Gary Michael Hilton ,Hunter Finds Murderer Gary Hilton's Campground

**Whisper** · September 17th, 2009, 02:16 PM

JACKSON, Ga. --

A hunter accidentally found camping supplies, clothes and books belonging to convicted killer Gary Michael Hilton in the Chattahoochee National Forest, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

It happened last Friday at a concealed campsite and the hunter thought the supplies were illegally dumped or stolen.

Fannin County Sheriff's Sgt. Justin Turner said it's an area Hilton frequented.

Hilton is serving life in prison for the January 2008 murder of Buford hiker Meredith Emerson, 24. Emerson was reported missing on New Year's Day 2008 when she failed to return from a hiking trip. Her body was found a week later.

Hilton is also awaiting trial in the decapitation of hiker Cheryl Dunlap, of Tallahassee, Fla. Dunlap's body was found Dec. 19, 2007 in the Apalachicola National Forest, southwest of Tallahassee.Hilton also is suspected in the slayings of an elderly North Carolina couple -- Irene Bryant, 84, and her husband, John Bryant, 80. Officials said the Bryants disappeared while hiking in the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville. Irene Bryant had been beaten to death. John Bryant's skeletal remains were found in Feb. 2008.

The GBI turned over the items to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Officials have contacted the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation and are investigating whether items can be tied to the Bryants' slideshow of victims killings.http://www.wsbtv.com/slideshow/news/...02/detail.html

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/20963863/detail.html

**Awhell** · September 17th, 2009, 05:00 PM

I wonder if this will help officially close a few more cases. I sure the fuck hope so, he still has some vics without names.

**skeptik** · September 17th, 2009, 05:02 PM

Was this the girl that went hiking with her dog? Wasn't she beheaded?

**Hellsbells** · February 16th, 2011, 11:55 AM

Gary Michael Hilton convicted in murder of Florida nurse

CNN) -- A 64-year-old man already serving a life sentence for the murder of a woman in Georgia was convicted Tuesday of a similar murder in Florida.

The jury in Tallahassee also found Gary Michael Hilton guilty on charges of kidnapping and grand theft in the murder of Cheryl Dunlap, said Florida State Attorney William Meggs.

He was found not guilty of stealing the car belonging to the 46-year-old nurse, whose body was discovered in December 2007 in Apalachicola National Forest, southeast of Tallahassee, Meggs said.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/15/...RSS%3A+U.S.%29

**Hellsbells** · February 22nd, 2011, 07:39 AM

Ga. killer sentenced to death in beheading murder

A man found guilty in the 2007 decapitation murder of a Georgia nurse has been sentenced to death.

A Tallahassee jury deliberated for about an hour Monday before reaching its decision on 64-year-old Gary Michael Hilton.

Hilton was found guilty last week in the killing of 46-year-old Cheryl Dunlap.

He was earlier sentenced to life in prison in exchange for a guilty plea in the murder of 24-year-old Meredith Emerson.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/2...fate-soon.html

**Crazy_n_NC** · February 12th, 2012, 03:10 PM

A federal judge has once again delayed the trial of convicted killer Gary Hilton. The 65-year-old Hilton is accused of murdering John and Irene Bryant of Hendersonville, as they hiked in the Pisgah National Forest in 2007. Defense attorneys say they need more time to prepare for the case. This week the judge agreed to postpone Hilton's Trial until April 30th. Hilton is already serving a life sentence for murder in Georgia and is on death-row for two murders in Florida.

http://www.wlos.com/shared/newsroom/...vid_6631.shtml

Kinda wondering why in this economy they want to waste tax dollars when he was already sentanced to death in other states....