At the Hands of a Stranger

Lee Butcher

Oct 2011 · Pinnacle Books

About this ebook

I didn't kill them for any satisfaction. It was distasteful. It was dreadful. Of course, I was able to do it because of my general rage against society.

Meredith Emerson was a recent college graduate who disappeared while taking her beloved dog, Ella, for a hike on Georgia's Blood Mountain on New Year's Day, 2008. Cheryl Dunlap was a nurse whose body was found in Florida's Apalachicola National Forest after she failed to show up to teach her regular Sunday School class in December 2007. Vibrant, beautiful, caring women, loved by their friends and families, with everything to live for. . .until they fell into the trap of Gary Michael Hilton, a former Green Beret paratrooper and expert outdoorsman with a twisted lust for violence. What they suffered at his hands was unspeakable. Even after two convictions, the question remains--how many innocent victims were prey to his evil designs?

Includes killer's shocking confession and 16 pages of dramatic photos.

Case seen on 48 Hours

"Chilling true crime by a master storyteller." --Don Lasseter

Ratings and reviews

Boring and some parts were missing. In five different places, there were obviously pages missing. Glad I didn't pay much for the book but I feel like I wasted my time reading it.

brilliant

About the author

Lee Butcher is an award-winning journalist with thirty years of experience reporting and writing for newspapers, magazines, and television. He is the former editor of several newspapers and magazines, including Florida Trend, Texas Business, San Jose Business Journal, and The Staunton Mirror. Butcher studied writing at The Handy Colony and taught journalism for three years at The University of South Florida. He is the author of eight nonfiction books, including Sex, Money and Murder and For a Mother's Love, which were published by Pinnacle.