Tragic Night in Sunrise: Beloved Hairstylist and Yoga Teacher Fatally Stabbed
Hailey Hosford, a vibrant 27-year-old hairstylist and yoga retreat instructor, was brutally attacked in a quiet parking garage in Sunrise, Florida, just moments before she was set to head home. The horrifying assault unfolded around 1:30 a.m. on May 28 at The Retreat at Sawgrass Village.
Surveillance footage captured the chilling moment when 21-year-old Jackson Julian Sagesse Jr. approached Hailey’s parked Mercedes. As she reached to get inside, he violently forced the car door open and stabbed her repeatedly. A male friend who arrived on the scene courageously tried to intervene but was slashed in the throat — he survived and immediately called police for help.
Hailey was found unresponsive and tragically pronounced dead at 2:01 a.m. Authorities swiftly arrested Sagesse at his nearby apartment, where two steak knives matching his kitchen set were recovered — one hidden in his pocket, the other in his car. In a chilling confession, he admitted, “I just killed someone and walked away.”
Friends and family remember Hailey as a radiant soul full of life and kindness. “There’s evil, and there’s good — and we lost the good,” said her close friend Aubrey Rosebrock, mourning her loss. A heartfelt GoFundMe campaign in Hailey’s honor has already raised over $14,500 to help cover funeral expenses, as her community rallies to support those left behind.
