20 Year Old Holly Bobo Drug From Home & Into Woods By A Man Wearing Camouflage~ Zachary Adams & Jason Autry Indicted For Aggravated Kidnapping & 1st Degree Murder~ Mark & Jeffrey Pearcy Arrested In Connection. Remains confirmed to be Holly's!!

Sure is Charm. Another one gone and nobody knows where?

Holly Bobo Search Hampered by Volunteer Group, Cops Claim

Police searching for missing nursing student Holly Bobo have complained that a volunteer group of searchers are hindering the investigation by putting out "false leads."

Bobo, 20, hasn't been seen since April 13 when a man in camoflage marched her into the woods near her home in rural Decatur County, about three hours from Nashville, Tenn. The two month search has ground to a dead end. Police have called off additional searches and said they have no suspects in her disappearance.

Her brother Clint, 25, saw her go into the woods, but mistakenly believed the man was her boyfriend. Neither Clint nor Bobo's boyfriend are suspects in the case.

Kristin Helm, the public information officer for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations, the status of the case is "open and ongoing."

Helm says that the bureau is "continuing to work on the case and hoping someone will come forward with information." She says there have been no new developments in the past few weeks.

The only development has been the TBI claiming that an Ohio-based group called Tactical Search and Rescue is hindering their investigation with "false leads" and "incorrect" information.

The volunteer group insists they are not interfering and that they continue to receive three to four good leads a week that are not being taken seriously by officials.

"So far the TBI has basically shot us down and called us liars," said Tony Calabrese, 46, the group's founder.

Calabrese, who previously worked in the music recording industry, started the group's website because he could relate to the family's pain. He says his own two daughters were kidnapped by a family member in 1999, and safely recovered after three days.

Calabrese believes his group has been wrongly dismissed by the police. "I don't see how anybody helping search could hinder an investigation when they're providing leads," said Calabrese. "There's no shame to law enforcement admitting to or asking for outside help."

"We are not working in cooperation or conjunction with that investigation," said TBI spokesperson Helm. "They do not have firsthand knowledge of the case."

Calabrese said he has spoken to two of Bobo's family members, but has been asked not to disclose who those relatives are. He says that her family is "very appreciative of what we're doing" and says he has never been told by them to stop what he is doing.

The Bobo family spokesperson was not available for immediate comment to ABCNews.com, but spokesman Kevin Bromley told Nashville's ABC affiliate News 2, "We also need to be very careful in spreading things we may not know that may be absolutely true."

Calabrese has rejected any suggestion that he is involved for financial reasons.

"We do everything on our own time and out of our own pockets," said Calabrese.

There is an $80,000 reward being offered for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for Bobo's disappearance, but Calabrese insists that if he were able to help solve this case and offered the reward, he would either refuse it or turn all of the money over to a children's charity.

Calabrese has no plans to stop investigating until Bobo is found.

Bobo is 5-feet-3 and weighs 110 pounds. She was last seen in blue jeans and a pink shirt.
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Holly Bobo's family holds out hope for her return

Dana and Karen Bobo try to eat. But it’s hard when they don’t know if their 20-year-old daughter is able to eat.

They try to sleep. But when they lay their heads on their pillows, they ache for Holly, said Kevin Bromley, the spokesman for the family.

Holly Bobo has been missing since April 13. Her 25-year-old brother told the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that he saw an unidentified white man leading his sister into the woods that morning. Detectives are still looking for the woman, but the massive communitywide searches have stopped.

Nearly two months later, pink bows decorate every store, every tree on the main drag in Parsons. Kim Carrington, owner of The Fabric Garden, sells bright pink T-shirts reading “Foot Soldiers for Holly.”

The marquees in front of Bill’s Men’s Shop and Jerry’s Pit BBQ and nearly every shop and restaurant and town are all either “Praying for Holly,” “Praying for the Bobo family,” or asking passers-by to “Bring Holly home.”

Most every day, Dana Bobo searches wooded areas, fields and ponds. Karen Bobo, for the most part, stays close to home in case her daughter comes home.

“We just don’t have a lot to report right now to keep it in the media every day, or even every week,” said Bromley, 34, a pastor and family friend of the Bobos. “Every passing day that we don’t find Holly is more difficult for the family. But they have not lost hope. They believe their daughter is alive.”

Family's account

The family won’t talk about the case, but TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said investigators have gotten this account from interviews with relatives:

The day she went missing Bobo put on her bright pink shirt, jeans and black flip-flops and packed her lunch for another day of nursing school at the nearby UT-Martin campus.

Her brother, Clint, was still asleep. Their parents had already left for work.

At 7:40 a.m., Holly walked to her black Ford Mustang on the long, winding driveway leading to the Bobo family’s rural Decatur County home.

Minutes later, the family’s dog barked, waking Clint. He walked to the kitchen window that faces the expansive, treelined backyard to see what the ruckus was about. A man dressed in camouflage had his sister by the arm, leading her into the woods, he later told the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The psychology student went out to his sister’s Mustang. She was supposed to be on her way to school, he knew. Next to her car, pooled a small puddle of blood and a spilled Coke can.

Wide awake now, Clint Bobo ran into his house and called 911. He called his mother, Karen, a second-grade teacher who usually chatted by text with Holly several times a day. Panicked now, he ran into the woods where he had last seen his sister.

Nothing. She was nowhere. No more blood.

No one ruled out

Just after 8 a.m. that April 13 Wednesday, police surrounded the country home. Within hours, dogs, helicopters, horses joined in the search.

Underwater cameras searched ponds in the area. News of her disappearance swept through the 800-person town of Darden and the nearby town of Parsons, with just more than 2,000 people.

“When we found out Holly was gone, people took off work and life just stopped around here,” said Tammy White, a family friend who checks up on the Bobo family daily. “Something like this had just never happened in this area before. I think it was a shock to everyone that someone had come into our little community and taken one of our own.”

The next day, Holly Bobo’s packed lunch was found about six miles north of her home toward Interstate 40.

More of Holly’s belongings were found. Investigators with the TBI aren’t saying how many, or what the items are. They’re also not saying whose blood was next to Holly’s Mustang.

Helm said no one has been ruled out as a suspect but added that investigators believe Clint Bobo’s account of that morning.

For the first time, homes in Decatur County are installing security systems, said Don Franks, the pastor of Corinth Baptist Church.

“Before Holly, we were a very trusting town,” Franks said. “We felt like we had our own little world here. Our bubble is kind of busted now.”
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I will never understand why the family will not speak to the media. Something here just doesn't add up.

I agree, something does not add up. I cannot put my finger on it but something weird has been going on since day one.
I hope Holly is alive.

Well I think it has to do with Clint. They are protecting him.

After all if he had no involvement at all why wouldn't LE put it out there. He is a young man and his sister is missing. I believe it would be better to error on the part of protecting him and his reputation.

If he took a poly and it was clear why not say so.

Give the kid a break if he is clean.

This is why I do believe they are riding the rail on this one.

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Interesting comments. I read back a few, too.

Very interesting Charm. I wonder if there's any truth to this.

Natasha Chen

8:02 p.m. CDT, June 8, 2011
FAST FACTS:

Nearly two months have passed since Holly Bobo went missing.
Investigators still follow leads and go out searching almost every day.
TBI says there are people out there who have information but aren't talking.


(Parsons, TN 6/8/11) The investigation into the disappearance of a 20-year-old nursing student still has investigators actively looking for tips and following leads, while the community anxiously wonders where she might be.

Volunteer search groups have not been called upon after the first few weeks. But now two months after Holly Bobo was abducted from her Decatur County home, official agents are still searching local areas every week.

TBI Agent John Mehr said this is still a missing persons case, not a homicide. He also ruled out the possibility of Bobo as a runaway.

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Bobo's mom asks captors to step forward

A teary-eyed Karen Bobo, mother of missing Decatur County nursing student Holly Bobo, gave a statement to reporters Saturday afternoon at the Helping Holly Run motorcycle event in Parsons.

She told her daughter that she loved her, thanked volunteers and spoke out to Bobo's captors.

"To whoever has our daughter, I'm asking you to please do the right thing and let her come home," Karen Bobo said. "For anybody who has any information about the disappearance of Holly, you need to step forward."

Karen Bobo addressed her daughter.

"And Holly, we love you, and we miss you and will never stop looking for you until we have you back home safely with us," she said.

The mother cried through each word.

"And to all the people who participated in this event today I'd like to say ," she said.

Karen Bobo thanked volunteers who showed up Saturday and local and national supporters who have been working to find her daughter since day one of the search.

Family members searched for evidence of Holly Bobo throughout the morning Saturday.

Don Franks, pastor of the church the Bobo family attends, said that after receiving an early morning tip from community members, they looked about 10 miles west of the Decatur County Middle School at 2740 Tenn. 641 S., where the motorcycle event was taking place.

Franks has been the pastor of Corinth Baptist Church in Darden for 25 years.

"I've been pastoring 52 years, and I've never seen a family that's gone through this level of anxiety, suffering and pain," Franks said.

Kevin Bromley, the family's spokesman, said the Bobos have good and bad days.

Saturday had not been a good day, Franks said, especially for Karen Bobo.

"She's having a tough time," he said. "She's a very loving, caring mother."

Franks said Karen and Holly Bobo were extremely close.

"They were in constant contact with each other," he said.

Sundays are especially hard for the mother because Holly and Karen Bobo would go shopping in Jackson together on Sundays after church, Franks said.

"They're not giving up," he said. "They're out searching today."

Franks said the family has not stopped searching.

"One evening last week, they searched until 2 a.m. in the morning," he said. "This family is really suffering through this."

The Bobo family have been members of Franks' church since 1994. He said Bobo's disappearance has been "exceptionally tough."

"She was a sweet, kind, gentle person," he said. "Kind of quiet, very talented."

Franks said he would watch Bobo sing in church.

"Whenever she came to sing she'd have a big smile on her face," he said. "She'd come to the front and just stand behind the pulpit and sing."

"We believe she's alive," the pastor said. "We ain't gonna stop looking until we get her back."

Authorities have said they believe Bobo, 20, was abducted April 13 outside her Darden home between 7:40 and 8 a.m. by a man who wore camouflage.

She has long, blond hair. She is 5 foot 3 inches tall and weighs about 110 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt and light blue jeans.

Anyone with any information on the abduction is asked to call the Decatur County Sheriff's Office at (731) 852-3703 or (800) TBI-FIND.
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Honestly this sounds like the Bobo family has been convinced that Holly is being held somewhere.

I wonder if that is the reason for their silence?

I wonder if the reason for their silence is because they think their son is involved.

I hope the reason for their silence is that they're convinced that she's being held somewhere and that their son isn't involved. This is sure a strange case, imo.

I wondered about Holly all through my vacation.
Nothing has been resolved.

Holly Bobo Rumors and the Local Debacle
June 30, 2011 10:35 AM EDT

Holly Bobo isn't enjoying her summer at Natchez Trace State Park like other locals of Darden and Parsons. Nor is she participating in any of the other favored pastimes of those who live in West Tennessee. That is because Holly Bobo is missing. She vanished from her home around the morning of April 13, 2011 and hasn't been heard from since. Curiously enough, this mystery isn't unraveling as many do. Instead, it's becoming more and more of a confusing and mind-numbing reminder of small-town mentalities and how tunnel vision is detrimental to any serious situation.

Over the past two and a half months, investigators in Tennessee haven't been able to figure out what happened to Holly. Her brother claims to be the last person to see her and alleges that she was dragged away by a man in camouflage. However, investigators state that there were no drag marks found anywhere on the property. Is Clint Bobo lying? Well, apparently you have to be crazy to ask this sort of question when it comes to people from the small region in which the Bobo family resides. The Bobo family, according to locals who comment online, are god-fearing and well-liked in Parsons and Darden. Apparently that makes them completely exempt from any suspicion -- no wonder nobody can figure out what happened to Holly, huh folks?

But the sad part isn't about the locals, or the family of the missing nursing student, Holly Bobo. It's about the news results when it comes to finding out what's going on. Unfortunately, the mainstream media isn't covering Holly's disappearance much, and probably for good reason. It's hard to cover a story when there is nothing to add to it, and that is why some online bloggers and amateur writers resort to fabricating far-out stories to sensationalize the girl's disappearance and in attempts to garner more readers. Unfortunately for writers for Examiner.com and Suite101, more readers doesn't mean more money. They are only paid when you click an advertisement, and pennies at that. It's a desperate situation for writers who lack the experience or know-how to write for more credible and high-paying publishers such as Gather News and others.

So, some noteworthy facts to readers who are seeking credible, factual and authoritative information and updates on Holly Bobo and other news stories:

1. If its on Examiner or Suite101 -- it isn't being seen by an editor until sometimes weeks after it's published. This means any errors, any false information and any made-up witness accounts are not monitored or fact-checked by anyone for a long time -- until it's too late and the damage already done. However, if you want to read someone who is definitely a credible Examiner writer, check out Joel Siegried's work. He uses sources and doesn't fabricate witnesses -- while staying up-to-date with Holly Bobo news.

All articles published on Gather News have to go through an editor before they see the light of day, and before they even step foot in the Google News Results.

2. If a particular quote or detail is found on one of these user-generated websites, and that's the only website its found on -- be aware that it's probably something untrue and nothing more than a rumor created by the writer in hopes of garnering attention.

3. If most articles published by a writer on one of these sites has at least one "anonymous witness" with a quote that can't be verified by any mainstream news source or other sourcing -- chances are, it's fake. In fact, some writers have been caught using anonymous forum conversations as their sources in articles -- which is incredibly stupid since you can't verify who you are "IM'ing" online all the time.

Hopefully that helps all of you, while you're seeking factual information about Holly Bobo. It's a weird case, and for some reason it's made weirder by the behavior of the locals paired with silence of the family. The constant slew of rumors posted by untalented writers also isn't helping the situation. Will Holly be found, or will people choose to entertain themselves with gossip and theories until she's dead, gone and forgotten forever?

Chelsea Hoffman is the author "Chloe and Louis," and two other novels. She resides in Las Vegas where she works as a freelance writer covering true crime stories and myriad of other assorted works. You can follow her on Twitter or follow her blog Beauty Made Fresh!

Lauren Spierer disappearance similar to Holly Bobo case
June 29, 2011 11:35 pm ET Joel Siegfried News Analysis ExaminerFollowSubscribe

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Although they are unique incidents, separated by hundreds of miles and almost two months in time, journalists and crime scene observers are pointing to similarities in the disappearance of Indiana University Bloomington sophomore student Lauren Spierer and University of Tennessee at Martin nursing student Holly Bobo, in media reports published on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 by WTHR-TV, WXIX Fox59, the Brisbane Times of Australia, Crime Scene USA, Blogger Chelsea Hoffman at Gather.com, and other global news outlets.

The similarities are obvious. Both women are attractive, blond, have petite bodies, attend prominent public state universities, were popular and well liked, disappeared suddenly without a trace in early morning hours, were the subject of massive volunteer searches, and have large cash rewards being offered for information leading to their safe return.

Persons of interest have been questioned in both cases, and over a thousand leads have poured into investigators in each case, following the posting of hundreds of missing persons notices, as seen in the attached slide show and video clip which accompany this report.

The parents of each woman, Robert and Charlene Spierer of Edgemont, NY in Westchester County, and Karen and Dan Bobo of Parsons, TN in Decatur County, have both appeared before television cameras at police media conferences, with pleas for their respective daughters.

Both areas in Indiana and Tennessee where the women went missing are verdant, rural, peaceful, and have many nearby bodies of water, lakes, streams, and woodlands.

There are also differences between the two incidents.

Holly Bobo disappeared from her Parsons, TN home on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 7:30 a.m. CDT in the company of a stranger dressed in camouflage clothing, while Lauren Spierer was last seen leaving a friend's apartment at 4:30 a.m. CDT on Friday, June 3, 2011 in Bloomington, IN.

Ms. Bobo's cousin, Whitney Duncan, is a well known country music singer from Nashville, TN, and has used her high profile and media access to attract media attention, and promote search efforts. The Bobo family have also been approached by various persons claiming psychic or clairvoyant abilities.

The close knit community in Decatur County, TN are mostly church going Christians, who have supported the Bobo family and pored out their energies in volunteering to search for Holly, with assistance from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), and aided by T-shirt sales that have gone into a reward fund that now totals $80,000.

Lauren Spierer comes from a prominent suburban New York Jewish family. They have put up $100,000 of reward money to solicit information for their daughter's safe return.

It is certain that both families, regardless of their financial means or cultural backgrounds, are feeling enormous grief and a sense of loss for their missing and cherished daughters.

Such feelings can best be understood by a select fraternity of parents and relatives whose loved ones have gone missing, or become the victims of terrible crimes.

These include the parents of Michelle Le, the 26-year-old California nursing student who disappeared on Friday May 27, 2011 at about 7:00 p.m. PDT from a hospital parking garage at the Kaiser Permanente Hayward Medical Center, in Northern California; Sandra and Tom Cerna, whose 49-year-old daughter Laura Cerna was brutally murdered in Seville, Spain on August 30, 2010; and Larry and Pam Bice, whose son Austin Bice, a 22-year-old San Diego State University (SDSU) exchange student studying in Spain, suddenly disappeared on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at about 1:00 a.m. local time outside a nightclub in Madrid, and was found dead 11 days later at the bottom of a nearby river.

The Indiana State Police Special Operations Troopers, who have searched for Ms. Spierer covering a 10-miles radius search area by foot, boat, on horses, with search dogs, and helicopter, are aware of the similarities to the disappearance of Ms. Bobo, in Parsons, TN, some 400 miles to the south.

Unlike Clint Bobo, the brother of Holly Bobo, who was questioned and cleared by authorities, cooperating fully in their investigation, five of those who've been involved in the investigation of Lauren Spierer's disappearance, Jesse Wolff, Lauren's boyfriend, and friends Corey Rossman, Mike Beth, Jay Rosenbaum and David Rohn, who all saw her during the last few hours before she disappeared, have retained lawyers.

According to some experts, a psychological condition often kicks in during these types of crises that prevents people, typically those of college or high-school age, from doing the right thing and telling authorities what they know.

While these persons of interest may be completely innocent, such closing ranks does raise suspicions. Silences like those shown by the five friends, and to a lesser degree by a person of interest in the Austin Bice case, often crumble with the passage of time, and the lessening of peer pressures.

Police Chief Anthony Marraccini in Harrison, NY, said the issue of closing ranks is actually fairly common during investigations, particularly ones involving young people. "They don't realize the consequences of their actions, but also their inactions as well."

Bloggers and others are pointing to the possibility of a serial killer, like the late Ted Bundy, who targets college age women that fit a particular appearance.

Lauren Spierer is described as approximately four feet, 11 inches tall with a slender build. She has blue eyes and blonde hair, longer than shoulder length. Anyone with information should call Bloomington police at 1-812-339-4477.

Holly Bobo is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, and was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt and light blue jeans. Persons with information about her should call 1-800-824-3463 or 1-800-TBI-FIND.

Holly Bobo Points of Interest Part Two
June 26, 2011 09:55 PM EDT

The Holly Bobo disappearance is stumping investigators and those who are following the case, but what is more concerning are the individuals and various changes of story involved. There are numerous points of interest in this case that is just setting it off as something quite different from other missing persons cases in the media spotlight.

This article is the second part of the one that can be read here, and it's to establish the various points of interest in the disappearance of Holly Bobo. It's to point out the inconsistencies and question things that should be questioned. Is this a botched investigation or is it something deeper that isn't being discussed?

It seems as if the TBI is making the Bobos remain as silent as possible and only allowing them to say so much. Otherwise, why wouldn't they be in the media day after day after day like the families of missing students Lauren Spierer and Michelle Le? It just doesn't make sense. Also, the few media appearances made by Karen Bobo indicate a number of things. She seems tired, stressed out, and she honestly looks like she is screaming at the top of her lungs on the inside, while remaining clammed-up on the outside. This isn't good. They should know that they don't work for law enforcement--law enforcement works for them, and they should demand the right to speak up and speak out for their daughter's wellbeing. The constant blinking and shifting of her eyes in her latest video is also indicative that she either wants to say more, or something else--unless of course, they are remaining so suspiciously silent for a reason.

It's also curious to point out that in the course of the past two and a half months, the cousin of Holly Bobo, Whitney Duncan, has stopped speaking about the girl entirely. In the beginning of the nursing student's disappearance, Duncan took to Facebook and Twitter nearly daily. Now it seems as though her cousin is out of sight and out of mind, but why? Perhaps a post she made on April 29th has something to do with her silence? This is her public wall post for April 29th, 2011, the last time she mentions Holly Bobo.

Thank ya'll so much for all the prayers for Holly and our family! We are hanging in there & keeping our faith in the Lord. I truly appreciate each & every person that has helped in the search & said prayers. I wish I could give ya'll more details, but cannot at this time. Just know that we still need your prayers to help bring her home. xo -- Whitney Duncan, April 29th 2011

So what does this post mean, and why hasn't she spoken for her cousin online since? She's a sort of celebrity, so surely she could help in keeping the word out on Holly's disappearance.

This weekend a bike rally type of charity event was held for Holly Bobo, and all of the proceeds went straight to the Bobo family in the amount of over $9,000. When you add this to the T-shirt fund that is being saved for a "vacation or whatever Holly wants," they've probably saved up quite a bit of money. Is this going to be added to the reward that is now at $85,000? What's more, why is the reward so high? Why did the governor of Tennessee offer up so much money to aid in her search, yet not for other missing girls that surround a 4-hour radius around Darden and Parsons? Is this indicative that there is something big going on that perhaps warrants such a silent investigation?

Thank you so much for that article, Ruth!!!!

Keep on keeping us updated

Holly Bobo and the Missing Sex Offender

Holly Bobo vanished on April 13, 2011 from her own yard in Darden, Tennessee. Since her disappearance, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been rather tight-lipped about the investigation. But with tight lips, come loose-lipped coworkers or just general information leakers, and now some new details have been released in regards to the missing Tennessee nursing student.

When Holly Bobo first disappeared, law enforcement officials went through their database of registered sex offenders in the area. It's been shared by this blog how many registered sex offenders there are in the towns of Darden and Parsons, Tennessee. It's a pretty high number, considering that both of these towns combined hold fewer than 4,000 people. Why is there such a high number of registered sex offenders in the state of Tennessee? That's a topic to be explored at a later date, because it appears that the TBI and other investigative officers on the case feel that an RSO may be responsible for Holly's disappearance.

In fact, during the initial investigation of Holly's disappearance, a registered sex offender by the name of Jason Everett Nickell was arrested on charges of stalking women. It's alleged that he was stalking young adults at the university Holly Bobo attended for nursing school. Not much has been said about Nickell since his arrest, but it's suspicious that his bond is set as high as $300,000.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation admits that a registered sex offender has been missing since Holly Bobo vanished as well. Why have they waited this long to say something about it? It seems that while they were searching their sex offender databases and making visits to these RSOs, they realized that one by the name of Victor George Wall is nowhere to be found. What's truly upsetting about this detail is that they've admitted to letting this man abscond since 2007, when he stopped checking in.

So, since 2007 a registered sex offender has had free run to do as he pleases without contacting his PO and without registering as he is supposed to. It seems that the state of Tennessee has a lot of work to do in regards to keeping its citizens safe, because for all they know, this guy could have snatched up Holly Bobo and left the state. It's curious that they bring the guy up in relation to Holly Bobo, which shows that perhaps they've even considered the possibility that he could be potentially involved.

As for Jason Everett Nickell, not much has been said about him, but the fact that he was arrested for stalking women at the school Holly attended, it's only common sense to consider that he could know something as well. This is all just one big mess, and the investigation probably was messed up from the beginning. The father of the missing nursing student has said that when police arrived after she was allegedly abducted, they wouldn't let anyone into the woods, nor did they set up road blocks immediately.

Could the TBI and Decatur County Sheriff's Dept. have essentially just let someone get away with a brutal kidnapping because of their slow and shoddy tactics? Possibly. Otherwise, they know exactly where Holly Bobo is, or what happened to her, and they are silently watching her family, and those in Darden and Parsons, until they nab their man (or men, or women, or all of the above).
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Jason Everett Nickoll

I don't usually post articles from this site because I don't know who they are but this sure is interesting and I wonder how creditable???[img]

Raine you always do a wonderful job of keeping us updated on cases we have followed.

I sometimes wonder if we knew what really goes on or not goes on in these investigations our hair would curl with all the mistakes and unqualified personnel handling our missing and murdered.

It surely scares me when one thinks that those we pay with taxpayer money just don't know what to do.

Holly Bobo search joined by paragliders
By Barry Leibowitz

Dave Dubin, founder of Parasearchers.com, said Monday that a team of about five pilots searched on Sunday and again Monday morning around the home of Bobo near Parsons, Tenn., about 100 miles northeast of Memphis. Dubin said the group plans to resume searching later this week if weather permits.

The 20-year-old Bobo vanished April 13 after her brother said he saw her being led into woods by a man dressed in hunting camouflage. Hundreds of volunteers searched the heavily wooded area around the home in the weeks following her disappearance, but authorities have not arrested anyone or identified a suspect. A small amount of blood was found outside the home.

Dubin told WJHL-TV in Johnson City that through power paragliding they can obtain clear aerial views of the woods where Bobo was last seen and can fly low and slow over the trees while searching for clues.

Dubin, who has a home in Johnson City, said Monday they didn't find anything of note during their search, but they can pinpoint areas using a GPS that may need a closer look.

"If we see something that we see is noteworthy, then we will mark it and go back on foot," Dubin said.

The group is working directly with Bobo's family, who pointed them to areas they wanted the paragliders to focus on, such as trailers hidden back in the woods. Dubin said the paragliders recorded their aerial flights with high-definition cameras and covered about 10 square miles during the two days of searching.

The challenge was the thick foliage of the wooded areas around Bobo's home, Dubin said, but they might have better luck when the leaves start to drop in the fall. His group relies on volunteers across the country and is a nonprofit that doesn't charge for missing persons cases.

Tips are still coming in to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation hotline, 1-800-TBI-FIND, although not as many as in the beginning of the investigation, spokeswoman Kristin Helm said on Monday.

Complete coverage of the Holly Bobo case on Crimesider

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JVM had the Bobo family on tonight. If Clint Bobo didn't have something to do with his sisters disappearance..I will eat my hat.

Transcripts of the JVM Show. Listen and learn.

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VELEZ-MITCHELL: Ok. Clint, it was about 7:30 in the morning. Where were you? What vantage point and what did you see?

C. BOBO: I was asleep in my bedroom and I was awoken by the sounds of our house dog barking.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: And what did you see?

C. BOBO: I saw the silhouette of two people in our garage. At the time I had no idea who either one of the people were. And then come to realize later that that was my sister and her abductor.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Wait, in the garage?

You were -- how do you -- when you`re asleep -- I`m just trying to get a picture. You`re asleep and then how do you see what`s going on in the garage? Ok, the dog barks, you wake up. Are you on the same level -- it`s all one floor.

C. BOBO: Right. Yes, we have a one story house?

VELEZ-MITCHELL: And you walk into the garage?

C. BOBO: No, I saw them from inside the house and they were outside the house in the garage.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: They were in the garage or outside the garage?

C. BOBO: They were inside the garage.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Ok so as you watched, it was a man inside the garage with your sister and then what happens?

C. BOBO: And then I got in touch with my mom and found out that Holly was supposed to be in school that morning and realized that that must have been her at the house and then I looked back out and saw Holly and a male walking towards the woods and that`s the last time I saw her.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Ok, now, ok, is the garage attached to the house or is it a separate, detached garage?

C. BOBO: It`s attached to the house.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: It is attached to the house.

C. BOBO: Right.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: So you`re saying you were able to call your mom before they left the garage and after you called your mom you see them walking towards the woods?

C. BOBO: Right. And I told my mom that once I realized it was Holly, I said well, Holly and Drew which is her boyfriend were out in the garage talking.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: So where did you find the blood?

C. BOBO: It was in the garage, under where I saw the silhouette of them kneeled down in the garage.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: When you saw them kneeling down did you think to ask them or approach them? How far away were you?

C. BOBO: No, I assumed -- I was inside the house and I assumed that that was Holly and her boyfriend Drew and he was dressed in full camouflage so I thought that Drew had been to the woods and killed a turkey and brought it back to the house and the two were sitting there over the turkey talking. After I saw the blood, I thought that was blood of a turkey that Drew had killed.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Did you see the turkey? Or there was no turkey.

C. BOBO: No, it was gone.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: But you thought they had done that when you initially saw them, but you hadn`t seen the blood yet?

C. BOBO: Right.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: So --

C. BOBO: Didn`t see it until later.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Ok. All right. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations said something very interesting. They say the person responsible for her disappearance lives in the area. They believe this person lives in the community, and it`s a very small community, only 2,500 people. Listen to this.

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Holly Bobo's parents w/be on The Today Show today, Saturday.

updated 8/5/2011 3:47:55 PM ET

A convicted sex offender wanted for questioning in the Holly Bobo case has been arrested in Minnesota.

However, investigators are downplaying any connection to the missing 20-year-old woman.

U.S. Marshals found 43-year-old George Wall at his girlfriend's home in Duluth, Minn., on Thursday.

It's been two decades since Wall was convicted of molesting a child in Washington state. Since then, he relocated to Perry County, Tenn., and was living near Bobo's home.

Bobo vanished April 13 after her brother said he saw her being led into a woods by a man dressed in hunting camouflage.

When Bobo vanished, authorities set out to locate all the sex offenders in the area to question them. That's when they realized they couldn't find Wall.

Investigators said they have no reason to believe he has any connection to Bobo's disappearance.

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OK, what am I missing here? Did he violate his probation? If so, what the hay has that got to do with Holly's case????

Holly Bobo disappearance: sex offender Victor George Wall arrested for questioning in case.
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BY Aliyah Shahid
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, August 5th 2011, 11:07 AM

Victor George Wall, 43, has been arrested and will be questioned about 20-year-old Holly Bobo's disapperance,

A fugitive sex offender wanted for questioning in the disappearance of a nursing school beauty has been caught, police said.

Victor George Wall, 43, was convicted of molesting a child in Washington State more than two decades ago. He was arrested Thursday at his girlfriend's home in Duluth, Minn.

Nursing student Holly Bobo, 20, went missing from her Parsons, Tenn., home four months ago. The 110-pound blonde was last seen being led by a man dressed in camouflage into the woods near her home.

Tennessee authorities could not locate Wall when they began searching for registered sex offenders as part of Bobo's investigation, according to the Jackson Sun.

Wall was found asleep and was arrested without incident. He was booked into the St. Louis County Jail, where he waits extradition to Tennessee.

He had previously lived near Bobo's home, but vanished after a 10-day stint in jail for stealing a car.

Authorities said there is no direct evidence showing a connection between Wall and Bobo, cousin of country music Whitney Duncan.

Since her disappearance, hundreds of volunteers have joined a massive search to find her. But as the investigation goes into its fourth month, there have been few leads.

Karen Bobo, the young woman's mother, recently spoke out to WREG TV, telling how she spends her days passing out flyers, searching and making phone calls.

"I struggle with getting up because Holly's not home," she said. "Until you've been through something like that, you just could not possibly understand."

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by jeanne1807 on Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:46 pm

JVM had the Bobo family on tonight. If Clint Bobo didn't have something to do with his sisters disappearance..I will eat my hat.

I saw them on JVM and had the same thought. I didn't think the mother acted like someone whose daughter was missing either. Can't put my finger on it....just something not right here.

Fugitive child molester arrested over disappearance of young nursing student.
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Holly Bobo went missing in April from her home in Parsons, Tennessee
Convicted child molester Victor George Wall arrested in Duluth, Minnesota
Family continue search for missing student as case remains unsolved

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:31 PM on 5th August 2011

A fugitive sex offender who police want to question over the disappearance of a young nursing student Holly Bobo has been arrested.

Victor George Wall, 43, who was convicted of molesting a child in Washington state more than 20 years ago, was found at his girlfriend's home in Duluth, Minnesota.

Miss Bobo, 20, from Parsons, Tennessee, went missing four months ago after she was abducted from her home by a man wearing camouflage clothing.

Wall was asleep at the time, arrested without incident and booked into the St. Louis County Jail. He will be extradited to Tennessee.

He used to live near Bobo's Tennessee home.
Victor Wall, seen here in a 2007 mugshot, was arrested at his girlfriend's home.

Bobo, a cousin of country music star Whitney Duncan was last seen being dragged across the carport from her family home towards a wooded area.

Her heartbroken parents Dana and Karen Bobo have continued the search for their daughter but the case has remained unsolved.

Her brother Clint Bobo, 25, told police that he saw his sister outside the house with a man before she was kidnapped at around 7.30am on April 13.

Mr Bobo only saw the man from the back and told police he believed at the time it was the University of Tennessee student’s boyfriend.

But shocked Mr Bobo later called 911 after he witnessed an attack and saw blood outside the home. Miss Bobo’s lunchbox was later found several miles away.

Police had said they believe the man who kidnapped Miss Bobo could live in or near the college student’s home-town of Parsons.

Officials have not yet reported any previous connection between Wall and Miss Bobo, reported Fox News.

Miss Bobo was abducted as she was leaving for university.She is 5ft 3in tall with shoulder-length blonde hair and weighs around 110lbs.

Devastated: Her parents Dan and Karen Bobo made an appeal for anyone with details to come forward

She was wearing a pink shirt and light blue jeans at the time of her suspected abduction.

Devastated family and friends have been working with police to try and find her.

'Please pray for her': Country singer Whitney Duncan, Holly's cousin, appealed on Facebook

Police conducted a grid search of the area on horseback and used sniffer dogs and a helicopter in a bid to find her.

The missing student's parents Dan and Karen have made repeated pleas for help in finding their daughter.

Barely able to contain his tears, Dan Bobo said earlier this year: 'We've got thousands of people, we've got friends and neighbours and people we don't even know helping us.

When asked what he would say to his missing daughter he replied: 'I would tell her I love her, and tell her to call us.

'We are hopeful she is going to be brought back soon.'

Speculating on who may have abducted his daughter, Mr Bobo added: 'The way it looks to me myself, it might have been somebody close.

'Somebody that kinda knew our routine, knew when she (Karen) left, when I left, when my daughter left to go to school, is what I kinda got in my mind, but I don't know that for sure.'

Barely able to talk, Karen Bobo said: 'Holly I love you so much, please try and get back to us.'

Miss Bobo's cousin, the country singer Whitney Duncan, also made an appeal at the time for help to her fans to pray for Holly's safe return.

My cousin Holly was kidnapped this morning,' she wrote on Facebook. 'Please pray for her & our family. This is really sad & shocking.'

She tweeted: 'Lord have mercy. I feel like I'm walking in a nightmare. Thanks for all the prayers and please keep spreading the amber alert.'

Search parties have been scouring the rural areas around Holly's home in the hunt for clues

Bud Grimes, a spokesman for the University of Tennessee at Martin, said Miss Bobo was studying to be a licensed practical nurse through the Tennessee Technology Center.

She was taking classes at the university's extension campus in Parsons, but was not a UT-Martin student.

Family friend David Ivey, whose son went to high school with Miss Bobo, said the young woman has an 'angelic voice' and loved to show it off in talent contests at school.

She also would sing solos at Corinth Baptist Church where she was a member, he said.

Her pastor, Don Franks, from the Corinth Baptist Church, said he has known the young woman all her life and called her 'a fine young Christian girl' with the voice of an angel.

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From June 3 - Minutes later, the family’s dog barked, waking Clint. He walked to the kitchen window that faces the expansive, treelined backyard to see what the ruckus was about. A man dressed in camouflage had his sister by the arm, leading her into the woods, he later told the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

On JVM a couple days ago Clint said that the dog woke him and he saw Holly and the abductor in the garage. Why are there two different stories about where Clint saw them?

Holly Bobo's parents still relive daughter's disappearance, every second too long

LAUREN FOREMAN The Jackson Sun
First Posted: August 25, 2011 - 1:38 pm
Last Updated: August 25, 2011 - 1:38 pm

PARSONS, Tenn. — Holly Bobo's parents relive a nightmare every day.

Dana Bobo, Holly's father, leaves for work at the McKenzie Tree Service in Parsons about 5:30 a.m.

He returns about 10 hours later to begin a second job of sorts, a job his wife, Karen Bobo, does most hours every day — they search for their daughter.

Karen Bobo starts her morning with prayer and Scripture, then begins her search efforts. She passes out fliers, takes calls and shares information with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

"It's the same thing," Karen said. "It's like a nightmare that you live over and over every day."

"And it's not getting any easier," Dana said. "You might think it is, but actually it's getting harder."

Holly, 20, was abducted by a man outside her family's home in Darden on April 13. More than four months later, her parents say they don't live but survive.

The goal that drives them each day is to bring their daughter home.

"I wake up every morning, and I don't want to get up because Holly's not here," Karen said. "But then I get up because I have a job to do.

"I start doing something, anything with an I-N-G, working toward bringing Holly home," she said.

Life changed for Karen, Dana and Holly's older brother Clint Bobo the day Holly vanished.

Clint, 25, halted studies at the University of Tennessee Martin, where he was working toward a degree in social work. He took an incomplete the semester his sister disappeared and has not gone back to school since, Karen said.

He travels to surrounding towns and states at least two to three times a week with friends to pass out fliers marked with his sister's face.

He used to double date with her and ride four-wheelers, Karen said.

The family ate dinner together almost every night, watched "American Idol" together and occasionally caught a movie on Sundays. They have not watched TV at all since Holly disappeared, he said.

Until Holly disappeared, safety was not a concern at their home in a rural area of Parsons.

Dana said he left the doors unlocked and keys in the ignition sometimes, but not anymore.

Now, he said, the family doesn't eat dinner until 10 p.m. or sometimes midnight because they are running down leads reported earlier in the day.

"I mean it's changed completely, the way you live," Dana said.

Karen quit a job she had worked for 26 years as a second-grade teacher at Scotts Hill Elementary to search for her daughter.

She and Holly, a nursing student at the University of Tennessee Martin Parsons campus used to text and talk about five times every day.

Even with two busy schedules, the two were inseparable.

Karen thinks about her daughter every waking hour. She remembers Holly chasing her dog Rascal when she looks at the small Shih Tzu-poodle mix. She said Holly played with him every day after school.

"Things like that I think about a lot," Karen said.

She paused as tears welled in her eyes, and her voice cracked from crying as she began to speak again.

"I go to her room every day," she said.

She looks at Holly's pictures and lies in her bed. She smells the scent of Holly's hair on the sheets.

Officials from the Decatur County Sheriff's Department and Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said they are still pursuing leads.

In the weeks immediately following Holly's abduction, thousands of volunteers combed the woods near her home, and the search extended into neighboring counties. Within a few days, they found a lunchbox believed to belong to Holly, and investigators said other leads were uncovered, though few details were released.

But after law enforcement and volunteers completed an exhaustive search of the area, there has been little news as investigators continue to quietly chase leads.

"We're still very much involved," Sheriff Roy Wyatt said.

Authorities have said Holly was led into the woods outside the family's home by an unidentified man wearing camouflage clothing. Clint saw his sister with the man but thought it was her boyfriend. Investigators think she went with the man because she was in fear for her life.

A small amount of blood was found outside the home.

The abductor was described as a white man about 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall who weighed about 200 pounds. Holly is 5 foot 3 inches tall and weighs about 110 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt and light blue jeans.

Karen said she was in her school's cafeteria when she got the message that a neighbor's son had heard screams coming from their home.

"I think at that point I knew something was wrong because I knew Holly had a test, a big test, that day," she said. "And at the time she came and told me that, Holly should've already been gone to school."

Karen said Clint, who was at home asleep at the time, did not hear screams.

"Well, when I spoke to Clint, and he asked me did Holly not have school today because her car was still here, then I really knew something," Karen said.

He also asked his mom if Holly was going hunting with her boyfriend. Karen said no and that her daughter should have already been at school because she had a test.

Karen panicked, making two calls to the police as she made her way home and informed her husband, who also rushed home from work.

She said when her son realized what had happened, he also called the police.

The family said they still believe that Holly is alive, and that belief drives them.

"Every second that goes by is too long," Karen said. "Every second without her is too long."

Oct. 12, Holly's 21st birthday, will fall on a Wednesday this year, which means Holly would be asking her grandmother to make her favorite dinner: fried potatoes and salmon patties, Karen said.

The Bobos said they do not think about her not being home by her birthday.

"I think about the day this whole state is going to be rejoicing the day she comes home," Dana Bobo said. "How big it's going to be."

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Holly Bobo Fundraiser Planned for October
September 11, 2011 02:30 PM EDT

Holly Bobo has been missing for five months now, and investigators have run out of leads pertaining to the young woman's case. As the case remains unsolved, friends and family members of the missing nursing student are planning a fundraiser.

Sources say that friends and family of missing nursing student Holly Bobo will be hosting a benefit fundraiser in the girl's honor on October 1st. With the young woman's reward nearly at $100,000.00, it seems that the family is trying pretty hard to raise a large amount of money. They've been selling t-shirts and decals as well, and a recent biker rally held in Holly's honor gave all of its profits to the family. It surely seems that albeit disastrous, the disappearance of Holly Bobo has proven lucrative to a certain extent.

As far as the investigation goes, nobody has been cleared in the eyes of the TBI, but nobody has been named as a person of interest or a suspect in the girl's alleged abduction. It's believed that Holly Bobo was abducted from her home in Darden, Tennessee, but there are no leads and the people of Parsons and Darden aren't calling in with tips.

The girl's disappearance has been a mystery since April, not only in Decatur County, but nationwide. Inconsistencies in the story given by Clint Bobo has added to the mounting frustration in those following the case. Clint, the woman's brother, was the last person to see her before she was allegedly led away by a man in camouflauge. Initially, Clint told authorities that Holly was dragged away by the unidentified man; but upon investigating, authorities found no drag marks in the yard to compliment his account. The story has since evolved into the missing Tennessee nursing student being led willingly, but under duress, from their backyard. A small amount of blood was found on the property, and DNA testing revealed that the blood does in fact belong to Holly.

Whatever happened to Holly Bobo, it surely is upsetting that no other clues or details have risen in her disappearance. With her friends and family holding frequent fundraising events, rallies and merchandise sales, one would think that whomever was responsible for her disappearance would come forward, slip up or somehow be revealed. This disappearance has gotten a lot of attention, so it's disheartening to see it last for five months now. Hopefully the upcoming October fundraiser in Memphis will achieve something that's actually helpful to finding Holly.

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I think this article speaks Volumes. It answers its' own question. This is NOT Rocket Science here. Has Clint taken a poly?? He HAS "slipped up". What is it w/LE? Between this case and Celina Cass, it's pretty evident to me who murdered them. MOO!

January 18, 2011
Holly Bobo Thoughts and Comments Wanted by Jackson Sun
September 22, 2011 07:45 AM EDT

Holly Bobo has been missing now for over five months and investigators have released little to no information to the media. Still, some media outlets are trying to keep the story of the girl's disappearance alive. The Jackson Sun has been covering the case since the 20-year-old missing nursing student was first reported missing, and now they're recruiting the public for more details to keep in the media; even if it is local and on a small scale.

It's hard to imagine that five months ago the disappearance of Holly Bobo seemed to be booming with information and statements from the TBI and news anchors. Now it is almost as if the young woman never existed, with very few sources even mentioning her. The Jackson Sun doesn't want it to be like this evidently, and this article details that they want comments about the young woman by the 28th of this month.

In particular they are wanting people to share their ideas about the investigation and details surrounding the missing Tennessee woman's disappearance. You see, since the beginning the story has been that a mysterious man in camouflage led the girl into the woods behind her home as her 25-year-old brother watched -- and didn't intervene. The story has changed a few times, but as far as the TBI is concerned, this is due to communicative issues.

If you have ideas on the investigation and details surrounding the disappearance and alleged abduction of Holly Bobo, then why not share them with this print newspaper source? The worst that can happen is your comments aren't collaborated in the story collection the newspaper is planning. The best case scenario is you could lend in helping solve this mysterious missing persons case.

The fact of the matter is Holly Bobo is a victim in this somehow; whether it be via abduction or some other tragic occurrence. With each day that passes that she hasn't been found, another day goes by that justice hasn't been served. Something horrible happened to this beautiful young woman, and whatever it was it was something that rendered her lost from existence for over five months. Statistically, the chances of Holly Bobo being alive are improbable, but with the discovery of her remains, the TBI and FBI can focus on solving the case of what happened to her and by whom. Perhaps this is the "one clue" investigators are waiting for?

There is a lot of speculation surrounding the mysterious disappearance, so people from all over the country might be interested in contributing to the requests of the Jackson Sun. An unfortunate downside, however, is the inevitable trolls who often attach themselves to missing persons cases -- such as the Holly Bobo Search and Rescue group, Tactical SAR, fronted by Tony Calabrese. This group has publicly been called out by the TBI and mainstream news sources as a group that isn't working with investigators and is more or less hindering in the search. Trolls like these only serve to harm the victims further, whether they mean to or not.

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PARSONS, Tenn. — The mother of a missing nursing student says she calls the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation every day for any news about the girl.

Karen Bobo told Nashville's WSMV-TV that it gets more frustrating every day. (http://bit.ly/qoz6bb)

Twenty-year-old Holly Bobo vanished April 13 from her home in Parsons about 100 miles northeast of Memphis. She was last seen being led from her home into woods by a man dressed in full hunting camouflage.

Karen Bobo also said she gets upset after accusations are made about family members.

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I certainly can understand her getting upset, but the circumstances surround Holly's disappearance speak Volumes toward her own son. MOO!

Yes that son is highly suspecious. When they did the interview I think everybody was thinking the same thing.

Do you think he is a bit slow or a bit spoiled?

BJ wrote:

From June 3 - Minutes later, the family’s dog barked, waking Clint. He walked to the kitchen window that faces the expansive, treelined backyard to see what the ruckus was about. A man dressed in camouflage had his sister by the arm, leading her into the woods, he later told the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

On JVM a couple days ago Clint said that the dog woke him and he saw Holly and the abductor in the garage. Why are there two different stories about where Clint saw them?

VELEZ-MITCHELL: And what did you see?
C. BOBO: I saw the silhouette of two people in our garage. At the time I had no idea who either one of the people were. And then come to realize later that that was my sister and her abductor.

Yup, this doesn't pass the smell test!

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(WMC-TV) - The parents of missing West Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo said they call the TBI every day hoping for a clue to their daughter's disappearance.

The waiting and not knowing has been painful for the Bobo family. They said they have faced rumors from people in the area and constant speculation.

"I do kind of get in tense panic attacks when I have to leave the house, and of course I can have my house phone forwarded to my cell phone, but I still have a real problem with that or being out in public and thinking everybody is looking at me," said Holly Bobo's mother Karen Bobo.

Holly Bobo's brother, Clint Bobo, has been the target of most of the speculation. He is the last person who saw her being led into the woods by her house.

Clint Bobo's cousin, country music singer Whitney Duncan, recently tweeted about the speculation around him.

"They don't know all the facts, because if they knew the facts, they would not be pointing the finger," said Karen Bobo. "Anytime anybody speaking negatively about Clint, Whitney is extremely defensive about that."

For Karen Bobo, the lack of information has been unbearable and dealing with the public eye is difficult. Trips to the salon turn into a spectacle, and she now has to get her hair done after hours.

Karen Bobo said she checks in with the TBI every day.

"I call every day and ask, "is there anything you can tell me today?'" said Karen Bobo.

And for the last two months, she has been getting the same reply.

"Of course, their answer is, 'not today,'" she said. "We're just not hearing anything, and of course, almost six months into it, it just gets more frustrating every day and harder every day."

Investigators have said they believe Holly Bobo's abductor lives in or near the 20-year-old college student's town of Parsons, Tennessee.

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October 01, 2011 12:15 AM EDT

The Holly Bobo mystery is going on its sixth month with no sign of the missing nursing student in sight. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation hasn't released any new details, but the mother of the missing girl is speaking out. Karen Bobo says she contacts the TBI every day to no avail.

Sources report that the mother of Holly Bobo is frustrated, as any parent of a missing person would be when there is a lack of new evidence. However, what upsets Karen Bobo most prominently are the accusations made against her son, Clint Bobo. It's easy to find her 25-year-old son suspicious, since he was the last person to see Holly. He allegedly watched her being led into the woods behind their home by a man dressed in camouflage, and according to the family's own words he watched it all transpire without calling 9-1-1. Instead, he called his mother and she called 9-1-1 along with a neighbor who claimed to hear the 20-year-old missing nursing student scream. If these details aren't enough to make suspicion easy to cast, the fact that the story has changed a few times is enough to confuse and bewilder those who are following this missing persons case. However, the TBI says that the changing of the stories isn't due to any perceived guilt on Clint's behalf. It's supposedly due to miscommunication in the beginning of the case.

Karen Bobo says that people just don't know the facts, and that's why they cast suspicion toward the older brother of the missing student.

"They don't know all the facts because, if they knew the facts, they would not be pointing the finger," said Karen.

So what are the facts, then? The Bobo family has made a handful of public appearances, and two of them involved telling their side of what happened the day Holly Bobo vanished. They've been given a few opportunities to release the "facts" to help ease out any miscommunication or confusion experienced by those who have followed this case since day one. The only thing their appearances have achieved is the creation of more confusion. Even criminal profiler Pat Brown has her reservations about the Bobo family statements.

"Clint Bobo continues to say squirrely things," said the world-renowned profiler.

The profiler then went on to make the assumption that Clint Bobo appears to have a learning disability, if he isn't being suspicious.

The point of the matter is simple, and that's the statistical probability of a close family member, friend or acquaintance being responsible for Holly's disappearance. It was revealed in a previous statement by the mother of the missing nursing student that the TBI showed suspicion against her son, and she didn't understand it. More often than not, the closest people to a missing person or homicide victim are investigated first. When the "facts" are distorted, withheld and then altered, it only makes someone look more suspicious. Does this mean that Clint Bobo knows more than what he's told investigators from day one? No, it doesn't. But it does mean that nobody is in the wrong for being suspicious, especially when one is aware of the statistics in criminology.

Would it be helpful to the Bobo family to make another media appearance to release the actual facts without any confusion? Absolutely. It would also be helpful if private groups would stop trying to throw benefit concerts in Holly's name. Apparently a recent birthday benefit concert was shutdown by Karen Bobo, because these people didn't even ask her permission before they began arranging it. That's disrespectful to the family, possibly more disrespectful than simply being suspicious.

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Holly Bobo's family expresses frustration

Posted: Sep 30, 2011 5:40 PM CDT
Updated: Sep 30, 2011 6:35 PM CDT
Posted by Carley Gordon - email

PARSONS, TN (WSMV) -
Inside Holly Bobo's home, Holly's mother Karen Bobo starts each day the same way, with a call to the TBI.

"I call every day and ask 'is there anything you can tell me today,'" Bobo said.

For the last two months, she's been getting the same reply.

"Of course their answer is not today. We're just not hearing anything and of course almost six months into it just gets more frustrating every day and harder every day," Bobo said.

That's not the only thing frustrating the Bobo's. First there are the constant rumors, calls and visits from psychics claiming they have answers, and even friends wanting to help.

"I do kind of get in these panic attacks when I have to leave the house. Being out in public and thinking everybody is looking at me," she said.

Perhaps worst of all, Bobo said, are the vicious accusations against Holly's younger brother Clint Bobo.

"They don't know all the facts because, if they knew the facts, they would not be pointing the finger," Bobo said.

In fact, Bobo thinks that's what Holly's country singer cousin, Whitney Duncan, was tweeting about when she recently expressed anger with investigators.

"Any time anybody speaks negatively about Clint, Whitney is extremely defensive toward that," Bobo said.

Duncan later took the comment down and tweeted she was "frustrated as you can imagine any family would be."

Bobo said they'll stay that way until today ends and tomorrow investigators bring new answers.

"I want that day to hurry up and get over so that the next day can roll around and I can ask them 'anything you can tell me today?' hoping one day that there will be something. It will not go away until Holly is home with us," she said.

Recently community members planned a "birthday bash" for Holly's upcoming 21st birthday. Family members got wind of it and nipped it in the bud. They said they don't want to celebrate anything until Holly is back home.

Bobo asked that anyone wishing to plan events or fundraisers contact the family first.

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"The profiler then went on to make the assumption that Clint Bobo appears to have a learning disability, if he isn't being suspicious."

This was taken from the above statement. I suspected as much. I honestly think this young man knows exactly what happened to Holly.

I think he has been sheltered from answering questions and telling the truth.

He is scared of consequences and honestly I don't think the Bobo's want to lose another one.

This family is in serious denial defending him like they do.

DARDEN — Before dawn on April 13, Holly Bobo dressed for nursing school, ate breakfast and studied for a test. By 8 a.m. she had been abducted from her home in Darden and has not been seen since.

At 8:05 a.m., the first of several sheriff's deputies and other law enforcement pulled into the Bobos' driveway, 10 minutes from the time Holly was last seen by her brother Clint. Holly's mother, Karen, arrived moments later and her father, Dana, rushed home from work to learn about the abduction of their only daughter.

Wednesday is Holly's 21st birthday, and Thursday marks the six-month anniversary of her disappearance. The Jackson Sun spoke with family, friends and law enforcement to reconstruct the three and a half hours leading up to Holly's disappearance.

That morning, the woods outside Holly's home on Swan Johnson Road were chilly and damp. The National Weather Service in Memphis said the low temperature in Parsons, a few miles from Darden, was 41 degrees. An inch of rain fell the day before. Sunrise was at 6:23 a.m.

Inside the house, family members said, Holly woke up about 4:30 a.m. to study for a nursing exam she was scheduled to take at 8 a.m. at the Tennessee Technology Center of Jackson at Parsons.

Holly studied in the quiet of her room, as her parents and brother slept. Dana said he woke up right after Holly and saw that his daughter's door was shut.

"A lot of mornings before I leave, I'll ask her if she needs any money to buy gas," Dana said. "It is about 5:30 I guess, when I usually leave to go to work, and I talked to her through the door. She said leave her some money, and I left the money on the bar at 5:30 or 25 until 6, and that was the last I talked to her."

As Dana left for his job at McKenzie Tree Service, Karen woke up to get ready for her teaching job at Scotts Hill Elementary School. She went into Holly's bedroom, where Holly sat on her bed to study.

"I leave the house to go to school at around 7," Karen said. "And by that point (Holly) had already gotten up, put her clothes on and was sitting at the dining room table. I fixed her lunch and stuck her breakfast in the microwave, and I left for school."

Right after Karen left, Holly spoke on the phone with Hannah Reece, her friend and fellow nursing student. Reece was the last of Holly's classmates to speak with her.

"I knew Holly before I started the nursing program, but at the start of the year she was just a nursing classmate," Reece said. "By April, she was like my best friend."

The morning Holly disappeared, Reece and Holly texted back and forth about their test that morning. Reece's cell phone signal was weak.

"So around seven o'clock, I called her on her cell phone from my house phone," she said.

Holly told Reece she was going to eat breakfast and put her shoes on and said goodbye.

"All right, Weece," Holly said, calling Reece by her nickname. "I'll see you. Love you."

Holly studied at the kitchen table for a few minutes, then got a call from her boyfriend, Drew Scott, who had been turkey hunting on the other side of Decatur County on Holly's grandmother's property. Since April 2, the opening day of turkey season, hunters from around the state had been entering the woods a half hour before daybreak.

One of Karen's relatives did not recognize Drew and his dad, and Drew explained to them that he was Holly's boyfriend and that Holly's grandmother, Karen's mother, had given him permission to hunt on her 60 acres on the south end of the county. Drew called Holly and told her what happened. That was just before 7:30 a.m., according to the family.

A flurry of phone calls followed between Holly, Drew and Karen about the confusion over Drew hunting on Karen's mother's property.

Karen said she last spoke with her daughter between 7:30 and 7:35, while Clint was still asleep in his room.

Investigators have tried to determine what happened to Holly in the next 20 minutes.

Authorities say they need people to speak up if they saw anything out of the ordinary that morning.

"I urge citizens to go back to that day and think if anything stands out to you," said Decatur County Sheriff Roy Wyatt. "It may be something they saw that could lead to Holly."

Reece said Holly usually arrives in class around 7:55 a.m., sometimes earlier. Karen said the drive from their home to the school in Parsons is about 10 minutes.

"Holly usually leaves around 7:45, and that would put her getting to school at 7:55," Karen said. "But I figure that morning she was planning on being a little early because they had the big test."

James Barnes, a neighbor of the Bobos', lives about 350 yards away in a mobile home beside his mother's home. The neighbors are separated by a ravine and a small pond.

Barnes said he walked out of his home at about 7:40 that morning as he prepared to go to his construction job and heard a scream from the Bobos' house. He told his mother, Cathy Wise, about the scream and went to work.

Wise called the school where Karen taught and told a secretary she did not want to alarm Karen, but that her son heard a scream from the Bobos' house. Karen was in the cafeteria away from her cell phone, and a secretary found her and relayed the message.

Clint, who is 25, woke up around this time and called his mother. He did not hear the scream.

"The dog woke me up barking, and I looked out front and expected to see the electric truck or something," Clint said. "I woke up about 7:50, and I expected to see someone checking the meter, but I didn't see any vehicles.

"I looked out the window and saw Holly's car still here, and I knew she wasn't in the house because I had looked in her room," Clint said. "That's when I called Mom to ask her if Holly had caught a ride with someone or if she didn't have school, but she didn't answer."

Karen said she did not answer her son's call because she left her phone in a classroom. After she received the message from the secretary, she went into the school library, not far from the cafeteria, and called home to ask if everything was OK.

When Clint answered the phone, he said Holly's car was still at the house.

"At that point I knew something was wrong because Holly should have already gone to school," Karen said. "I hung up and dialed 911."

Clint said he had talked to Holly's boyfriend the night before, and Drew told him he was going turkey hunting the next morning, but Drew had not specified where he was going to hunt. Clint said that even after he talked with his mother, he still did not know Drew was hunting on his grandmother's property that morning.

"It was after I spoke with (Mom) that I walked into the kitchen and looked out the window and saw (Holly) and a man dressed in camouflage walking toward the woods," Clint said. "I called Holly's cell phone, and it rang five times and went to voicemail, and I called Drew's phone also, and the same thing happened. What that assured me was that they were in the same place because neither one of them answered their cell phone."

The Bobos live in Decatur County, but the first time Karen called 911, she said she reached Henderson County dispatch. After a few moments, frustrated, she called the house again, and Clint told her that Holly and Drew were out at the edge of the yard walking toward the woods.

"Oh, my God, Clint!" Karen told her son. "That is not Drew! Call 911!"

Karen said she panicked, but her coworkers didn't understand her concerns.

"It was like I knew, but I couldn't make anybody else understand," she said. "People were like, 'Calm down, Karen,' the secretaries, the principal. I know at one point I fell on the floor, and everybody at school just thought I was in this panic."

Clint described the man as wearing a noninsulating type of camouflage a turkey hunter might wear and said that he could not see the man's face or hands. He believes he might have been wearing gloves and a cap. He said both Holly and the man had their backs turned to him. Clint told investigators the man was between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet tall and weighed around 200 pounds.

Karen said she told Clint to get a gun and go after the man. She hung up to call 911 again and reached Decatur County. She still had not told Clint about Drew being on the other side of the county, and Clint said he still believed the man to be Holly's boyfriend.

Clint got a loaded pistol, walked out of the back door and went through an open garage attached to the house. That's when he saw a puddle of blood near Holly's car.

"When I walked out the back door, I saw a small puddle of blood, and I still wasn't alarmed because who I thought was her boyfriend was dressed in camo," Clint said. "I thought, 'He's killed a turkey up here on this trail behind the house and brought it to the house to show Holly before she goes to school.'"

"The thing is there was no turkey," Clint said. "I wondered why they would take the turkey back to the woods unless they were walking back to put the turkey in his truck. I was not worried until the neighbor pulled up and said her son heard screams."

As Clint walked toward the woods, Cathy Wise, the neighbor, pulled up in the driveway because the secretary at school had asked her to go to the Bobo home and make sure everything was OK.

"The neighbor pulled up and she said she heard screams about 15 or 20 minutes ago and that was about eight o'clock," Clint said. "At that time, I had my phone on my side or in my hand, and I don't think I spoke to her, I just called 911 like Mom had said."

Clint said that as he was dialing 911 he could hear the engine of the first patrol car coming up Swan Johnson Road, responding to his mother's call, and that the first deputy arrived in less than 10 minutes from when his sister walked toward the woods with the man in camouflage.

Karen showed up shortly after the neighbor and the first patrol car. Terrie Bromley, a friend from school, had driven her home. Drew was at his job at the city of Parsons at 8 a.m., and Dana Bobo said he arrived home from work at about 8:30 a.m.

Officials have said they think Holly's abductor was familiar with the winding roads and rolling landscape of Decatur County, and that Holly was abducted as she tried to get in her car to drive to school.

As the nursing exam began at 8 a.m., Holly's friend and classmate, Britney Brown, looked around the room for her study partner, who she said never missed class. When Holly was not there, her heart dropped.

"If you miss a test, it's nearly impossible to pass a make-up test," Brown said. "Holly usually walks in five or 10 minutes before a test starts, and she doesn't miss.

"When she was not here at the start of the test, I started to cry because I thought she had been in a car accident," she said. "When I told the teacher I thought something bad had happened to Holly, she already knew what was going on and she just lowered her head."

Brown and Holly's other friends describe her as beautiful, kind and shy, but they say she opens up around her friends.

"She is such a sweet and kind person who would never judge anybody," Brown said. "She's very grown-up and respectful and modest. She was the kind of girl who never did anything on her own and who only felt secure when she was at home."

Hannah Reece also said Holly is quiet and did little other than study, spend time with her family and ride four-wheelers with her boyfriend. She mostly stayed at home, Reece said.

Karen said Holly is shy at first, but "funny and loud in her own little comfort."

Now, the family struggles to find any normality or routine in their lives without Holly. Clint said he has to take medication to sleep because he feels uneasy at night. He took an incomplete in his senior social work classes at the University of Tennessee Martin and quit his jobs at two nursing homes.

Dana has returned to work, and said that has helped him to talk to people, which sometimes takes his mind off the fact that his daughter is still missing.

Karen says her days are consumed with the search for Holly. She said she will not give up.

"Nothing is the same, and I don't feel like anything will be the same without Holly," Karen said. "I still feel like there is somebody out there who knows something, but isn't telling it. It may be something normal, something they have not previously realized would be important."

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You know as I was reading along I wondered why they never told that "tale" six months ago when it might have done some good.

The details in the above would have helped the investigation not hindered it.

So much for keeping everything "close to the vest".

Who in the heck could have taken Holly?

I still don't think somebody mysteriously appeared in the middle of the woods at her home and marched her into the woods.

Like the glove, it just doesn't fit!

I agree, Jeanne. I think whoever "took" her knew a lot about her and her family. Did he know when she would come out to go to school, know her parents would leave before, did he perhaps know her boyfriend was away and that he was a hunter, thus wearing the camo so even if spotted might be mistaken for boyfriend?

The Holly Bobo Story: Drew Scott and Karen's Ambiguous Comments
October 12, 2011 08:40 PM EDT

Holly Bobo vanished from her Darden, Tennessee home on April 13, 2011 and still hasn't been found. The 20-year-old missing nursing student would be 21 years old today, and her family doesn't have anything to celebrate.

The Jackson Sun finally released a full story with now more statements made by Karen Bobo and Clint Bobo. Clint Bobo is the last person to have seen Holly as she was allegedly led into the woods by a man in camouflage hunting gear. Their latest statements mention a young man far more than they ever have in this disappearance case.

Drew Scott is the boyfriend of 21-year-old Holly Bobo.

He's been lightly mentioned, but only in fleeting comments in the news stories, but online discussions frequently mention this young man. Is he of any interest to the case? Clint Bobo, being the last to see Holly before she mysteriously vanished, has been the young man in the spotlight since day one, to the point of Drew Scott being mistaken as him in photos of the missing nursing student. This has probably led to some of the confusion in the public understanding of this case—as if there is truly anything to really understand.

On April 17, 2011 the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation acknowledged that along with Clint Bobo, Drew Scott is considered a person of interest in the disappearance of Holly Bobo. As recently as August the TBI still says nobody is cleared of interest as far as the investigation goes. So it's probably safe to say that Drew Scott is included in this statement, since nothing official has been released stating otherwise. And is there a reason for this?

The latest story published gives more insight into what happened the morning Holly Bobo vanished from her rural home in Tennessee. This is the first time it was mentioned, as far as news sources go, that Drew Scott was among those involved with the family that morning. Drew Scott was turkey hunting that morning on Holly's grandmother's property, on the other side of Decatur County, Tennessee. The family says that before 7:30 that morning, Drew called because he was having trouble with one of Holly's family members, who did not recognize him and wasn't aware that he and his father were allowed to be hunting on their property.

The Jackson Sun describes what followed as a "flurry of phonecalls" regarding this confusion. Karen Bobo, Holly, and Drew Scott apparently had several phone calls among themselves. Why? Apparently, Clint Bobo wasn't aware of any of this.

Fast-forward the part of the story when Clint Bobo came outside to see what was going on with his sister. The new story says that he had a gun with him, so why is Holly Bobo gone? He said he spotted the blood and figured it was turkey blood, but it's already been reported that he wasn't aware of the issues the family had had that morning with Drew Scott. This whole thing just keeps twisting and twisting. It's confusing, so it's definitely no wonder that the TBI hasn't found this young woman yet. There is just way too much confusion.

Most recently, Karen Bobo interviewed with a writer for a christian-oriented publication. During this interview she made an ambiguous comment that makes one wonder if she believes her daughter is dead.

"When that day comes, it will be a miracle from God. That is the only way she's coming home," she said.

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DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. – Wednesday would have been Holly Bobo's 21st birthday. Family and friends have gathered for a service at her church in Darden still holding out hope that she might return home safely one day.

The community will also fast in a last resort hope that she will make it back to Decatur County.

Bobo was reportedly abducted from her Parsons home and dragged into nearby woods on April 13 by a man described as wearing camouflage. After months of searching the area, investigators still do not have any new leads in her disappearance

Thursday will also mark six months since her disappearance. Her middle school will be holding a balloon release in her honor.

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Abducted TN student Holly Bobo has been missing for six months
7:54 AM, Oct. 13, 2011 |

The abduction of a nursing school student from her home in west Tennessee drew more than a thousand volunteers to search for clues where she was last seen being led into the woods by a man in hunting camouflage.

Six months later, the family of Holly Bobo continues their own searches and investigators are still developing leads and working on the case daily. This week marked not only a half-year since Bobo was last seen on April 13 but also her 21st birthday on Wednesday.

Investigators said early in the search that whoever took Bobo must have been familiar with the rugged woodlands surrounding the family's home near Parsons, about 100 miles northeast of Memphis. Holly's brother, Clint Bobo, saw her being led into the woods by a man in hunting gear that morning but initially thought it was her boyfriend. He called authorities when he saw a small amount of blood outside the home.

In the weeks after she went missing, volunteers pushed through thickets and the governor offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. More than 850 tips have come in to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation on their 1-800-TBI-FIND hotline.

While they have been checking out every lead, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm said their investigation has stayed focused on the area around her home.

"They are still concentrating on the geographical area of Parsons and Darden and the people there," Helm said.

No additional physical ground searches were planned, Helm said.

"The best clues that we have is everything that was found and the eyewitness account from the crime," Helm said. "That's the best information we have to work off of."

Still the frustration level for everyone is high as no arrests have been made and no suspects announced.

Pastor Kevin Bromley at First Baptist Church in Parsons, who speaks on behalf of Bobo's family, said during this time the community is praying they can continue being strong.

Bobo's mother Karen left her job as a teacher to devote her time to spreading the word about her daughter's abduction and searching. Her father, Dana, and older brother, Clint, have gone back to work part-time, but they spend their days off traveling throughout the region and even into other states to hand out fliers, Bromley said.

Meanwhile, Bromley said the community has found other ways to help keep the spotlight on Bobo. They hold events regularly in her name, hang ribbons, wear T-shirts with her picture, and even sell a trucking decal with her photo.

"We are always trying to think of new ways to get her face out in the public," Bromley said.

That encouragement even six months later has helped the family continue their efforts to find her, Bromley said.

"It is a tremendous comfort that this family has all the support that they need," he said.

Bromley said the case is by no means cold and TBI and FBI agents are still speaking with the family and working in the area. If anyone has information that might help solve the mystery, the family strongly encourages them to contact the TBI through their hotline, Bromley said.

Mostly Bobo's family wants people to keep praying for her and her safety, the pastor said.

"Don't give up," he said. "We still have hope that she will return safely."
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Holly Bobo's family questions early handling of investigation
12:03 AM, Oct. 13, 2011

When Holly Bobo disappeared on the morning of April 13, the first Decatur County sheriff's deputy arrived at her family's home shortly after 8 a.m., about 10 minutes after Holly's brother, Clint, said he saw Holly walk into the woods with a man dressed in camouflage.

Today marks six months since Holly's abduction, and investigators remain tight-lipped about the case. Her family still clings to hope she will be found, but they have raised questions about how authorities initially handled the investigation.

The Bobo family said they are concerned as to why an immediate, comprehensive search was not done of the woods where Holly, then 20, was taken and that they believe a large portion of people who came onto their property that morning were a hindrance to the investigation. Other neighbors and searchers say a lack of organization seemed to complicate the investigation. Law enforcement officials deny this, despite multiple people describing what one searcher called "a mess."

Decatur County Sheriff Roy Wyatt said as soon as deputies arrived, they took a statement from Clint and began searching where Holly was last seen. No one caused a hindrance to the investigation, he said.

"After we received the call, three officers arrived on the scene," Wyatt said. "And as soon as they got the information, they went into the woods and searched."

Wyatt said the deputies came back out to maintain the crime scene and that people who had come onto the property were pushed to the front yard.

As friends of the Bobos, neighbors and others heard about what happened, they came to the Bobo home offering to go into the woods and try to find her.

Most of Decatur County's deputies were at the Bobo home. The department has a total of 12 deputies.

"A lot of people stuck their nose in law enforcement business that day, and too many people showed up there at one time," Wyatt said. "We were trying to keep people away as best as we could, but when you have a few hundred people showing up, it is hard to do."

Wyatt said the deputies had a hard time keeping people from going into the backyard, but that no one walked around the area where Holly was last seen.

But Clint said people walked all around the area where he last saw his sister and that this was one of his largest concerns.

"As I was writing my statement, I guess I kind of had a feeling that we might not get Holly back right away," Clint said. "So I was trying to preserve the crime scene and keep it from being disrupted because I knew the only thing we might have would be footprints, and I knew if someone stepped on them, then that's ruined.

"After I had stopped Mom and a few people and said, 'Don't walk up the trail and in the woods,' people started walking up there, so I just sat down in the car and continued writing my statement out," he said. "I wasn't going to be able to stop everyone who was coming up here from walking where they had been."

Holly's mother, Karen, said she and several others ran into the woods as soon as they arrived, before they were told to turn back.

Dana Bobo, Holly's father, said so many people walked around the house and close to the garage where a puddle of blood was that he took it upon himself to secure the area.

"I went to my truck and got some tape out and used our back lawn chairs and my flagging tape, which was pink, and I taped off the whole garage myself because there were so many people wandering around and walking wherever they wanted to look at stuff," Dana said. "I set up chairs, and I taped off both entrances to the garage myself."

Dana also said he begged law enforcement to put up roadblocks and to his knowledge the only road blocked off was Swan Johnson Road, where the Bobos live.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agent John Mehr said the information his agents recorded that morning did not lead him to believe people coming into the yard hindered the investigation.

"I don't believe that was the case," Mehr said. "We have to believe what was told to us by the initial responders, and the other thing is that we have a written record of what we saw and what we were told that morning. Other people may try to remember what happened or what they said, but we have a record of it. And I have no doubt the initial responders told us the truth."

Karen said that despite what some reports say, she was there that morning and knows what she saw.

Mehr said that any time a crowd forms it can cause a problem, but people were contained in the front yard and stayed by the road until they were later told to leave. He said a list was compiled of everyone who was in the back yard.

Wyatt said deputies did not want to enter the area or allow others to do so for fear that they would impair some evidence that might be found and because they were waiting on a search dog and trying to gather information leading them to go a certain direction.

There are two types of search dogs. A hot-trail dog is good for a trail that is about 15 minutes old. A cold-trail dog can pick up a scent over a longer period of time.

Although officials arrived quickly following the abduction, it was not determined that a dog would be needed until 15 minutes or more had passed from the time Holly was last seen. Dogs were brought in by the Highway Patrol.

Robert Middleton is a hunter who lives in Decatur County. He says he is familiar with the area and that he helped with the search when volunteers were allowed to assist law enforcement.

"It was so disorganized I got disgusted," Middleton said. "I've hunted all my life, and I can tell if someone has been in my deer stand two weeks before, but what happened in those woods was a mess. Volunteers were trying to help, but at the same time some of them didn't know what they were doing.

"You had people giving out water bottles and sandwiches in plastic bags to the volunteers, and the volunteers were throwing down the bags and bottles and other volunteers were asking if it was evidence," Middleton said. "With the people ripping through the woods on four-wheelers in the rain, you wouldn't be able to track anybody."

Middleton echoed the family's concerns about no more roadblocks being put up. He said that from Swan Johnson Road you could be on the interstate in 15 minutes and from there you could be in any of three states in about two and half hours.

Clint said the man he saw go into the woods with Holly was between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 pounds. Officials have said they think Holly's abductor was familiar with Decatur County, and that he had come from the woods.

"My wife has lived in Darden all her life, and she still gets turned around on those back roads," Middleton said. "To drive in and drive out, you would to know those back roads."

The roads surrounding the woods by the Bobo home are Swan Johnson Road, 5 Forks Road, Myracle Town Road and connecting roads.

The family mostly has remained quiet up about the investigation at the advice of the TBI and have been told very little, they said. Mehr said it is the policy of the TBI not to release information about an investigation until it has been solved. He also said no one is cleared as a suspect until the case is solved.

Investigators have said that whoever abducted Holly was in the area dressed in camouflage before 7:40 a.m. and left the woods after 7:55. Anyone driving on those roads early that morning around those times could be a suspect, authorities have said. Also, anyone known to have been turkey hunting in the area that morning could also be a suspect.

Holly is 5 foot 3 inches tall and weighs about 110 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink T-shirt and light blue jeans.

Mehr said people should turn any leads in directly to the TBI by calling (800) TBI-FIND.

"We encourage people not to buy in to what they see on these blogs that are circulating the Internet," Mehr said. "Many of these sites say they are sending information to the TBI, but we may never receive that information. Also, they print rumors that are misleading to people.

"There is a sizable reward for Holly, and many people in cases such as these use information they find online in an effort to create a story that will get them the reward money," he said.

The family says people have contacted them with false leads. Other officials have confirmed items that belonged to Holly have been found, such as her lunch bag and cell phone, but the TBI declines to confirm this information or if any other leads have furthered the investigation.

With little to go on, the family urges the public to think back to the morning of April 13, and to think of anyone they know who fits the description of the abductor or who might have been in the area that morning.

Wednesday was Holly's 21st birthday and her church, The Corinth Church in Darden, held a day of fasting and prayer for her release. Today, on the sixth-month anniversary of her abduction, students of Decatur County Middle School will release balloons at 2:15 p.m. in support of Holly and her family.

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Soaring To New Heights for Holly
by Cris Melton
10/20/11

Tuesday, October 13th marked not only the six month anniversary since the disappearance of Holly Bobo, but a day that would forever change the lives of those who live in Decatur County. The tragedy that befell the Bobo family was something that no one ever thought would happen in our rural, close knit community. That event, despite the senselessness and frustration at the lack of new information shared by everyone, did not rob our citizens of their compassion, faith or hope. Tuesday hundreds of Decatur County students gathered at the Decatur County Middle School to release a pink plume of balloons to the heavens. Attached were messages and prayers to bring Holly home as well as contact information for anyone with information as to her whereabouts.

In a few short weeks, Mrs. Sullivan’s Pie Company, which makes and distributes snack size pecan pies, will begin packaging 250,000 twin pie packs with Holly’s picture on them to be sold in nearly 7,000 Fred’s and Dollar General stores through the region in the hope that someone will recognize her and help bring her home safely. Until then, citizens continue to wear tee shirts, put decals on their vehicles, and decorate mailboxes with pink ribbons in support of the Bobo family and pray that Holly will return home safe to her family soon.

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Country Singer, Survivor Star Talks About Missing Cousin

2:01 p.m. CST, November 15, 2011
FAST FACTS:

* Country Star Whitney Duncan is making waves on the hit CBS Show Survivor
* She's also hoping her stint on the show will raise awareness about her missing cousin
* Holly Bobo was abducted from her Tennessee home seven months ago this week
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(Nashville, TN 11/15/2011) This week marks exactly seven months since a young Tennessee nursing student was abducted from the driveway of her home.

After weeks of searching, a national billboard campaign and hundreds of leads authorities still don't know what happened to Holly Bobo.

Family members, though, are not giving up hope.

One relatives is even using her star power to bring holly home.

"We have no idea about anything. We don't have any idea where she is. So, you just hope something you do will help in some sort of way," said Whitney Duncan.

At the age of 27 Whitney Duncan has already made her mark in the country music world.

She's released singles with a major label and this fall one her songs even made it on the soundtrack of the remake of Footloose.

Last month she was also introduced to a whole new audience as a contestant on the CBS hit show Survivor.

"No one would expect me to do be doing Survivor. I'm writing songs everyday. I'm in the studio. It's so different from my life.

While things are going well for her professionally, in her personal life the last several months have been more like a bad dream.

"We are still like we are going to get her back, this is just a misunderstanding. We'll get her back tomorrow. There is no way this is real," said Duncan.

Last April Duncan's cousin, 20 year old Holly Bobbo, was abducted from the driveway of her home in Darden.

It happened the very same day she got the call from Survivor.

"When I got the phone call I was like I don't care right now that's great. Any other day if you would have called me yesterday I would have been super excited, but today my life is insane,' said Duncan.

Duncan joined the hundreds of volunteers searching for her cousin.

When days turned into weeks and they still hadn't found holly she considered backing out of the show.

Her family talked her out of it.

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interview at above link I cannot embed.

I have been following this story since Holly went missing. I have seen people accuse Holly's brother, her parents and her boyfriend (or Xboyfriend - depends on what you read). They have all been criticized for their behavior and how they 'handle' the situation. Well, people don't act 'normal' when a love one is taken from them. I don't think any of them had anything to do with this case.

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While there are some flaws here...I do believe all of the cases mentioned are connected. Maybe not all of them...but most of them. Most of them are similar in appearance...and all went missing within a few months of each other.

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Paige Johnson - Missing since September 23, 2010

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Hailey Darlene Dunn - Missing since December 27, 2010

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Shelley Mook - Missing since February 28, 2011

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Holly Bobo - Missing since April 13, 2011

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Lauren Spierer - Missing since June 3, 2011

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Katelyn Markham - Missing since August 16, 2011

So it appears that the pictures do not want to show themselves. Click the links...you'll see what I am talking about.

I saw the recent report about all these disappearances being a possible connection, and that there may be a serial killer. Plausible, but so are some of the other theories.

I guess the fact that there are 'no traces' left of these women is what most bothers me. Why would there be no traces? Is this just the story being put out there to protect the investigations?

If it's true that there are no traces, it must mean that the killer(s) is/are skilled in whatever it is that's happening to the victims.