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U.s. marshall service traced activity on merediths bank cards. >> the card was used at a local bank 15 miles from the abduction site and 50 miles south of the abduction site and the next day 80 miles. these were attempted where no money was taken. >> which suggested what? >> suggested that her did wouldnt give him the right pin. >> which also suggests maybe shes still alive? >> thats right. >> investigates had been able to trace the phone dpar gary hiltod to call his old boss. that phone call wa...

Tabor tried to lure him to a location with a promise of money. >> i told him that i would give him a check for $800. >> were you baiting that place that he knew to come and show up? >> it was certainly my objective to get him to a place where authorities could apprehend him. >> the trap was set at a building owned by tabor where hilton had lived for a while. the swat team was dispatched. would hilton fall for the ruse? what about the missing woman? >> merediths name was meredith hope emerson and...

Golden retriever. we had him in the back yard. all of a sudden i i come back one day and the dog is done. gary took the dog. as their profile of hilton became clearer and more troubling, investigators looking for him and meredith were desperate for any lead on his whereabouts and they were about to get one. >> i answered my cell phone and i heard his voice. couldnt believe it. coming up, a trap is set to lure gary hilton from his hiding spot. and a dramatic new lead. could it lead police to me...

Be. >> the veteran agent working his last case before retirement was talking constantly with merediths parents. her father, dave emerson. >> i appeal to everyone to search their hearts and memories for anything they can remember and do to help us find meredith. >> after i met the emersons, i knew that i had to tell them everything. i couldnt hold back any information from these two people. they were terrified. >> why did you take it personally? >> this case was a little bit different, because no...

Present tense and that we will be finding her and that she will safely come home to us. >> the searchers in the field, meanwhile, shifted their focus from blood mountain to these woods called dawson forest about 30 miles to the south. it was from around here that hilton had made those phone calls to his ex-boss. remember, by then, merediths bloody clothing had been retrieved from a dumpster, not a good sign at all. but as long as there was the most remote chance she was still alive, the search w...

Mystery man seen with meredith. the manhunt was on. >> we put that name and face out. >> its plastered all over the metro atlanta area. >> it is. >> the apb went well beyond the georgia order. hiltons name and picture were all over the regional news. lightbulbs began going off to the south around tallahassee when people there saw his photo on tv. the search for gary hilton was about to widen. the mystery man person of interest in the meredith emerson case looked familiar to people who thought th...

One that meredith was her dog was a pretty big surprise and shock. >> she took the dog to an animal clinic where the vet was able to read an identity chip implanted in her. sure enough, it was ella. but where was her owner, meredith? now events were moving quickly. right away came another tip >> we get a call from a female acquaintance of hilton stating she had just hung up the phone. he called her and wanted money. and she commented, dont you know the world is looking for you? and he hung up. >...

Toothbrush to identify the remains as those of cheryl dunlap. >> someone called and said, laura, they found a body. we pulled over on the side of the road and just, you know -- >> that was it, huh? >> yeah. >> it was surreal. the thing you hear about in movies. it was so close to home that in our small community that something like this could happen. >> now with cops in florida looking hard at gary hilton in the gun lap murder and counterparts in georgia convinced hed taken meredith emerson, aut...

Waiting to be written by each new visit aror. 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. that was the kind of serenity meredith sought in the north georgia mountains, not more than foothills for a woman who loved to trail-climb her native rockies. it was 2008 when she sat out with her dog ella. her roommate julia from her college days had slept i...

>> merediths middle name is hope and thats exactly what the lord gives us for her. so we are hoping that were talking of meredith in the present tense and that we will be finding her and that she will safely come home to us. >> the searchers in the field, meanwhile, shifted their focus from blood mountain to these woods called dawson forest about 30 miles to the south. it was from around here that hilton had made those phone calls to his ex-boss. remember, by then, merediths bloody clothing had ...