{"id":2127266,"date":"2026-09-04T00:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2127266"},"modified":"2026-09-04T00:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T21:45:46","slug":"saylor-hayes-parents-seen-for-first-time-since-being-charged-over-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2127266","title":{"rendered":"Saylor Hayes&#8217; Parents Seen For First Time Since Being Charged Over Her Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/eb\/16by9\/2026\/09\/03\/ebe2d0fcac884f5ebea3fedb3a503348_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Saylor Hayes&#8217; Parents Seen For First Time Since Being Charged Over Her Death<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Saylor Hayes&#8217; Parents<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Appear in Court After Being Blamed For Her Death<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-03T17:45:46-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 3, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:45 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-b7544b9f8f3c6e5a2ccbcca04941885d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-6417660c-fa7d-4f4f-8640-ac2fc9233bfc-261554296-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/7d\/16by9\/2026\/09\/03\/7d8f4a9291f9403baff7d88ec35e5432_md.png\" alt=\"090326 Saylor Hayes parents kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-6417660c-fa7d-4f4f-8640-ac2fc9233bfc-261554296-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">FIRST COURT APPERANCE<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/saylor-hayes-parents-seen-in-court-090326\/\">Video: Saylor Hayes\u2019 Parents Waive Attorney, Extradition Rights in Court<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-07e531db8cb12f52d04bef1f78afd4e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/saylor-hayes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Saylor Hayes<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; parents were in court Thursday after their 5-year-old autistic daughter was found dead in South Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-54345af33a4f737cbb21ba6d44280004\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>During their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyff4.com\/article\/saylor-hayes-parents-in-court\/73607110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>extradition hearings<\/strong><\/a> at a Tennessee court, 70-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/john-herb-hayes-iii\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>John Hayes III<\/strong><\/a> and 31-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/geordyn-nichole-hayes\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Geordyn Hayes<\/strong><\/a> both waived their rights to attorney hearings and other extradition hearings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-793dbe396cce91b7040343ef682e2d62\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260902_6386b94d362f4b3c9bb5e3cddf2adc0f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a8e55cf9-3c74-428e-932a-12b265674351\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/63\/4by3\/2026\/09\/02\/6386b94d362f4b3c9bb5e3cddf2adc0f_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-john-herb-hayes-John-Herb-Hayes-Geordyn-Nichole-Hayes-mug-shot-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Carter County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-cb4851232867218776b80b9e16bd6699\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As you know, they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/02\/saylor-hayes-parents-arrested-in-connection-with-her-death\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>arrested<\/strong><\/a> in Tennessee Tuesday after Saylor turned up dead in the Waccamaw River Monday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d8f97ded0aa2f7ab955b5a84a6fa02bf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>They had reported her missing the day before she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/01\/5-year-old-girl-saylor-hayes-found-dead-in-south-carolina\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>found<\/strong><\/a>, saying she&#8217;d wandered off from the South Carolina rental property they were staying at.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f619fe0408352ccb2485cb182c63985b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260901_4e5d7e60a46b4334a00a63c5c6362abd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a8e55cf9-3c74-428e-932a-12b265674351\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/4e\/4by3\/2026\/09\/01\/4e5d7e60a46b4334a00a63c5c6362abd_md.jpg\" alt=\"Saylor Hayes Georgetown County Sheriff&apos;s Office Facebook 5\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Georgetown County Sheriff&#8217;s Office\/Facebook<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ec600741f9723abd2795ff8b7ea04d55\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>They&#8217;re supposed to be extradited back to South Carolina but are due back in the TN court for a status hearing on September 14 &#8230; that is, if they&#8217;re not already gone by then.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5539914e87c78a622d10ea107f3f6f1e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>John and Geordyn are facing charges of unlawfully placing a child at risk or willfully abandoning a child. They&#8217;re being held without bond.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/03\/saylor-hayes-parents-geordyn-and-john-seen-in-court\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:a8e55cf9-3c74-428e-932a-12b265674351\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;facebook-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--x js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/03\/saylor-hayes-parents-geordyn-and-john-seen-in-court\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:a8e55cf9-3c74-428e-932a-12b265674351\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;twitter-footer&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:2}\"><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on X<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"related-articles\">\n<header class=\"card-section-header related-articles__card-section-header\">\n<h3 class=\"card-section-title related-articles__card-section-title\">\n              Related articles<br \/>\n            <\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"row related-articles__row\">\n<div class=\"col related-articles__col\">\n<article class=\"related-articles__card\"><a class=\"related-articles__card-link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/02\/saylor-hayes-mom-seen-in-video-telling-people-her-daughter-is-missing\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:a8e55cf9-3c74-428e-932a-12b265674351\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;main&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;related-article&quot;,&quot;pos&quot;:1}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-img ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/85\/16by9\/2026\/09\/02\/85d926a6784a4643a1f1f78f52d0f4e4_xs.jpg\" alt=\"main-Saylor-Hayes-geordyn-hayes-fb-Carter-County-Sheriffs-Office-1-\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"related-articles__card-body\">\n<h4 class=\"related-articles__card-title\">\n                        Saylor Hayes&#8217; 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