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Hilton Could Be Linked To Missing Student

Posted: 6:44 pm EST January 20, 2008Updated: 7:43 pm EST January 20, 2008

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Authorities in South Carolina and Georgia are working to establish a timeline in the 10 year old disappearance of Jason Knapp.

The 20-year old Clemson University student vanished in April 1998.

His car was found days later at the Table Rock State Park in Pickens, South Carolina.

On Friday, Assistant Pickens County Sheriff Tim Morgan told the Atlanta Journal Constitution his investigators are talking to detectives in Georgia to see if Hilton might have been anywhere near Pickens County in 1998.

So far, investigators have not put Hilton in the vicinity ten years ago.

Hilton is accused of killing hiker Meredith Emerson earlier this month.

Police say he's also been linked to other cases.

Copyright 2008 by WSBTV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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