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Man Pleads Guilty to Hiker's Killing in Georgia Mountains
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. A drifter pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a young woman who went missing while hiking in the north Georgia mountains. He was swiftly sentenced to life in prison.
Gary Michael Hilton, 61, attended the hearing in an orange jumpsuit and a bulletproof vest. He signed a plea agreement earlier in the day, District Attorney Lee Darragh said.
Judge Bonnie Oliver told Hilton that she agreed with the plea deal, which would allow parole after 30 years, because he likely would have died in prison before the state could have executed him had he been sentenced to death.
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Darragh said Hilton told Emerson he was going to let her go and then struck her several times with a jack handle until she died.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327087,00.html
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DAWSONVILLE, Ga. A drifter pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering a young woman who went missing while hiking in the north Georgia mountains. He was swiftly sentenced to life in prison.
Gary Michael Hilton, 61, attended the hearing in an orange jumpsuit and a bulletproof vest. He signed a plea agreement earlier in the day, District Attorney Lee Darragh said.
Judge Bonnie Oliver told Hilton that she agreed with the plea deal, which would allow parole after 30 years, because he likely would have died in prison before the state could have executed him had he been sentenced to death.
~Snip~
Darragh said Hilton told Emerson he was going to let her go and then struck her several times with a jack handle until she died.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327087,00.html
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