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‘Heartbreaking’: Body of Missing Nonverbal 5-Year-Old Girl Recovered in Pawleys Island Area

Agents recovered the body after an intensive search that used drones, K-9s and divers, officials said.

  • On Monday at 9:45 a.m., agents with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources recovered the body of 5-year-old Saylor Hayes in the water near Pawleys Island where she was last seen.
  • The nonverbal 5-year-old, who was visiting from Virginia, wandered from her family's rental home along Old Waccamaw Drive on Sunday afternoon, prompting the search operation.
  • Using a reverse 911 call, the Georgetown County Sheriff's Office mobilized deputies who deployed tracking technology, K-9s, drones, and divers while hundreds of neighbors searched nearby properties and docks.
  • Georgetown County Sheriff Carter Weaver thanked the community for their assistance and extended his office's condolences to the Hayes family following the recovery on Monday.
  • The Hagley Community united in the search effort, with residents like Aiden Cooper joining officials to scour the area, demonstrating significant local involvement in locating the missing child.
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A five-year-old girl was found dead on the morning of Monday (31), in South Carolina, in the United States, after she disappeared from the house where she was staying with her family. Saylor Hayes, who did not speak, was located in the water, near the point where she had been last seen, in the community of Hagley, in Georgetown County. Baby Burrinho is shot dead by a policeman during search for missing children in the United States Father of fou…

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WMBF News broke the news on Monday, August 31, 2026.
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