Tragic End: 5-Year-Old Saylor Hayes Found Dead After Vanishing from South Carolina Home

A missing 5-year-old girl was found dead after authorities said she “wandered away” from a home her family had been renting in a South Carolina beach town.

The child, Saylor Hayes, was last seen in the area of Hagley Estates in Pawleys Island on Sunday, August 30, according to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office.

Her body was located in water “near the area where she was last seen” around 9:45 a.m. on Monday, August 31, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.