Holly Bobo, 20, Abducted 4/13/11, Darden, TN

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Search Warrant Issued Against Man Hampering Bobo Case

Story posted 2012.01.06 at 05:05 PM CST

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- There is new information tonight in the Holly Bobo missing person case. The Ohio Bureau of Investigation issued a search warrant to search a man's home near Youngstown, Ohio.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that a group called Tactical Search and Rescue has been spreading misinformation about the case and trying to get people to call them instead of police with leads.

The Tactical Search and Rescue website is run by Tony Calabrese, a man who they say has been interfering in the Bobo case.

Police say they searched Calabrese's home on Friday. Calabrese has not been arrested.

There is an $80,000 reward for information in the case.

Holly Bobo, the 20-year-old nursing student, vanished from her family's home last April. Her brother says he saw her walking into the woods with a man dressed in camouflage. Volunteers searched for weeks, but she has not been found.

Past Stories Dec 31. Community Gathers New Year's Eve to Remember Holly Bobo Oct. 12 Service Held On Holly Bobo's 21st Birthday Aug. 13: Benefit for Holly Bobo's Family Held at Hard Rock Aug. 9: Holly Bobo Family Opens Up On OpenLine Aug. 1: Paragliders Join Search For Holly Bobo July 12: Truck, Car Decals Hope To Raise Awareness Of Holly Bobo June 25: More Than 100 Bikers Ride for Holly Bobo June 24: Motorcycle Ride Held Saturday For Holly Bobo June 23: Family Of Holly Bobo Speaks Out June 13: Monday Marks 2 Months Since Holly Bobo Disappearance May 27: Holly Bobo's Hometown Always Hopeful May 20: Prayer Walk For Holly Bobo Planned For Saturday May 13: Holly Bobo Still Missing One Month Later May 11: Still No Sign Of Holly Bobo Four Weeks Later May 5: Community Prays For Holly Bobo's Return On Day Of Prayer May 4: Wednesday Marks 3 Weeks Since Holly Bobo Disappeared May 3: Missing Student's Family Wants Property Searches April 24: Holly Bobo Search Volunteers Answer Call For Help On Easter Sunday April 21: Attempted Abduction Could Be Related To Holly Bobo Case April 20: Vigil Held To Mark 1-Week Since Holly Bobo's Disappearance April 19: Day 7 Of Search For Holly Bobo In Decatur County April 18: $75,000 Reward Offered In Search For Holly Bobo April 17: Volunteers Gather for Missing Woman Search April 16: Family, Friends Continue Search for Missing Woman April 15: Lunchbox Of Missing Woman Found In Decatur County April 14: Family Pleads For Help Finding Missing Decatur Co. Woman April 13: Authorities: 20-Year-Old Woman May Have Been Abducted.

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Ohio man accused of interfering in Holly Bobo case, nursing student missing since April

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated: January 09, 2012 - 12:12 pm

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Law enforcement agents have searched the home of an Ohio man they accuse of interfering with the investigation into the disappearance of West Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo.

On Wednesday, officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation seized a computer and other belongings from the East Liverpool home of Tony Calabrese and questioned the man and his roommate.

A spokeswoman with TBI told WSMV-TV that Calabrese is not a suspect in the disappearance (http://bit.ly/yaGIXx). Rather, he is accused of hindering the investigation by soliciting leads and portraying himself as the leader of a search and rescue team.

Bobo was last seen on April 13, walking into the woods near her Darden home with a man dressed in camouflage.

Calabrese has set up a website featuring photos of Bobo and soliciting leads, claiming to pass them on to law enforcement.

But the TBI said Calabrese is drawing attention away from their investigation.

Calabrese told the station he believes law enforcement is angry with him because he found information and passed it on to Gov. Bill Haslam. He would not elaborate on what type of information he found.

He said he has not come to Tennessee to help with the search, but he claims to have dispatched others. He also said he has never run a search and rescue team before.

Asked whether he planned to stop the actions the TBI considers to be interfering with their investigation, Calabrese said, "I told Karen Bobo I would do anything I could, like anybody else, trying to find her daughter to bring that girl home."

Karen Bobo told the station she had no comment.

Calabrese said he has been clear that his search team is not involved with law enforcement, but Rose Kopp, a psychic from Hawaii, said she was misled when Calabrese called her two months ago asking for help.

Kopp said Calabrese told her he was with a tactical search and rescue team, but during a subsequent call he sounded nervous.

"I sensed a kind of panic or anxiety in his voice, and he said that the TBI had contacted him and told him not to go to Tennessee, to stay out of the investigation, and I said, in that case, I'm out," Kopp said. "He misled me, by telling me he was on this tactical team."

Michelle Crosslin and Jane Tatum said they have been contacted by Calabrese, through the Facebook pages they set up to help find Bobo.

"He has interfered from day one. It's time he stopped. He needs to be stopped," Crosslin said.

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Last year I was reading on a crime forensic website their I was lead to a discussion group it was different "psychics" were working on acase sharing information, dreams, and visions.

I remember a specific "searcher" wanting to be in the middle of everything having to do with the case, others conducting the searches questioned the motives of this man as he seemed to throw off searchers sending them in different locations.

I wonder if its this case I know it was a missing young lady, and I am pretty sure its this case, its been awhile since I read that discussion that was happening, but I found it odd how he wanted to be so involved, and it seemed to me by reading what others were posting he wasn't not helping the case at all...

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East Liverpool man's involvement in case of .. Feb 10, 2012 11:24 PM EST

COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Ohio - A Columbiana County man's home is raided after what some are calling an unhealthy interest in the case of a missing Tennessee nursing student.

It has been nearly 10-months since 20-year-old nursing student Holly Bobo disappeared. She was last seen in April walking into the woods near her home with a man in camouflage.

The missing woman's mother, Karen Bobo, made a plea to the public asking for help in finding her daughter, and hundreds of people responded to her cries for help searching the wooded area along with police.

Thousands of miles from Tennessee, here in the Mahoning Valley, a laid-off home builder with no connection to Holly Bobo also wanted to help.

Tony Calabrese of East Liverpool set up a website that featured photos of the missing young woman and solicited leads, saying he would pass the information on to investigators.

Calabrese says, "I'm just your average normal guy that got intrigued by a case." Calabrese says he specifically organized a tactical search and rescue team to assist in the case, but the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation tells 21 News the search team does not exist.

The East Liverpool man says by soliciting information on the case he received what he perceives as a confession from the man who possibly abducted Holly.

He doesn't want to provide any further information to reporters on that person saying he doesn't want to jeopardize the case.

But he tells 21 News when he forwarded the information to the Tennessee governor, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, that's also referred to as TBI, felt threatened.

Calabrese says TBI accused him of interfering in the Holly Bobo case.

Tennessee authorities subsequently raided his East Liverpool home in January confiscating computers and other items. According to Calabrese, "It has literally ruined my life. I have literally been harassed online because of it."

Internet posts on websites make it clear some members of the community where Holly Bobo lives are also not interested in the Ohio man's help on the case. One person referred to Calabrese as a "scary person." Another person wrote, "I don't believe anything that man says."

When asked if he has an unhealthy interest in the case, Calabrese admits that normally he would agree with that. However, he says if Tennessee investigators check the facts they would see that his own children were kidnapped in 1999 and that's a major reason he has an interest in the case.

Calabrese's children were found with family members unharmed, no charges were ever filed.

As for Holly Bobo's case, Kristin Helm with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says, "Anytime there is a lot of reward money at stake in a high profile case it is not unusual for people to try and monopolize on the money trying to ‘help.' Instead it can create rumor and speculation and not result in the evidence and facts needed by law enforcement to solve a case."

In this case the state has put up a $85,000 reward, and just recently an anonymous donation came in raising the reward to $250,000.

The TBI goes on to tell 21 News that Calabrese is not a suspect in Holly's disappearance, but the TBI does believe he obstructed it's investigation and a case on Calabrese is open and ongoing as the evidence from his home is analyzed.

Calabrese says he just wants to help a mother find her missing daughter and he does not accept donations or rewards for any help that is offered.

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Sheriff: evidence found in Holly Bobo disappearance

DECATUR COUNTY, TN (WMC-TV) –

Reinforcements have been called in to search for Holly Bobo. Investigators on horseback spent the weekend looking for the missing Mid-South nursing student.

The search happened over a three day period over the weekend with help from a sheriff in Alabama. His mounted unit was part of what neighbors said was a very large search.

The renewed search for Bobo, who's been missing since April, happened over the weekend in Decatur County, not too far from Holly Bobo's home in Darden.

People who work at Dottie's Convenience store say there were at least 100 people searching and many of them were on horseback.

"We was asking if they were here searching and they said they couldn't disclose that information and stuff and they wouldn't really tell us much," said Kayla Hatley, a clerk at the store.

However, Hatley said one person finally did confirm that the search was for Holly Bobo.

"One mounted unit came from DeKalb County, AL, and the sheriff wrote a news release saying that they discovered "significant articles of evidence."

The sheriff wouldn't say what those items were and neither would the TBI.

The TBI was working in conjunction with the searchers, but said it was just a routine search. People who saw the search say it covered a large area from Yellow Springs to Bible Hill and many people said it didn't seem Iike a routine search.

Investigators conducted a massive search for weeks when Bobo went missing. There is a $250,000 reward for information leading to her discovery.

A TBI spokesperson played down the importance of the weekend search.

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Officials with TBI say no new evidence was discovered in Bobo case

12:31 PM, Feb. 28, 2012

Local officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said a search in Decatur County this weekend did not lead to new evidence in the case of missing student Holly Bobo.

Special Agent in Charge John Mehr also said the news of a body found in Decatur County this weekend was untrue.

He said Sheriff Jimmy Harris in DeKalb County, Ala. sent out incorrect information in a press release about evidence being found by his mounted search team and he was supposed to send out a correction today.

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TBI Gets High Number Of Psychic Tips In Holly Bobo Case

Story posted 2012.02.29 at 02:40 PM CST

PARSONS, Tenn. - Holly Bobo vanished last April supposedly after she was led into the woods behind her home in Decatur County.

Many have been involved in the search to bring the missing nursing student home, including many psychics.

For more than 10 months now, they have searched for Holly Bobo.

Yet, as the one-year anniversary of her disappearance draws nearer, the pink ribbons still line the streets of Parsons, right next to the missing posters with her smiling face.

Long-time family friend Tammy White says, "We just want her back."

And while it's understandable that those who know and love Holly are focused on finding her, interestingly, we found, many psychics have also been caught up in the search.

The TBI's Kristin Helm told NewsChannel5 Investigates, "We've received psychic leads from all across the country and even from out of the country, from as far away as Belgium or Hungary."

Helm says the TBI has gotten more than 150 tips from psychics or people who have consulted with them. Many more than most cases.

"They call and say, 'I know where she's at,'" Tammy White shared with NewsChannel5 Investigates.

White says the Bobos themselves regularly hear from psychics who claim to know what happened.

"They get excited because they think, 'Well, maybe this will be the tip that I need to find Holly.'"

Holly's case, we also found, has generated a lot of interest on websites like PsychicCrimefighter.com where people who claim to have psychic powers share their visions of Holly and theories about her disappearance.

NewsChannel5 Investigates asked the TBI's Helm, "So all of these psychics have tried to help. Have any of their tips panned out?"

Helm's response, "No one."

Helm makes it clear the TBI does not work with psychics, but agents do end up spending a lot of time checking out leads from them, leads, she says, that don't give investigators much to work with.

"They're very cryptic. They're full of visions, dreams, thoughts, strange places. And, it's always very vague," Helm says.

Nashville psychic Wendy Higheagle did not call in a tip to the TBI. But, someone who asked for her read on the Bobo case did. And, when NewsChannel5 Investigates handed Higheagle Holly's picture, she said it all suddenly came back to her.

"She got sold into human trafficking. That's what it was," Higheagle recalled.

Higheagle says she gets her information from tarot cards and claims her readings are 97% accurate. She then offered to see what her cards said about Holly. But the information she shared with NewsChannel5 Investigates was probably not what investigators would consider very useful.

After she spread her cards on the table in front of her, she pointed to one card, "This is the world card. Usually when you get this card, it means the person has been taken out of the country."

Later, when asked why many psychics such as herself couldn't provide any specifics, she explained, "I have to tell you, in 20 years, I've only met three that could tell me anything accurate or useful. And the others, I'm sure, they're nice people. But, I really don't think they're genuine psychics."

Bobo family friend Tammy White says, "There's not been anything that a psychic's given them that's panned out."

White says the psychic leads have been nothing but wild goose chases and more heartache for the family.

"It just really takes your attention off the main focus which is finding Holly."

NewsChannel5 Investigates asked the TBI spokeswoman, "What are they after?" Helm responded, "Money usually.

A lot of times they'll want law enforcement to fly them into the area so they can help.

They'll want to charge people in the community or charge the victim's family for their services."

NewsChannel5 Investigates asked Tammy White, "Do you believe Holly will come home?"

"I do," she replied.

"Do you think a psychic will help bring her home?"

"No," she said emphatically. "It'll be our God." White says Holly's family has stopped taking calls from psychics, but they still keep hoping someone with real information will make the call that finally brings Holly home.

She adds, "Her being out there and not knowing where she's at, it's really hard.

And we just don't want people to forget til she gets home."

The TBI really can't do much with the tips they get from visions and dreams.

But they are still very interested in getting any credible, factual information that any one has that will lead to either evidence in the case or, of course, Holly herself.

The family just had flyers printed up with pictures of Holly, the reward amount which just recently was increased to 250-thousand dollars.

And, the number to call if you have information.

That's 1-800-TBI-FIND. E-mail: jkraus@newschannel5.com

On Facebook: Become a NC5 Investigates fan: facebook.com/nc5investigates

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Holly Bobo's Family Keeps Her Memory Alive

Story posted 2012.04.07

DEACATURVILLE, Tenn .- This coming Friday it will be one year since nursing student Holly Bobo disappeared from her home in Decatur County.

This week, her family, friends and supporters will hold events in her honor.

Saturday, a motorcycle ride for St. Jude's and some of the bikes sported pink ribbons for Holly. On Friday the TBI will be at an assembly at Riverside High School. There will also be a special service at Corinth Baptist Church.

The young nursing student was last seen by her brother on the morning of April 13th being led into the woods behind the family's home by a man wearing camouflage. Since then, the TBI has gotten more than a thousand leads, but nothing has panned out.

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Holly Bobo Missing: Case still open as nursing student's disappearance hits one-year mark

April 13, 2012

PARSONS, Tenn. - West Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo has been missing for a year, but police say they continue to get information on the case almost daily.

Bobo disappeared on April 12, 2011 from her rural home in Parsons. Her brother said he saw her being led into the woods by a man in hunting gear. The reward fund for information has grown to $250,000. The Jackson Sun reported District Attorney Hansel McCadams said not all of the information being received by the FBI amounts to new leads in the disappearance.

Corinth Baptist Church pastor Don Franks speaks for the Bobo family. He says the community is as determined as ever to find the missing woman, who would now be 21-years-old.

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Holly Bobo disappeared 1 year ago

PARSONS, TENN. —West Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo has been missing for a year and police say they still get information on the case almost daily.

It was on April 13, 2011, that the 20-year-old woman disappeared from her rural home in Parsons. Her brother said he saw her being led into the woods by a man in hunting gear.

The reward fund for information has grown to $250,000.

The Jackson Sun reports that District Attorney Hansel McCadams said not all of the information received by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation amounts to new leads in the disappearance, but they are working on the case every day.

“Holly’s investigation is still ongoing,” he said. “As long as investigators receive new information a case stays open, and the TBI receives new information on the case almost daily.”

Corinth Baptist Church pastor Don Franks continues to raise publicity for the young woman who used to sing in his church in Darden.

“We are as determined as ever to find Holly,” he said. “Every day we work on trying to locate the new pieces of information we need.”

Church members have distributed flyers about the case written in Spanish during mission trips to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and other countries. Commercial truck drivers have carried Bobo’s picture all across the United States. Cards with similar pictures sit beside convenience store cash registers across Tennessee and other states.

In Decatur County, pink ribbons hang on trees, mail boxes and fence posts to signify the community’s mourning over the missing woman.

“We have done everything we can to bring Holly home,” Franks said. “We are a year closer than we were last year. And law enforcement is determined to solve this case.”

On Friday, several events were held in Bobo’s honor, starting with a speaker from the TBI at Riverside High School. The “Take 25 Campaign” is designed to teach children safety tips, Franks said, and has been implemented in all of the county’s public schools. He said Riverside will be the final school in the county to fingerprint children in case of an emergency.

A prayer vigil was held at 6 p.m. and was followed by a motorcycle ride from the Corinth Baptist Church to Scotts Hill High School, which Bobo had attended. At 6:55 p.m., balloons were released at the school in her honor.

“We just ask people to keep the pictures going out and the prayers going up,” Franks said. “We want to bring Holly home.”

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Police still searching one year after Holly Bobo disappeared

(WMC-TV) - One year ago, nursing student Holly Bobo disappeared from her home in Darden, Tennessee. Friday, the community came together to bring new hope for her return. Hundreds of bikers for Holly Bobo cruised along the highway, some carrying banners with her photo and pink ribbons. "The more frustrating it gets, the more people put out," said biker Jeremy Ward. "Everybody keeps trying. You got to, why not? You can't give up, not in a situation like this." They gathered in the parking lot at Corinth Baptist Church in Darden, the Bobo family's church. "My daughter wanted me here," said biker Tom Milan. "She was Holly's teacher in nursing school." Inside the church, Holly Bobo's mother and father made it clear they want their daughter back. "It has been a year since our daughter, Holly, was taken from us," said Karen Bobo. "We know a year seems long to many of you, but for us, Holly's family, each day seems like an eternity without Holly," said Dana Bobo. Holly Bobo was last seen being led into the woods by a man in camouflage. A massive and lengthy search turned up hundreds of tips. A $250,000 reward did not lead investigators to Holly Bobo. Hundreds stood in front of the high school where Holly Bobo graduated with pink balloons displaying her name and information. They let them go hoping the right person will find one and tell someone what happened to her. The TBI said there are no new leads in Holly Bobo's disappearance, but agents are still working on tips almost every day.

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Holly Bobo Case: How many times has Clint's story changed?

Jun 14, 2012 at 1:13 PM

Whitney Duncan ,the cousin of missing woman Holly Bobo, addressed the media yesterday in an attempt to garner more attention. Unfortunately, some of her comments tend to make it harder on her cousin's case than they should, and this is something that has happened before with Duncan. She's probably better off sitting back quietly while the investigation continues, but it doesn't look like she's going to.

The Twitter hashtag #HollyBobo has been used to share awareness of the missing Tennessee nursing student since April of 2011 when she was allegedly abducted from her own yard while her brother watched. Over the course of the young woman's disappearance, Clint Bobo's story has changed several times and members certainly do not mirror the standard behavior expressed by parents of high-profile missing persons.

Whitney Duncan has falsely claimed that her family was "cleared of all suspicion" by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in the past, only for the TBI to do damage control and correct her claims. Now she is accusing the media of twisting her cousin's words, but it's more than apparent that it's her family who have changed the stories, not the media or the police. So why is she insisting on covering for those who aren't being 100% truthful when it's probably not very good for her career or the young woman who is still missing? One would figure they'd be more interested in having their missing loved one return home than in covering for dishonest family members. Unfortunately, it seems that people have differing priorities.

"You can say bad things about me. I don’t care. It doesn’t bother me at all, but to say something about my family then we got problems," said Whitney Duncan.

While her grammar could use some improvement, it's really not the point of the matter. What begs to be acknowledged is her behavior of twisting this case into some issue pertaining to her more than her missing cousin, Holly Bobo.

This isn't about Whitney Duncan or her bad grammar and "charming" country way of protecting her family. This is about the disappearance of a promising young nursing student who vanished under very suspicious circumstances. Clint Bobo, her brother who was 25-years old at the time, has made several changes to his claims regarding her disappearance. First she was "dragged" from the property by a man in camo gear while he watched. Then she was led under duress and then the story evolved to something else. There are tons of resources that can be searched online that document the constant evolution of Clint Bobo's story, as well as the stories told by his mother Karen Bobo.

So is the media to blame for Clint Bobo not being completely honest in the first place?

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Country Singer Asks Fans To Tweet For Her Missing Cousin

Posted on: 1:06 pm, June 13, 2012,

(Memphis) Family and friends of Holly Bobo are counting on the power of social media to raise new awareness about the missing nursing student’s case.

Fourteen months ago today, Bobo was abducted from her Decatur County home.

To mark the day, supporters are holding a day long Twitter vigil to get more people looking for her.

They are asking everyone to include the hashtag #HollyBobo in every tweet they send out.

The idea is to get her name trending, and people talking.

Her cousin, country singer Whitney Duncan, loves the idea and has been asking her fans to participate.

“I know so many people go to the trending boards and go, oh, what’s this and it just brings attention to her and awareness that, you know, that people who see her name will be like, oh, what happened with this case and look it up and look at her pictures and start remembering her,” said Duncan.

Duncan said social media sites like Twitter and Facebook have been a blessing and curse in the search for Holly.

While most people who comment are trying to help, some have publicly accused her family of holding back information about the case, “You can say bad things about me. I don’t care. It doesn’t bother me at all, but to say something about my family then we got problems.”

But she’s hoping in this case, something positive will come out of the virtual vigil, and is asking everyone to who sends out a #HollyBobo tweet to include a prayer.

There is now a $250,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in the case or the safe return of Holly.

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Holly Bobo's purse found one mile from her home


Posted: Apr 18, 2013 12:42 PM CDT
Updated: Apr 18, 2013 1:38 PM CDT

Darden, TN -(WMC-TV) - A purse belonging to missing nursing student, Holly Bobo, has been dug up by a dog near Darden, Tennessee.


Sources tell Action News 5 Investigator Janice Broach the purse was discovered Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. about one mile behind the Bobo home.



A neighborhood dog found the purse and carried it back to its owner.



The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now searching the area.

Bobo went missing almost exactly two years ago, on April 13, 2011.

Sources tell Action News 5 Investigator Janice Broach the purse was discovered Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. about one mile behind the Bobo home.

A neighborhood dog found the purse and carried it back to its owner.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now searching the area.

Bobo went missing almost exactly two years ago, on April 13, 2011.

She was leaving for school when her brother , Clint, said he saw a man pull her into the woods behind her house.

"He actually had an arm holding her, so we feel she knew she was in fear of her life, so she was compliant with his commands," said John Mehr with the TBI in July 2011.

Her brother told the Decatur County sheriff that he thought the man wearing camouflage and walking into the woods with his sister was her boyfriend. But it didn't take long before Clint called his mother, then she called 911.

Although it has been a couple of years since Holly Bobo went missing, but her family has not given up hope. They are still actively searching for her, from volunteers searching the areas to mailing out 20,000 flyers in hopes of generating new leads.

There is still a $250,000 reward for Holly's safe return.

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A purse belonging to missing nursing student, Holly Bobo, has been dug up by a dog near Darden, Tennessee.


Sources tell Action News 5 Investigator Janice Broach the purse was discovered Wednesday around 3:30 p.m. about one mile behind the Bobo home.



A neighborhood dog found the purse and carried it back to its owner.

To the owner's home maybe? ....and after two years? They should give that dog a career in searching.

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Okay, so the dog was good, but it would have been really amazing if the pooch had returned it to Holly's home...


By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press

Search Resumes for Tenn. Woman Missing 2 Years



Holly BoBo


PARSONS, Tenn. April 18, 2013

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation sent out search dogs Thursday to look for a young woman who has been missing since she was abducted from her home a little more than two years ago.

Holly Bobo was last seen April 13, 2011, when her brother said he saw a man in hunting clothes leading the 20-year-old nursing student into the woods around the family home outside Parsons, about 125 miles northeast of Memphis.

TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said dogs from the neighborhood found Bobo's purse on Wednesday and took it to a nearby home. That discovery spurred law enforcement officials to bring in search dogs to work an area roughly a mile from Bobo's home.

"We are trying to find where the dogs found the purse," Helm said in an email.

Bobo was wearing a pink shirt and carrying a pink purse when she disappeared.

Her mother, Karen Bobo, issued a statement Thursday, saying, "The family is so thankful that TBI is working the case. I understand a purse has been found. Our family has cooperated with TBI and begged TBI to show us the purse but we haven't actually seen it."

The family has always expressed belief that Bobo is alive and her mother said they still think that.

"Today we are at home with our minister praying," the statement said.

When Bobo disappeared, authorities and volunteers conducted massive searches of the hilly, heavily wooded land around the home on foot, horseback and all-terrain vehicles. The searches found Bobo's lunchbox in the days after she disappeared but little else.

Helm said the area of the latest search had been searched by volunteers previously.

The Decatur County sheriff's department didn't immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment. The Tennessee Highway Patrol referred questions to the TBI.

No arrests were ever made in the case. Officials said they didn't consider any of Bobo's relatives or her boyfriend to be involved in her disappearance.

Karen Bobo also thanked the community, which on Saturday held a barbecue and run to mark the second anniversary of the disappearance.

Richard Sopczak (SOHP'-chek), the father of Bobo's best friend, Brittany Brown, said the disappearance has taken its toll on the small town where they live. Many people believe someone local knows something about Bobo's disappearance or may have been involved.

"You hear so many rumors and accusations," he said in a phone interview.

He also has been concerned for his own daughter's safety because no one has been arrested.

Brown was in nursing school with Bobo and will be graduating next month.

"My daughter says a prayer for her every day, on Facebook, she posts a prayer," Sopczak said.

A few days ago, Sopczak's younger daughter found a YouTube video that Brown and Bobo had posted.

"Holly and Brittany were singing 'Party in the U.S.A.' by Miley Cyrus, and they had videotaped it," he said. "I think they were freshmen in college. It just brings tears to your eyes."

A reward of $185,000 has been offered in the case. The TBI asks anyone with information to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.


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Search suspended for Holly Bobo after purse found


Updated: Apr 19, 2013 3:55 PM CDT


DARDEN, TN (WSMV-AP) -Investigators on Friday said they have suspended the search for Holly Bobo, a West Tennessee nursing student who has been missing for two years.

A purse authorities believed to be belonging to Bobo was found Wednesday and re-ignited this week's search, as law enforcement - including the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation - canvassed for hours near Darden, TN.


TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said nothing was found during the search, and there are no further searches planned.


Bobo's mother, Karen Bobo, said Friday the purse did not belong to her daughter a day after saying that it did, Helm said.


Holly Bobo, a resident of the area, vanished from Parsons in Decatur County on April 13, 2011.

Investigators said a dog first brought the purse to the back door of a home near the intersection of Myracle Town and Box roads, which is about one mile from Bobo's home.


The purse was taken to the TBI for further examination, and investigators continued the search to try and find out where the dog may have discovered the purse and if any other clues were nearby.

There is a $250,000 reward for her safe return. You can call 1-800-TBI-FIND with information. The family asks you send tips to helphollybobo@gmail.com.

http://www.kpho.com/story/22014089/holl ... und-by-dog

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Holly Bobo's Mother Tells TBI the Purse was not Holly's

Story Created: Apr 19, 2013 at 3:44 PM CDT
Story Updated: Apr 19, 2013 at 3:46 PM CDT


DARDEN, Tenn. - Holly Bobo's mother has told investigators that the purse found near the site of her daughter's disappearance was not Holly's.


The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reported the development Friday afternoon. They said she had previously identified it has Holly's based off a photo she saw. Karen Bobo did see the purse in person today and confirmed it did not belong to her daughter.


Karen Bobo told WBBJ 7 Eyewitness News that she was thankful for renewed search effort that ensued after the discovery. She still holds out hope that Holly is alive.

We will have more details on this story as they develop.

http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Holly- ... 24711.html

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Camera, driver license among contents of Bobo's purse


8:12 PM, Apr 18, 2013

We're learning more about the discovery of Holly Bobo's purse, and what's inside.


TBI investigators say a dog found her purse Wednesday. Officials used search dogs in the area on Thursday.

WSMV-TV in Nashville is reporting that officials say Bobo's driver license, a camera, a promise ring, and a key chain with a big H were inside the purse.


Karen Bobo, Holly's mom, identified the purse as Holly's before she knew what was inside. Karen Bobo released a statement saying she's grateful the TBI has resumed the search. She says she believes her daughter is alive.


Previous story

A major search is underway in Darden, Tennessee, after a dog dug up a purse belonging to a West Tennessee woman who has been missing for over two years.

Holly Bobo, 20, a nursing student, was seen being led away on April 13, 2011, by a man wearing camouflage clothing. Law enforcement and the community joined in a massive effort to find her, but little trace was ever found.

Now, WSMV in Nashville is reporting that a dog brought the purse to the back door of a home near the intersection of Myracle Town and Box roads. It's been taken to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for evaluation. Now, local authorities are searching the area to try to find where the dog may have discovered the purse.

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/265460 ... sing-woman

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Bobo's driver license and camera were in the purse but it wasn't hers? Okay.

I think some of these reporters should check a little further before they hit send.....

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How weird.....

I dont trust her family at all.

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How weird.....

I dont trust her family at all.

I looked for any follow-up info this week. I didn't find anything, even on Channel 4 in Nashville that reported on the contents of the purse.

One thing I found interesting was that the reporter (on TV-4) stated that the brief search that took place last week was the first search by "investigators"; that all prior searches have been done by volunteers.

Not sure about all members of the family myself. There have been curious contradictions from the very start...

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Holly Bobo case has new clues, new detectives

PARSONS, TN (WSMV) - Search suspended for Holly Bobo after purse found Updated: Apr 19, 2013 3:55 PM CDT

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.

Two years of desperate work, penmarked napkins and scratch paper have been transformed into case files by the Without Warning team - comprised of former Los Angeles Police Department Det. Lou Leiker, a Nashville cyberspecialist and detective, paralegal Liz Beatty and Wysocki.

While Holly Bobo seemingly vanished from the face of the earth, the Without Warning team says maybe not, because whomever took Holly Bobo forgot to turn off the victim's cell phone after leaving her house.

Now, through the use of GPS tracking, the team has composed a map of the abductor's route. It's a map that, astonishingly, leads back near the scene of the crime.

Why did the abductor go back? Does he live there or nearby?

"This is a community of 2,500 people. If I was writing a mystery novel, I couldn't imagine a bigger group of possible suspects," Wysocki said.

The Bobo family is painfully aware their son, Clint Bobo, was considered a suspect soon after his sister's disappearance.

Hear more about what the team found, and hear from Clint Bobo -the only witness to Holly's abduction - Tuesday on Channel 4 News at 6 p.m.

http://www.wsmv.com/story/22110225/holl ... detectives

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Holly Bobo's brother tells his side of the story for the first time


PARSONS, TN (WSMV) -The search for Holly Bobo has been as agonizing as it is puzzling. Two years have passed since the young nursing student vanished into the woods near her West Tennessee home without a trace.

Law enforcement and volunteers have devoted countless man-hours searching the woods and fields near Bobo's home, but a new team of investigators led by nationally known Brentwood mom Sheila Wysocki is uncovering new developments in the case.

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.

With the blessing of the Bobo family, Wysocki brought together the full resources of her not-profit group and is working to help the Bobos find out, once and for all, what happened to Holly.

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

Before the Without Warning team could get started, it had a very awkward assignment - it needed to be sure that Holly Bobo's brother, Clint Bobo, had nothing to do with the crime.

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.

So, Holly Bobo and the man in camouflage disappeared into the woods and vanished. But what about those woods? Did Holly Bobo and her abductor actually disappear into the woods, or did something else happen?

"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," Mike said.

It's a theory backed up by, of all things, a map. Holly Bobo's abductor forgot to turn off her cell phone, so with GPS tracking, that phone can be tracked along a strange, back roads journey that ends in a surprising and upsetting possibility.

The map shows that if police had immediately blocked four roads near the Bobo home, they would have likely caught the abductor in the act.

http://www.kait8.com/story/22123465/hol ... -the-story

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