Episode 356: The National Forest Serial Killer
On January 4th, 2008, a clerk at a gas station in DeKalb County, Georgia watched a man vacuuming out his van. Just hours earlier, the clerk had seen that same man in news reports – he was identified as a person of interest in the disappearance of a woman from three days prior. This man was Gary Hilton, and while he was initially only a person of interest in the disappearance and murder of Meredith Emerson, he ended up being charged with 4 murders in total (and suspected of many more) and became known as the “National Forest Serial Killer” who killed Meredith Emerson, Cheryl Dunlap, and Irene and John Bryant in 2007 and 2008.
Sources for this episode:
Wild Crime: Blood Mountain
https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hilton-gary-michael.htm
https://casetext.com/case/hilton-v-state-56
https://people.com/crime/gary-hilton-serial-killer-real-life-nightmare-paul-holes/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23769881
https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/judge-sentences-hilton-to-death-for-florida-murder/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/who-is-gary-hilton-the-national-forest-serial-killer
https://www.411gina.org/cases/milianirossana.html
https://unsolved.com/gallery/judy-smith/
https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/The-Bizarre-Murder-of-Judy-Smith-Found-Dead-600-Miles-Away
https://gbi.georgia.gov/services/georgias-public-alert-system/levis-call
