“I’ve laid here all night waiting for him to come home…for the radio to click off, the gun belt to hang. My Hay…my best friend. Daddy
A three-year veteran assigned to Post 3 in Bowling Green, Hayden was known to fellow troopers as Unit 369. On September 28, he pulled over a vehicle — a moment that initially appeared to be nothing more than another routine traffic stop. There was no indication yet of how profoundly those few minutes would change his family.
