

He pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering a Georgia hiker, and he is a suspect in other murders. He was a drifter who frequented forests and national park areas in the southeastern United States. Gary Michael Hilton is a possible suspect in Miliani's disappearance. The clerk said Miliani appeared to be nervous during the transaction. The sketch is posted with this case summary.Ī store clerk who read about Miliani's disappearance in the newspaper on the two-year anniversary stated she sold a backpack to Miliani and an unidentified man about 60 years old, with gray hair at his temples. In June 2009, a private investigator working on Miliani's case issued a sketch of a man who was seen with her before she vanished. She has not withdrawn any money from her bank account since she went missing, although some funds were deposited there on December 31. Miliani had a large light beige suitcase with a broken handle, a matching carry-on bag, a laptop computer, a sleeping bag, a camera, a cellular phone and some other personal items with her when she was last seen none of these have been recovered. She sighted in Bryson City, North Carolina, the day of her disappearance she rented a storage space at Ye Olde Mini Storage on River Street. She called her father from the hotel that day and told him she was going hiking. Miliani spoke of plans to hike the Appalachian Trail. She is from Miami, Florida and was vacationing in North Carolina at the time. at the Ramada Inn hotel in the vicinity of the 100 block of Painttown Road in Cherokee, North Carolina. Miliani was last seen at approximately 12:00 p.m.
