The man serving a life sentence for murdering a Georgia hiker has vowed to fight extradition to Florida. The Herald-Gazette newspaper of Barnesville reports that Gary Michael Hilton told a judge yesterday he wished to contest the validity of murder charges against him in Florida. Authorities there believe he killed Cheryl Hodges Dunlap. Hilton pleaded guilty to murdering Meredith Emerson in January after kidnapping her from a hiking trail in north Georgia.
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Hiker's murderer indicted in Florida
A drifter who pleaded guilty to killing a hiker in Georgia was indicted for murder today in Florida. Gary Michael Hilton was charged with killing Cheryl Hodges Dunlap. He has already been given life in prison for pleading guilty to killing 24-year-old Meredith Emerson in Georgia in January. Investigators in North Carolina have also linked Hilton to the slaying of a couple in that state.
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