Hale Garrett

**Hale Garrett** is a fictional character in the ABC daytime drama *General Hospital*.

He was played by Blake Sheldon on April 25-26, 2016 and returned on May 2-3, 2016.

## Storylines

On April 25, 2016, Hale walks into the PCPD and tells the desk sergeant he has new evidence regarding Carlos Rivera in the Duke Lavery murder.

In the interrogation room Jordan gives Hale a cup of coffee and can tell he is nervous. Hale starts to leave but Jordan tries to calm him down and asks if he wants her to call a friend or family member. Hale says he can’t involve anyone else. He saw Duke get shot on May 8, 2015.

Jordan wants to know what Hale was doing at the time since it took a year for him to come in. He is hesitant to say until he admits he was using and had lost his home and job. He was doing anything to get his next fix.

That night Hale was breaking into cars at the Metro Court. He heard some angry voices and ran off after he saw a man in street clothes shoot a man in a tux. Hale identified Duke as the man in the tux and Carlos as the man in street clothes.

Jordan talks to Judge White. Hale asks why she had to talk to a judge. Jordan says she is having Hale’s story verified and she will be back soon. Hale thinks she doesn’t believe him. She says she wants to get a stenographer over to get a signed witness statement.

Outside the interrogation room, Jordan runs into Alexis and says that an eyewitness to Duke’s murder has come forward. Alexis finds it suspicious that a witness suddenly appeared almost a year after Duke was killed and angrily leaves.

Jordan gives Hale her card after he signs his witness statement. She says they will schedule a formal deposition with the DEA. Hale thinks that is excessive but Jordan says it is part of the process. If the case goes to trial, Hale will have to testify. Hale is worried about seeing Carlos at the trial. Jordan assures him the case probably won’t go to trial as Alexis will probably ask Carlos to take a deal.

At her house, Alexis tells Julian that there is a witness to Duke’s murder. When Alexis and Ava leave, Julian calls his henchman Hammer and tells him to “take care” of the witness who saw Carlos kill Duke.

On May 2, Alexis sees Hale at the Floating Rib. She tries to get him to talk about the case but he doesn’t want to say anything else. He knocks into Anna on his way out. Later Alexis finds Hale’s body slumped against the wheel of his car in the Metro Court parking garage. His body falls out of the car and has a syringe stuck in his arm. Alexis calls for help and Nathan comes over. He discovers Hale is barely alive.

Hale is rushed to the hospital. Dr. Andy tries to save Hale as Nathan questions Alexis. She is hesitant to give details as Hale was the witness in her case. Alexis texts Julian to get to the hospital now. Dr. Andy tells Nathan that Hale didn’t make it. Julian tries to say that they don’t need to investigate the cause of death as it was an obvious overdose.

Sam and Drew (as “Jason”) see Alexis and ask why she is there. Again Alexis is hesitant to answer. Anna comes over and recognizes Hale’s name as the man who knocked into her at the Floating Rib. She accuses Alexis of killing Hale when Alexis tells her she found Hale.

Anna and Dante question Alexis about Hale’s death. The forensics comes back revealing no sign of a struggle. Anna accuses Julian of killing Hale and Alexis covering for him. There is no proof so she is forced to let them go.

When Alexis gets home with Julian, she asks him if he had the witness murdered. She realizes she left her briefcase alone with him when she went upstairs to check on Leo. She had made a copy of Hale’s information and it was inside the briefcase. Julian again denies he had anything to do with Hale’s death.

Anna tells Griffin that without Hale there can be no cross-examination even with his signed witness statement. Hale’s testimony may also be dismissed as he was an ex-junkie who relapsed right after giving his statement.

## Crimes Committed

* Former drug addict [2015; revealed on Apr 26, 2016]
* Broke into cars [May 8, 2015; revealed on Apr 26, 2016]
* Didn’t report a shooting he witnessed [May 8, 2015; revealed on Apr 26, 2016]

## Health and Vitals

* Killed by Julian’s henchman Hammer who passed off his death as an accidental overdose [May 3, 2016]