i knew that was a place he liked to hang out, that he had a dog with him. and most importantly was the evidence that they had found at the scene. i knew hilton always had an expandible police baton with him. >> the tip and a name quickly led to a georgia driver's license for 61-year-old gary michael hilton. investigators showed the photo to hikers who i.d.'d him as the scruffy mystery man meredith was seen. the man hunt was on. >> we put the face out. >> it's plastered all over the atlanta area. >> yes. the apb went well past the georgia border. hilton's name and picture were all over the regional news. light bulbs began going off to the south around tallahassee, florida's capital, when people saw the photo on tv. the search for gary hilton was about to widen. the person of interest in the meredith emerson case looked familiar to people who think they saw him about the time they learned of the sad case of another woman who had gone miss being, sheryl dunlap, a nurse and mother.