person. then she vanished. i called the police. something is wrong. and something was. days passed, then months, no leads, no clues, no progress. we ve got to get going. we ve got to get moving on this. enter the a-team. a band of tough guy privatize. yes something to hide. a brief encounter with the mysterious stranger. on the train coming home, she had met this woman. did that hold the answer? she s talking about how someone is trying to assume her identity. a chilling case of a daughter in danger. somebody was after her. welcome to dateline. i m lester holt. she was beautiful, talented, trusting, and sometimes troubled. a young woman from a prominent family finally grabbing the promise and life right up to the day she vanished. when the police seemed unable to find her, her family had to plan, and the usual strategy to solve the mystery. here is keith morrison. it began on the bright morning in may. slipped from its platform in washington stat
surroundings, you just never know. it started with a frightening horror movie from the 80s. this movie is we re gonna take some women into the wood and they will be hunted down. decades later something truly frightening it was happening for real. a strange vanishing in the forest. immediately, we knew something was wrong. then your heart just broke. surely, then meredith, two women missing and desperate efforts to find them. she could be alive and we just can t let up. could this old movie hold the key to these new cases? a little blood, sex, violence. a film fantasy turn chilling reality. if someone has her, she is afraid. who could be behind this and how with this real life story and? she was a blue belt in judo. if anybody could survive it was there it is. our national forests are places of refuge for folks who want to get away from the city and have a sense of peace, commune with nature but you have to be aware of your surroundings all th
i knew that was a place he liked to hang out, that he had a dog with him. and most importantly was the evidence that they had found at the scene. i knew hilton always had a extendable police baton with him. dennis murphy (voiceover): the tip and a name quickly led to a georgia driver s license for 61-year-old gary michael hilton. investigators showed the photo to hikers who id d him as the scruffy mystery man seen with meredith on blood mountain. the manhunt was on. john cagle: we put that name and face out. and it s plastered all over the metro atlanta area. it is. dennis murphy (voiceover): the apb went well beyond the georgia border. hilton s name and picture were all over the regional news. light bulbs began going off to the south around tallahassee, florida s capital, when people there saw his photo on tv. the search for gary hilton was about to widen. the mystery man person of interest in the meredith emerson case looked familiar to people who thought they d seen him just about t
scruffy mystery man seen with meridith on blood mountain. the man hunt was on. we put the name and face out and it s plastered all over the metro atlanta area? yes. the ap be went well beyond the georgia borders. hilton s name and picture were all over the regional news. light bulbs began going off to the south around tele-hasse, florida s capital. when people there saw his photo on tv. the search for gary hilton was about to widen. the mystery man person of interest in the meridith emerson case looked familiar to people who thought they d seen him just about the time to learn about the sad case of another woman who had gone missing. cheryl a nurse and mother. when cheryl didn t turn up for church won december sunday in 2007, and then mr. sunday school class, red flags went up. next door neighbor and friend tanya. sunday morning at church i turned around and looked at her usual spot, she wasn t there. she didn t teach her classes? she didn t. immediately we knew
it is. the apb went well beyond the georgia border. hilton s name and picture were all over the regional news. light bulbs began going off to the south around tallahassee, florida s capital, when people there saw his photo on tv. the search for gary hilton was about to widen. the mystery man person of interest in the meredith emerson case looked familiar to people who thought they d seen him just about the time they learned of a sad case of another woman who had gone missing. sheryl dunlap, a nurse and mother. when sheryl didn t turn up for church one december sunday in 2007 and then missed her sunday school class, red flags went up. next door neighbor and friend tonya lad. sunday morning at church, i turned around and looked at her usual spot and she wasn t there. and she didn t teach her class? she didn t. immediately we knew something was wrong. that wasn t like her. everybody knew her agreed. 46-year-old sheryl was reliable, a woman solid in her faith and set in her h