Who shot Hayden Barnes on General Hospital?
FANS are hoping Hayden Barnes may be returning back to General Hospital after a new plot line re-opened her storyline.
As , Hayden could be an integral part of clearing his name for her shooting.
Who shot Hayden Barnes on General Hospital?
Hayden Barnes' murder was arranged by her husband Nikolas Cassadine but Shawn Butler was sent to jail for the crime.
Shawn Butler was sent by Sonny Corinthos to kill "Jake Doe", who was working at Xtreme Motors. Unfortunately for her, Hayden was also at the garage when Shawn arrived.
Shawn fired his gun at the same time as Nikolas’ hitman, and it was the hitman’s bullet that hit Hayden in the head.
Viewers were initially unaware Nikolas was the one to organize the shooting.
However, the shot to the head did not kill Hayden. She was rushed to the hospital were she had a seizure and eventually fell into a coma after the doctors successfully removed the bullet.
Who was Hayden Barnes?
Hayden is the biological daughter of Dr. Jeff Webber and Naomi Dreyfus and the legal daughter of Raymond Berlin. Jeff has no idea that Hayden is his daughter.
Born Rachel Berlin, she was conceived when her parents were both having an affair while married to different people.
Hayden was married to Jared Preston Jr. before her marriage to Nikolas.
He was abusive and blackmailed her into paying $250,000 after the divorce since he took the blame for the murder of a little girl who Hayden killed while driving drunk before her arrival in Port Charles, New York.
She then moved on to another bad and abusive marriage with Nikolas.
Hayden was also engaged to Dr. Hamilton Finn but she left him at alter and left town leaving behind a note saying that she lost the baby- which she had not.
She gave birth to Violet while she was away but was forced to reveal her secret when Violet got sick and was treated by Finn.
Why did Nikolas Cassadine want Hayden Barnes dead?
Nikolas married Hayden under false pretenses and Hayden was vying to steal all of Cassadine diamond's in order to get her half in the marriage.
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Nikolas wanted to kill his wife because she knew his supposed secret- "Jake Doe" was actually Jason Morgan, but it later turned out that he was actually Jason's twin, Andrew Cain.
Hayden survived the hit that her husband ordered on her but several years she was nearly kidnapped by one his men. Nikolas pretends to jump in and save her and convinces her that she is unsafe and needs to leave town.
She has been missing since she left Port Charles.