Hayden Manis was round 5 years previous when he went lacking from his residence in Muncie, Indiana in both 2019 or 2020 (tales differ). He was not reported lacking for 4 to 5 years.
Simply to notice, the information company wthr.com / 13 Investigates has actually complete protection on this case together with many interviews. A few of our quotes are taken from their articles and all the pieces is linked on the weblog.
Hayden was born on 05/18/2015 to folks Dustin Manis and Terri Williams.
The couple misplaced custody of Hayden when he was only one 12 months previous in 2016. This occurred as they had been charged with drug-related offenses. Experiences point out that each dad and mom had been drug examined and the outcomes confirmed that that they had been utilizing cocaine.
Dustin had additionally been present in a motel room with Hayden at one level and there was heroin and drug paraphernalia laying round.
DCS in Indiana eliminated Hayden from the ‘care’ of his dad and mom and positioned him within the custody of his paternal grandfather, Gary Manis. Dustin’s mom was Leanna Newby and he or she was not in a relationship with Gary.
Gary and Hayden grew shut and Hayden known as his grandfather ‘PawPaw.’ Gary stated that Hayden was a ‘ good child’ who by no means gave him any hassle.
“All he ever wished to do was simply be with me, it doesn’t matter what I used to be doing,” Gary stated of Hayden. “Engaged on the automobile, he wished to try this. Fixing one thing round the home, he wished to be proper beside me.”
“He cherished making an attempt to skateboard,” he added.
In 2018, Dustin accomplished his court-ordered probation and drug rehab. He petitioned the courtroom to get custody of Hayden. In accordance with Gary, Terri was reportedly in jail presently on drug prices.
Gary begged the courtroom to have the ability to hold Hayden with him. He stated he “utterly disagreed” with officers’ resolution to return the kid to Dustin, noting his historical past of drug use.
“He’s a drug addict. I instructed them, I begged them, to not give him again. Wasn’t my selection. Wouldn’t even let me communicate in courtroom,” Gary instructed 13News. “He did what they required of him, and so they gave (Hayden) again.”
Hayden’s nice aunt Barbara Phillips had a special, extra optimistic view of the state of affairs.
“He had already finished all the pieces that they’ve requested him to do, and he was not with Hayden’s mom when he obtained custody again,” she stated. “So I believed, okay, perhaps he’s on the mend and all the pieces’s all proper.”
“He was so candy and good with youngsters,” Dustin’s aunt Shellie stated about her nephew. “By no means in one million years would you assume he’d ever put a hand on any little one, not to mention his personal son.”
The courtroom rejected Gary’s plea and awarded custody again to Dustin. DCS didn’t object. At this level, Hayden was virtually three years previous.
Members of the family have stated that they noticed Dustin and Hayden repeatedly between 2018 and 2019.
In Might 2019, Dustin’s mom Leanne handed away on the age of 48.
Survivors embody her youngsters, Derrick Newby (Jaden Bell), Dustin Manis and Marleigh Marie Whitaker; grandchildren Haisley, Hayden and one due in November; her mom and step-father, Rita and Ward Whited; sisters, Trisha (Anthony) Williams and Milissa Newby; brother, Wes (Kristie) Whited in addition to a number of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews and her former husband, David Curtis.
Some reviews point out that Gary and Dustin probably had a battle round this time which meant that Gary didn’t see Hayden as repeatedly as he beforehand had. The final time any relations noticed Hayden was on Christmas Eve, 2019.
His nice aunt Barbara stated that Hayden was a ‘blissful little boy’ on the time. Gary stated that he loved opening his presents and was his ‘ typical self.’
“Typical Hayden, operating forwards and backwards from a grandparent to me to aunt to nice grandparents, again to aunt and to uncle,” Gary instructed The Impartial. “I observed nothing fallacious, nothing in any respect.”
“He simply ran from individual to individual and performed and laughed,” stated one other nice aunt, Shellie Sewell.
“And his father was there with him,” aunt Taylor Ferrell stated. “That was the final time.”
After this, Dustin’s household stored inviting him and Hayden to household occasions, however neither ever confirmed up.
“We wished him to know we wished them there. We wished to be part of their lives,” aunt Shellie stated. “We’d say, ‘Are you able to and Hayden come have dinner with us?’ And he would reply with, ‘We’ll attempt. I’ll attempt. All the pieces’s wonderful. We’re OK. Hayden’s wonderful. We’ll attempt to make it.’ However we by no means did get to see him. He by no means got here to something.”
Throughout 2020, Dustin lived with a lady named Crystal Corridor. They lived in a home in Muncie with Hayden, Crystal’s two daughters and her father Paul. The home was owned by Paul.
“Dustin and Hayden really did dwell on my property,” Paul instructed the media in July 2025. “Hayden really known as me ‘Mr. Grandpa’ whereas he was there. I babysat him a number of instances.”
“He was a reasonably smiley man. He did have some – what I might name – behavioral challenges to the place, you recognize, there have been instances the place he wouldn’t respect authority. However aside from that, he appeared like a standard, adjusted little boy.”
Paul instructed the media that he had given Hayden a guitar for Christmas in 2020.
“That’s one thing that we had been going to start out doing is present him the right way to play the guitar,” Paul recalled. However earlier than he may begin giving Hayden classes, Paul stated Hayden was not residing at his home. When he had not seen Hayden for a noticeable time period, Paul stated he requested Dustin the place the boy was.
“I had requested, ‘Hey, the place’s Hayden?’” as a result of I hadn’t seen him for every week or two, and I wished to see about giving them these classes. And that’s once I was instructed that the mother had had a DNA check and that Hayden went together with his mother,” Paul stated. “We’ve heard the story now that, you recognize, Little one Companies was those that did that. That’s not the story I obtained. I solely obtained {that a} DNA check was finished, and that Dustin wasn’t the daddy and that Hayden went to dwell together with his mom.”
To make clear, there was no query about Hayden’s paternity. Dustin signed an affidavit of paternity when Hayden was born in 2015, and a Blackford County choose decided in 2018 that Dustin was Hayden’s pure father when he granted Dustin main custody of his son.
By 2021, Dustin moved from Muncie and he principally stopped responding to any texts/communication makes an attempt from household.
Barbara obtained one last message from Dustin on Might 18, 2023.
In accordance with wthr.com, Dustin instructed household at one level that Hayden had been taken by DCS and given again to Terri, his organic mom. They didn’t query that story as a result of as we talked about, DCS had beforehand eliminated Hayden from his father’s custody after police discovered Dustin and his younger son in a motel room stuffed with medication. So, this appeared believable and plausible.
Within the fall of 2024, Hayden’s two great-grandmothers had an opportunity assembly. Whereas they had been discussing Dustin and Hayden, they realized that that they had each been given totally different tales. One of many girls thought Hayden was with Dustin and the opposite thought that Hayden was with Terri.
“She went straight residence and known as (Gary) and stated, “One thing is off, one thing’s not proper,” Shellie defined.
“She sounded fearful, like one thing didn’t sound correct, so I went to CPS the subsequent day,” Gary instructed the media.
One of many girls went to Paul’s residence and left a notice on his door, asking him to contact them.
“That’s the primary time that I knew one thing was fallacious with Hayden,” he stated. “Once I hung up the cellphone with that grandma, I had a few minutes the place I used to be similar to, ‘Oh sh**!’ as a result of I had a sinking feeling in my intestine.”
Police had been contacted and so they tracked Dustin down and he gave them the model of the story that indicated Hayden was with Terri. He stated that CPS had taken Hayden from him in 2022. This was simply confirmed to be false by detectives.
“No. That was disproven fairly simply, fairly shortly,” Delaware County Prosecutor Eric Hoffman stated “So at the moment and because the investigation went on, we knew that was a lie.”
“The place’s Hayden? No person can give you Hayden. The final one who was chargeable for him … couldn’t present any details about the place he was. And that’s after we realized, I believe …” stated Shellie.
The Delaware County Sheriff’s Workplace launched this assertion after Hayden was reported lacking:
“On or about September 5, 2024, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Workplace was made conscious of a lacking juvenile case. Since that point, now we have labored diligently to research all leads, execute a number of search warrants, and conduct quite a few interviews.
We’re working carefully with the Delaware County Prosecutor’s Workplace and stay dedicated to pursuing each avenue of investigation. Our aim is to carry decision to this case. We recognize the continued help from the group and encourage anybody with info to return ahead.
When you have any details about this case please contact the Delaware County Sheriff Investigations Division 765-747-7881.”
In September 2024, authorities went and searched Paul’s residence.
“I signed a waiver permitting them to have entry to something and all the pieces that they wanted,” Paul instructed the media. “They went beneath the home. They went within the attic … I used to be simply hoping and praying, you recognize, that we may discover out what had really occurred.”
Paul has stated that he was questioned extensively by police. He additionally stated investigators took proof from the home together with “part of the ground out of the grasp closet” from the aspect of the home the place Hayden had lived.
“He says, ‘What do you assume this implies with us asking for this?’ And, you recognize, I bear in mind answering him. I says, ‘I believe that implies that you guys assume one thing may need occurred to him in my home,’” Paul stated.
Paul stated he cooperated totally with investigators.
“[I was] completely sick and mortified as a result of I simply knew deep down that one thing actually dangerous has occurred right here,” he instructed the media.
A couple of months after his home was searched, Paul offered the house and moved to Nevada with Crystal and household. He stated this transfer coincided with the household getting some inheritance cash and that that they had deliberate to relocate lengthy earlier than they realized Hayden was lacking.
Many individuals on-line have questioned the transfer and assume that it appears suspicious.
“There’s Fb posts saying that I had one thing to do with it. There’s completely not even a millionth of 1% likelihood that that’s occurred. It’s full bullsh** and fabrication,” Paul stated. “It’s ugly and it’s horrible… I’ve finished nothing fallacious.”
In November 2024, Dustin was pulled over for a site visitors violation and he was discovered to have meth and heroin on him.
Bodycam footage of the incident has been launched. This abstract is from wthr.com:
“Nothing unlawful on you?” the officer requested. “Dustin, is there something unlawful inside your automobile?”
“Nuh-uh… no, in no way,” he replied in a clumsy, high-pitched tone that sounds a lot totally different than his talking voice earlier within the police recording.
The officer then inquired about particular medication, together with methamphetamine, marijuana and heroin. Dustin denied possessing any of them. However when the officer requested if he may look contained in the car and Dustin stated he most popular to not have the automobile searched, suspicion grew.
“I’m fairly certain there’s one thing in that automobile you don’t need me to search out,” the officer stated, pausing whereas Dustin once more insisted he had no medication within the car. “I ended you for a site visitors infraction, and your stress degree is method up right here.”
That’s when Dustin instructed the officer why he was so nervous.
“I simply actually obtained questioned about my son being lacking and whatnot, so I’m simply upset about that,” he stated, whereas additionally admitting there may be “just a little little bit of [methamphetamine] residue” within the car.
Upon additional questioning, Dustin acknowledged that he had a earlier arrest for drug possession and had final smoked methamphetamine the day before today. He once more instructed the police officer there was solely residue or some drug “crumbles” contained in the automobile.
When one other officer with a drug-sniffing Ok-9 arrived to go looking the car, Dustin appeared much more nervous, visibly shaking and combating again tears.
“I’ve by no means had anyone break down and cry [over crumbles],” the officer stated, responding to Dustin’s agitation.
“It’s my grandmother’s automobile. I don’t need to get in hassle for having something in there,” Dustin replied.
The Ok-9 assisted search revealed methamphetamine contained in the car. As officers arrested Dustin and commenced to go looking his clothes, he admitted to additionally having heroin and a syringe in his pocket.
He was jailed for a number of weeks earlier than considered one of his grandmothers bailed him out.
4 days after he was launched, on December 15, 2024, Dustin died from a drug overdose.
Dustin Manis,33, of Muncie, Indiana handed away on December 15, 2024. Preparations have been entrusted to The Cremation Society of Indiana, 4115 Shelby Road.
When police started investigating Hayden’s whereabouts, they discovered that there was a attainable sighting of him in August 2020 on the New Fortress Sports activities Park. Witnesses noticed Hayden, Dustin, Crystal and her father Paul watching a go-kart race. When Paul was questioned, he confirmed that that they had all been on the occasion.
Paul instructed 13News he was on the New Fortress Motorsports Park in late August 2020, watching his oldest granddaughter take part in a go-kart race. He stated Crystal, Dustin and Hayden had been additionally on the monitor to observe the race, and he didn’t bear in mind something uncommon about Hayden’s look or habits.
Investigators checked information and found that Paul’s granddaughter did race on the park on August 30, 2020.
This nonetheless implies that 4 years handed earlier than Hayden was reported lacking.
“We predict he really went lacking someday in 2020 however, thus far, now we have not been capable of pinpoint an precise date,” Delaware County Sheriff Chief Deputy Jeff Stanley instructed the media.
“To say that that has sophisticated the case is an understatement,” Prosecutor Eric Hoffman stated. “To get the decision in 2024 that you simply’ve not seen a toddler since 2020 is a large hurdle.”
“Simply because Dustin Manis is useless doesn’t imply the investigation is useless. We’re nonetheless going ahead,” the prosecutor stated. He believes different individuals have essential info and know what occurred to Hayden.
“How can just a little boy simply disappear and nobody is aware of the place he’s or what occurred to him? How is one thing like this attainable?” a reporter requested the prosecutor.
“There’s only a few ways in which it’s attainable,” Prosecutor Hoffman responded. “An grownup can disappear. They’ll go to a overseas nation, they will go to Las Vegas on a bender for every week. Children aren’t like that. Children Hayden’s age don’t simply go someplace. A baby can solely go lacking in only a few methods — none of that are voluntary.”
After Terri realized that her son was lacking, she made this publish on social media:
“I by no means thought i must make a publish like this but when anybody has any info on the the place abouts of my son Hayden Manis please contact me or the Delaware county police division,” she wrote.
“The final identified location I’ve for him is within the Muncie, Indiana space,” she added. “I’m begging anybody that is aware of something about Hayden to please come ahead.”
Investigators went to the house in Muncie the place Dustin had lived with Crystal. One neighbour stated she had lived within the space since 2021 and had by no means seen Hayden.
This data is from wthr.com:
“I’ve lived right here since 2021, and I’m round right here all day. I’ve by no means seen just a little boy operating round over there,” stated Tracy Heigle, who lives throughout the road from the home. “If just a little boy was there, I might have seen him.”
One other neighbor instructed 13News he had seen two younger ladies – daughters of Dustin’s former girlfriend – enjoying outdoors the home, however that he had by no means seen a younger boy.
Members of the family have stated that they’ve since heard tales about Hayden being badly abused and uncared for.
“I simply hope it’s not true what he went by means of,” stated Taylor, crying. Hayden’s aunts described the tales they’ve heard as “disgusting” and “horrifying.”
Whereas detectives and the prosecutor are usually not releasing particular particulars of their ongoing investigation, the prosecutor stated info gathered by investigators may be very disturbing.
“It’s haunting. It’s undoubtedly haunting, a few of the details of this case,” responded Prosecutor Hoffman, who additionally instructed the media that he thinks Hayden is deceased.
“Primarily based on the proof I’ve seen and the interviews which have been performed, I would not have a cause to consider that.”
Regardless of these statements, Paul has denied ever seeing any indicators of abuse or neglect.
“By no means as soon as did I ever hear, you recognize, any abuse, cries, did I see any marks on that little boy,” he stated. “The entire time he was at my home, if I might have noticed a bruise or a mark or any signal on Hayden, I might have been the one in jail as a result of I’d have handed it to Dustin … If I’d have seen something, I might have acted on it.”
Paul additionally stated he tried to be careful for Hayden, even confronting Dustin when a relative contacted Paul personally to specific concern that Hayden was probably being stored inside the home in a canine cage.
“We couldn’t again up that story in anyway,” Paul instructed 13News. “We regarded. We by no means noticed any cage. By no means noticed something even resembling that.”
Paul did say although that he rarely went to the aspect of the home the place Hayden was residing with Crystal and Dustin. He stated he was making an attempt to present them area and that their a part of the home was filthy.
“I used to be fairly disgusted by the situation of that aspect of the property, however I did simply do a fast walk-through to see if I noticed something that regarded, you recognize, funky to me. And aside from the nastiness in there, I didn’t,” Paul stated.
“They utterly trashed that entire aspect of the home. I actually didn’t need something to do with [Crystal] at the moment over it as a result of I couldn’t perceive the extent of disrespect that she was displaying my home. So I actually tried to keep away from her, to be trustworthy,” he defined. “It actually took an enormous act for me to go over there for any cause… and, sadly, all it led to was arguments with my spouse.”
Regardless of this, Paul has stated that Crystal is a ‘caring, sort, and a reasonably good and efficient dad or mum.’
“Do you assume Crystal had something to do with the disappearance of Hayden?” 13 Investigates requested Paul.
“No, and I’m not simply saying that as a result of I’m her dad,” he responded, including that he has by no means seen his daughter act violently towards anybody.
A tip was obtained that steered that Hayden had been compelled to sleep in a closet as a type of self-discipline and punishment.
Paul spoke about that.
“I believe that was sort of confused with the cage factor as a result of I, I believe that’s what occurred: I believe that they, that Dustin, had put him within the closet – which was a walk-in closet, by the best way. Nonetheless unacceptable. And I consider that was the identical incident that by some means it went from closet to cage, and that was the one incident that I had the dialog with Dustin about,” he stated, describing the closet as small and roughly 6-feet lengthy and both 6-feet or 8-feet deep.
“I stated one thing to him that, ‘Hey, you recognize, irrespective of how mad you get, you may’t go overboard together with your youngsters. When you ever get that mad, you come see me, however there can’t be any of that sort of sh** occurring,’” Paul recalled. He stated Dustin supplied little response, merely shaking his head, as if to say, “OK, no drawback.”
Whereas Paul stated he noticed no bruises or different indicators of abuse on Hayden, he instructed 13News he did have issues about Dustin’s parenting abilities and the best way he disciplined his son when Hayden challenged his father’s authority.
“I used to be involved sufficient about it that I had really made the provide to Dustin that, you recognize, ‘Hey, perhaps it’s best to go speak to someone and attempt to get some assist to grasp the right way to higher take care of him and, you recognize, in the event you want some cash for that, then I might be even be keen that can assist you out with that,’” Paul recalled. “However I simply thought it was a case of a dad or mum not figuring out the right way to dad or mum … Trying again now, it’s fairly apparent that there was one thing occurring.”
WTHR.com launched an article in July 2025 wherein they allege that Crystal instructed authorities that Hayden is deceased and that she disposed of his physique in a trash compactor at a truck cease.
The article quotes:
These sources, who agreed to talk with 13 Investigates on the situation of anonymity, say Crystal Corridor instructed detectives final fall that Hayden is useless and that she disposed of his physique in a trash compactor at a truck cease. 13News has not but realized how Hayden died.
The information company traveled to Nevada to talk with Crystal. She denied ever giving that info.
“That’s not what I instructed police,” she instructed 13 Investigates. Requested to share what info she did inform investigators, Crystal replied: “I can’t… I would love so that you can cease this.”
This can be a transcript of what 13News requested Crystal after they traveled to Nevada to query her.
13News: “Hello Crystal. I’m Bob Segall with 13News. Are you able to assist me perceive what occurred to Hayden?”
Crystal: “I’m not speaking to you.”
13News: “Is there something you may share in any respect?”
Crystal: “No.”
13News: “Something?”
Crystal: “I can’t.”
13News: “Our sources instructed us that you simply instructed police that you simply disposed of his physique in a dumpster.”
Crystal: “That’s not what I instructed police.”
13News: “Are you able to share with us what you probably did inform police?”
Crystal: “I can’t… I would love so that you can cease this.”
13News: “We’re simply making an attempt to get solutions to what occurred.”
Crystal: “I perceive and I did that with the police.”
13News: “Is there a cause that you simply received’t reply any further questions?”
Crystal: “As a result of I’m not obligated to. And I did work with them.”
13News: “Are you aware what occurred to Hayden?”
Crystal: “I can’t speak to you about that.”
13News: “Is Hayden alive or useless?”
Crystal: “I can’t speak to you about that.”
13News: “Is there something you may say in any respect?”
Crystal: “I already instructed you I can’t.”
13News: “Are you able to assist present his household with any solutions?”
Crystal: “I already helped the police. I did what I may. I’ve info with the case that I’m not going to danger divulging… I used to be a part of the investigation asking questions that I used to be instructed to. I’m not going to expose stuff that I’m not purported to.”
The assembly lasted solely three minutes. Crystal acknowledged she does know extra about what occurred to Hayden. She simply isn’t going to debate it.
13News: “While you say info that you simply’re not purported to, did police let you know to not expose extra info?”
Crystal: “In the course of the investigation and through all the pieces once I was with them, it was to maintain it between me and the officers I used to be working with, sure.”
13News: “Simply to be clear, you’re saying you didn’t eliminate his useless physique?”
Crystal: “I didn’t say that.”
13News: “You didn’t inform that to police?”
Crystal: “No, I didn’t.”
13News: “Isn’t that vital info to share with people?”
Crystal: “I don’t consider speaking to a reporter and blowing this up extra on social media for individuals to make their very own tales, concepts, and so forth., from is the precise name.”
13News: “Are you able to share something about what occurred so that folks do not make up tales?”
Crystal: “I can’t. I did that, like I stated, with the police already.”
13News: “Are you able to inform us if you recognize whether or not Hayden is alive or useless?”
Crystal: “I can’t.”
13News: “I get the impression there may be a number of info you aren’t going to share. Would you want to have the ability to share that info?”
Crystal: “I’m not going to speak to you any additional… I labored with the police. I’m not making an attempt to combine any of that up.”
The prosecutor was requested about info that Crystal had given.
“I don’t need to get into the contents of her varied statements to police. I don’t need to affirm or deny that,” he stated
“Definitely we’ve hit a wall,” Prosecutor Hoffman stated at one level within the investigation. “The query is, are you able to go across the wall or climb over the wall? That’s what we’re making an attempt to do now.”
A girl named Amber Roberts was interviewed by the media and he or she stated that she smelled a foul odour coming from a trash compactor in late 2020 in Marion, Indiana.
Crystal had been working with Amber at a number of Indiana truck stops between 2020 and 2023 and had entry to compactors.
“We had been working the very same schedule,” Amber stated. “Hayden, each time Dustin introduced him in … he was candy to all of us.”
Crystal and Roberts had been co-managers who ran the truck cease collectively. Roberts recollects they shortly grew to become associates.
Roberts: “She was very skilled. She was very put collectively. I used to be really excited when her and I obtained placed on the identical schedule. We obtained alongside nicely. We had been each younger girls, moms, making an attempt to maintain our youngsters and our households and run a truck cease.”
13News: “She was a great co-worker?”
Roberts: “She was. Till she wasn’t.”
13News: “What occurred?”
Roberts: “I don’t know what in her modified, however she simply stop displaying up for work.”
Roberts stated that change happened in late summer season 2020 when each Crystal and Dustin instantly stopped coming in. And only a few weeks later, Roberts says she observed one thing else – behind the truck cease.
“I labored at this explicit retailer with this explicit dumpster and trash space for 4 years. That dumpster space smelled terrible the tip of summer season that 12 months, prefer to the purpose we couldn’t even sit on the market and smoke as a result of your eyes had been watering as a result of it smelled so dangerous,” she instructed 13 Investigates.
“It’s the worst I’ve ever [smelled], and I’ve smelled truck cease trash. It’s the worst of the worst trash, and it was past what it usually was … It smelled like demise. That’s the one method you may describe it. After which it was like that for a number of weeks,” Roberts defined.
Requested what she believes that scent may have been, Roberts didn’t hesitate in her response.
“I believe it was Hayden,” she stated. “I’ve by no means knowingly smelled a useless physique, however they are saying you don’t neglect what a useless physique smells like, and I’ll always remember that scent. It was terrible.”
Crystal did finally return to do a number of shifts on the truck cease and Amber stated she appeared totally different.
“Simply bizarre and totally different as a result of she at all times had make-up on earlier than and at all times regarded good and put collectively, and after that she wasn’t,” Amber stated. “After which she got here in and demanded a switch after that, out of nowhere.”
“The place is Hayden? That’s all we need to know,” his grandfather, Gary Manis, instructed 13News. “We simply have to get him again.”
“It’s the toughest factor to say that, ‘No, I don’t assume he’s with us anymore,’” his aunt Taylor stated.
“I don’t consider he’s alive,” his great-aunt Shellie stated. “I imply, the police have been engaged on this nonstop since September, and there’s been no signal of him.”
Gary agrees.
“I don’t assume he’s alive — not after speaking with police, I don’t. Not after a few of the rumors I’ve heard,” Gary stated.
Paul has additionally spoken about his regrets. “It torments me daily now,” he stated. “It was my job to guard that little boy. , that’s who I’m … I simply by no means thought, you recognize, that I must shield him from his personal father.”
“The underside line is I did fail that little boy. He was there. I ought to have seen what was taking place. I didn’t. I want I might have, and I want the entire thing…” Paul stated, pausing to gather his ideas. “I want I might have seen it. I might have finished – I might have died stopping it if that’s what it will have took.”
Paul stated that he and Crystal consider Hayden’s disappearance and demise are linked to Dustin.
“She thinks, like I believe, that he murdered his son,” Paul stated.
Paul was requested straight by the media if Crystal is aware of something about what occurred to Hayden.
“I really haven’t requested her that query. It’s most likely a query that I have to ask her,” Paul replied.
Paul labored with the company 13 Investigates and tried to get Crystal to reply some questions, together with,
Are you aware if Hayden is alive or useless?
Did Dustin Manis kill his son?
Are you aware what occurred to Hayden’s physique?
Did Dustin or anybody else ever abuse or neglect Hayden?
When the media adopted up, Paul stated
“She has completely no need to speak about any of this. She simply stated, ‘I’m not answering anyone’s questions. If anybody needs to know something, they’ll should get the knowledge from the police.’”
“I’d prefer to let you know I perceive it, however actually, I don’t… I don’t perceive why she received’t speak to anyone. That could be a concern for me,” he stated.
“There are only a few days I come to this workplace and I don’t take into consideration Hayden Manis. This case is on my thoughts, and it’s on the investigators’ minds each day,” Prosecutor Hoffman stated. “We’re not going to cease till we get to a solution. We have to know the reality.”
Prosecutor Hoffman spoke to 13News and confirmed that Crystal is an individual of curiosity within the case:
13News: “Is Crystal Corridor an individual of curiosity on this case?”
Hoffman: “Sure.”
13News: “Why?”
Hoffman: “I’m not essentially calling her a suspect, that she harmed or did something to Hayden. I’m not going to substantiate or deny that. However she’s most undoubtedly an individual of curiosity as a result of she lived with him. She was Dustin’s girlfriend. She’s given us statements. I don’t need to go into these statements [because] it’s an open investigation, however for her to not be an individual of curiosity wouldn’t make a lot sense given the details.”
Hayden was final identified to be alive on August 30, 2020. On the time of his disappearance, he was 3’4 and weighed 50lbs. He had brown hair and blue eyes.
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