Woman found dead on barge without ID or cellphone had repeatedly dialed 911 for help less than a week before she died – and got arrested for making the emergency calls

Hailey Silas appears inset against an image of a barge along the Mississippi River

Hailey Silas appears inset against an image of a barge along the Mississippi River. (Selfie via Facebook; Screengrab via WMC)

Hailey Silas was all of 22 years old and, in her final days, scared for her life. Last Saturday, her body was found on a barge in the Mississippi River near Shelby Forest in Shelby County, Tennessee.

A few days before she died, Silas was arrested by police in West Memphis, Arkansas – for a misdemeanor charge of communicating a false alarm. She had called 911 repeatedly from a truck stop near the Southland Casino and asked for a ride from law enforcement due to being afraid of something amid what she called a “panic attack.”

As of now, authorities have not said what the woman came to fear.

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