I'VE
EVER BEEN A PART
OF. SOMETHING THAT WE RARELY SEE IN
THIS
4@AREA. >> A VERY HEARTBREAKING DAY
4@ HERE T THE END OF THE SEARCH
FOR FAYE MARIE
SWETLIK. LEARNED TODAY THE 4@SIX-YEAR-OL
HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD THE VICTIM
OF A
HOMICIDE.4@4@ >> SHE WILL FOREVER BE A PART
OF US IN HER MEMORY WILL
FOREVER TOUCH OUR
4@4@@
4@4@@ >>
4@4@@ >> HYPERACTIVE. [LAUGHTER]
>> SHE WAS THE EPITOME OF
CHILDLIKE ENERGY EVERYBODY
WISHES THEY HAD FROM THE MOMENT
THAT SHE WOKE UP FROM THE
MOMENT SHE WOULD 4@LATER BE DON
AT NIGHT IT WAS GO GO
GO. >> SHE VERY RARELY EVEN STOPPED
TO
EAT. SOMETMES IT WAS RUNNING AROUND
WITH CHICKEN NUGGETS IN HER
HAND JUST
LAUGHING. >> SHE'S A VERY SOCIAL
BUTTERFLY. [LAUGHTER] SHE WILL TALK TO
ANYONE. >> WE RAN INTO ANYBODY 4@4@ANYW
IF SHE LIKED SOMETHING SHE SAW
SHE WAS 4@COMPLEMENTED AND BE
LIKE THAT'S A GOOD COLOR ON YOU
I LIKE YOUR HAIR SHE WAS ALWAYS
WILLING TO BE ANYBODY'S FRIEND
AND SHE WANTED TO BE
EVERYBODY'S
FRIEND. NO MATTER WHO YOU WERE OR WHAT
YOU LOOK LIKE OR WHAT YOU DID
SHE WANTED TO BE YOUR
FRIEND.4@@ >> NEARLY ONE YEAR AGO ON
FEBRUARY 10, 2020 OUR
DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A CALL HAVE
A LITTLE SIX-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO
HAD GONE MISSING WHILE PLAYING
IN FRONT OF HER
4@HOME. OUR DEPARTMENT IN MY OPINION
HAS SOME OF THE BEST AND
BRIGHTEST OFFICERS IN THE
4@
PROFESSION. WHEN WE GOT TO CALL OUR
INTUITION WAS THAT THIS WAS A
SERIOUS
CASE. I ARRIVED ON THE 4@SEAM OF THE
CALL IN CHURCHILL HEIGHTS AT
APPROXIMATELY 5:40 PM ON
FEBRUARY
10. BY 6 4@PM I CONTACTED NEIGHBORI
POLICE AND FIRE 4@DEPARTMENTS A
WELL AS SLED AND THE 4@FBI TO
JOIN IN OUR EFFORTS OF
SEARCHING. THERE WAS ONE PRIMARY DIRECTIV4
AND THAT WAS TO FIND FAYE MARIE
SWETLIK.4@ >> WE ARE BREAKING NEWS COMING
INTO THE INFORMATION
CENTER. CAYCE PLEASE SEARCHING FOR
MISSING SIX-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.4@ >> THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY SAYS THIS YOUNG GIRL WAS
IN THE CHURCHILL 4@HEIGHTS
SUBDIVISION AND SHE WAS LAST
4@ SEEN ABOUT AN HOUR AGO WEARING
POLKADOT BOOTS AND A BLACK
TOP.@ >> WE ARE SO VERY THANKFUL FOR
THE OFFICERS THAT ANSWERED OUR
CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE AND
CREATED THIS MULTIAGENCY
4@TEAM. IT WAS ONE OF THE IF NOT THE
LARGEST OPERATION OF ITS KIND
IN THE HISTORY O SOUTH
CAROLINA.4@ >> I HAVE NOT SLEPT AND IT'S
HARD TO
4@EAT. WE KEEP PRAYING THAT THIS
LITTLE GIRL COMES HOME AND THAT
SHE IS NOT HURT OR
INJURED. >> RIGHT NOW I HOPE THAT WE ALL
FIND 4@HER AND THAT SHE IS SAFE
AND THE GOOD LORD HAS 4@HURT IN
HIS HANDS AND SHE COMES BACK
HOME. WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO THINK THE
WORST BUT WE ARE HOPING FOR THE
BEST. >> HEARTS WERE HEAVY AS PEOPLE
PRAY FOR THE SAFE 4@RETURN OF
SIX-YEAR-OLD FAYE
SWETLIK. >> I JUST WANT MY BABY
BACK. WE'VE GOT TO FIND
4@HER. >> WE ARE WORRIED, OF
COURSE. VERY DISTRAUGHT BUT WE ARE ONLY
THINKING POSITIVE
THOUGHTS. WE HAVE TO KEEP THINKING THEY
ARE GOING TO FIND
4@HER. WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THEM TO
DO
4@IT. >> IT IS WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY
4@ HEARTS THAT WE ARE ANNOUNCING
THAT WE HAVE FOUND THE BODY
THAT THE CORONER HAS IDENTIFIED
AS FAYE MARIE
4@4@SWETLIK. WE ARE NOW TREATING THIS CASE
AS A
4@HOMICIDE. AS THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
WORKING HARD TO FIND FAYE AND
BRING HER HOME
SAFELY. WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW AS SOON
AS
POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME NO ARRESTS HAVE
BEEN
MADE. WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A
FLUID INVESTIGATION AND THAT WE
ARE WORKING 4@DILIGENTLY ON
IT. WE ALSO NEED TO INFORM YOU THAT
DURING THE COURSE OF OUR
4@ INVESTIGATION A DECEASED MEDAL
WAS LOCATED IN THE CHURCHILL
HEIGHTS
4@NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT INVESTIGATION HAS JUST
4@
BEGUN. AT THIS TIME WE FEEL THERE IS
NO DANGER TO THE
COMMUNITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
MORE INFORMAT4@ION AS IT BECOME
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMAT4@ION AS IT BECOME@
AVAILABLE. >> FOR ME, AFTER 65 HOURS OF
4@ SEARCHING THE MEMORY OF FUNDING
THE SMALL BODY OF FAYE MARIE
4@ SWETLIK IN A SHALLOW GRAVE IN
THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 13,
2020 WILL NEVE4@R EVER LEAVE
4@. IN THE DAYS AND MONTHS AND NOW
IN NEARLY A YEAR AFTER I SEE
HOW THIS LOSS 4@IMPACTED OUR
OFFICERS AND OUR
STAFF. THIS MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO IMAGINE THE 4@WORRY AND THE
HORROR THAT ARE FAMILY
EXPERIENCED DURING THIS
TIME. EVEN AS A FATHER AND
GRANDFATHER I CANNOT 4@FATHOM
WITH THE PAIN OF THE LOSS
ACTUALLY FEELS
LIKE. >> IS 4@4@INVESTIGATION GOES IN
THE DEATH OF SIX-YEAR-OLD FAYE
MARIE SWETLIK A MEMORIAL
CONTINUES TO GROW OUTSIDE OF
HER
4@NEIGHBORHOOD. >> EVERYBODY NEEDS TO LOOK OUT
FOR EACH OTHER'S
CHILDREN. THERE ARE TOO MANY GETTING GONE
AT SUCH A YOUNG 4@AGE AND EVEN
THOUGH I DID NOT KNOW THIS GIRL
I 4@HAVE GRANDKIDS OF MY 4@OWN
IT JUST TOUCHES
HOME. GET TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS AND
GET TO WALK
4@AROUND. DOUGLAS THAT ANGEL AND PRAYING
FOR THEIR
PARENTS. >> OF A SIX-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON
AND I COULD NEVER 4@IMAGINE HOW
HER FAMILY MUST BE
FEELING. I CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT I WOULD
DO IF THIS WERE MY
4@GRANDSON. SO YES, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO
PAY OUR
RESPECTS.4@4@ >> EVEN THOUGH FAYE MARIE
SWETLIK JUST CAME TO WORK
SCHOOL IN AUGUST EVERYONE
QUICKLY GREW TO LOVE4@ HER 4@SM
AND HER JOYFUL SPIRIT AND HER
VERY
4@KINDHEARTED. HER WIDE-EYED CURIOSITY AND HER
IMAGIATION WILL BE 4@REMEMBERED
BY ALL OF HER TEACHERS AND
CLASSMATES. >> CANDY BAPTIST CHURCH IN 20
4@ INTO TINTED PINK AND PURPLE
WITH FLOWERS AND BALLOONS
CELEBRATING FAYE MARIE
SWETLIK'S
LIGHT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND
THE 4@MIDLANDS FILLED THE CHURC
FOR THE 4@SIX-YEAR-OLD IN A
MOTORCADE EVEN BROUGHT IN FAYE
SWETLIK'S THING
LIKE. >> REALLY HEARTWARMING TO SEE
HOW LITTLE GIRL, TOUCH
4@
COMMUNITY. >> WE ARE AWESTRUCK BECAUSE
IT'S A CELEBRATION OF
4@WHITE. NOT TO CELEBRATE HER PASSING
BUT TO CELEBRATE HER
HOME. CELEBRATE HER 4@4@HOME AND WE W
SEE HER ONE DAY WHEN WE GET
HOME. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THE FAMILY
REALLY WANT TO COMMUNICATE IS
SHE'S OKAY AND SHE'S NOT
HURTING OR
SUFFERING. SHE'S IN HEAVEN AND SHE'S
RUNNING AND 4@DANCING AND SHE'S
LAUGHING AND HAVING A GREAT
TIME.4@4@4@ >> WEALL REMEMBER TH4@E NAME
FAYE
SWETLIK. SHE WAS APPLIED SIX-YEAR-OLD
WHO NEVER MET A STRANGER AND
4@ TONIGHT THE CITY WILL BE
HONORNG HER
MEMORY.4@ >> A GREAT WAY TO REMEMBER
4@HE. BRIGHT 4@COLORS AND STUFF SHE
ENJOYS SO HOPEFULLY THEY BRING
SOME SORT OF HAPPINESS AND
REMEMBRANCE OF HER AND NOT THE
NEGATVE. >> YOU MAY BE 4@WONDERING 4@--
@
SWETLIK. THE ANSWER IS QUITE
SIMPLE. TODAY IS THE FIRST 4@DAY OF FAL
HER FAVORITE
SEASON.4@ >> THEY ARE DE4@FINITELY VERY
HARD TO 4@MESS WITH DAVE MOST
DEFINITELY BEEN A VERY BRIGHT
SPOT IN SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY
DARK. >> THE BODY
BENCH. THE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY
REACHED OUT TO THAT AND ENJOYED
THAT. THERE'S ACTUALLY TH4@REE OF
THE. THE FAMILY HAS GONE AND THERE'S
ONE IN
4@4@SPRINGDALE. IT IS GOOD TO SEE THE KIDS SIT
ON IT AND PLAY AROUND
IT. I THINK IT'S THERAPEUTIC AND I
THINK IT'S
HELPFUL. THE FAMILY KNOWS IF THERE'S
ANYTHING THEY 4@NEED AND ANYTHI
WE CAN DO FOR THEM TO HELP THEM
IN ANY 4@SITUATION NOT JUST
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT FAYE SWETLIK
BUT THEY COULD CALL US AN4@YTIM
DAY OR
4@NIGHT. WE DO HAVE A GOOD BOND WITH
THEM AND STAY IN TOUCH
OFTEN. >> BASICALLY BEOME
FAMILY. >>
4@YES. >> IT IS
NICE. REALLY GLAD WE 4@4@HAVE THEM
HELPING US WITH ALL OF THIS
WITH WHAT'S BEEN GOING
ON. I'M REALLY GLAD THEY ARE IN OUR
LIVES
NOW. >> THIS SPEAKS TO
ME. I APPRECIATE I'M 4@VERY DEEP
LEVEL THAT EVERYTHING THE
COMMUNITY HA4@S 4@DONE AND IT
REALLY SPEAKS TO 4@ME THAT AT T
END OF THE DAY PEOPLE ARE
BASICALLY 4@GOOD AND THEY ARE
WILLING TO EASE THE BURDEN OF
ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER AS
MUCH AS THEY 4@CAN AND IT
RESTORES CONSTANTLY A LOT OF MY
MUCH AS THEY 4@CAN AND IT RESTORES CONSTANTLY A LOT OF MY@
FAITH. SHE NEVER REALLY WANTED ANYBODY
TO BE SAD OR TO BE UPSET OR
DOWN SO A LOT OF 4@TRYING TO KE
EVERYTHING ALIVE WITH FAYE AND
HER 4@LEGACY4@ IS TO TRY TO BE
HAPPY AS 4@POSSIBLE DUE TO
POSSIBLE BUT IF WE CANNOT BE
HAPPY THAT WE CAN MAKE OTHER
PEOPLE
HAPPY. >> I HOPE 4@WITH THAT ENERGY AN
EVERYTHING SHE DID FOR US,
HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY CAN FIND
THAT AND MAKE SOMEBODY A
FRIEND. A STUFFED
4@ANIMAL.
. FAYE SWETLIK WAS A BRIGHT YOUNG
SIX-YEAR-OLD
GIRL. HER LIFE BEING CAUGHT
4@4@ TRAGICALLY LIKE 4@THIS CAN HAVE
POSITIVE EFFECT AND WE HATED
THAT IS THE CAS BUT POSITIVELY
THE COMMUNITY AND THE
DEPARTMENT HAVE COME TOGETHER
AND GROAN 4@4@4@TOGETHER AND RE
BECOME
ONE. >> IT HANGS IN MY
OFFICE. IT WAS DONE BY THE WIFE OF ONE
OF MY
EMPLOY4@EES. >> IS BEAUTIFUL AND REMINDS US
OF HER AND KEEPS HER IN OUR
HEARTS. FABLE OUT FOREVER BE A PART OF
US AND SHE WILL FOREVER TOUCH
OUR
HEARTS. >> NO MATTER HOW BAD OR HOW
DARK EVERYTHING SEEMS THIS PAST
YEAR HAS BEEN TREMENDOUSLY
DIFFIULT FOR 4@EVERYBODY AND NO
MATTER HOW 4@DARK OR HOW
UNBEARABLE IT NOW SEEMS, THERE
IS LIKE TO BE
4@FOUND. YOU JUST NEED T KNOW WHERE TO
LOOK FOR IT BUT IT'S ALWAYS
THERE. >> FAYE, THE LITTLE 4@4@GIRL WA
BLESSING AND 4@TOUCHED SO VERY
MANY. YOUR BEAUTIFUL SMILE LIT UP A
ROOM EVERY TIME YOU ENTERED
IT. YOU TOUCHED THE HEART OF EVERY
@ PERSON YOU
ENCOUNTER. YOUR MEMORY REMAINS A TREASURE
FOR THOSE YOU LOOK BEHIND AND
IT ALWAYS
4@WILL. WE KNOW THAT YOU AR4@E NOT ONE
GOD'S LITTLE ANGELS LOOKING
UPON4@ AND GUIDING 4@US AS YOU
HIGH
ABOVE. SO FLY HIGH AND WATCH OVER
US. WHY HIGH, GOD'S LITTLE ANGEL
FAYE MARIE