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He held meredith altogether in the woods for four days. and what nature of man is gary hilton? listen to the confession tapes about what he says about meredith's dog ella. he said he knew the dog had the identifying chip when he let the dog go in the supermarket parking lot. >> if i wanted to ensure that no one would have associated the dog with her, i would have killed the dog. there's no way i could do that. he was too much of a softy to kill the dog as he explained it. but poor meredith, ella's owner, never had a chance. >> she was dead from the beginning. because i just told you, once you'...

Hilt hilton. >> i believe he's nothing more than a bully and a weak-minded coward who preys on others. he fancies himself a survivalist. anyone can see he's a scared little man on the run. >> the state honored the deal made and was sentenced to life in prison. hilton admitted nothing beyond the emerson murder. >> is this the first time you've ever done anything like this? >> i'll let my attorney answer. >> by now, investigators from half a dozen southeastern states as well as fbi profilers were rummaging through hilton's past. by the time he was captured, he wasn't much more than a vagrant in ...

>> the cops commandeered a park building as headquarters. >> we began getting information pretty quickly. >> from people who had hiked the trails that it day. >> right. >> and remembered her? >> right. we got news of a strange looking individual with meredith who also had a dog. >> thumbnail description of this other person. what were you hearing? >> strange looking, just a wiry kind of guy. >> older guy. >> older guy. we even developed a vehicle description, light van. >> the lead on the van came from this photo taken on a hiker in the blood mountain parking lot the night before meredith emer...

>> hilton called from a pay phone at a convenience store near where meredith's dog had turned up. you have a living pet, a missing owner and a phone somewhere in the vicinity of this guy you believe is her abductor. >> yes. while the agents are searching in the area of the convenience store, they look in a dumpster. it was in the dumpster we found meredith's identification, her purse, bags of bloody clothing. at that point, we felt that this was not going to turn out as we had hoped. >> the purse, three bloody fleece tops. agent kegel and his boss gave meredith's parents the grim update. then,...

Called leon sinks in the national forest. >> the couple i interviewed that saw her at the sinkholes were very adamant that that was her. >> but the trail had gone cold at the tallahassee atm where a disguised man had withdrawn money using dunlap's banked cards. a month after sheryl went missing, the be on the lookout had the phones in florida lighting up again. >> when he started hitting the news media, our citizens here started seeing him and immediately recognizing him. and started calling. >> and that tip line kept ringing. one caller remembered an odd guy with a handsome red dog. that sigh...