Missing Hiker Found Dead.... fox news re ports

“But it is fairly easy to declare anyone (using just about any standard) an enemy of the state for political purposes

That is exactly the point and that designation in and of itself becomes a crime just as soon as you "thin out" the Constitutional protections. Like it or lump it, the system is designed to allow protections for even the most repulsive people for the sake of protecting those who would be politically punished. "Thin out" the constitutional protections and you or I may well become the next "citizen enemy combatant" who is deprived of all legal rights despite their citizenship in this country. Now maybe you don't like the politics of that guy, (I forget his name) but rest assured there are plenty of people who would not like yours.”

“Simply as a First Amendment case (absent the entire 'hate crime' debacle), the argument is quite similar to the one employed by the ACLU in National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie.

Be cool, Rev. � We don't want you wind up in the brig on a ship in South Carolina with no access to an attorney for four years.....”

“Tilt would you believe I was next door to Skokie when that case took place. Guess I seem to be able to pick the spots huh?”

“Just lucky I guess! � � LOL”

“WARNING you may not want to read this

Killer recounts days with victim
Associated Press
Monday, March 24, 200839 commentsPRINTEMAIL ATLANTA --- Using her wits and training as a martial artist, Meredith Emerson struggled to survive in the north Georgia mountains after she was abducted by a drifter who was looking for easy prey, interviews with her convicted killer have revealed.




Special
Meredith Emerson fought back when she and her dog, Ella, were attacked, her convicted killer told investigators. Despite her struggle, Ms. Emerson was abducted and eventually killed.
Click photo for optionsDetails of the interview with Gary Michael Hilton --- obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation --- tell the tale of Mr. Hilton's four days with Ms. Emerson, and how she fought him from the moment he tried to overpower her as she hiked with her dog, Ella.

In the end, it was Mr. Hilton who outsmarted her before bludgeoning Ms. Emerson to death and decapitating her. But investigators said she never gave up.

"She was doing everything she could to stay alive," GBI Director Vernon Keenan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . "It's not something you can train for. Instinct kicks in ... She nearly got the best of him. She's very much a hero."

Mr. Hilton, a wiry man with a slight build, told investigators he targeted the 24-year-old University of Georgia graduate because she was a woman. For a time, they walked together with their dogs on New Year's Day near the Appalachian Trail in Union County, but the 61-year-old Mr. Hilton couldn't keep up.

When Ms. Emerson headed back down the trail, Mr. Hilton was waiting with a military-style knife. He demanded her ATM card and Ms. Emerson immediately went on the defensive, grabbing the blade and the baton Mr. Hilton countered with.

Mr. Hilton calmed her down by telling her that he just wanted her credit card and PIN number, and bound her hands with a zip tie.

Mr. Hilton avoided the established trails as he led Ms. Emerson and her dog back down the mountain and into his van.

Ms. Emerson bought herself three days by giving Mr. Hilton the wrong PIN for her ATM card, telling him each time that the numbers were correct.

"She was doing everything she was supposed to do to stay alive, and we didn't get there in time," said GBI agent Clay Bridges, who interviewed Mr. Hilton.

On the day Mr. Hilton killed Ms. Emerson, he told her "she was going home." After securing her to a tree, he walked back to the van to collect himself and made some coffee.

When he came back, Mr. Hilton said Ms. Emerson told him, "I was afraid you weren't coming back."

Then he walked behind her as if he were coming over to remove the chains holding her to the tree and hit her several times with the handle from a tire jack.

Mr. Hilton was worried that the microchip identifier embedded in Ella, Ms. Emerson's Lab-mix, might lead back to him. Still, he couldn't bring himself to kill the dog.

When Agent Bridges asked whether he had the same equivocations about Ms. Emerson, Mr. Hilton described the experience as "surreal."

"It was hard," Mr. Hilton told the investigator. "You gotta remember we had spent several good days together."

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/032408/met_192090.shtml

There is more but I am glad it was not included in the story.”

“Fukin sikko.

He says it was hard because they had spent a few days together? But he just had to do it, didn't he? And what's so special about the dog?”

“...and we didn't get there in time," said GBI agent Clay Bridges, who interviewed Mr. Hilton.

I believe that was the sentiment of every ranger, game warden, deputy, SAR, etc, in all of North Georgia. Their were probably 150 of them at Meredith's memorial.”

“I hope hilton drops the soap while he is on vacation at the Georgia State Facility, b@stard.”

“Someone will off that guy in the joint...”

“He's at the Diagnostic and Classification Center here in Butts County. I pass the facility several times in a typical week, and think about Hilton most every time.”

“And to think, if she had been carrying a weapon of her own, with the spirit she showed against that sicko unarmed, she might still be here today.”

“Yea, i dont like the fact that people need to be armed to do something recreational like that, a damnn family activity, but this world requires it. Makes me sick.”

“he won't be killing anyone else.”

“D@mn strait.”

“Most of my hiking is done by myself or just myself and my son. I have never felt like I was in danger and really try not to think about it. Why should I give up something I enjoy because of crazy people like that? I hate that we even have to worry about stuff like that happening.”

“haven't gotten over this one yet...”

“I read the same Associated Press story in my local paper but it read slightly differently. It didn't say anything about teh microchip in the dog but it did describe a little more how he subdued her on the trail.

Its just all so sad”

“And to think, if she had been carrying a weapon of her own, with the spirit she showed against that sicko unarmed, she might still be here today.”

whatever. if i need a gun to feel safe doing a recreational activity, then maybe i dont need to be doing that activity”

“�Someone will off that guy in the joint...�
roseymonster
7:11:43 PM
3/24/08

�he won't be killing anyone else.�
EarthNsky
8:01:04 PM
3/24/08


LOL...rosey you know the more sick and heinous they are the more "powerful" they are considered in the joint.

And ENS the reality is he most likely may not KILL anyone (granted Pee Wee Gaskins did) but he will probably ruin some more lives.


Its the reality mouseketeers. The reality is that while he was caught...he most likely will die costing us thousands of dollars a day. In a way I agree with Crash. BUt the reality is that our society is being set up to cater to the lowest common denominator. The Predators know it.

During one interview I remember a P.O.Ss laughing and saying (in response to the what will happen question),"(laughing) Yeah they will have a memorial and in a few months they will forget."

The sad thing is he is right.”

“Somebody finally killed Dahmer in prison, but in many cases if the inmate is in any danger at all they get to live in segregation. The state or federal government protects the scum of the earth.”

“The state or federal government protects the scum of the earth.”

i suppose youd rather prisoners not be protected while in jail, if they are in danger? i'd rather a scumbag like this get the death sentence, then set a precedent that vigilante justice is ok”

“I don't know, we had a waste of human skin who blasted a elderly man...the waste took the coward's way out and hung himself.WHOOHOO!!!”

“i suppose auto-vigilante is ok

i dont know that offing oneself is cowardly, especially if youre afraid to die”

“LOL...RIIIGHT...I can understand that Crash, I mean

1. Face the RESPONSIBILITY for your actions

2. Easy way out, hang yourself and escape having to face the world and prison for your crimes.


HMMM what you say ALL fits.”

“to me, the thought of dying is scarier than prison. lot of ppl feel that way”

“I can see that too....totally understandable.”

“the idea of "getting to live in segregation" is often very poorly understood. If you enjoy being in a cel; by yourslef for 23 out of 24 hours a day then I guess it sounds like a cozy deal. But if you figure that's it. You get one shower a week. You get one hour a day to be outside the 8X10 ft walls of your cell. Your food is slid in through a slot and slid out the same way.

This guy is toast. Even in seg "things happen." In the prison pecking order he will not be a "bad boy". He's toast.”

“n the prison pecking order he will not be a "bad boy"

exactly. he killed a lone woman hiker. they wont see him as a badass”

“ANyone here want to debate the case of Pee Wee Gaskins?”

“Okay, XL, I'll take you on. Debate me.”

“You know anything about him?

You want to cover how he became a "power boss" in Prison even though he was a small rather unassuming charachter?

Want to talk about interviewing him? The fact that he is MUCH smaller than Hilton...but still had enourmous power in CCI?”

“what did he do to get in?”

“None of the above, XL. I just wanted you to get all wound up, jump on your soap box and spill out a page or two of information no one can live without. To which I would reply, "you win".

Can't get ya today, I guess:)”

“sick sick sick....:(”

“Yeah Nimble, you need help [sarc].
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“And I didnt expect less”

“Well, probably not the greatest sport but you're always cranked up about something.”

“Maybe it's the crank that has him cranked up.

Well, after all he is a crank.”

“Oh numble..you geriatrics are such a hoot....now don't go spitting your milk toast all over your bib....”

“Hey, I like milk toast. Haven't had any since I was about 8 years old, but I should be coming full circle pretty soon.”

“XL... you been watching too many Cagney Movies...”

“(Yankee Doodle Dandy)”

“i just googled milk toast....weird.”

“It's great stuff, at least when you're 8 years old and your grandfather fixes it for ya.”

“sounds like bread puddin that hasn't been baked.”

“Thread_Degenerators-R-Us”

“milk toast

jus semen on toast...

mmmmm boy make me some milk toast ;0)”

“I thought it was "milquetoast".”