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Dana Bobo. Karen Bobo. Relatives. Whitney Duncan (cousin) Holly Lynn Bobo (October 12, 1990 – c. April 13, 2011) was an American woman who disappeared on April 13, 2011, from her family home in Darden, Tennessee. She was last seen alive by her brother, Clint, shortly before 8 a.m., walking into the woods outside her home with a man wearing ...
A total of six men have been implicated in connection with Bobo's disappearance, with the first of the arrests occurring in March 2014, prior to the discovery of Holly's remains. Zach Adams, his brother Dylan Adams, and friend Jason Autry were ultimately charged with especially aggravated kidnapping, first-degree murder, and rape. Another two men, Jeffrey and Mark Pearcy, were arrested on charges of accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence; however charges against the Pearcy brothers were dropped. Another man, Shayne Austin, committed suicide.
On the morning of April 13, 2011, Bobo awoke at 4:30 a.m. to study for an exam. At 7:30 a.m., she answered a call from her boyfriend, Drew Scott, who was turkey hunting nearby on her grandmother's property. Bobo's parents had left for work by this point and her brother Clint was still asleep.
Dylan, Zach, and Autry were charged with especially aggravated kidnapping, first-degree murder and rape. Of the other three men arrested, charges against two were dropped, and one committed suicide without any charges being filed against him.
He was sentenced to 15 years for facilitation of first-degree murder and 35 years for especially aggravated kidnapping. Those sentences are set to run concurrently, meaning he will serve 35 years without parole. Dylan entered an Alford plea, a type of guilty plea in which the defendant does not admit to the criminal act and maintains his innocence, but concedes that the prosecution's case may result in a guilty verdict.
In September 2014, Bobo's partial remains were found in northern Decatur County, and her death was ruled a homicide via a gunshot to the back of the head. Six men have been arrested for varying degrees of involvement in the murder. However, only three of the six have been prosecuted.
Cell phone pings showed Holly Bobo's cell phone moving away from her home tower heading north. Her cell phone continued north to a wooded area near Interstate 40, where her remains were eventually found. After it stopped moving for 20–30 minutes, the cell phone began traveling south again using a different route. The last cell phone ping came from Bobo's phone in the area where both the phone and its SIM card were later found.
State Attorney Paul Hagerman delivered the closing statement, focusing on the alleged misstep by a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation case agent and testimony by Jason Autry, the state's star witness. Hagerman told jurors the "secret" about Holly Bobo's murder wasn't a well kept one for anyone who was listening.
Hagerman says statements and admissions made by Zach Adams would have led investigators to the men responsible; Zach Adams, Dylan Adams, Jason Autry, and Shayne Austin.
Hagerman said the "only two people in the world" who could have known Bobo was shot are Zach Adams and Jason Autry.
Hagerman also cited statements allegedly made by Zach to other inmates, threatening to kill his brother and bury his body next to Holly's. The state zeroed in on one comment in particular, allegedly made by Adams in March 2014, before Bobo's body was found.
The defense said Britt stalked Holly until he was able to get her into the woods. Britt previously said he was home by noon the day of Holly’s disappearance, but a U.S. Marshal said Britt wasn’t home when they went to question him around 1:45 p.m. or 2 p.m.
Despite confessions from Autry, Austin, and Dylan Adams, all men arrested for the crime have vehemently denied involvement in the disappearance at some point and have accused the state of coercive tactics. Early in the case, Autry claimed that investigators tried to get him to testify falsely against Zach Adams. The family of Dylan Adams, who is mentally disabled, claimed that "[T]hey kept him up all night, would not give him anything to eat or drink and finally he said, 'Wha…
At the time of her disappearance, Holly Bobo was a 20-year-old nursing student at the University of Tennessee at Martin Parsons Center in Parsons, living with her parents and brother in Darden. Friends described her as shy and sweet. Holly was the cousin of country singer Whitney Duncan. In 2017, Duncan released a song called "Better Place" in memory of Holly.
On the morning of April 13, 2011, Bobo awoke at 4:30 a.m. to study for an exam. At 7:30 a.m., she answered a call from her boyfriend, Drew Scott, who was turkey hunting nearby on her grandmother's property. Bobo's parents had left for work by this point and her brother Clint was still asleep. Twelve minutes later, Bobo made her last cell phone call. After this point, all phone calls and texts were incoming and unanswered.
Clint described the man as being between 5′10″ and 6 feet tall (1.78–1.83 m), weighing 180–200 pounds (82–91 kg) and having dark hair sticking out from under his cap that was long enough to cover his neck and touch his collar. Clint said the man was wearing a hat and camouflage clothing from head to toe and identified the pattern as either Mossy Oak break up or leafy wear. He described the male voice he heard as very deep and low.
A total of six men have been implicated in connection with Bobo's disappearance, with the first of the arrests occurring in March 2014, prior to the discovery of Holly's remains. Zach Adams, his brother Dylan Adams, and friend Jason Autry were ultimately charged with especially aggravated kidnapping, first-degree murder, and rape. Another two men, Jeffrey and Mark Pearcy, were arrested on charges of accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence; however charges ag…
In September 2017, Zach Adams was the first to go on trial. The prosecution's case was largely circumstantial, as there was no DNA or other forensic evidence tying him to the murder. Jason Autry, the state's key witness, testified to a series of events that was drastically different from those in Dylan Adams' confession. Autry testified that he was not involved in the abduction himself, but that he went to Austin's home to buy drugs, where he saw Austin and the Adams bro…
On January 18, 2018, John Dylan Adams pleaded guilty to charges of facilitation of first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping. He was sentenced to 15 years for facilitation of first-degree murder and 35 years for especially aggravated kidnapping. Those sentences are set to run concurrently, meaning he will serve 35 years without parole. Dylan entered an Alford plea, a type of guilty plea in which the defendant does not admit to the criminal act and maintains his in…