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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 deleted material from the evidence. and deep in their dna lab more than 700 samples were being analyzed in an attempt to find some link between gary hilton and the late sheryl dunlap. had gary hilton managed to outsmart them all? would florida be able to make
the case against him? four years after sheryl dunlap s death, it was finally going to trial. coming up your palms are sweat wri and your heart is beating. the dramatic case begins. how would it end? you could just see the jurors, i saw it in theirize, they knew. when with dateline continues. summertime is grilling time. and lowe s does summer right. with deals on everything you need. so, long summer days, lead to great summer nights. still nervous about buying uh-oh, la new house.meone s is it that obvious? yes it is. you know, maybe you d worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. i didn t know geico could helps with homeowners insurance. yep, they ve been doing it for years. what are you doing? big steve?
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?
. gary hilton s trial for the florida murder of sheryl dunlap began in february, a little more than three years after he had pleaded and skatd the death penalty in georgia. but there was no chance a plea deal in this tallahassee courtroom. he might be doing life in georgia, but this was a capital murder case. if convicted, hilton could die by lethal injection. remember, lead prosecutor georgia cap elleman couldn t tell the jury about hilton s conviction in the emerson murder or mention he was the prime suspect in the north carolina double homicide nor tell the jury anything about the slasher in the forest movie deadly run that he d help make. ms. dunlap found herself in a situation and ultimately came to an end that is something we only think about in nightmares. she spent two days with mr. hilton before he decided it was time to murder her in cold