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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 didn't work? >> it didn't work. she's still telling me, it's it will work. must be a problem with the bank. >> hilton next tried to use meredith's cards a a bank 50 miles south in gainesville, georgia. again, no dice. he made camp that night with his captive in a remote spot in the forest. the next morning,...

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If anybody can survive this, she can. >> the missing woman was deceptively strong, not just an experienced hiker but an accomplished martial arts enthusiast as well. >> a blue belt in aikido and a blue belt in judo. >> so take you on at your peril. >> absolutely. she would fight you. she would come home and tell me, i threw this 220-pound man. beat him up today in class. >> by now, with half of georgia looking for this gary hilton, authorities outside tallahassee, florida, to the south were wondering about his connections with the missing woman there. it was then that the detectives got solid ...

Unlike in the trial, prosecutors were now able to disclose to jurors that hilton murdered meredith emerson on blood mountain and state's attorney willie megs did just that, calling to the stand georgia bureau of investigation agents who had worked on the emerson case. >> you indicated it that ms. emerson's body was nude. did gary michael hilton tell you why it was nude? >> he did. he basically stated that he had removed the head and stripped the clothing for forensic purposes. >> megz was able to introduce portions of those chilling interviews that hilton gave the authorities in georgia. >> on...

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 regi...