BLUE RIDGE - A hunter has accidentally found camping supplies, clothes and books belonging to convicted killer Gary Michael Hilton in the Chattahoochee National Forest.
It happened last Friday at a concealed campsite in Fannin County and the hunter thought the supplies were illegally dumped or stolen.
Fannin County Sheriff's Sgt. Justin Turner says it's an area Hilton frequented.
Hilton is serving life in prison for the January 2008 murder of Buford hiker Meredith Emerson, whose decapitated body was found in Dawson County several days after she disappeared while hiking in Union County.
Hilton is awaiting trial in the decapitation of hiker Cheryl Dunlap, of Tallahassee, Fla., in a national forest in north Florida, and is also is suspected in the slayings of an elderly North Carolina couple.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation turned over the items found in Fannin County to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Officials have contacted the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation and are investigating whether items can be tied to the Bryant killings.
Tuesday
July 2nd, 2024
4:14PM
