Suspect in missing hiker case is denied bond
Gary Michael Hilton talks with assistant public defender Neil Smith during his arraignment hearing Monday at the Union County Magistrate Court in Blairsville. The 61-year-old man is charged with kidnapping and bodily injury in the case of missing hiker Meredith Emerson. Smith answered the judge's questions to Hilton. Smith said he was not prepared to comment on the case, but that he would continue to represent Hilton, as far as he knew. Ben Gray/AJC
