Zachary Adams, 33, has pleaded not guilty to felony first-degree murder, especially aggravated kidnapping and aggravated rape. In closing arguments, defense …
Jennifer Thompson, Adams’ defense attorney, said in her opening argument that her client is not guilty. She said Adams was charged after investigators interviewed several …
Sep 11, 2017 · However, Adams’ attorney Jennifer Thompson said her client was innocent, saying he didn’t even know the woman and had never laid eyes on her. She said Adams was charged after investigators...
It comes after a trying day in court in which the Prosecutor Paul Hagerman described an alleged encounter between Zachary Adams, the defendant accused of kidnapping, drugging, raping and then murdering the 20-year-old nursing student, and his friend Jason Autry.
Adams allegedly wrapped her in a blanket and took her in his truck to a friend’s home , before calling Autry to help him get rid of the body. Presuming her to be dead, Adams reportedly said he was going to gut Bobo so she wouldn’t float to the surface once they tossed her body into the Tennessee River.
She said Adams was charged after investigators interviewed several other men and they needed someone to blame. Authorities found no hair, fingerprints or DNA belonging to Bobo in a search of Adams’ home before he was charged in 2014, Thompson said.