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Murder on Blood Mountain — True Crime
A violent serial killer is caught and brought to justice for all the lives he stole.
New Years Day 2008. A day people all over the world were making resolutions, and being hopeful about the days to come. It was also the day Meredith Hope Emerson 24, left her home in Buford, Georgia to go hiking in the Appalachian Trails. Never to return again.
Meredith set out on Blood Mountain in Northern Georgia with her dog Ella, both experienced hikers. It was just to be a day hike to get them out into nature and breathe in some fresh mountain air.
Other hikers had spotted Meredith in the company of an older man on Spur Trail which connects the Appalachian Trail to the Byron Herbert Reece Parking lot where she parked.
In the afternoon, a hiker Seth Blankenship found what looked to have been a fight scene on the trail. The trail itself looked torn up, water bottles left on the ground, a leather dog leash, sunglasses, a police baton, and a women’s hair barrette seemed to be thrown around the area.
Moments before Seth came upon the scene, he had actually spotted Meredith with an older man. Meredith had been carrying the…
