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There's breaking news in the case of a missing utah college student. police have now arrested a suspect they accuse of kidnapping and murdering the woman and then burning her body in his backyard. scott mcclain is there. tell us more. >> reporter: hey, wolf. police say that it was digital footprints that led them here to the suspect's house, but it was what they found on the property that turned this into a murder case. >> it is with heavy heart that i address you today. >> reporter: tonight police have made an arrest as chilling details emerge in the case of missing university of utah student...

>> the body will be approximately 40 yards or 120 feet covered by leaves and brush. the head will be missing. >> where's the head? >> the only reason by the way the head was removed was forensically. >> yeah, right. >> a clearly shaken agent kegel told atlanta about the tragic outcome. >> at approximately 7:30 this evening the body of meredith emerson was discovered in a wooded area. the specific information given as to the location of the body was given to me by gary hilton. >> the kidnapping charge was anted up. >> mr. hilton is charged with one count of murder of meredith emerson. he has be...

To the motorcycle. they're going to combine what we know talking to people and forensically. >> tell me if i'm wrong on this analysis. but comes up from behind. >> yeah. >> gets the jump on big papi. shoots him in the back. >> yeah. >> not in the head. >> yes. >> if you're an assassin, you're not going to shoot me in the back. thank god they didn't, thank god. >> absolutely. it's almost point-blank range. this looked like somebody that was hired to do this. or sometimes in countries like this, forced to do this to work off a debt or something like that. or somebody would threaten your family a...

With surveillance cameras like manhattan, probably not. >> they're going to find out the guy s who they work for. >> we're going to talk to people with intimate knowledge. david ortiz has said through a spokesperson he did not know these two people and then the cell phones, the license plate to the motorcycle. they're going to combine what we know talking to people and forensically. >> tell me if i'm wrong on this analysis. but comes up from behind. >> yeah. >> gets the jump on big papi. shoots him in the back. >> yeah. >> not in the head.

>> hilton was loaded into a vehicle and he led lawmen down a trail in dawson forest. >> the body will be approximately 40 yards or 120 feet covered by leaves and brush. the head will be missing. >> where's the head? >> the only reason by the way the head was removed was forensically. >> yeah, right. >> a clearly shaken agent kegel told atlanta about the tragic outcome. >> at approximately 7:30 this evening the body of meredith emerson was discovered in a wooded area. the specific information given as to the location of the body was given to me by gary hilton. >> the kidnapping charge was anted...