Agreed. He's been all over Twitter responding to people saying they shouldn't count Chilton out while, at the same time, refusing to give any official confirmation. That said, Will and Hannibal do seem to talk about him as if he's dead. As Will said, “It had to be Miriam, didn’t it? She was compelled to take his life…

She doesn't die in Red Dragon so she's still alive after.

Probably. The fan theories on Tumblr are all quite convincing. Granted, it could just be everyone living in denial. Everyone tried to figure out ways Beverley could still be alive, too, and we know how that turned out.

Doesn't matter. The question was: "Chilton, correct me if I’m wrong, is the first character from the literature that you’ve killed who’s still alive in later books. Do you feel that shakes things up, or do you worry about not having that character to play later?"

Are we all already forgetting about Katz? Katz is still alive in Red Dragon.