Missing Georgia hiker--Meredith Emerson, 24 #2

[SuziQ]

Dunlap, a nurse and Sunday School teacher from Crawfordville, went missing Dec. 1 and was found dead two weeks later in the Apalachicola National Forest in Leon County. A man wearing a homemade mask was captured on camera using her bank card at a West Tennessee Street ATM.

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/BREAKINGNEWS/80107012

 

[SuziQ]

Dunlap related ATM pic, Am I imagining things or do the eyes look like Hilton's?:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4010778&page=1

 

[CW]

It was just reported on Cnn Headline News that Hilton lead LE to Meredith's body. I wonder if he was promised by the DA that if he told LE where she was they would not seek the DP.

 

[ThoughtFox]

This is just so tragic! I'm so sorry for the families of these missing people, but hopefully they have the right man in custody and some of these deaths will be solved.

It's giving me the creeps because that is really close to where I live, and it makes me wonder if this guy has ever driven through my own community! Also, down in Dawson and Forsyth Counties, my husband always makes jokes about the movie "Deliverance," where the men are attacked out in the wilderness. I always dismiss that as a stereotype and just laugh at him, but believe me - I will never laugh at that again.

 

[SuziQ]

Another Dunlap related ATM Pic:

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071211/BREAKINGNEWS/71211012

 

[txsvicki]

Hilton looks so evil, just everything about him. They said on Nancy Grace that cases that could involve him will be investigated in Florida also.

 

[Elphaba]

It was just reported on Cnn Headline News that Hilton lead LE to Meredith's body. I wonder if he was promised by the DA that if he told LE where she was they would not seek the DP.

That is definitely a huge possibility. But if they did, wouldn't her family have a say into putting the DP on the table as a bargaining chip? or is it too early in the investigation for them to have input from her family on how to handle Hilton?

 

[SuziQ]

If you go to the below link and click on picture 22, it shows Hilton standing up in court. To me his stature matches the ATM pics in the Bryant and Dunlap cases.

http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/gwinnett/missingall/

 

[MeoW333]

If Hilton is found guilty of other crimes such as Meredith's in other states, will that make it federal, and he will have to go to federal court/prison? How does that work?

Suzi, i see the stature matching also, i heard they were going to check into some other unsolveds.
I wonder if he will try and cash in all his chips at once so to speak; with taking responsibility for other crimes; if he's going to jail for life at the very least with death penalty even, he may as well go down as a serial killer. He seems to like to keep them guessing.
They probably offered him a deal if he lead them to Meredith's body (a deal means nothing especially since he's most likely connected with other cases).

 

[Mygirlsadie]

Yes he does look grose and stinky. Anyway if he did murder these adults I believe it was for the money as he was either trying or did use their debit cards/credit cards etc.. But why would he kidnap and kill the little boy Levi?

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Yes he does look grose and stinky. Anyway if he did murder these adults I believe it was for the money as he was either trying or did use their debit cards/credit cards etc.. But why would he kidnap and kill the little boy Levi?

This is why I have trouble with the boy myself. However, could the boy have seen him doing something he wasn't supposed to see? Only thing I can think of.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Photos from Dunlap ATM:

The man who used the card was fully covered in a long-sleeve shirt, gloves and some type of mask, Wood said. He also wore a knit cap and goggles, Wood said.

Wood did not say how much money was taken out of Dunlap’s account, but the man used her pin number, he said.
http://cmsimg.tallahassee.com/apps/...y=BREAKINGNEWS&ArtNo=71211012&Ref=V3&MaxW=300

http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071211/BREAKINGNEWS/71211012

Check out that mask! What do you think it is? It looks homemade to me, but out of what? Any ideas?

 

[SieSie]

Side-by-side comparison of GMH (2 pictures) with the 2nd witness suspect (sketch) from Levi Frady's case (keep in mind the sketch is from 10 years ago):

Source of sketch: Levi Frady's unsolved case at Zimbio.com

 

[SieSie]

Check out that mask! What do you think it is? It looks homemade to me, but out of what? Any ideas?

I thought it looked like some sort of tape, like duct tape but not quite. Weird, very weird!! How could he even see out of it? It was even covering his eyes.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

The article said he was wearing goggles so maybe it just appeared that way. Obviously, he could see.

Hmmmm duct tape huh? Possible.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

The sketch on Frady's case bothers me because of the eyebrows. Hilton's brows are SO distinct! The sharpness of them and thickness: ^^ I would think it would be one of the first things they put into a sketch because it definitely was the first thing I noticed about him.

The rest of the face matches quite well tho...especially the nose.

 

[Littledeer]

SS:

I agree about the nose. In all three pics (including the 1997 drawing) it appears that the nose had been broken at one time on the upper bridge.

His adam's apple is very pronounced which does not show up on the sketch, but that could be due to the aging process. Is there anyone here good at photobucket to maybe take the sketch and take off the hair, etc.?

 

[Littledeer]

or possibly do an overlay with the sketch to the picture?

 

[Mohabi]

I'm certainly no artist, but I can Photoshop a bit. I've played around with the sketch and the photograph. Whoever the artist was who drew that sketch...he or she was incredible! The person describing the suspect was equally good. I have found a TOTAL match. Eyes, nose, folds around the mouth, it's all there and unmistakable. I wish I knew how to post the juxtaposed sketch/photo. All I did was to rotate the sketch a bit to match the photo position and to make the photo a bit transparent to let the sketch show through. The only thing "off" are the ears, but most artists have at least one face detail they get wrong every time. Besides....I wouldn't quite concentrate on the ears of a suspect when giving a description, unless he looked like Mr. Spock....

How can I upload my composite?

 

[Mohabi]

I think I figured out how to upload. Let's try it. The eyebrows are in the right position and strangely enough those of the sketch blend with those of the photos, although when you compare them they don't look the same at all. In the juxtaposition ...it works.