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Carl Hayden, known as Whitey, was convicted of aggravated murder and other charges and sentenced to life without parole plus 22 years for fatally shooting Amber Piguet at her Scioto County home on January 9, 2017.

At 7:04 p.m., a neighbor called 911 to report a man trying to force his way into Piguet's trailer, followed by gunshots and a man leaving in a red or maroon van. A child in the home also called for help. Deputies found the door forced and several bullet holes from shots fired through a window. Piguet, 25, died of two gunshot wounds, including one through her chest and heart. Three children aged 7 and under were not hurt.

Scioto County Sheriff's detectives interviewed Hayden that night after giving him Miranda warnings. Lead detective Jodi Conkel was among those present. Hayden said he and Piguet had attended a custody hearing that morning and claimed witnesses would say he had not left his house for the rest of the day. He admitted previously placing a camera at her trailer but denied being there that night. He said a deer had knocked out a headlight on his van the night before and that he no longer owned a handgun. Reports differ on whether he was arrested at a store in South Webster or turned himself in that night. Bond was set at $500,000.

A neighbor selected Hayden from a six-person photo array and later identified him in court. Neighbors testified about his van, which he had owned for about six weeks, his earlier harassment of Piguet and remarks that he needed a quieter vehicle. They also testified about the camera outside her trailer.

Investigators searched Hayden's home that night and found .40 caliber ammunition and an empty Glock box. Paperwork showed the gun had been returned to him in 2014. On January 20, 2017, neighbor Jerry Hammonds found a Glock in a barn office and gave it to detectives. Its serial number matched the paperwork. DNA on the trigger matched Hayden and not Hammonds, while casings from the scene were matched to the gun.

Hayden, about 65, lived in South Webster, Ohio, and was a former corrections officer at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Piguet, whose surname was spelled Piquet in the appellate opinion, lived in Wheelersburg, Scioto County. She and Hayden had lived together and had a young daughter. In October 2016, Piguet moved with her children into a trailer owned by Eric and Tonda Martin near the intersection of Martin and Piguet roads. A custody and visitation case was pending, and the hearing occurred on the morning of the shooting.

Hayden was charged with aggravated murder with a firearm specification, murder, four counts of felonious assault, improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation, and menacing by stalking. A Scioto County Common Pleas jury found him guilty on all counts on November 30, 2017, and he was sentenced the same day to life without parole. After some counts merged, the sentence was life without parole plus 22 years. On delayed appeal, the Fourth District Court of Appeals held in State v. Hayden, 2019-Ohio-1926 (May 17, 2019), that admitting certain hearsay statements by the children was an abuse of discretion but harmless given the other evidence, and affirmed. No later change has been reported.

The video is a police interview-room recording running about 43 minutes. It presents the interview itself and begins with a short narrated introduction naming the people involved.

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Part 2 of 3 of the recording described above.

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Part 3 of 3 of the recording described above.