saturday morning, five days after meredith emerson vanished on blood mountain, gary hilton was charged with a crime against her, kidnapping with bodily injury. hilton was in custody but he was uncooperative, zipped up, giving his interrogators nothing on meredith s whereabouts or what he had done with her. meredith s middle name is hope and that s exactly what the lord gives us for her. so we are hoping that we re talking of meredith in the present tense and that we will be finding her and that she will safely come home to us. the searchers in the field, meanwhile, shifted their focus from blood mountain to these woods called dawson forest about 30 miles to the south. it was from around here that hilton had made those phone calls to his ex-boss. remember, by then, meredith s bloody clothing had been retrieved from a dumpster, not a good sign at all. but as long as there was the most remote chance she was still alive, the search was going to continue.
meredith was still alive? meredith s name was meredith hope emerson. we all hoped she was alive. but, you know, the longer these things carry on, as time passes, you continue to hope but it diminishes after time. as the manhunt continued, there was a glimmer of hope. friday morning, four days after meredith vanished, the u.s. marshal s service traced activity on meredith s bank cards. the card was used at a local bank, 15 miles from the abduction site, and then again 50 miles south of the abduction site and then the next day 80 miles. these were attempts, where no money was taken. which suggests what? suggested that meredith wouldn t give him the right p.i.n. which also suggests maybe she s still alive. that s right. investigators had been able to trace the phone gary hilton used earlier to call his old
still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. suspected sooerorrial killer gary hilton had pleadeguilty to the mr of meredith emerson. in the south, authority in florida were convinced he had murdered nurse and mother sheryl
mountain. gary was cvicted if georgia of the brutal murder of emer son. that took place in the national forest. one was the murder of a nurse named cheryl dun lap. florida investigators were certain he was the prime suspect. hilten dared authorities to spend the time and hundred to come after him. and they did. suspected sooerorrial killer gary hilton had pleaded guilty to the murder of meredith emerson. in the south, authority in florida were convinced he had murdered nurse and mother sheryl dunlap whose partial remains were recovered two weeks before meredith emerson went missing. hilton was defying authorities in georgia to make the charges stick. if they want to spend a
and sheryl dunlap and very possibly many more? the man is not even what i think of as human. he is something else, a true psychopath who needs to be put where he can never harm anyone else again. for sheryl dunlap s friends and family in florida, hilton s conviction provoked conflicting feelings. and think, believe it or not, that sheryl would want us to forgive. and when i went into the courtroom and i actually saw him, my thought was not that they put him to death or this or that. i was glad he was off the street. but i have to forgive gary hilton. i have to. tabby, in the family it was a death case and the jury recommended the death penalty and that was the sentence. does it matter to you? we were pleased with the outcome, yes.