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gwen
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Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:53 pm |
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Producer: Georgia killer made murder movie
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- When attorney-turned-movie producer Samuel Rael decided he wanted to make a film about a serial killer in 1995, it was former legal client Gary Michael Hilton who he says came up with the plot.
Rael's adviser was the same Gary Hilton who confessed in January to killing 24-year-old Meredith Emerson in the North Georgia mountains and is the prime suspect in the killings of a Florida woman and a North Carolina couple.
Rael claims Hilton thought it would be a good idea to have the killer be out in the woods.
"Go ahead and let some beautiful women out in the woods, and then they could be hunted down like prey," Rael says Hilton told him. Watch Rael tell his disturbing account »
Rael was shocked when he discovered that Hilton had been arrested and had confessed to Emerson's murder. Quickly, investigators hinted that Hilton might be a serial killer, linking him to three murders in two other states.
In all three, the bodies were dumped in the woods.
"He was a criminal," Rael said. "And he'd be the first to admit it. He might have been a sociopath, but he was a happy one and an animated one. One who, quite frankly, I never would have thought in a million years. ... Well, he had criminal instincts, but he was not a violent person. I was wrong about that."
The movie Rael and Hilton worked on was released straight to video. It was called "Deadly Run."
"I don't know if I came up with the 'run' and he came up with the 'deadly,' but somehow, as with all the film, he collaborated and helped me figure out what to do," Rael says.
It was Hilton, according to Rael, who found one of the film's prime shooting locations: a cabin in the mountains of North Georgia near the town of Cleveland. In the movie, the killer held women captive in the cabin.
Emerson's mutilated body was discovered in the woods 13 years later, 30 miles southwest of that location. She had been held captive for three days before Hilton killed her.
Hilton led investigators to where he had dumped her body, reportedly in exchange for prosecutors taking the death penalty off the table.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/13/hilton.movie/index.html?eref=ib_topstories
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| flibberdeejibbet
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outrageous
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| gwen
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Convicted Killer Said Hiker Fought To End To Survive
POSTED: 4:56 pm EDT March 23, 2008
ATLANTA -- Using her wits and training as a martial artist, Meredith Emerson struggled to survive in the north Georgia mountains after she was abducted by a drifter who was looking for easy prey, interviews with her convicted killer have revealed.
Details of the interview with Gary Michael Hilton obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation tell the tale of Hilton's four days with Emerson, and how she fought him from the moment he tried to overpower her as she hiked with her dog, Ella.
In the end, it was Hilton who apparently outsmarted her before bludgeoning Emerson to death and decapitating her. But investigators said she never gave up.
Hilton, a wiry man with a slight build, told investigators he targeted the 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate because she was a woman. For a time, they walked together with their dogs on New Year's Day near the Appalachian Trail in Union County, but the 61-year-old Hilton couldn't keep up.
When Emerson headed back down the trail, Hilton was waiting with a military-style knife. He demanded her ATM card and Emerson immediately went on the defensive, grabbing the blade and the baton Hilton countered with.
On the day Hilton killed Emerson, he told her "she was going home." After securing her to a tree, he walked back to the van to collect himself and made some coffee.
When he came back, Hilton walked up behind her as if he were coming over to remove the chains holding her to the tree and hit her several times with the handle from a tire jack.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/15684001/detail.html
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| Schmerty
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Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:00 pm |
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I hope he is tried for the multiple murders he commited. The death penalty is certainly appropriate in Hilton's case.
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| gwen
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:21 am |
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Gary Hilton: 'I'm A Sociopath'
ATLANTA -- Gary Hilton admitted to Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents what most Georgians already assumed -- the calculating killer was a loner detached from almost everything.
“I’m a sociopath man. I’m what they call an anti-social,” Hilton told GBI agents.
For the first time, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has allowed Channel 2 access to its entire case against Hilton, who is serving a life sentence for murdering hiker Meredith Emerson.
Channel 2’s Jodie Fleischer spent the day going through four hours of interviews with Hilton right after his guilty plea in the Emerson case.
The tape is different from past tapes. First, because it’s video you can see Hilton’s movements and what gets him worked up. But also because it doesn’t completely focus on the Emerson murder – it instead shows how agents were trying to use Hilton to uncover information in other murders, including the three he’s already suspected of and any others that may still be unsolved.
"You could take me to the front door of this jail and say go forth and sin no more. I would literally have to turn back around and walk back in here,” said Hilton.
He refers to his behavior as a rampage and appears to admit he’s killed more than once.
"If you're already caught there's no use in killing them. I didn't kill them because, for any satisfaction,” said Hilton.
He’s suspected in the murder of a North Carolina couple in October and a Florida woman in December. She was found in the Apalachicola National Forest, which Hilton smugly references.
“You can go down to Apalachicola Forest for that matter (laughs)," said Hilton.
And he caught on as agents tried to chart a timeline of his whereabouts. On the tape, an agent asks where he’s been in the United States and Hilton said, “Oh, I know what you’re getting at…the unsolved murders.”
In one instance, Hilton did show fear when presumably referring to the North Carolina case already in the hands of Federal prosecutors. Hilton appears in the background of a photo the night before the Emerson kidnapping. The yellow jacket with reflective tape appears to match the one in the photos from an ATM where the North Carolina couple’s card was used.
“I'm telling you right now, I'm going to dig my heels in. I don't want federal custody. They're going to send me to super max I know they are,” said Hilton.
Hilton called himself a hunter and a professional. The rapport and trust built by the GBI agents is evident in the tapes.
“I promised you cooperation that night, I gave it to you. The only question I didn't answer was on the advice of my attorney and I would have answered that,” said Hilton.
That question? How many people has he killed?
The GBI did black out several sections of the tape which directly refer to the North Carolina or Florida cases.
Hilton is still in Georgia serving a life sentence. He has already begun fighting his extradition to Florida.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/15838537/detail.html
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| gwen
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Fri May 02, 2008 10:03 am |
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Killer Hilton Loses Extradition Fight
POSTED: 9:48 am EDT May 2, 2008
UPDATED: 10:10 am EDT May 2, 2008
BUTTS COUNTY, Ga. -- Confessed killer Gary Michael Hilton lost his fight Friday to avoid extradition to Florida in another case.
Hilton is serving a life sentence for murder in the death of Georgia hiker Meredith Emerson.
A Butts County judge denied his bid to avoid extradition to Florida where he is charged with the murder and kidnapping of nurse Cheryl Hodges Dunlap. Her body was found decapitated in a national forest in Florida.
He has no attorney and represented himself at the hearing.
Authorities say he also is a suspect in the deaths of a North Carolina couple, John and Irene Bryant.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/16131820/detail.html
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| gwen
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Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:35 pm |
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Gary Hilton Moved To Florida On Murder Charge
POSTED: 2:10 pm EDT June 6, 2008
UPDATED: 3:01 pm EDT June 6, 2008
BUTTS COUNTY, Ga -- Confessed killer Gary Hilton was turned over to Florida officials Friday to face another murder charge.
Hilton admitted kidnapping and decapitating hiker Meredith Emerson on New Year's Day in the north Georgia mountains. He later showed police where he dumped her body in return for a promise they would not ask for a death sentence for Hilton.
Hilton was indicted by a grand jury in Leon County in the murder of Crawfordville resident Cheryl Dunlap, 46, a Florida State University nurse and Sunday school teacher. Prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty. Dunlap's body was found Dec. 19 in the Apalachicola National Forest.
Florida authorities picked up Hilton at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Butts County prison where he is serving a life sentence.
Hilton has also been named as a suspect in the murder of an elderly couple in North Carolina.
Officials did not release details of Hilton's transfer for security reasons. He will be held in the Leon County Jail in Tallahassee.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/16527586/detail.html
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Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:19 pm |
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One Year Later, Georgia Hiker's Murder Inspires Better Rescue Methods
Saturday, January 03, 2009
ATHENS, Ga. — Friends of Meredith Emerson were distraught when she disappeared while hiking in north Georgia on New Year's Day a year ago. They were devastated when the 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate was found murdered one week later.
But Emerson's many friends were determined to make sure she will never be forgotten. In the year since she and her dog vanished Jan. 1, 2008 near Blood Mountain, they have raised $35,000 for causes important to former resident of Longmont, Colo.
Friends who started the Right to Hike Foundation raised money through a restaurant promotion, a 5K race and a banquet. The foundation donated $5,000 to the university to help endow a scholarship to study in France, as Emerson did. The group also bought 15 GPS units and distributed them to hiking outposts in north Georgia, paying the $99 annual subscription fee for each. Lost hikers can use the GPS to signal rescuers.
A former drifter, Gary Michael Hilton, is serving a life term for killing Emerson. Hilton coldly described to investigators how he had kidnapped her, beat and eventually killed her. He also faces a murder charge in the killing and decapitation of a nurse in Florida.
Those involved in the Right to Hike try not to think about Emerson's death.
"We just want to remember her for who she was and the life she lived," said Julia Karrenbauer, who became a close friend at UGA in the summer of 2003 and was Emerson's roommate since 2005.
The 20 or so friends who began the Right to Hike Foundation have also gotten a trail named for her: Meredith's Trail, at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center. Karrenbauer said Emerson, who lived in Gwinnett County, often hiked there with her dog, Ella.
Brent Seyler, who met Emerson through Karrenbauer, said foundation board members plan to meet soon to plan this year's campaign.
"Obviously, we want to continue the initiatives we started in 2008," Seyler said.
The foundation will have more fundraisers and might sponsor a series of hiker-safety classes and events to promote pet microchips. A veterinarian used a chip to identify Ella, who was found days after Emerson disappeared.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475567,00.html
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Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:01 pm |
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| gwen wrote: | One Year Later, Georgia Hiker's Murder Inspires Better Rescue Methods
Saturday, January 03, 2009
ATHENS, Ga. — Friends of Meredith Emerson were distraught when she disappeared while hiking in north Georgia on New Year's Day a year ago. They were devastated when the 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate was found murdered one week later.
But Emerson's many friends were determined to make sure she will never be forgotten. In the year since she and her dog vanished Jan. 1, 2008 near Blood Mountain, they have raised $35,000 for causes important to former resident of Longmont, Colo.
Friends who started the Right to Hike Foundation raised money through a restaurant promotion, a 5K race and a banquet. The foundation donated $5,000 to the university to help endow a scholarship to study in France, as Emerson did. The group also bought 15 GPS units and distributed them to hiking outposts in north Georgia, paying the $99 annual subscription fee for each. Lost hikers can use the GPS to signal rescuers.
A former drifter, Gary Michael Hilton, is serving a life term for killing Emerson. Hilton coldly described to investigators how he had kidnapped her, beat and eventually killed her. He also faces a murder charge in the killing and decapitation of a nurse in Florida.
Those involved in the Right to Hike try not to think about Emerson's death.
"We just want to remember her for who she was and the life she lived," said Julia Karrenbauer, who became a close friend at UGA in the summer of 2003 and was Emerson's roommate since 2005.
The 20 or so friends who began the Right to Hike Foundation have also gotten a trail named for her: Meredith's Trail, at the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center. Karrenbauer said Emerson, who lived in Gwinnett County, often hiked there with her dog, Ella.
Brent Seyler, who met Emerson through Karrenbauer, said foundation board members plan to meet soon to plan this year's campaign.
"Obviously, we want to continue the initiatives we started in 2008," Seyler said.
The foundation will have more fundraisers and might sponsor a series of hiker-safety classes and events to promote pet microchips. A veterinarian used a chip to identify Ella, who was found days after Emerson disappeared.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475567,00.html |
Thank-you Gwen i so appreciate all the updates you post. I personally will never forget Meredith , the picture with her dog was one of the most beautiful images I have ever seen.
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| Katie wrote: |
Thank-you Gwen i so appreciate all the updates you post. I personally will never forget Meredith , the picture with her dog was one of the most beautiful images I have ever seen. |
Y/W, Katie. My pleasure.
So sad that so many senseless murder occurred today. Really makes you realize that you are not "safe" anywhere...
Happy New Year, Katie! 
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| gwen wrote: |
Y/W, Katie. My pleasure.
So sad that so many senseless murder occurred today. Really makes you realize that you are not "safe" anywhere...
Happy New Year, Katie! |
Happy New year too you too honey.
No it really isn't safe, I'm a big walker. I ditch the car anytime I can get and my most favorite thing to do is take a walk with the dogs. It's my alone time and i found myself a few times a little scared at the situation I put myself in. Its not too bad when I have my Sheppard Boss , god help anyone who comes near when he is around  but my old guy Max loves his trip to the cove and its really private and I go through several pathways to get there. I love it so much but one day i found my self in a really bad situation. I noticed a strange guy and i thought he was going for the bus stop but he gave me the creeps and I didn't recognize him and he was watching me , but I still went on to the pathway there is a good 5 -7 minutes before the end. I was never so scared in my live and knew how stupid I was to not turn back. I really do thank god that I am ok.
maybe the guy followed because if you missed the bus on top of the hill you can outrun it by the pathway but I finally realized all the shit my husband was giving me and how vulnerable you really are walking alone even in the great neighborhood I live in.
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