439: Saylor Hayes: 5-Year-Old Died in SC, Parents Arrested and Their Shady Past Becomes Exposed
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What happened to five‑year‑old Sailor Hayes on August 30 2026?
Sailor Hayes, the five-year-old girl found dead in
South Carolina earlier this week. I need to look for her. I don't I can't can't give anyone.
Authorities say Sailor was non-verbal and had autism. I'm just praying. I don't know, you know that she's somewhere.
Sailor's parents failed to provide supervision. Came back out and she's gone within a split second.
Hey true crime besties, welcome back to an all-new episode of Serial asleep.
Hello, hello, hello, and welcome back to an all-new episode of Serialously with me, your host, Annie Elise. Happy Monday. I hope you had a fantastic weekend. You know, you're kick starting your week off on the right foot. Especially because I'm probably about to ruin your entire day, which I hate to do it, but unfortunately, there usually is no other option given the nature of the content that we discuss. Right. Now, the case that I want to share with you today, it's one that's actually happening right now in real time. And I briefly touched on it last week in Headline Highlights on Thursday, which I'm sure most of you know, but Headline Highlights is my Thursday show where I go through all of the headlines of true crime that's happening that week.
And so I briefly touched on it, asked if you guys wanted the deep dive. You said you did. I have been researching this case like crazy, following it like crazy. So I have all of my notes right here. And I really Really just wanna run you through The case itself, the timeline, because I think the timeline is actually the most imperative part of this entire situation. And really get your feedback too. Because like I said, It is a case that is happening right now in real time and new information is coming up pretty often. I wouldn't say every day, but Relatively often. And so I would imagine we also will probably be doing an update together soon as well. But if you haven't guessed by now, or well, I mean, I guess you saw the title, so there's no guessing involved.
Um, but it's the case of Sailor Hayes. Now, for those of you who maybe didn't listen to headline highlights last week and don't know even a tiny bit of backstory about this case, first of all, what are you doing? You should be listening. to Monday and Thursday episodes, also Tuesday, 10 to life episodes. But let me give you a quick background. Like I said, I have all my notes right here, so I'm going to be referring to them throughout the episode. Bear with me. It's not structured, it's not clean, but I wanted to get this episode out fast and just deliver as much of the backstory and information as I possibly could. So, again, for those of you who are unfamiliar, let me give you the quick rundown before we get into like the timeline, the details, the shady ass TikToks, and everything else that has transpired.
So, five-year-old Sailor Hayes had traveled with her family from Bristol, Virginia to a Vacation rental in the Hagley Estate area of Georgetown County near Polly Island. This is in South Carolina. Now, according to her parents, Sailor was nonverbal and autistic. She also really gravitated toward bodies of water. She just loved wandering off. She loved going towards the water. And she kind of had this history of what they call elopement, meaning that. She had a known tendency to just wander away from her family, her caregivers, whoever she was with, just I don't know if you would call it fiercely independent, but you know, you could call it that. Just really love doing her own thing. especially loved water.
And there were even some TikToks that had been made in the past where her mother was posting videos just of how much she did love water, but that she wore safety precautionary bracelets and Vests and things like that, because she wasn't obviously a great swimmer. So basically, when she disappeared back on August 30th of 2026, it immediately triggered a massive surge because everybody was wondering what happened to this five-year-old little girl? How did she just disappear? If she's autistic and nonverbal, clearly there should be, if not the parents, a caregiver with her the majority of time.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to five‑year‑old Sailor Hayes on August 30 2026?
0:00–8:04
2
How did the 911 call and early investigation reveal red flags?
8:04–13:11
3
What is Project Lifesaver and how was the device supposed to work?
13:11–20:38
4
Why did search teams fail to locate Sailor’s tracker during the river search?
20:38–30:23
5
What did investigators discover about the tracker’s whereabouts in Virginia?
30:23–37:13
6
What is known about the parents’ criminal and drug‑related history?
37:13–44:56
7
Why were John and Jordan Hayes arrested and what charges do they face?
44:56–52:05
8
What are the next legal steps and unanswered questions in Sailor’s case?
52:05–58:22
Speakers
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