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2ATallahassee Democrat Sunday, January 13, 2008 From Page 1A Direct Access Forum: DIRECTS. ACCESS S0ere FORllM David Coff" man, chief of forensics for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Tallahassee Regional Operations Center. Tallahasseeocom What's hot, what's new and what's coming up on Tallahassee's Web site What's new: Photo Galleries: -Hikers in Apalachicola National Forest -FSU tennis -East Gadsden at Rickards hoops -FSU vs. LSU Swimming -2008 Business Editors' Summit Videos: -Hilton seen on deputy's dash cam -LCSO names suspect in Dunlap slaying -Deal protects Hilton from death penalty -Business Editors' Summit Blogs: -Bob Gabordi: My day as a juror (almost) -Got Bigger isn't always better -Tallahassee Real Estate: Tallahassee real-estate season if What's hot: Yesterday's most-viewed stories, photos and blogs 1. FSU's Lee not enrolled in classes 2.

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on t0 Tallahassee.com and click the "Get Listed" icpn to find out how. DUNLAP Crime stoppers corner ami until Nov. 9, when it was dismissed as part of a clean-up of old files. He also had a Florida chauffeur's license from 1970 to 1972, when his license was revoked following his arrest for DUI in Miami. He never took steps to re-instate the license, which means he shouldn't have been driving in Florida.

On Oct. 26, he was caught trespassing on private hunting land north of Atlanta. He told a Georgia deputy that he was a former paratrooper "on perpetual field maneuvers." The deputy let him go after warned her that the dog was wet it had just been bathed but he let her pet the dog. "When he looked at you, it was a strange look," said Erika, 15. "He just stared." She said she saw a rolled-up sleeping bag and yellow rope in the back of the van.

"It was junky inside," she said, "because there was a lot of stuff in there." Capt. Randall Taylor, head of criminal investigations in Wakulla County, said that in the days after Dunlap was declared missing, eight of his detectives helped with the in "He just wasn't acting like a normal person. It was just a weird vibe. The way he was acting, he was giving me the creeps." vestigation. That number is down to two now, although others pitch in to follow new tips when needed.

He also said media reports that Dun-lap was last seen at 9 a.m. Dec. 1 in her under the Tokoma River Bridge, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday. The body of Michael Scot Louis, 27, of South Daytona, was found Dec. 6.

"There are serial killers amongst us; they are potentially everywhere," said Tom Blomberg, dean of FSTJs School of Criminology, noting that 600,000 people are released each year from state and federal prisons, many without receiving meaningful treatment or education. "It was horrific luck (Dunlap) had that morning." "We don't really know what makes these people what they are," he said. Some point to early childhood experiences, an innate predisposition or a combination of both. In either case, serial killers, as Hilton may turn out to be, don't all look the part. Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, who was on his murderous spree here when Blomberg was teaching at FSU, didn't appear scary at all.

"He was a very normal, clean-cut sort of guy," Blomberg said. "The look is not the issue." Typically, though there is a persistence of criminal behavior throughout their lives. "He didn't just start this at 61," Blomberg said. "He's been pursuing his craft for a long time." He expects the number oi unsolved-murder cases linked to Hilton will increase. "Those three or four cases, that is probably not the full story," he said.

"I bet a lot more will unfold before this is over." Contact reporter Julian Pecquet at (850) 599-2307 or jjpecquettallahassee.com. Staff writers Nic Corbett and Jennifer Portman contributed to this report. Sandey Goff on a man who she thought was Gary Michael Hilton People wanted by local law-enforcement agencies and Big Bend Crime Stoppers will be featured here on a daily basis. If you know how to locate one of these people, call the Crime Stoppers hot line at 574-TIPS or (888) 876-TIPS. Katherine Taylor, 25, 5-foot-3, 130 pounds.

Has a scar on her chin and right wrist. Wanted on a charge of failure to ap pear (possession of cocaine and possession of paraphernalia). Destin Banks, 19, 5-foot-10, 150 pounds. Wanted on NEWS SHOWS 9 a.m. ABC's "This Week" Guests: Sen.

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10:30 a.m. "Capitol Update" Topics: The Florida Senate calls on property insurance executives to explain why rates haven't fallen as promised; state leaders talk about the future of Florida as more budget cuts are expected; and the U.S. Secretary of Education visits with Florida lawmakers to push support for "No Child Left Behind." Channel 11 (cable 5). Lottery results FLORIDA LOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS FOR 11208 CASH 3: 112 -00-7; 111 -8-9-8 MAY 4: 112 -00-24; 111 -9-1-1-6 FANTASY 5: 112 -na; 111 -24-18-16-234 LOTTO: 112 -312-20-26-28-15 MEGA MONEY: 111 -7-204144 21 For lottery information, call (850) i i i "C7I a charge of violation of probation (burglary, grand theft of motor vehicle and theft). Big Bend Crime Stoppers telephones are not recorded and do not have Caller ID.

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He declined to say when she was last seen, but he said detectives know where she was that day. Dunlap, a nurse, was reported missing Dec. 3 after failing to show up for Sunday school. Hilton, a Fulton County, native, is believed to have been in the Leon County area for about three weeks. A U.S.

forestry agent ran his tags Nov. 17 in the Apalachicola National Forest and talked to him, said Maj. Mike Wood of the Leon County Sheriffs Office said. Another forestry agent ran his tags in the Osceola National Forest on Dec. 28.

Hilton had a warrant for a 1972 charge of receiving stolen property in Mi- Homestead Here's how much exemption resident home-pAYOT owners could rMIUUI expect to save on their property taxes, depending on what -county they live in. From Page 1A to the van, believed to be Hilton's, had been made at the time and that he was gone by the time the tip was received. Wakulla County Sheriff David Harvey said Friday that he thought Campbell's agency and his own had done the best job possible following up on the hundreds of tips they received. "At the height of the frenzy, the calls and the tips were overwhelming, and it takes time to run down these tips," Harvey said. "We're the first to say we're not perfect.

We do the best we can." Since Hilton was charged with murdering Emerson on Tuesday, at least seven or eight more people have come forward with tips that they saw Hilton and his 2001 Chevrolet Astro Van, Campbell said. His office is following their leads and going to where they saw him. Others haven't talked to the authorities, yet. Sandey Goff of Tallahassee said she thinks she ran into Hilton one evening in early December at a laundromat on Crawfordville Highway. She said he put his clothes on the sidewalk and was taking them inside the laundromat a little at a time instead of all at once.

"He just wasn't acting like a normal person," she said. "It was just a weird vibe. The way he was acting, he was giving me the creeps." Goffs daughter, Erika Goff, asked to pet the man's dog, which was sitting in his van's driver's seat. He TAX From Page 1A with the Florida League of Cities. "This is local government's worst nightmare.

This is public safety's worst nightmare." With just 20,000 signatures collected so far, organizers of the "Cut Property Taxes Now" petition drive acknowledge that they will fall far short of the 611,000 required by Jan. 31 to reach the November ballot. But with House Speaker Marco Rubio as their chief proponent, supporters say they will try to force the Legislature this spring to put it on the ballot for them. Barring that, they hope to use Rubio's influence with the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission, a little-known but powerful group that also has the power to put measures directly on the ballot. The group meets only once every 20 years, but is currently convened.

"This is not going to go away," said chief organizer and former Panama City Beach mayor Lee Sullivan. Critics may be screaming Armageddon, but that's always the case when it comes to tax cuts, Sullivan said. Government has forgotten that citizens and taxpayers are the boss, he said. "Anything that reduces their revenue stream is always the end of the world. It's hemlock by the shot or by the gallon," Sullivan said.

Far simpler than Amendment 1, the measure would impose a 1.35 percent cap checking to see whether he had any warrants, but he didn't catch the one in Miami. On Friday, Hilton was named a suspect in the death of Irene Bryant in North Caro lina. She disappeared Oct. 21, along with her husband, Jack, in Pisgah National Forest. Irene Bryant was found dead, but not decapitated, and covered in leaves Nov.

her husband hasn't been found. ATM cards belonging to the Bryants, Dunlap and Emerson were used after they disappeared. Investigators with the Leon County Sheriff's Office still won't discuss the condition of Dunlap's body, despite national media reports saying she was decapitated, just as Emerson was. Meanwhile, Ormond Beach police are investigating Hilton for the death of a man whose decapitated, dismembered body was found in several trash bags Rubio joined the "Cut Taxes Now" group after complaining that the Legislature was too timid to pass substantial tax reform. bandwagons.

Crist, the affable but determined campaigner, is supporting a measure that is the result of a compromise he brokered to rescue a property-tax-cutting special session of the Legislature. Crist famously promised to make taxes "drop like a rock," but reined in more radical proposals, and promised to hold education harmless, to keep a shaky coalition of Democratic and Republican skeptics on board. Crist is focusing all of his efforts on the Jan. 29 election, but he was careful last week not to criticize the plan that Rubio supports, although Rubio has not always been as generous with his comments. Regardless of Amendment l's fate, Crist said he will continue to push for more property-tax cuts.

He said he doesn't mind whether it comes from the Legislature or a petition drive. "Either way is fine with me," Crist said. "I'm not afraid of the people." Rubio, the fiery conservative who once proposed getting rid of all property taxes, held his nose and voted to put Amendment 1 on the ballot after the Senate refused a more aggressive House plan. Rubio joined the "Cut Taxes Now," group after NON- HOMESTEAD SCHOOL EXEMPTION COUNTY MILLAGE PAYOUT Leon 9.3954 $234.89 Franklin 4.4321 $110.80 Gadsden 9.6178 $240.45 Jefferson 9.4443 $236.11 Wakulla 7.7584 $193.96 CORRECTIONS To report a correction, please contact Jane Parrish at 599-2349 or fax 599-2295. Tallahassee Democrat 277 N.

Magnolia Tallahassee, FL 32301 or R0. Box 990, Tallahassee FL 32302-0990 GAKNETT Main Number: (850) 599-2100 To subscribe: (850) 599-2282 or 1-800-999-2271 complaining that the Legislature was too timid to pass substantial tax reform. Rubio was much more measured when asked about the provision last week. He said he is meeting with House leaders and working on an "economic stimulus" package that could include more tax reform measures. He would not say whether it would be identical to the Cut Property Tax Now plan.

"I'm very supportive of that idea," he said. Senate Finance and Tax Chairman Mike Harido-polos, the Indialantic Republican who was a chief negotiator for Amendment 1, said lawmakers will consider deeper cuts, but he's not sure if the rest of the chamber is ready to pass such a dramatic reduction. Haridopolos never met a tax break that he didn't like, but he said the ultimate solution may be a revenue limit for local governments. A victory for Amendment 1 on Jan. 29 might help, he said.

"If we can get a strong mandate from voters on the 29th of January, I will be happy to give it an up or down vote in my committee," he said. Sullivan warned that if lawmakers don't get the message, the voters will speak louder. If businesses are downsizing, government can, too, Sullivan said. "I think the Senate went as far as they could go or are willing to go," he said. "As shareholders, we need to lay some people off.

We need some IBM downsizing. The board of directors may not understand, but they can go bankrupt." Estimate. Will vary depending on what municipality the property is in. on the taxable value of all property. The owner of a home with an assessed value of $300,000 would pay no more than $4,050.

Unlike Amendment 1, the measure does nothing to change the existing $25,000 homestead exemption and neither would it tinker with the Save Our Homes 3 percent annual assessment cap that Floridians have cherished since 1995. Essentially, the measure would cap all property-tax rates at 13.5 mills in a state where the average is 18.6, but where many property owners pay 20 mills or more depending on where they live. The measure has exceptions for special taxes approved by local voters, but it would still leave a vexing question how to apportion the pain. The amendment leaves it up to lawmakers to decide which tax entities, schools, counties, cities, water-management districts and special fire-fighting and mosquito control districts, would absorb the shock. "Who takes the hit?" Small said.

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