On March 8, 2002, 35-year-old Fayette County, Alabama Game Warden Jimmy Dean Hutto was shot while assisting the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department in serving a narcotics warrant at a Wayside residence.

Hutto initially improved enough to be discharged, but complications three days later required readmission and his condition declined. He died on March 25, 2002, seventeen days after being shot. Mosher was arrested in connection with the shooting and later pleaded guilty in December 2003 to charges that included murder for Hutto’s death, three counts of attempted murder for the other officers, and unlawful distribution of a controlled substance, receiving five consecutive life terms.

The parole board denied Mosher’s request for release in 2023. If anyone knew Game Warden Hutto or observed events in Wayside around March 8, 2002, can you share what you remember?