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In the winter of 1978, the community of Pulaski, Tennessee, was shaken by the violent death of a dedicated public servant. On the night of January 25th, Giles County Deputy Sheriff Henry Herbert 'Hub' Slayton, a 65-year-old male, was on duty when he encountered a car stopped in the middle of a rural road. In what would be his final communication, he radioed to dispatch that he was stopping to investigate the vehicle. Minutes later, Deputy Slayton was found deceased in a nearby ditch, having been ...Read More
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Victim Details

Herbert H. Slayton

Male

Pulaski

TN

1978-01-24

65

Herbert

Slayton

01/04/2026