Coroner releases autopsy for 5-year-old Saylor Hayes after being found dead in SC

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What happenedThe Georgetown County Coroner's Office has released the autopsy for Saylor Hayes, a 5-year-old with autism who was found dead on Pawleys Island.

What changedThe center frames it as "Coroner releases autopsy for 5-year-old Saylor Hayes after being found dead in SC". The right frames it as "Cause of death update for non-verbal 5-year-old girl found dead after vanishing from fami...".

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Still Watching. The center frames it as "Coroner releases autopsy for 5-year-old Saylor Hayes after being found dead in SC". The right frames it as "Cause of death update for non-verbal 5-year-old girl found dead after vanishing from fami...".

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The Sun (US)3h ago

Cause of death update for non-verbal 5-year-old girl found dead after vanishing from family vacation & parents arrested

A PRELIMINARY autopsy in the death of a five-year-old girl has been released after her body was found in a waterway near her family's vacation home. Saylor Hayes, 5, was found dead after go...

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WYFF4 (Hearst, Greenville)4h ago

Coroner releases autopsy for 5-year-old Saylor Hayes after being found dead in SC

The Georgetown County Coroner's Office has released the autopsy for Saylor Hayes, a 5-year-old with autism who was found dead on Pawleys Island.

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