Meredith was hiking in Georgia when she was kidnapped and brutally murdered by Gary Hilton this past week. Her body was recovered Monday evening after Hilton led them to her remains Monday afternoon.
I won't go into the details of the murder as you can find them if you wish just by googling her name.
I heard her distraught boyfriend on the radio this morning in Atlanta and he doesn't want to focus on the details of her murder but the life she led and I will certainly respect his wishes.
According to her boyfriend she loved the Indigo Girls and just loved life in general.
I extend my sincere wishes to her family and friends for their loss. May she rest in peace, she sounds like someone we all would have had the fortune of knowing.
And to our community here, please be diligent and aware of your surroundings at all times and take care to keep your guard up to strangers. By news accounts, she had stopped on the hiking trail to talk to and help the man who later murdered her. I know we all want to try and be good people but in this age of cell phones the best thing you can often do is just call the police if you see someone broken down or if someone asks for help.
God Bless this young woman.
2 comments:
My heart goes out to her family. This is a living nightmare for them.
Definatly one of the sadder stories I have heard in awhile, really sad to listen to the boyfriend speak about her this morning. Its a shame too that the prosecution had to cut a deal with the pig that killed her to get her body and he will not be eligible for the death penalty which is exactly what that sicko deserves.
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