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Report: Clue Could Connect Missing Hiker Cases
Woman, Couple Both Disappear While Hiking
BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. — Investigators are looking into a possible connection between a missing hiker in Georgia and a couple who disappeared in the Pisgah National Forest, according to an Atlanta newspaper.
Hikers John and Irene Bryant disappeared in the woods in October. Irene Bryant was later found dead from a blow to the head. John Bryant is still missing. One of the few clues in their disappearance is a person who was spotted wearing a yellow jacket believed to have belonged to John Bryant. That person was caught on a surveillance camera using the couple’s ATM card in Tennessee.
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That is the murder I read about
The man who used the ATM card of missing hiker John Bryant and murdered hiker Irene Bryant was wearing a yellow coat thought to have belonged to John Bryant.
Witnesses who saw Meridith Emerson and her dog walking with a man and another dog several times during a two-hour period on New Years' Day initially described him as a man in a yellow coat.
The witnesses also heard the name of his dog. It was only later that, based on a description of the man and dog and the dog's name, the "person of interest" was identified as Gary Hilton.
Before that, he was just a man in a yellow coat, like the man in a yellow coat who used the murdered hiker's ATM, and like the yellow coat thought to have been worn by the murdered hiker.
No doubt she felt safe; knowing her training capabilities; but she was betrayed and over-powered. So sad.
It is truly outrageous that we have a cultural environment that makes a deadly sport of so many women. These crimes just keep on happening. . .