meredith saw in the mountains. it was 2008 as the young sales assistant set out from buford georgia with her dog ella. her roomy had slept in that morning. >> she left me a little note on our chalk board, took ella, went hiking, not where, not when. it wasn't really anything out of the ordinary. >> meredith like roomy julia was a dog person. she doted on ella since finding her at a rescue shelter. >> she had two dogs growing up. she wanted one of her own. she talked about it and researched what she wanted. definitely wanted to rescue a dog. finally found one, went out, loved her, brought her home. it really was the light of her life. >> julia didn't know that meth d meredith and ella were heading to the national forest. "blood mountain" is one of the