An update on Missing Hiker - Meredith Emerson
Jan 3rd, 2008 by Admin 1
Friends believe she spent Tuesday and Wednesday night outside in the cold north Georgia mountains. Temperatures reached into the teens both nights. Her roommate said Emerson is an experienced hiker familiar with the mountains.”Let me tell you something, Meredith Emerson can do anything,” said family spokesperson Peggy Bailey. “She’s a strong person.”Other hikers who were on the trail Tuesday told authorities they saw Emerson talking to a white male, 50-60 years old, described as weathered looking with missing teeth. He’s 5′10″ and about 160 pounds. The man had a red dog with him he called “Dandy.” Officials said they want to talk with that man because he was seen with Emerson throughout the day Tuesday.Late Thursday officials said they believe the man seen with Emerson was Gary Michael Hilton, a DeKalb County resident. Union County officials are asking anyone with information on Hilton’s whereabouts to give them a call. It’s possible Hilton is driving a 2000-2001 white Chevy Astro van with DeKalb County plate AFQ 1310.The man they believe was Hilton had a sheath of some sort on one of his legs, Union County Sheriff’s investigator Kimberly Verdone said, but police don’t know what was in it. He was wearing a yellow jacket and a large backpack — “something you would use for a couple of days,” she said.
Anyone with information about Hilton should call the Union County Sheriff’s Office at 706-439-6038.
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