# Gary Hilton

Gary Michael Hilton (born November 22, 1946), known as The National Forest Serial Killer, is an American serial killer responsible for four known homicides between 2007 and 2008 committed in three states, all of which occurred within the premises of national forests. Sentenced to death in Florida and to life imprisonment in Georgia and North Carolina, Hilton remains a suspect in several other killings, including that of Judy Smith. == Murders == === John and Irene Bryant === On October 21, 2007, a retired couple of avid hikers living in Horse Shoe, North Carolina, John and Irene Bryant (80 and 84, respectively), left for a hike through the Pisgah National Forest, leaving their parked maroon Ford Escape at the Yellow Gap Road near U.S. Route 276.