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Drifter Gets Life in Hiker Murder

'He should stay alive and slowly rot,' says victim's mother

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2008 6:42 AM CST

(Newser) – A Georgia drifter who pleaded guilty to killing 24-year-old hiker Meredith Emerson  was sentenced yesterday  to life in prison, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Gary Michael Hilton, 61, led police to the victim's decapitated body on Blood Mountain days after her disappearance. Hilton had been charged...   Read full story »

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