What Happened to Hayden? | Disturbing new details emerge in Muncie boy’s disappearance | DOCUMENTARY

WTHR July 25, 2025
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Nearly five years after Hayden Manis went missing, 13News has discovered new details about the disappearance of the Muncie, Indiana boy. Sources close to the investigation confirmed for 13News that a woman who used to live with Hayden around the time he vanished provided investigators with a somber account of what happened to the 5-year-old boy. Those sources, who agreed to speak with 13 Investigates on the condition of anonymity, say Crystal Hall told detectives last fall that Hayden is dead and that she disposed of his body in a trash compactor at a truck stop. 13News has not yet learned how Hayden died. READ MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/investigations/13-investigates/what-happened-to-hayden-manis-missing-muncie-boy-dead-body-trash-compactor-indiana-mom-dad-mother-father-dustin-crystal-hall-paul-documentary/531-fe4f1ac6-4112-4ecd-ba6a-7c1b8cace1f3