John Herb Hayes III, 70, and Geordyn Nichole Hayes, 31, were charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk or willfully abandoning a child.

The parents of Saylor Hayes, a missing nonverbal five-year-old girl who was found dead in the water, were arrested in Carter County, Tennessee.

John Herb Hayes III and Geordyn Nichole Hayes have been charged with unlawfully placing a child at risk