On this day: January 31

1. 1896
   Victim Pearl Bryan · Murder of Pearl Bryan

   A Greencastle High School graduate and Sunday school teacher from Greencastle, Indiana.

2. 2008
   Court / trial Dawson County Superior Court, Dawsonville · Gary Hilton

   Hilton pleaded guilty to Emerson's murder and was sentenced to life in prison, with parole possible after 30 years.