Saylor Hayes: Tragic Loss and Parental Neglect | Raleigh News

0:00A five-year-old girl named Sailor Hayes was found dead in South Carolina after she went missing. Her parents, John Herb Hayes III, who was 70 years old, and Jordan Nicole Hayes, who was 31, had been arrested and charged. The charges include unlawfully placing a child at risk and willfully abandoning a child. Authorities alleged the parents misled them during the search for Sailor, who was autistic and nonverbal. She reportedly had a tendency to wander and a known affinity for water. The arrest warrants claimed the parents failed to provide adequate supervision and safeguards for a child with her specific needs. The situation is particularly tragic because Sailor had a monitoring device, but the warrants state it was removed before the family left their home in Virginia. The parents are accused of directing search efforts away from a body of water where they allegedly left Sailor unsupervised, despite knowing she. She wasn't wearing the tracker. Investigators were able to track Sailor's monitoring device to a vehicle at her residence

1:00in Virginia. The device can only be removed by cutting the band, suggesting it was intentionally taken off. This detail raises serious questions about the circumstances leading up to her disappearance and death. The Georgetown County Sheriff's Office stated that Sailor deserved to be safe and protected. The parents are currently in custody in Tennessee, awaiting extradition to South Carolina to face the charges related to their daughter's death. That wraps Raleigh News Today, brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with the story.