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>> the state honored the deal it made with the killer, no death penalty, and he 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 before? >> i'll let my attorney answer. >> by now investigators from a half 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 a van but his past was more complex. as an army veteran, hilton earned an associate's degree, and been married three times before the wheels a...

Morphed into real life. do you think that's the template for what he does, decades later? >> that's what's so chilling. meredith emerson went missing new year's day. less than a month later, gary michael hilton appeared in a georgia courtroom and pleaded guilty to her murder. meredith's parents were there. her mother susan addressed hilton. >> i believe you have nothing more than a bully and a weak-minded coward who preys on others. he fancies himself a survivalist. well, anyone can see he's a scared little man on the run. >> the state honored the deal it made with the killer. no death penal...

>> he would not talk about anybody to us other than meredith. >> because you have to wonder when the switch was thrown in this man. >> i know. how many decades does this maybe go back? >> i don't know. do people just wake up when they're 61 and start to do these kinds of crimes the way he did them? you know, i would think not. coming up -- how a terrifying movie fantasy meredith emerson went missing new year's day. less than a month later, gary michael hilton appeared in a georgia courtroom and pleaded guilty to her murder. meredith's parents were there. her mother susan addressed hilton. ...

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 ...

More than a bully and a weak-minded coward who preys on others. he fancies himself a survivalist. well, anyone can see he's a scared little man on the run. >> the state honored the deal it made with the killer. no death penalty and he was sentenced to life in prison. hilton admitted nothing beyond the emerson murder. >> this is it 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 v...