>>4@
>>4@ FAYE
>>4@ FAYE BODY WAS MOVED THE SHADOW OF THE NIGHT. >> THERE'S NO WORDS TO EXPRESS
THE DEPTH OF OUR SADNESS AND4@
SYMPATHY FOR FAYE PARENTS.
>> TONIGHT SOME ANSWERS INTO
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS SWEET
LITTLE GIRL.
>> FAYE D4@EATH WAS A HOMICIDE D
TOOK PLACE WITHIN ONLY A FEW
HOURS AFTER SHE WAS4@ ABDUCTED.
>> FAYE MARIE SWETNIK GRABBED
ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND BECAME AND
WILL REMAIN PERSONAL FOR EACH OF
US.
>> THE COMMUNITY IS COMING4@
TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THE LIFE OF
6-YEAR-OLD FAYE MARIE 4@SWETNIK@
>> GOOD TUESDAY EVENING AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
FOR "FRIENDS AT 5" I'M DARCI
STRICKLAND.
>> I'M J.R. BARRY.
WE BEGIN WITH4@ AN UPDATE ON TH
FAYE MARIE SWETNIK MURDER
INVESTIGATION.
IT'S BEEN EIGHT DAYS SINCE SHE
DISAPPEARED AND TODAY THE
CORONER RELEASED THE CHILD CAUSE
OF DEATH.
>> SHE DIED BY ASPHYXIATION
HOURS AFTER SHE WAS4@ ABDUCTED.
>> FAYE MARIE SWETNIK DEATH DID
NOT OCCUR AT THE4@ LOCATION WHE
HER BODY WAS4@ DISCOVERED.
AND HER BODY HAD NOT BEEN OR HA@
BEEN AT THAT LOCATION FOR ONLY A
SHORT TIME.
WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT4@ FAYE
DEATH WAS A HOMICIDE AND TOOK
PLACE WITHIN ONLY A4@ FEW HOURS
AFTER SHE WAS4@ ABDUCTED.
THE CAUSE OF FAYE DEATH HAS BEEN
RULED ASPHYXIATION.
UNLESS THERE'S NEW EVIDENCE PER
PERTINENT TO THE INVESTIGATION
IN MY OFFICE, WE4@ WILL NOT4@
RELEASE ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION REGARDING FAYE MARIE
SWETNIK.
>> WELL,4@ ALSO IN TODAY PRESS
CONFERENCE POLICE GAVE A
DETAILED LOOK AT THE
INVESTIGATION INTO FAYE4@ DEATH.
>> JACOB REYNOLDS HAS MORE ON
THAT'S A HE BEGINS OUR TEAM
COVERAGE.
JACOB?
COVERAGE. JACOB? >> 4@DARCI, J.R., JUST ABOUT TW
HOURS AGO WE4@ HEARD IN THE PRE
JACOB? >> 4@DARCI, J.R., JUST ABOUT TW HOURS AGO WE4@ HEARD IN THE PRE@
CONFERENCE MANY OF THE DETAILS
THAT LED TO THE BODY OF FAYE
MARIE SWETNIK.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRASH
CANDACE COVERLY THAT MADE THEM
OWN IN ON THAT4@ AREA AND NOW W
KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENT FADE A
LADLE WITH FRESH DIRT THAT THEY
BELIEVE LED TO THAT SEARCH AREA
AND IT WAS DIRECTOR SARGEANT
SNELLGROVE WHO FOUND THE BODY O@
6-YEAR-OLD FAYE MARIE SWETNIK
AND A FEW MOMENTS LATER,4@ OTHE
CASEY OFFICERS WERE4@ INFORMED
THERE WAS A MAN BLEED AT THAT
HOUSE AT4@ PICKENS COUNTY SCARE
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY FOUND THE
BODY OF CODY TAYLOR.4@4@ADILLY
AND THAT'S WHERE THEY FOUND THE
BODY OF CODY TAYLOR.4@
>> 8 DAYS 4@AGO, FAYE MARIE
SWETNIK WAS DISCOVERED MISSING
BY HER MOTHER.
HER MOTHER DID WHAT MOST PARENT@
WOULD DO.
SHE COULD HER FRIENDS AND
GATHERED HER NEIGHBORS AND4@
FRANTICALL4@Y LOOKED AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR4@ HER DAUGHTER.
HAVING NO LUCK, SHE PLACED A4@
FRANTIC CALL TO 911 AT
APPROXIMATELY 5:00 P.M. BY 4@5:.
CASEY OFFICERS WERE ON THE SCENE
AT CHURCHILL HEIGHTS AND WERE4@
GATHERING INFORMATION.
THEY TALK CONVENTIONAL DIRT
FAMILY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS AND
BEGAN GOING THROUGH THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO4@ LOOKING FOR
FAYE.
WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF THE THEIR
ARRIVAL, OFFICERS NOTIFIED4@ TH
DAY SEE COMMAND STAFF AND ALL OF
US IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED4@ TO
CHURCHILL HEIGHTS.4@4@
BY 6:00 P.M. WE HAD NOT LOCATED
FAYE AND4@ IMMEDIATE STANCE WAS
CREATED SO WE HALF HAD 50 OR
MORE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST
RESPONDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
ON THE SCENE AND WE WERE
CANVASSING DOOR-TO-DOOR IN 4@
SEARCHS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO
INITIATE OUR FIRST AND INITIATED
OUR FIRST4@ NEIGHBORHOOD PERIMER
SEARCH.
PRIOR TO MONDAY, MANY OF YOU
WILL REMEMBER WE HAD A GREAT
DEAL OF4@ RAIN OVER A SHORT PERD
OF TIME.
WE HAVE AREAS OF4@ FLOODING AND
DENSE TERRAIN IN OUR CITY.
THIS INCLUDES THE4@ AREA AROUND
CHURCHILL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
REGARDLESS OF THE CONDITIONS ALL
OFFICERS WERE ASKED TO CHECK4@
EVERY POOL, CREEK, MANHOLE,
TRASH CAN, SHED, PLAY STRUCTURE
WOODS AND ANYWHERE ELSE THAT A
YOUNG GIRL COULD 4@BE.
OVER IN THE NEXT HOUR OUR LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE GREW TO
OVER 904@ PERSONNEL BOTH SLED A
FBI WERE ON THE SCENE AND A4@
HELICOPTER FROM SHRED ASSISTED
IN THE4@ AIR AND WE HAD NUMEROU
CANINE TEAMS IN THE AREA4@
SEARCHING FOR FAYE.
FAYE WAS P4@LACED THE NC IC THE
NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION4@
DATABASE AS A MISSING CHILD.
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WAS ISSUED
FOR4@ FAYE TO EVERY AGENCY ACRO
DATABASE AS A MISSING CHILD. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WAS ISSUED FOR4@ FAYE TO EVERY AGENCY ACRO@
OUR REGION.
WE PLACED4@ PICTURES AND
INFORMATION ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA
AND THEN IMMEDIATELY IT WAS
SHARED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
WHILE THIS WAS HAPPENING, THE
LEXINGTON SHERIFF OFFICE AND THE
CAYCE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY WERE4@ SETTING UP MOBILE
COMMAND UNIT IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NEIGHBORHOO4@D SO WE CAN
MAINTAIN A PRESENCE OF OFFICEER
ISS IN THAT AREA 24-HOURS A DAY
UNTIL THIS WAS CONCLUDED.
WE CONVERTED CAYCE CITY HALL
INTO A MUCH LARGER 4@STATIONARY
COMMAND CENTER FOR4@ THE MORE TN
300 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
FIREFIGHTERS FROM ACROSS THE
REGION THAT JOINED IN OUR
SEARCH.
FOR THE REMINDER OF THE NIGHT
THERE WAS A HEAVY4@ PRESENCE OF
FIRST RESPONDERS IN AND AROUND
THE AREA.
CAYCE4@ OFFICERS SHUT DOWN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AND WERE INSTRUCTED
TO STOP EVERY CAR COMING IN AND
GOING4@ OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND TO TALK TO EVERY PERSON THEY
SAW TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT FAYE4@
WHEREABOUTS.
BY TUESDAY4@ MORNING,4@ A DEDIC
FAYE MARIE SWETNIK HOTLINE WAS
SET UP AND WENT LIVE AT OUR
COMMAND CENTER.
WE BEGAN ROADBLOCK OPERATIONS AT
ALL4@ ENTRANCES AROUND THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE SPOKE TO EVERYONE COMING IN4
AND GOING OUT AND ASKED FOR4@
CONSENT TO LOOK IN THEIR
VEHICLES.
EVERYONE WAS EXTREMELY4@
COOPERATIVE.
UNDERSTANDING AND VERY HELPFUL.
OUR OFFICERS WERE PROVIDED WITH
A TRAN DARLAEDIZED FBI
QUESTIONNAIRE4@ FORM THAT
SPECIFICALLY4@ TARGETED TO GLEA
INFORMATION TO HELP US FIND 4@
FAYE.
THIS IS WHAT THE OFFICERS USED
WHEN THEY TALKED TO ANYONE IN4@
REFERENCE TO THIS CASE.
THAT MORNING WE DID A4@
COORDINATED EFFORT WITH MULTIPL@
AGENCIES TO GO DOOR-TO-DOOR TO
QUESTION ALL RESIDENTS AND
FRIENDS AND4@ VISITORS IN ALL 2
PLUS, HOMES IN CHURCHILL
HEIGHTS.4@4@4@
IF GOAL WAS4@ TO SPEAK TO EVERYE
IN THE RESIDENT AND LOOKING FOR
ANYTHING THAT WOULD HELP US FIND
FAYE.4@4@
PERIMETERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
WE4@RE CONDUCTED MULTIPLE TIMES
AND ALL THE WHILE OFFICERS WERE
INST4@RUCTED TO CHECK EVERY POO
CREEK, CU4@LVERT,4@ MANHOLE, TR
CAN OR SHED OR ANY STRUCTURE OR
AREA THAT A YOUNG GIRL MAY BE 4@
IN.
CANINES CONTINUE TO SEARCH4@ AN
WEDNESDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF GRID
AND PERIMETER SEARCHES WER4@E
CONDUCTED.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ALL THE
CREPT LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS
TAKING 4@PLACE, WE DECIDED TO
BRING ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT AS
A RESOURCE TO HELP US FIND FAYE.
THURSDAY WAS THE REGULAR
SANITATION PICK UP DAY4@4@ FOR
CHURCHILL HEIGHTS.
AND ALL RESIDENTS WERE OBVIOUSLY
SANITATION PICK UP DAY4@4@ FOR CHURCHILL HEIGHTS. AND ALL RESIDENTS WERE OBVIOUSL@
AWARE OF THAT.
ON THURSDAY MORNING OUR OFFICERS
DILIGENTLY AND4@ METHODICALLY
FOLLOWED4@ CAYCE SANITATION TRUS
THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS
EACH CAN WAS LOADED IN THE BACK
OF A TRUCK THEY METHODICALLY
COMBS THROUGH4@ IT TO SEE IF TH
COULD FIND ANY INFORMATION OR
CLUE IN HOPES OF FINDING
SOMETHING THAT WOULD4@ LEAD US
FAYE.4@
AT 10:00 A TRASH CAN NEAR
PICADILLY SQUARE WAS EMPTIED AND
AS OUR4@ OFFICERS WENT THROUGH
THEY FOUND A COUPLE OF ITEMS
THAT WERE OF SIGNIFICANT
IMPORTANCE.
ONE4@ WAS A CHILD4@ POLKA DOT B
THAT WERE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE. ONE4@ WAS A CHILD4@ POLKA DOT B@
AND THE SECOND WAS A SOUP LADLE
WITH FRESHLY DUG DIRT IT IN.
I HAPPEN TO BE ON SCENE AT THAT
TIME AND UPON SEEING THESE4@ ITS
CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE TO DO AN
ADDITIONAL4@ AND IMMEDIATE GRID
SEARCH OF THE AREAS DIRECTLY
BEHIND LONDONDERRY AND PICADILLY
SQUARE.
AS ASSISTANCE WAS COMING, I WENT
INTO THE WOODS BEHIND THE4@ TOW
HOMES AND JUST4@ BEFORE 4@10:30
I LOCATED THE BODY OF FAYE4@
SWETLIK.
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30, OTHER4@
CAYCE OFFICERS WERE NOTIFIED OF
A RESIDENCE THAT THERE WAS A MAN
BLEE4@DING ON THE BACK PATIO.
THAT WAS4@ 6
A RESIDENCE THAT THERE WAS A MAN BLEE4@DING ON THE BACK PATIO. THAT WAS4@ 602 PICADILLY SQUARE.
OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY WENT TO HIS
AID AND FOUND A4@ DECEASED WHIT
MALE.4@4@
SLED COLLECTED VARIOUS SAMPLES
OF4@ DNA FROM BOTH CRIME SCENES
AND INSIDE 602 PICADILLY SQUARE.
THAT DNA ONCE4@ TESTED CONNECTE
THE UNKNOWN PIECES OF THIS
HORRIFIC CRIME.
I CAN4@ TELL YOU THAT THE DECEAD
MALE HAD BEEN CONTACTED AND4@
INTERVIEWED AT 6:02 PICADILLY
SQUARE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.4@
HE WAS COOPERATIVE AND GAVE
CONSENT FOR4@ AGENTS TO LOOK
THROUGH A HOUSE.
THOSE AGENTS DID NOT SEE
ANYTHING THAT ALERTED THEM TO
BELIEVE THAT HE HAD KNOWLEDGE OR
WAS IN ANYWAY INVOLVED IN FAYE
DISAPPEARANCE AT THAT TIME.
EVIDENCE LEADS US TO BELIEVE
THAT THE DECEASED ABDUCTED AND4
KILLED 6-YEAR-OLD FAYE MARIE
4@
4@ YOU
4@ YOU HEARD ABOUT CODY TODAY ROR BEING FOUND4@ THAT BACK PATIO
DEAD.
THEY HAD INTERVIEWED HIM AND4@
SEARCHED THE HOME.
DIRECTOR SNELL GROVE SAID THEY
DID NOT FIND ANYTHING TO LEAD
THEM TO BELIEVE THAT SWETLIK SWT
WAS THERE BUT HE WAS NOT THERE
FOR THE ORIGINAL INTERVIEW ON
WEDNESDAY AND WAS NOT SURE WHAT
WAS DISCUSSED DURING THAT 4@
INTERVIEW.
HE DID TELL US THAT NEIGHBORHOOD
HAD BEEN SEARCHED FOUR TIMES
BETWEEN MONDAY AND WHEN THE
BODIES WERE FOUND THURSDAY.
THAT LOOSE THEY BELIEVE HER BODY
HAD NOT BEEN THERE LONG.
HE TOLD US ON MORE4@ THAN 004@
BITES THEY HAD THAT THEY DID
FIND4@ SOME THINGS ABOUT CODY4@
ACTING SUSPICIOUS AND WITH ASKED
HIM WHAT THAT WAS4@ AND HE SAID
FIND4@ SOME THINGS ABOUT CODY4@ ACTING SUSPICIOUS AND WITH ASKED HIM WHAT THAT WAS4@ AND HE SAIDE
COULD NOT.
IT'S STILL AN ACTIVE
INVESTIGATION AND HE WAS ASKED
IF ANY SUICIDE OR MESSAGE WAS
LEFT AND HE SAID, NO.
SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF
QUESTIONS AS THEY4@ TRY TO
DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN
MONDAY AND THURSDAY WHEN THE
BODYS WERE FOUND.
HE SAID THEY'RE NOT SURE WHERE
SWETLIK WAS BEING HELD.
>> THAT WAS LEADING TO MY NEXT
QUESTION.
THERE ARE SO MANY 4@UNKNOWN
TONIGHT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE FAYE WAS
FROM THE MOMENT THAT SHE WAS
KILLED MONDAY NIGHT UNTIL THE
MORNING HER BODY WAS FOUND ON 4@
THURSDAY.
WE DO KNOW LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS WENT TO CODY TAYLOR
HOME AND4@ THEY HAD NO REASON T
SUSPECT ANYTHING WAS FOUL THERE.
AT LEA4@ST THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TO
TODAY, SO AGAIN, JUST4@ WHERE FE
WAS FOR ALL THOSE HOURS AFTER
SHE WENT MISSING IS A MYSTERY
TONIGHT.4
WAS FOR ALL THOSE HOURS AFTER SHE WENT MISSING IS A MYSTERY TONIGHT
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT TONIGHT. >> J.R. THAT'S RIGHT.4@
SARGEANT SNELLGROVE DID GET
QUESTIONS ABOUT4@ THAT BUT THEYE
TRYING DETER4@MINE WHERE SHE WA
FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY WHEN THE BODY WAS FOUND
AND GOING BACK TO THE SEARCH AND
THE INTERVIEW WE KNOW THAT
HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY AND WE
KNOW THAT THERE WAS4@ NOTHING
ALLEGEDLY IN THE INTERIOR THE4@
SEARCH OF THE HOME THAT CAUSED
THEM TO HAVE AN INDICATION SHE
WAS IN THAT HOME BUT HE WAS4@
TALKED TO AND THE HOME WAS
SEARCHED AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT
CODY TAYLOR HAD A ROOMMATE AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT SAID THEY DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT ROOMMATE WAS 4@
INVOLVED OR EVEN HOME MOST LAST
WEEK BUT THEY BELIEVE CODY
TAYLOR WAS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR THIS CRIME BUT THE QUESTION
OF WHERE SHE WAS AND WHAT WAS
HAPPENING MONDAY THROUGH4@
THURSDAY IS STILL UP FOR LOTS OF
QUESTIONS.
WE DON'T KNOW.
THE4@ BIGGEST TELL IS THERE WAS
SOME SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWING
CODY ON IT AND THEY KNOW4@ SOME
THE4@ BIGGEST TELL IS THERE WAS SOME SECURITY FOOTAGE SHOWING CODY ON IT AND THEY KNOW4@ SOMEF
THAT BEHAVE WAS SUSPICIOUS BUT I
ASKED A4@ FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FO
HIM TO ELABORATE AND HE WOULD