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Still friday, not far from where tabor had set the trap for hilton, more than one eagle-eyed citizen noticed a man emptying a white van. van. >> a gas station, there's a white van and a dog wandering around. >> calls lit up 911. this one lasted for 12 minutes. >> 911, back up -- >> i have this -- the person of interest in that missing woman case. he's at the chevron gas station on ashford and dunwoody. >> the man is sheriff? >> the van is here, the red dog. and i saw the man's face. and i've been watching the news. i know it's him. he emptied all of the stuff out of the van. he's looking aroun...

>> how so? >> his physical appearance was quite different. he immediately smiled to show that he was missing several teeth. he went on to explain that he had taken a pair of pliers and removed some of his teeth. he said he enjoyed doing that because it frightened people. >> he seemed to enjoy showing himself in that matter, that ghoulish presentation? >> yes. he was very animated, very talkative. >> tabor fired hilton who then turned around and claimed tabor owed him money. by mid-summer 2007, the siding guy said he feared for his safety. >> he finally threatened to kill me. he made it very cl...

Up. i think i just turned white at one point. i felt the blood leave my face. >> tabor, the businessman thought, that has to be gary hilton. hilton worked on and off for him for years, first as a telemarketer and then as an independent contractor in a siding business. he even lived for a while in this house tabar owned. what was the thought that's taking shape? >> the first thing that got my attention is where the event happened, where she went missing, blood mountain. 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 ...

Turned to come forward with information. so, please, please have the courage to come forward. we need you. >> their next lead, the big one, came from an unlikely source, the suspect himself. three days into meredith's disappearance, gary hilton called his old boss tabor. >> i answered my cell phone, and i heard his voice. couldn't believe it. he pretended -- acted as if nothing was wrong. >> he didn't let on that he was the subject of a man hunt? >> absolutely not. he act as if he knew nothing about it which apparently was the case. he apparently had no idea. he apologized at length for his pa...

Bank 15 miles from the abduction site and then again 50 miles south of the abduction site and then the next day 80 miles. these were attempts, where no money was taken. >> which suggests what? >> suggested that meredith wouldn't give him the right p.i.n. >> which also suggests maybe she's still alive. >> that's right. >> investigators had been able to trace the phone gary hilton used earlier to call his old boss, john tabor, who set that trap for him. that call was made from a restaurant 50 miles from blood mountain. hilton it seemed was moving south toward atlanta. metro pd s.w.a.t. concealed...