Missing Georgia hiker--Meredith Emerson, 24 #3

[SeriouslySearching]

Jenny, you really should call GBI or the Cherokee County Sheriffs office about your info. And while you are at it, tell them we want to see the entire 20 minute dashcam video!

And I hope you were joking with Jenny about calling GBI!

 

[schultzan31]

Soo it looks like he confessed to keeping her in the van for 3 days? How sad is that..if only someone would have spotted his van

The man suspected of kidnapping and killing 24-year-old hiker Meredith Emerson told authorities that he held her captive for three days inside his van before taking her to the Dawson Forest Management Area on Friday and killing her

http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=109280

 

[SuziQ]

And I hope you were joking with Jenny about calling GBI!

Why shouldn't she call the state investigators?

 

[jennyjwv]

maybe the decapitation was out of rage - he probably knew he was going to get caught after this one because of all the media and publicity it was getting - and if he found out he was person of interest......he felt it was her fault. who did he call from the payphone??

 

[JinxieJada]

More from Chico's link. A tip came in BEFORE Emerson was abducted:

Campbell said the Sheriff’s Office got a tip from a local hunter about a homeless-looking man with a large dog and a white van in the forest. The tip came on Dec. 19, four days after Dunlap’s body was found. The person who gave the tip said he had seen the man Dec. 7 and then saw the van Dec. 8 and Dec. 9.

http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=109292

Oh my! I'm trying to get caught up with all that's taken place today. Is he just the suspect here..and if he's found tied into it (formally) can/will they move him to florida?

It seems reading here is quicker than reading all the news updates - I seem to be reading repeats of stuff we've all been able to join together and pull/find out. I love all of you for everything everyone has done with this!

 

[dee10134]

He may have been in too much of a rush to cut Meredith's hands off. As gruesome as it sounds, I would imagine that it is not an easy process and if he knew authorities were looking for him he may have done it quickly.

Maybe he was in the process of removing her head and hands, but someone was coming so he had to take off quickly without finishing the job????

 

[JinxieJada]

maybe the decapitation was out of rage - he probably knew he was going to get caught after this one because of all the media and publicity it was getting - and if he found out he was person of interest......he felt it was her fault. who did he call from the payphone??

I've wondered this one to. Kind of a final "FU" to the world and to her. If it wasn't for her, and everyone knowing her, and making sure she was kept in the "spotlight" as well as SOO many people coming forward from the trails w/ various info..Who knows how many further would have met their ultimate demise from this monster?

 

[cwiz24]

I must have overlooked some of Dunlap's case. Hmmmm. So she was found without hands and head? I did miss that very important fact!

It wasn't released to the public, but insiders may have leaked information.

 

[schultzan31]

Ok I know this is controversial, but I wanted to throw it out there. I don't necessarily believe this but I did mention before that Brian from briansdream did a RV on Meredith (I know SuziQ doesn't like him )
BUT I did find something interesting. Brian was unsure that Hilton was the killer because in his RV he saw a man with glasses and he was certain that the killer wore glasses...

Just read this in Steve's comments:

"Appearing at 1 p.m. in a Dawson County courtroom, Hilton, 61, never spoke publicly but nodded when Magistrate Judge Johnny Holtzclaw asked whether his date of birth was Nov. 22, 1946. Upon entering court from a side door, a hand-cuffed Hilton, wearing an orange jumpsuit and holding a pair of glasses, chatted briefly with his defense attorney."

(http://snipurl.com/1x0f3)

and IF brian is correct, he saw that Hilton killed 7 people.

 

[SuziQ]

The below link was provided by Joanie at Huff's. Scroll down to see the side by side of the ATM pics and recent mug shot. Yep, it's all Gary Hilton, no doubt about it.

http://enjoyingthejourney.blogspot.com/2007/12/sheriffs-office-identifies-body-as.html

 

[SeriouslySearching]

Why shouldn't she call the state investigators?

And tell them what?! They should look for John in that area? Do you think they are totally devoid of figuring it out themselves? I am certain they know it is a possibility since they can place him in the area a week afterward.

 

[jennyjwv]

i wish they would show a pic of him trying to use meredith's atm card for comparison....

 

[aj1020]

Ok I know this is controversial, but I wanted to throw it out there. I don't necessarily believe this but I did mention before that Brian from briansdream did a RV on Meredith (I know SuziQ doesn't like him )
BUT I did find something interesting. Brian was unsure that Hilton was the killer because in his RV he saw a man with glasses and he was certain that the killer wore glasses...

Just read this in Steve's comments:

"Appearing at 1 p.m. in a Dawson County courtroom, Hilton, 61, never spoke publicly but nodded when Magistrate Judge Johnny Holtzclaw asked whether his date of birth was Nov. 22, 1946. Upon entering court from a side door, a hand-cuffed Hilton, wearing an orange jumpsuit and holding a pair of glasses, chatted briefly with his defense attorney."

(http://snipurl.com/1x0f3)

and IF brian is correct, he saw that Hilton killed 7 people.

If Brian has these visions about Hilton killing 7 people, why didn't he have the vision before he killed them so their lives would have been spared?? Or why doesn't he have RV's for every unsolved murder?? I think he's full of BS, IMO.

(not directed at you, Schultzan, I just think Brian tries to profit off victims)

 

[concernedperson]

The below link was provided by Joanie at Huff's. Scroll down to see the side by side of the ATM pics and recent mug shot. Yep, it's all Gary Hilton, no doubt about it.

http://enjoyingthejourney.blogspot.com/2007/12/sheriffs-office-identifies-body-as.html

That mouth was a dead giveaway.

 

[cwiz24]

And tell them what?! They should look for John in that area? Do you think they are totally devoid of figuring it out themselves? I am certain they know it is a possibility since they can place him in the area a week afterward.

I think sometimes that law enforcement can't see the forest for the trees, being so deeply involved in the cases they investigate. In fact, I am sure some LE members read WS to get different spins on cases that perhaps they hadn't thought of before. Just because they are professional detectives and most of us are amateurs does not mean they can't learn something from us.

I don't see the harm in contacting GBI with any piece of information. If it means that the Bryant family may be able to finally get some closure, then go for it.

 

[Pharlap]

Position of head and body too.

 

[SuziQ]

And tell them what?! They should look for John in that area? Do you think they are totally devoid of figuring it out themselves? I am certain they know it is a possibility since they can place him in the area a week afterward.

Are you kidding me? Why not call to make sure. How many times have we seen LE NOT do the obvious? It's that kind of thinking that gave Hilton a free ride all these years, IMO.

 

[SuziQ]

Position of head and body too.

How he carries his sholders stood out to me.

 

[cwiz24]

Are you kidding me? Why not call to make sure. How many times have we seen LE NOT do the obvious? It's that kind of thinking that gave Hilton a free ride all these years, IMO.

Exactly. How many people who were creeped out by Hilton over the past several years wished they had spoken up? How do you think that ex-cop that last saw Meredith feels right now? He's wishing he could repeat that one day of his life.

ETA: So many crimes are solved due to tips from the public, not from stellar police work. A tip is a tip is a tip. Let the cops sort out which ones are worthy. Cops are always saying "no piece of information is too small, too insignificant" when appealing to the public.

 

[SeriouslySearching]

I just think if we call GBI and report things like this...then when we DO find something significant to call them about...we won't be taken seriously.

You guys do what you want to.