Missing 6-Year-Old Faye Swetlik Was Killed by Neighbor Who Then Killed Self, Police Say

A 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her front yard after school was killed by a neighbor who then killed himself, authorities said on Feb. 18.

6-year-old Faye Marie Swetlik. Cayce Department of Public Safety

A 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her front yard after school was killed by a neighbor who then killed himself, authorities said on Feb. 18.

Faye Marie Swetlik died of asphyxiation just hours after she was abducted, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher told reporters Tuesday, refusing to say if she was strangled or suffocated.