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Abduction here on a hiking trail on blood mountainment he said that he ambushed meredith and her dog ella as she came down the trail. it was a struggle and meredith with her martial artsz skills, as hilton tells it, nearly got the best of his. she disarmed him, taking away his knife and the police baton. >> i lost control of both the anthe knife. she was real quick with her hands and had no hesitation about grabbing weapons and everything. not only that, she was hard to subdue. fought like hell,...

Key? are there scenes reenacted? >> there are a lot of similarities. >> a fantasy turned chilling reality. >> if someone has her, shes afraid. >> who could be behind this, and how would this real-life story end? >> she was a blue belt in judo. if anybody could survive or fight, it was meredith. >> our national forests are places of refuge for folks that want to get away from the city and have a sense of peace, commune with nature. but you have to be aware of your surroundings all the time becaus...

Likes to hike, i have a sister who could have been meredith easily. and they just volunteer their time. >> but the search in the national forest had become something more ominous than a lost hiker incident. meredith had been last seen in the company of an unsavory looking stranger, and law enforcement was about to identify him. the tip came from john tabor, an atlanta businessman. he was watching the continuing news coverage of missing meredith during his morning workout. >> when they started gi...

From the cathedrals of the rockies to the quiet glades in old growth of the appalachians. its here in the parks we have the promise of stepping out of the hubbub of our chattering daily routine. it was 2008 when she sat out with her dog ella. her roommate julia from her college days had slept in that morning. >> she had left me a little note on the chalk board, taking ella. went hiking. not where, not when, not when ill be back. it wasnt really anything out of the ordinary. >> meredith, like roo...

Police were convinced the missing hiker meredith emerson was under the control of gary hilton somewhere in north georgia. the more they learned about the survivalist odds ball who was the person of interest in two murders in national forests elsewhere, the more they feared for her. a friend of merediths family appealed directly to hilton. >> i hope that if he realized that this would be helpful, that his heart would be softened and turned to come forward with information. so, please, please have...

Cards. hilton drove off to an atm in blairsville, georgia. >> he told detectives meredith had given him her p.i.n. numbers back on blood mountain. did meredith expect it would be all over for her if she gave him the correct numbers? in any case, she had given him bad information. >> and did didnt work? >> it didnt work. shes still telling me, its it will work. must be a problem with the bank. >> hilton next tried to use merediths cards a a bank 50 miles south in gainesville, georgia. again, no d...

>> she had two dogs growing up and one of her own. so we talked about it and she decided what she wanted, definitely wanted to rescue a doeg. finally found one loved her and brought her home. really it was the light of her life. >> julia the roommate didnt know meredith and ella were going 40 miles away to blood mountain. despite the creepy teen slasher movie name, blood mountain is a popular place to hike in the southeast. the famous appalachian trail to maine takes off from just south of here....

Minutes sooner, i would have beat those people that found the bat and i would have picked it it up. >> he talks about fighting. >> yes. >> with meredith. that she almost took him. >> i dont really believe everything he says, but that part i believe. theres no doubt that she fought. you know, maybe its a little bit that kind of gives you a little smirk to know she almost got him. she gave him a run for his money and im sure that he may have thought, i maybe should have chosen somebody else. >> ev...

Mountain. hilton it seemed was moving south toward atlanta. metro pd s.w.a.t. concealed themselves in and near tabors building, the old drop point where tabor had promised him $8. >> youre staking out the location? >> he didnt show. >> no-show. >> were still look gt and woeshing, where could this guy be? now we have this guy 50 miles from blood mountain. >> the veteran detective was talking constantly with merediths parents, her father dave amor son. >> i appeal to everyone to search their heart...

>> merediths name was meredith hope emerson. we all hoped she was alive. but, you know, the longer these things carry on, as time passes, you continue to hope but it diminishes after time. >> as the manhunt continued, >> as the manhunt continued, there was a glimmer of hope. friday morning, four days after meredith vanished, the u.s. marshals service traced activity on merediths bank cards. bank, 15 miles from the abduction site, and then again 50 miles south of the abduction site and then the n...