definitely. they now had numerous hilton sightings around where cheryl dunlap vanished. but, despite all the investigative work by multiple sheriff s offices and the fdle, no witness came forward to put him together with cheryl dunlap. the nurse s remains were in such poor condition they told investigators nothing about how she died. but there were thousands of other pieces in the puzzle investigators were trying to solve. hilton s van jammed to the roof with hundreds of items was trucked to the florida department of law enforcement crime lab. our crime scene analysts spent day and night literally, weeks. that van was a mess, right? she lived in that van for weeks. she dismantled that van. all that evidence from the van was added to items recovered from the dumpster outside atlanta where hilton was captured. a georgia cop on blood mountain had found the bayonet meredith
convicted of murder never receive a second chance. i was walking through the chow hall in prison, and somebody said, hey, tom, i saw you on the news. i said, really? what for? they gave you a new trial. i said, what? news of a new trial didn t change the minds of dar s family. they remained convinced not only did tom kill dar, he did so on the day of his son s tenth birthday celebration. you think tom s cold-blooded enough to do something like that to his kid? yes. yes. i think there s evil in him. prosecutor terri norris agreed. who killed dar foley? tom foley. there is nobody else. a year and a half after tom foley s conviction, both sides filed back into the courthouse to once again determine tom s fate. circuit court is again in session. as before, the state opened its case with the crime scene analysts. what is it that you found in the basement?
for example, it wasn t one but two prosecution crime scene analysts. this one you ve already heard believed it was murder but this one most people that shoot somebody in an act of rage, they don t stop with one shot. dan gillum was the crime scene investigator from ashley s death. using a defense attorney about the same height as ashley. it showed how difficult it would have been for someone as tall as tom to shoot someone. is that an unnatural position for another person to be holding the gun in that manner? it is for me. okay. and mr. salas is 6 feet tall? . how tall are you? i m 6 feet tall as well. the gun was ashley s. it was within six feet of where it s usually stored. after examining all of the ballistic and spatter evidence, gillum didn t believe the
trucked to the florida department of law enforcement crime lab. our crime scene analysts spent day and night literally, weeks. that van was a mess, right? she lived in that van for weeks. she dismantled that van. all that evidence from the van was added to items recovered from the dumpster outside atlanta where hilton was recovered. a georgia cop on blood mountain had found the bayonet wrestled away from gary hilton. now investigators in florida had a theory. what was interesting about that knife is, before we knew of mr. hilton, before he had killed ms. emerson and been caught, our analyst in our lab showed us, this is the style this is what the knife s going to look like. cameras and memory cards were found inside the van. the techie detectives in the fdle computer lab were working overtime trying to unscramble
shooter. but the public always wants to know what else is behind this. could someone have illegally supplied firearms. is it a conspiracy, a gang conspiracy. is it, you know, a lone wolf actor. is it a personal grudge. there s so many things they have to, you know, sort out, david. it s going to take really all night, at a minimum, jacksonville detectives are going to be there all night. their forensic crime scene analysts will be there all night into tomorrow for sure, just to process that scene. and, of course, you also have evidence, forensic evidence, that is in the victims bodies and wounds that has to be retrieved by the medical examiner and at the hospitals. there s scores of witnesses to interview. there will be video to examine from inside the bar and maybe, like you talked about, some i phone video. witness statements to take. they need a lot of detectives and agents to, you know, put all of that together. and they ll be doing that. it s going to be really intense