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Missing Tennessee teen turns up dead, 63-year-old man faces murder rap

Taylor was reported missing Wednesday night by her parents

Rebecca Rosenberg By Rebecca Rosenberg Fox News
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A Tennessee man has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old teenager who went missing last week, official announced Monday.

Charles "Chuck" Carter, 63, was charged with second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of Olivia Daryl Taylor, Putnam County Sheriff's Office said Monday in a press release.

Taylor's parents reported her missing Wednesday at about 7 p.m. – the same evening that Carter was first arrested on one count of aggravated statutory rape. 

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Charles Carter allegedly sold 15-year-old Olivia Daryl Taylor a fatal dose of fentanyl

Olivia Daryl Taylor, 15, left, and Charles "Chuck" Carter, 63. Carter is charged with murder, statutory rape and abuse of a corpse in connection to Taylor's death. Authorities believe she overdosed on fentanyl. (Love-Cantrell Funeral Home/Putnam County Sheriff's Office)

The next day, Putnam County Road Department workers found Taylor's body in a wooded area near Highway 70, east of Cookeville, authorities said. 

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Carter allegedly admitted to investigators that he had "delivered and provided illegal narcotics to Taylor which caused her death," according to the release. 

Olivia Daryl Taylor appears to be gardening at her family's Tennessee home.

Tennessee teenager Olivia Daryl Taylor in an undated photo. Authorities believe the 15-year-old overdosed on fentanyl after Charles "Chuck" Carter supplied drugs to her.

Investigators believe Taylor died of a fentanyl overdose but are awaiting the results of a toxicology report.

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"This tragic event is another example of what illegal drugs coming across our border into our country is doing to our nation," Putnam County Sheriff Eddie Farris said in a statement. "Last year, there were over 100,000 deaths from fentanyl related overdoses."

Rebecca Rosenberg is a veteran journalist and book author with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Email tips to rebecca.rosenberg@fox.com and @ReRosenberg.