(CNN) The death of 6-year-old Faye Swetlik, who vanished outside her home in South Carolina this week, is "linked" to a neighbor whose body was discovered shortly after hers was found, police say.

The corpse of Coty Scott Taylor, 30, was found in his residence about 150 feet from the girl's house, Cayce Department of Public Safety Sgt. Evan Antley told reporters Friday before releasing the frantic 911 call of Faye's mother.

Faye went missing Monday. Her body was found Thursday and identified by the coroner.

"Evidence and our investigation does link these two together," Antley said of the deaths. "I can confirm that he was a neighbor, that he was not a relative. He was not a friend. He was merely a neighbor."

Antley said investigators had spoken to Taylor, who had no criminal history and was unknown to law enforcement, soon after the girl went missing.

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