Holly Bobo - Tennessee

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Sex Offender Wanted for Questioning in Holly Bobo Disappearance Arrested
A fugitive sex offender wanted for questioning in connection to the disappearance of a 20-year-old Tennessee nursing student has been arrested in Minnesota, WMC-TV reports.

U.S. Marshals found 43-year-old Victor George Wall at his girlfriend's home in Duluth, Minn., according to a report on the station's website.

Wall, who was convicted of molesting a child in Washington State in 1988, was wanted for questioning in connection to the April disappearance of Holly Bobo, who was taken from her rural home in Parsons, Tenn. about 100 miles northeast of Memphis.

Bobo's brother, Clint, reported seeing his sister being led into the woods near their home on April 13 by a man dressed in camouflage.

Clint Bobo told investigators that he initially assumed Holly was with her boyfriend, but said he grew concerned after finding blood outside, prompting him to call 911.

Authorities confirmed that a small amount of blood was found in the family's carport. The woman's lunchbox was later discovered several miles away from the home.

Investigators have since checked all sex offenders in the area, including nearby Perry County, where Wall moved to four years ago, the station reports. But authorities could not track down Wall, so they issued a warrant for his arrest, according to local reports.

Officials have so far reported no connection between Wall and Bobo.

Holly, a nursing student at the University of Tennessee at Martin, is described as 5 foot 3 inches tall, weighing 110 pounds. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt and light blue jeans.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is being urged to call Tennessee law enforcement at 1-800-824-3463.
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Holly Bobo vanished from her home in Tennessee in April, and since then not much has surfaced in regards to leading investigators to her whereabouts. In the latest development in the case, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has helped in correcting some of the misunderstanding and myths.

It seems that some myths are circulating on the internet that have even been reported by mainstream news sources. The belief that the Bobo family has been cleared by the TBI is false. Kristin Helm stated specifically on the phone that nobody has been cleared in this case, and it is important in an investigation like this that authorities look at all possible scenarios. She did reveal one piece of information though, and that's that the investigation is focusing more outside of Holly's family.

"I can tell you that at present time our investigators are focusing their efforts outside of Holly's immediate family as they remain cooperative and helpful to the case," said Kristin Helm of the TBI.

This statement in and of itself speaks volumes about the investigative tactics of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Although Helm didn't say that Clint Bobo or anyone else in the family is a suspect, the TBI cannot clear them or anyone else until Holly Bobo is found.

It's easy to fall victim to gossip; even prolific bloggers and news commentary writers tied to big network names make mistakes from time to time. It's easy to believe everything you read online as well—especially when it's a mainstream news outlet making the mistake, you can unknowingly accept misconstrued facts as truth. The fact of the matter is, as Kristin Helm of the TBI pointed out, without any evidence or leads leading them to Holly, nothing and nobody can be ruled out. This is just standard procedure when it comes to investigating a case of this caliber.

It's also curious to point out how easy it was to obtain this information. The phone call only lasted a total of 3 minutes and 39 seconds—not even five minutes. Kristin Helm was very friendly and approachable and was more than willing to share the details of this case that are allowed to be discussed with media or public individuals. With it only taking around 3 minutes to obtain this important detail, why hasn't anyone else done this lately?

Perhaps as time goes on, another call will be made to Kristin to get some information for those who need to know the facts and not online mistakes and rumors. It's important to remain diligent in finding the facts about this missing persons case, because a young woman's life is at stake, unless she has already passed on; in which case, justice is the utmost priority after she is found.

In addition to the latest with the missing nursing student's case, some corrections need to be made. It was previously reported that Victor George Wall, the sex offender apprehended in relation to this case, isn't a violent offender. Things have apparently changed since his status on the Tennessee sex offender registry now has him listed as a violent offender. It's not entirely certain whether he's always been referred to as violent or not, but the registry is definitely stating that he is.

Investigators have publicly stated several times that they haven't found any evidence linking Victor George Wall to Holly Bobo, and they don't feel that he is connected; however, he is being questioned. No further details have been released.
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THIS is the reason that these cases aren't solved. There is no info forthcoming from Law Enforcement. They seem to keep the same darn tunnel vision going year after year, they won't release information that the public could use to help them with these cases. Daily I pray for change, and yet change never seems to come.

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Body Found Near Parsons; Is It Holly Bobo?

It's being reported that a body was found after a search near Parsons, Tennessee, over this weekend. This update comes after it was revealed that investigators and cadaver dogs were searching the area near Bible Hill Road. This region doesn't have very many missing persons cases, and the ones that are from the area are probably why officials are keeping mum on this recent search and discovery. In fact, they don't want the media involved at all, but there is no gag order.

Could the human remains found this weekend belong to missing Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo? The then-20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted from her property in Darden on April 13, 2011. If there is a chance that the body is hers, then it would probably take some time for the remains to be identified through forensics.

The other case that comes to mind is the disappearance of Kristie Baugus Moon—who vanished in 1999 from Parsons, Tennessee. It's unlikely that these remains belong to this missing woman as it's been rumored for years that the only suspect in her disappearance allegedly fed her to hogs and then ended up getting shot by police in an unrelated crime later.

Apparently a national missing persons organization took part in this weekend's search and discovery, so it would be interesting to know who and what dog found these remains. These trainers and their working pets go through a lot of emotional and physical turmoil to bring missing people home for proper burials, so they deserve a lot of kudos.

If the body belongs to Holly Bobo, then the next step in the case is to find out who did this to her and why. If this is someone else, it would be interesting to find out why another missing person hasn't been reported out of Parsons lately.
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Feb 26, 2012 21:53:01 GMT -5 LadyBlue said:

Body Found Near Parsons; Is It Holly Bobo?

It's being reported that a body was found after a search near Parsons, Tennessee, over this weekend. This update comes after it was revealed that investigators and cadaver dogs were searching the area near Bible Hill Road. This region doesn't have very many missing persons cases, and the ones that are from the area are probably why officials are keeping mum on this recent search and discovery. In fact, they don't want the media involved at all, but there is no gag order.

Could the human remains found this weekend belong to missing Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo? The then-20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted from her property in Darden on April 13, 2011. If there is a chance that the body is hers, then it would probably take some time for the remains to be identified through forensics.

The other case that comes to mind is the disappearance of Kristie Baugus Moon—who vanished in 1999 from Parsons, Tennessee. It's unlikely that these remains belong to this missing woman as it's been rumored for years that the only suspect in her disappearance allegedly fed her to hogs and then ended up getting shot by police in an unrelated crime later.

Apparently a national missing persons organization took part in this weekend's search and discovery, so it would be interesting to know who and what dog found these remains. These trainers and their working pets go through a lot of emotional and physical turmoil to bring missing people home for proper burials, so they deserve a lot of kudos.

If the body belongs to Holly Bobo, then the next step in the case is to find out who did this to her and why. If this is someone else, it would be interesting to find out why another missing person hasn't been reported out of Parsons lately.
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Apparently this was not Holly.

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Volunteers comb Holliday area for Holly Bobo, evidence
Aug 11, 2012

A group of about 30 volunteers searched in the Holliday area for missing Decatur County nursing student Holly Bobo on Saturday.

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a man dressed in camouflage led Bobo, who was 20 at the time, into the woods behind her Darden home on April 13, 2011.

The search group, organized by Southeast K9 Search and Rescue, looked for evidence of Bobo on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“Anything that would have been Holly’s,” said Southeast K9 Search and Rescue Director of Operations Chris Williams, “any kind of clothing, anything that would be in a purse, school books, anything like that that we could find, anything out of place.”

Though Saturday’s search found no additional evidence, Williams said it was beneficial.

“It’s not that we didn’t find anything,” he said. “It’s that we got this much more area covered that hadn’t been covered.”

Williams said it was important to cover more ground in the search.

“We’re never going to find her sitting at home,” Williams said. “We’ve got to be out here, working these areas, getting this stuff done. If we’re not doing it, then nobody is.”

The organization has helped the Bobo family search for nearly the duration of her almost 16-month disappearance. Recently the organization began asking for volunteers, with a goal of 200 searchers.

Dana Bobo, father of Holly, said searches have taken place every two weekends on Saturdays and Sundays. Volunteers planned to search from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, as well as on Aug. 25 and Aug. 26.

“And we’re all for that, as long as we’ve got people still wanting to come out and help,” Dana Bobo said. “It doesn’t matter if we get two people or 202 people, we’ll take whatever we can get, and we’ll go search.”

The organization expected about 50 to 60 people to participate in today’s search.

People interested in helping search for Holly Bobo can sign up at www.southeastk9sar.org. The organization will only accept those who pre-register for privacy reasons.
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Holly Bobo's brother tells his side of the story for the first time

Clint Bobo is the only witness to his sister's abduction from her family's Parsons, TN, home in Decatur County on April 13, 2011.

He has been interrogated for more than 17 hours, strip searched, polygraphed and even hypnotized to find out exactly what he knows and remembers. He also turned over his hard drive and cell phone, yet some outsiders still think he had something to do with the crime.

Clint Bobo said he never felt hated until his sister was abducted. He had never been called a criminal, much less a killer, until his sister disappeared.

But ever since Holly Bobo went missing, Clint Bobo has received death threats and has been accused of planning or actually killing his sister Holly Bobo.

"They're warped. In my mind, they're warped," said Karen Bobo, about those who accuse her son of involvement.

Remarkably, it is Clint Bobo's role as an eyewitness that made him a suspect. Sound asleep that April day, Clint Bobo woke up to the sound of his dog barking then heard voices.

"I slightly raised the blinds and looked out this window and saw Holly," Clint Bobo said. "It appeared to be Holly kneeling down and [Holly's boyfriend] Drew. They looked like they were kneeled down, facing each other in the garage, and they were talking back and forth. Holly sounded very upset and heated. He was doing much of the talking, and she would answer back and things like that. I couldn't make out hardly any of the words. The only words I could make out from here were Holly saying, 'No, why?'"

Clint Bobo said he figured Holly and her boyfriend Drew were breaking up.

At this time, Karen Bobo called home after she heard from a neighbor that there was a scream.

It's important to note that Clint Bobo didn't hear that scream, and Karen Bobo didn't tell her son there was a scream.

They were not on the same page.

"I said, 'Clint, that's not Drew. Get a gun and shoot him.' And I remember him saying, 'You want me to shoot Drew?' So I hung the phone up again, and I think at that point I fell on the floor," Karen Bobo said.

Clint Bobo knew that Holly's boyfriend Drew was turkey hunting that morning, so he thought it was obviously Drew he saw wearing camouflage and talking with his sister. He said it appeared to be a serious conversation and maybe even a break-up talk.

"And I don't want to call 911 and say, 'My sister and her boyfriend are breaking up,'" Clint Bobo said.

So, Clint Bobo didn't act, but went to check again. This time, he saw Holly walking into the woods with the man in camouflage.

"The only thing I could see was his right arm, which was hanging down," Clint Bobo said. "I saw them up to about where those two trees are, and from that point I never saw them again."

Then, police started arriving. Karen Bobo came home and neighbors arrived. Everyone was talking about what happened, but no one had started searching yet.

"It seems like it was well over two hours at least before anyone went into the woods. They waited on search dogs to get here and a helicopter," said family friend Terri Brumley.

"I was begging them to put out road blocks," said Karen Bobo. "The bond that Holly and I had - I knew that something was completely, absolutely wrong, but I just couldn't make anybody understand that."

Instead, people milled around and totally destroyed a crime scene.

"There were four-wheelers in the backyard, horses, helicopters. There were a lot of people, and they were all out there looking," Wysocki said.

The Without Warning team believes investigators could have picked up critical information, including the abductor's shoe size or even blood and DNA had everybody not trampled through that crime scene.

When police realized they had an abduction, they released to the media that a man dressed in camouflage dragged Holly Bobo into the woods.

"I think the media picked up that it was a 'drag' because it came from law enforcement, versus directly from Clint," Wysocki said.

"He's a good guy, and - I think - an honest guy, and I think he got thrown under the bus," said Mike, a Nashville cyberspecialist and member of Wysocki's team.

Everyone wondered how Holly Bobo's own brother could just stand by and watch that. Well, it's because it didn't happen.

Holly Bobo walked into the woods with the man in camouflage who Clint Bobo was sure was Drew, who was hunting that morning.

"He didn't want to stick his nose in his sister's business, and especially her boyfriend, being his best friend for a time," said former LAPD Detective Lou Leiker.
www.kait8.com/story/22123465/holly-bobos-brother-tells-his-side-of-the-story

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Holly Bobo's abductor traced on winding, deliberate path

"We believe he may have had a gun or knife, and they continued up this path. On the other side of these woods there is a logging road where you can easily park a vehicle. The dogs, we know, pursued and then stopped. Why would they stop right there? Because the odds are she got into a vehicle," said Mike, a Nashville cyberspecialist and member of Wysocki's team, Without Warning.

Bobo's abductor forgot to turn off her cell phone, so with the help of GPS tracking, the location of Bobo's phone - inside her purse - can be plotted on a map that traces a path through Parsons and through rural Decatur and Henderson counties.

"It sure seems to me you would have to know the area to get through the woods like this," said former LAPD Detective Lou Leiker. "One turn is the same as the next."

The path appears winding but deliberate. There are no turnarounds, and the abductor even stops at a remote cemetery for about 15 minutes, according to cell phone records.

"You'd have to know the roads not traveled. I believe you would have to know the community," Wysocki said.

Then, as if the abduction route needed any more credibility, there were genuine clues found all along the route: a lunch box here, a notebook there, and a receipt near Interstate 40.

Most surprising of all is the map shows the abductor appeared to head back toward the area near Bobo's home.

"One of the things we talk about a lot is that a lot of times the abductor may be in the first search party," Mike said.

What does it all mean? Wysocki's team believes all evidence points to a local abductor who appears to have been driving around the back roads with or without Bobo for at least an hour.

The abductor likely knew the family's regular schedule and had been watching Bobo, waiting for when she was about to leave for class.

"Knowing the schedule of a family, probably watching or stalking her. They grabbed her, put her in the vehicle and took her on backroads. To me, that's the local theory," Wysocki said.

But just because the person was local does not mean Bobo was killed and hidden in Parsons. In fact, there is a very strong theory that she was abducted and, of all things, sold into slavery.

"Originally when we looked at the map, we thought they were heading to the interstate to do a pass-off, potentially, for sex trafficking," Wysocki said.

The investigators say Memphis is a big hub in sex trafficking, and that theory is a strong and disturbing possibility.
www.kait8.com/story/22135557/holly-bobos-abductor-traced-on-winding-deliberate-path

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PARSONS, TN (WSMV) -- Two years have passed since nursing student Holly Bobo vanished into the woods, and there are now new developments, clues and evidence in the search to bring her home.

Something about the Holly Bobo case, for many, just hurts. How can a beautiful, simple, small-town country girl with no real problems or big issues and studying to become a nurse just disappear without a trace?

Holly Bobo vanished from her family's Parsons, TN, home in Decatur County on April 13, 2011, and in a video clip she is seen singing at a coon hunt just one week before her abduction. What may have seemed like a day of harmless family fun was hardly that at all.

It turns out there were no fewer than 21 sex offenders in attendance that day - a startling number discovered by the group Without Warning: Fight Back, which includes an elite collection of detectives from across the country led by Brentwood mom Sheila Wysocki.

Wysocki received national attention for obtaining a private investigator license and solving her college roommate's murder 20 years after the crime, and she now runs Without Warning: Fight Back with the goal of preventing assaults through self-defense and education.

Another mom heard Wysocki's story and then called her. That mom was Holly's mother, Karen Bobo.

Wysocki has now brought together the full resources of her not-profit group to help the Bobos and find out, once and for all, what happened that April day two years ago.

"The first time that I met Sheila, I just instantly liked her. We just clicked," Karen Bobo said. "I just feel like somehow, some way, Sheila and her team are going to help us."

The two mothers have something else in common. Although Karen Bobo is not a detective, she is a fiercely devoted mother who had a powerful bond with her daughter.

And she relentlessly pursues her daughter even though she doesn't know where to look.

"I feel like we've tried to do everything, but it hasn't mattered and in two years we still don't have Holly and we still don't have answers," Karen Bobo said.
www.wrcbtv.com/story/22144057/holly-bobo-new-clues-new-detectives

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Friends and family of Holly Bobo, last seen in 2011, waited three years for news. Their worst fears have now been confirmed.

A man has been indicted on charges of kidnapping and murder in the case of the Tennessee woman, authorities announced Wednesday.

Zachary Adams, 29, is being held without bond.

A Decatur County grand jury handed down a two-count indictment of especially aggravated kidnapping and first-degree murder.

"As this investigation continues, we are still asking for the public's help and support to help us continue to seek out justice regarding the disappearance of Holly Bobo," Mark Gwyn, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told reporters.

Because the investigation is ongoing, Gwyn declined to comment on whether any human remains have been found.

Bobo, a nursing student, was last seen in April 2011. She was 20 years old.

Her brother told authorities he saw a man in camouflage leading her away from their home in the small town of Darden.

The Bobo case rocked the largely rural swath of central Tennessee, from those who knew the young woman to others who rallied behind the effort to find her.

Hundreds of volunteers -- some on horseback and foot, others on all-terrain vehicles -- turned out to hunt for clues in Decatur, Henderson, Henry, Carroll and Benton counties. Many more attended memorial services or offered supportive thoughts online via groups on Facebook.

The TBI and local and federal authorities have spent hundreds of manpower hours on the case, Gwyn said. More than $450,000 has been offered in reward money.

Adams, who is being held at the Chester County jail, is set to appear in court on Tuesday. Prosecutors are evaluating whether they will seek the death penalty.

"Obviously, they're devastated," Gwyn said of the Bobo family.

"They've been devastated for three years. But, hopefully, this is the beginning of closure for the Bobo family, and they deserve that."
www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/us/tennessee-holly-bobo/

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Holly Bobo's mom taught daughter's alleged killer

Authorities have not shed much light on how they connected Zachary Adams to the kidnapping and murder of long-missing Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo, but a new report suggests that the families may have crossed paths years ago.

According to CBS affiliate WTVF, Adams' mother claims that Bobo's mother, Karen, was her son's elementary school teacher.

The 29-year-old Adams was charged Wednesday with especially aggravated kidnapping and first-degree felony murder. He is being held at the Chester County Jail without bond.

Adams was initially arrested on Feb. 28 on an unrelated assault charge as his home was searched in connection with the Bobo case. In the unrelated case he is accused of holding a gun to a woman's head at his home on Feb. 6 and threatening to "gut" her with a knife, reports WTVF.

The Decatur County Board of Education declined to comment on whether Karen Bobo ever had Adams as a student, but did confirm that Bobo taught in Decatur County, where Adams grew up.

According to a woman who answered the phone at Scotts Hill Elementary School in Scotts Hill, Tenn., Karen Bobo has been employed there for 27 years.

According to WTVF, Cindy Adams said her son Zachary and Holly Bobo, who was 20 years old when she disappeared, did not run in the same circles.

Following her son's arrest Friday in the unrelated case, Cindy Adams told Fox affiliate WZTV her son is "one of the sweetest people" but "got mixed up with drugs at an early age." She also told the station her other son, Dylan, has been behind bars since July and that authorities had questioned him in connection with the Bobo investigation following Zachary's arrest.

Investigators would not comment on what led to the charges against Adams, but at least two vehicles were reportedly towed away from his property last week and a cadaver dog was brought in to aid in the search. Officials would not say whether Bobo's body has been located.

Adams' property in Decatur County is about 15 miles from Bobo's home.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn said Wednesday in announcing the charges against Zachary Adams that the investigation is ongoing and officials have not ruled out other arrests and indictments. Gwyn asked anyone with information in the case to come forward.

District Attorney General Hansel McCadams said the case against Adams is being evaluated as a death penalty-eligible case.
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Suspect in Holly Bobo case shot his mother in 2004

A day after law enforcement charged Zachary Rye Adams with kidnapping and killing Holly Bobo, a violent picture of the convicted felon is emerging.

At 29, Adams’ has a lengthy criminal history, including shooting his mother in the knee 10 years ago.

More: Holly Bobo's community stunned by murder charge

An order of protection filed by Zachary’s mother and stepfather called him a “danger to us and the community.”

“We are in fear of our lives,” the 2004 order said.

Adams pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. He was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in jail, which was suspended except for six months which he was allowed to serve in a rehabilitation progam.

A year later, in 2005, Adams threatened to shoot his grandparents Dick and Becky Adams with a shotgun, an affidavit said.

Court records indicate Adams was arrested twice last week. The first came on Feb. 26, when deputies in Benton County nabbed Adams on a meth possession charge.

Then on Feb. 28, while state and federal investigators were scouring his Holladay, Tenn., property for evidence in the Bobo case, the TBI arrested Adams on an unrelated assault charge.

The Decatur County grand jury on Wednesday indicted Adams on charges of especially aggravated kidnapping and first-degree felony murder of Bobo.
www.tennessean.com/article/20140306/NEWS03/303060115/Records-Suspect-Holly-Bobo-case-shot-his-mother-2004

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Today I'll be clearing up some cases that have come to a close, sadly not at all the way I would have liked.

Missing nursing student Holly Bobo's remains found in Tennessee

After three years of searching, the remains of Holly Bobo have been found in Tennessee.

The 20-year-old nursing student was last seen alive in 2011. Hundreds of volunteers turned out to search for her, and her case yielded more than $450,000 in reward money offered.

Bobo's remains were found Sunday in Decatur County, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Monday night.

CNN affiliate WREG reported that hunters had found a human skull.

District Attorney Matt Stowe said he is "ready, willing and able to seek the death penalty in this case."

Two men have been charged in connection with Bobo's death: Jason Wayne Autry and Zachary Adams. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Bobo's brother has told authorities he saw a man in camouflage leading Bobo away from their home in the town of Darden in April 2011. Volunteers from at least five counties searched for the student, but to no avail.
www.cnn.com/2014/09/08/us/tennessee-holly-bobo-case/

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