Drifter who beheaded nurse is 宣告，判決d to death by Florida 陪審／陪審員団

By Daily Mail Reporter
Updated: 15:19 BST, 22 February 2011

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A 64-year-old man has been 宣告，判決d to the 死刑 for the 殺人 of a nurse whose beheaded 団体／死体 was 設立する in a 国家の forest.

Gary Michael Hilton, who is 現在／一般に serving a life 宣告，判決 for the 殺人，大当り of fem ale hiker Meredith Emerson, was 設立する有罪の last week in the 類似の事例／患者 of 46-year-old Cheryl Dunlap.

The headless 団体／死体s of both 犠牲者s were 設立する in forests where Hilton had （軍の）野営地，陣営d in northern Georgia and the Florida Panhandle and the drifter's death 宣告，判決 will be 課すd by 回路・連盟裁判官 James C Hankinson at a date yet to be scheduled.

Death sentence: Gary Michael Hilton will be executed after a jury unanimously recommended the death penalty for his murder of a nurse

Death 宣告，判決: Gary Michael Hilton will be 遂行する／発効させるd after a 陪審／陪審員団全員一致で recommended the 死刑 for his 殺人 of a nurse

'If there was ever a 事例／患者 for it, this was it,' 明言する／公表する弁護士／代理人／検事 Willie Meggs said of the rare 全員一致の決定／判定勝ち（する） in a death 事例／患者.

Dunlap's の近くに friend, Gloria Tucker, 表明するd satisfaction with the 陪審／陪審員団's 決定／判定勝ち（する）.

But she said even Hilton's 死刑執行 wouldn't bring total 司法（官） in the 事例／患者 of her friend, whom she called Sherri.

'I don't think any family members got 司法（官）,' Ms Tucker said. 'He's no equal for Sherri. She grew up with a bad home life and grew up to be a lovely person.'

Victim: Cheryl Dunlap, 46, was found beheaded in a Florida forest

犠牲者: Cheryl Dunlap, 46, was 設立する beheaded in a Florida forest

Hilton's defence 弁護士／代理人／検事s had sought to 説得する the 陪審／陪審員団 that his unhappy childhood, a lifetime of emotional? and 麻薬乱用与える／捧げるd to a 'perfect 嵐／襲撃する' that led to the 殺人，大当りs.

'Mr Hilton was never able to connect with people, only his dogs,' public defender Robert Friedman said in his の近くにing argument yesterday.

'No one gave him any sense of love at any time in his life.'

Hilton, who wore a dark blue 控訴, light blue shirt and silver tie, sat nervously for much of the day, 激しく揺するing 支援する and 前へ／外へ in his 議長，司会を務める, bouncing his 脚s and chewing on his tongue.

In a police interview played for 賠審員s during the three-week 裁判，公判, Hilton said he regretted trying to make money by 殺人，大当り rather than robbing banks, but said that choice was partly because of '激怒（する） against society, sociopathic 激怒（する） against society'.

'Once you've taken someone you're either going to kill them or you're going to get caught,' Hilton told the 捜査官／調査官s. 'But if you're already caught there's no use in 殺人，大当り them.'

Hilton is also a 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う in at least three other 殺人，大当りs, two in North Carolina and one in Florida.?

In 2008 he was 罪人／有罪を宣告するd of 殺人，大当り Ms Emerson, a 24-year-old walker whose naked, decapitated 団体／死体 was discovered in the north Georgia mountains.