Saylor Hayes’ Parents, 70 and 31, Arrested After 5-Year-Old Is Found Dead — Hours After Mom Shared ‘Little Angel’ Tribute

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 Saylor Hayes’ Parents, 70 and 31, Arrested After 5-Year-Old Is Found Dead — Hours After Mom Shared ‘Little Angel’ Tribute


By Chris Bradford




The Virginia parents of 5-year-old Saylor Hayes, a nonverbal autistic girl who was found dead in a South Carolina waterway, have been arrested—hours after her mother described her as “mommy’s little angel” in an online tribute.


John Herb Hayes III, 70, and his wife, Geordyn Nichole Hayes, 31, were arrested in Tennessee on Tuesday. They face charges of unlawfully placing a child at risk and willfully abandoning a child in connection with Saylor’s death, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office.


Saylor was found dead in a waterway near the family’s Pawleys Island rental home at around 9:45 a.m. Monday. She was wearing a one-piece bathing suit and a white lanyard after an intensive search involving hundreds of people and multiple agencies.


The girl had been known to wander away and was supposed to wear a Project Lifesaver transmitter. However, she was not wearing the device when she disappeared from the property during the family’s vacation.


According to the arrest affidavit, her parents are accused of putting Saylor “at an unreasonable risk of harm” by failing to provide supervision and safeguards appropriate for a severely nonverbal autistic 5-year-old who had a known attraction to water and a history of wandering.


Saylor had reportedly worn the monitoring device since 2024, but it had been removed before the family left Virginia. Investigators have not said who removed it or exactly when.


Authorities also accused the parents of complicating the search by encouraging investigators to focus on tracking technology despite knowing Saylor was not wearing the transmitter. Police said they also directed search efforts away from the nearby body of water.


Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver said parents and caregivers have a fundamental responsibility to protect children who cannot protect themselves.


“Saylor was a vulnerable five-year-old child who depended upon the adults responsible for her care and protection,” Weaver said. “She deserved to be safe. She deserved to be protected.”


Saylor’s cause of death has not yet been determined. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.


Her body showed no visible signs of trauma, according to Georgetown County Coroner Chase Ridgeway. He said the cause and manner of death remain undetermined pending the autopsy and any additional testing.


The search involved drones, K-9 units, divers and helicopters equipped with Project Lifesaver technology. Investigators initially believed the helicopter could detect a signal from Saylor’s transmitter.


Authorities later discovered that the transmitter’s signal was coming from a vehicle rather than from Saylor. Washington County Sheriff Blake Andis said the device was attached using a specialized band designed for continuous wear and could not simply be unclasped. The band had to be physically cut to remove the transmitter.


Saylor’s parents were arrested just hours after her mother, Geordyn Hayes, shared a tribute to her daughter online.


The tribute featured an image of Saylor smiling as she came down a slide, with a halo ab

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