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Meredith Emerson case timeline

  • Jan. 1: Hiker Meredith Emerson and her dog Ella disappear while hiking in Vogel State Park in Union County.
  • Jan. 4: Investigators find some of Emerson's bloody clothes in a Dumpster at a Cumming store.
  • Jan. 4: Police arrest Gary Michael Hilton at a Chevron station on Ashford-Dunwoody Road in DeKalb County.
  • Jan. 5: Investigators said Hilton was captured on surveillance video using Emerson's ATM card at a bank.
  • Jan. 5: Hilton is charged with kidnapping with bodily injury. The charge is later upgraded to murder.
  • Jan. 7: Hilton leads investigators to Emerson's body, which was found in a wooded area in Dawson County.
  • Jan. 31: Hilton expected to plead guilty to Emerson's murder.

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