Autopsy results released for Saylor Hayes

In South Carolina, the Georgetown County Coroner’s Office has concluded its investigation into the death of five-year-old Saylor Hayes of Virginia. Hayes was reported missing in August while vacationing with her family in the Pawleys Island area, and her body was later recovered from the Waccamaw River. Following a multi-agency investigation across South Carolina and Virginia, Coroner Chase Ridgeway determined the cause of death was drowning, with child neglect listed as a contributing factor. However, the manner of death has been ruled undetermined, as investigators could not conclusively establish whether it was an accident or a homicide.