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Man Charged in Missing Hiker Case, Status changed to, "Search and Recovery Operation"

by Albert Milliron | January 5, 2008 at 02:00 pm

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Gary Hilton Charged with Kidnapping with Bodily Injury in Missing Georgia Hiker Case. Status Changed to Search and Recovery

by Albert N. Milliron, Politisite.com

(Union County, GA-) - Georgia Bureau of Investigation
spokesman related to reporters moments ago that they do not
believe that Meredith Emerson is no longer Alive. Gary Hilton is
being transferred to Union County Jail as Superior Court Judge issued
an arrest warrant charging Hilton with Kidnapping with Bodily Injury.
GBI is now calling this a "Search and Recovery" Operation
which is what law enforcement say to press when they have evidence
that the victim is probably deceased.

The search was suspended early Saturday
evening as will continue early Sunday Morning according to police..
Along with police and Search and Rescue (SAR) officers, . more than
one hundred people were searching for Miss Emerson today. The police
thanks the Family, searchers, and those who provided leads that
resulted in the arrest of Gary Hilton.

BLAIRSVILLE, Georgia (CNN) -- Investigators found IDs belonging to missing hiker Meredith Emerson along with blood-stained clothes, leading authorities to charge Gary Michael Hilton with kidnapping with intent to cause bodily injury, according to a criminal warrant filed Saturday.

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nascanner

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at 15:38 on January 5th, 2008

politisite, This is very sad

may_marvel

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at 02:12 on January 7th, 2008

Sometimes I follow missing person's cases. Last year I read about two girls, one of whom was found and returned home, the other who was killed and whose body was never found. excellent article.