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Body of missing nonverbal 5-year-old girl recovered in Pawleys Island area
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Key Points:
- The body of 5-year-old Saylor Hayes, who was nonverbal and missing, was found Monday morning near where she was last seen in Georgetown County, South Carolina.
- Hayes wandered away from her family’s rental home on Old Waccamaw Drive in the Hagley Community, prompting an extensive search starting Sunday afternoon.
- Multiple agencies, including the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, SLED, U.S. Coast Guard, and local law enforcement, used drones, K-9 units, helicopters, and underwater equipment in the search.
- The Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office expressed gratitude to the community and search teams and extended condolences to Hayes’ family, who are from Virginia.
- The cause of death has not yet been determined or released.
