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Olivia Daryl Taylor Wiki – Olivia Daryl Taylor Bio
Olivia Daryl Taylor,15, family reported her missing to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, October 26. Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris said it was “imperative” to find Taylor and that “illegal drugs, others involved in illegal activity, and other criminal activity may be involved in Taylor’s disappearance.”
Taylor’s body was reportedly discovered by Putnam County Highway Department employees in a wooded area on Thursday, October 27. The Sheriff’s Office said Taylor’s death “was clearly being worked out as a homicide.”
Olivia was born on June 21, 2007, in Cookeville, TN to her parents, Ronnie Taylor and Stephanie Machelle Harness. Olivia was a student attending Upperman High School in Baxter, TN, where she was a member of the Wrestling Team and ROTC. She loved to bake, sew, sing, be an artist, and play the ukulele.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 31, 2022, at 12 noon from the chapel at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home.
Olivia Daryl Taylor Age
Olivia Daryl Taylor was 15 years old.
Olivia Daryl Taylor Found Dead in the Woods
Charles “Chuck” Carter, 63, hails from Putnam County, about 80 miles east of Nashville, Tennessee. He is charged with one count of second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of Olivia Daryl Taylor, an area teenager who died earlier this month of what is believed to be a fatal narcotic overdose.
According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Carter was previously charged with one count of aggravated statutory rape.
Charles “Chuck” Carter was later arrested, the same night his alleged victim was reported missing, on a statutory rape charge. The defendant was immediately the suspect in the girl’s death, the sheriff’s office said.
Agents arrested Charles “Chuck” Carter Jr. on one count of aggravated statutory rape and booked him into the Putnam County Jail on $50,000 bond. On Monday, October 31, the Sheriff’s Office announced that Carter was also charged with second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, “Carter admitted to authorities prior to Taylor’s death that he delivered and provided illegal narcotics to Taylor, which caused his death.”
Farris said in the charging announcement: “This tragic event is yet another example of what illegal drugs crossing our border into our country are doing to our nation. Last year there were more than 100,000 fentanyl-related overdose deaths.
Putnam County District Attorney Bryan Dunaway said the investigation is “still developing.”
Following the additional charges, Carter is now being held without bond.
According to his obituary, Taylor attended Upperman High School in Baxter, Tennessee, and was a member of the wrestling team and ROTC. She “loved to bake, sew, sing, be an artist, and play the ukulele.”