Holly Bobo Missing: ATV Tire Ads Tied To Case- Search Sets Up Roadblocks- Blink Discuss Case Tonight On Dana Pretzer Show
Parsons, TN- Tomorrow marks the one week point of the forcible abduction and probable assault outside the home of 20 year old nursing student, Holly Bobo.
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Mark Gwyn, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, announced the current reward offered has tripled to $75,000 thanks to a $50,000 commitment from Tennesee Governor Bill Haslam at a press conference yesterday at the command center.
Also during the press conference, Gwyn stated that Clint Bobo, Holly’s brother and witness to her walking into the woods with a man dressed in camo he thought was her boyfriend, was NOT able to provide a description.
..”As you know, at this time, we have one eyewitness, that’s Holly’s brother, and he was not able to give us a description…”… Mark Gwyn, TBI
Yesterday, Holly Bobo’s cousin, Whitney Duncan, appeared on Fox News and Good Morning America, thanking the public and asking folks to keep searching. She also appears to have lost her patience with speculation about her cousin Clint, possibly being not only an eyewitness, but a suspect.
Whitney Duncan Tweet
Duncan’s sentiments were echoed by newly appointed family spokesperson Kevin Bromley as he appeared on the Good Morning America Show this morning:
“Clint is a wonderful young man and as a character witness for him, I would rule out any kind of rumors on Clint and the family would feel comfortable with me saying that as well,” said Kevin Bromley, a spokesman for the Bobo family.
The 7th day of the search began again today, at the new command center, The National Guard Armory located at 256 West 9th St, Parsons.
Kristin Helm, spokesperson for TBI announced yesterday they were choosing to move to this location due to the amoung of evidence that has been collected, and their need for enhanced security.
TBI has decided on a new tactic today, as reported by Will Nunley, of WBBJ-TV there is a roadblock set up on Myracle Town Rd and twelve new investigators from TBI have been added to the case this morning. (Editors Note: Nunley has been doing a stellar job in the field on this case, kudos, follow his tweets.)
This investigation is beginning to sound very much like how Canadian Air Force Colonel Russell Williams was nabbed – by a roadblock where the tires on his vehicle were spotted by an eagle-eyed investigator and were visually consistent with tire treads found at the scene of one of the murdered women.
Speaking of tires, www.blinkoncrime.com has uncovered what has been determined to be “materially relevant” to the case of the disappearance of Holly Bobo, by a source inside the investigation speaking to blinkoncrime.com on the condition of anonymity.
While our source will not comment on whether one or both ads are a part of the case or who they might be tied to, the ad from Parsons, appeared at 12:33AM on April 17, before the public was asked to notice who may have replaced tires or cleaned an ATV or vehicle.
Two ATV tire ads, one from Jackson, TN and one from Parsons, TN appeared on Craigslist on April 17, 2011.
Craigslist Ad from Parsons New ATV Tires With Rims
Craiglist Ad ATV Tires- Jackson
As the search perimiters in previous days were located 6 and 8 miles away from Bobo’s home, where items of hers are believed to have been recovered, it begs the question, why would the focus turn to nearly 2 miles away from the Swan Johnson address of the Bobo’s, to Myracle Town Rd, in the opposite direction? Do investigators think the suspect has been trying to send them in the opposite location by planting evidence?
Police are interviewing neighbors in this Myracle Town Rd. and Box Rd. area today, as well as stopping motorists, of which there are very little. A different tactic indeed.
Searches in this rural terrain are daunting to say the least, however, the community outreach and response to requests for assistance has been nothing short of astounding.
While speculation that the suspect responsible for Holly’s disappearance is indeed a member of the very small town of Parson’s, and is well known to Holly and the Bobo family, many close friends of the Bobo’s are participating in searches of their own properties vowing to continue until she is located.
Many long time Decatur County families own large tracts of land near the Bobo residence.
Some of them for generations – including the Todd family, as an example, who owns large tracts in the Myracle Town Rd, Box Rd, and Gilbert Rd area.
Jason Todd, a former schoolmate of Holly Bobo’s as are MANY of Holly’s friends, will unfortunately end up searching for her in each other’s backyards.
Jason Todd and Buds on Goose Hunt
The search for Holly Bobo continues, follow my tweets.
Blink, Editor In Chief, www.blinkoncrime.com is discussing the Missing Person Case of Holly Bobo this evening:
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This investigation is beginning to sound very much like how Canadian Air Force Colonel Russell Williams was nabbed – by a roadblock where the tires on his vehicle were spotted by an eagle-eyed investigator and were visually consistent with tire treads found at the scene of one of the murdered women
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Interesting! A few days ago, I watched the interrogation tactics used by the OPP to get Williams to confess. The dectective would mirror Williams body language during the interview process. Apparently, the intent was to ‘bond’ and get Williams to see the detective as a member of his team. He also did NOT address the Williams with the formal ‘Colonel’ rank.
Have the TBI conducted searches on Holly’s computer; texts or emails for that matter?
Sorry for being OT! I believe the interrogation would be terribly useful when questioning persons of interest, etc., in Holly’s disappearance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah51vPzcVEM&feature=relmfu
I have never been on Craigslist. When a person places an ad, do they post it locally/geographically?
12:33AM ?? … Strange times to list items on Craigs list.. But I must confess I have done the same with some items I have listed in the past..
I have been very concerned since the beginning, that if this was a stalker, that the lunch bag may have been stolen and planted before the kidnapping. JMO
i am thinking clint has been ruled out due to two different dna’s found at the scene. his would match holly’s, would it not?
I did not say 2 diff DNA profiles were found, I said it is my opinion that a sample was intermingled with 2 profiles, that, Scientifically can mean many things.
I said that because I know the stat that was put on it, and they can field test for type-
B
Two sets of ATV tires for sale. Appears to be two separate sets of tires… they aren’t the same wheel size… Who sells “New” tires with mud on them… “need em gone” is really the same as “I need the money.”
Hmmmm.
Oooops. “need em gone” IS NOT the same as “I need the money.”
I don’t tweet or facebook, but it is good to hear that you are “tuned into” this case to this extent. I thought of Morgan when I heard about Holly… trying to stay away from the extreme comments around the interwebs on this case. Much love to Holly – so many are hoping you are safe.
Google map of the area … has been updated to show new roadblocks and search areas.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=218199748434644937742.0004a0e4115bf271e54ae&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=35.679217,-88.175486&spn=0.006571,0.016394&z=17
Well done as always, Blink. This girl reminds me physically of Morgan, I pray for a better outcome. It sounds as though LE is closing in, would love them to find her alive! Hope and prayers for Holly and all that love her.
There is something that the press is not linking to the case, and that is that a registered sex offender who lives within 15 miles of her home and who is no doubt familiar with the back roads was arrested on Saturday in Jackson and charged with stalking two 19 year old coeds. He is also wanted for an attempted kidnapping in Dickson, TN. Local talk show is claiming he has not been connected to the case but that really doesn’t say anything. As for the ATV tires, the Bobo home is in a rural area, but the roads are paved. Chances are, the abductor was in an automobile. You do see people on roads in ATVs around that area, but its infrequent. The roadblocks are to interview people about what they might have seen the day she disappeared.
I know who you are referring to, and I am not going to mention here because imo, he has no affiliation with this case.
The press is not linking this predator because he is not link-able.
This suspect knew Holly and this family well. I have familiarized myself with this terrain, and while there are many paved roads of course, most everyone out there owns ATV’s and Gators.
B
I’ll look for the link and post it soon, but the ATV tires in Parsons have been for sale since March.
One commenter on another crime forum looked up that particular tire ad and found a previous ad in March that listed the Honda vehicle with tires and the seller ID matched the current ad for just the tires.
So I think this one may get ruled out, since the seller most likely sold the Honda in March, but still needed to sell the tires he was stuck with.
Are you aware of a lot of ATV’s that are sold without their new tires with their rims?
The ad for the tires was placed at 12:33AM on 4/17.
One should also note, the way the phone number is listed on these 2 ads, which I redacted, but what they did was in some cases wrote out the numeral, instead of just listing the numeric phone number.
This is done for ONE reason. So you can’t run a search on that number, search companies will pull up all craigslist ads associated with it.
B
So someone should buy these tires from the dude? And…
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and, DANG!, blink… might i add, you are good at what you do. the tire info is spot on. hope it yields something. something good.
From a news article, today.
>>They’re calling off the Tuesday night search, due to expected severe weather. The search will resume Wednesday morning at 7am at the Decatur County Fairgrounds.
Wednesday night at 7:30 pm there’s a candlelight vigil at the fairgrounds.
Thursday, authorities want volunteers to take a day off to give law officers a chance to search alone.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, it’s all hands on deck.
In fact, volunteer coordinators say 2000 people won’t be enough to cover they ground they want to this Easter weekend.<<
http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-bobo-search,0,343471.story?page=2&track=rss
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I thought it interesting that authorities want Thursday (April 21) to be a law officers only search day.
In the midst of thousands of regular searchers covering those grounds, what would the one day search by law officers mean?
Then they want all hands right back on deck for Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Curious….
i’m trying to figure out why Jason Todd’s name would be brought up aside from the fact that his family owns land around the area of the road block. him and holly are facebook friends and on fbook it says he has been in a relationship with another girl since 2006
Just one example of many friends owning large land tracts- as I wrote.
B
Y’know… here’s a screen grab of a Google search (as of right now) that shows that ad being up at least twice… once Apr 17, once Apr 3… and the price had dropped $10 between the two. So whether it has anything to do with the case or not, it was definitely listed at least once prior to her disappearance.
http://tinypic.com/r/2vkx201/7
It’s been removed at some point since… still looking for more caches.
And, though you obscured the phone number and my Google search doesn’t show it either, I’d hazard a guess that phone number belongs to Jason Todd?
I am not stating that.
B
It is not that far to the Tennessee River-Lake Kentucky. In the length of time it took to get LE involved, a well prepared abductor could have easily made it to the river. Plenty of housing and commerical buildings along the lake as well as boats.
A week now and nothing does not bode well.
“This is done for ONE reason. So you can’t run a search on that number, search companies will pull up all craigslist ads associated with it.”
Very true. However, it should be pointed out that this is not uncommon to see. Many people do this to avoid spammers stealing their phone number and selling it to a third party. It is very common to see this on CL in particular.
I will say, however, the time and date are extremely interesting. Good reporting! So tragic to see this unfolding. I pray for her to be found quickly and alive!
Agreed.
B
Listened to you and Dana Pretzer. So now I need to get used to calling Casey a DEND? Or was it DIND?
Just clarifying, were the phone numbers in the two tire ads the same? And both with text subs?
lizzy- I am going to have to listen myself for that one, lol.
Numbers different, both had numbers replaced with the text subs.
B
OK, make that at least 3 or 4 cached dates. Found one dated the 6th, also. Some of them do include the phone number, if anyone else is curious and has access to better reverse directory info then I do.
Just fyi to anyone wishing to run them down, that information will not appear here in an open case.
B
No, they’re not the same number. The first ad shown above has one digit subbed with word, the second one has multiple.
The first ad above has listings on at least two days prior to her disappearance, the second ad has only one that I’ve found so far, and it’s on April 17th.
That makes the second one much more interesting, imo.
Neither one seems to go to a publicly available directory listing. Both appear to be cell phones, but that’s not foolproof these days with number portability.
I’m thinking the ad on CL for the Super Swamper Tires isn’t the ad LE is interested in.
Interesting article Blink, I get the feeling they may have something up there sleeve with these different tactical movements. I wonder what led them to that area for road blocks? Is it heavily traveled? B/c it sure is in the opposite direction that the lunch pail. I am seeing tonight where some are saying the blood at the home was actually the garage. Hmm? Is that an interchangeable word w/ carport?
I guess if out perp whoever that may be, didn’t think anyone would notice his tire sale.
I wonder if she & Whoever, were ever more than friends/acquaintance
What do you make of Police only tomorrow?
It is not heavily traveled AT ALL.
I think the LE only day is Thursday, but your right to question it.
I think they only what LE in the field because I believe they feel that they have sufficient evidence to execute warrants, or to narrow down Holly’s location.
B
The thing that doesn’t sit right with the craigslist ad – is that it wouldn’t be a savvy move. It only makes sense that the perp is savvy enough to have not been caught so far. It also seems, given the oddly placed evidence, that this was thought out. Then there’s the phone number being cryptically written. I don’t know. Can’t figure out the pieces there. This person does seem to be calculating.
This case remind me of Morgan ‘s case: by Holly the Lunch Box found by Morgan the purse found. Both vanished in very short time frame. This makes one very sad. I hope despite all facts for Holly safe return, but it seems to turn out as to the same nightmare we just observed with other cases so many times before. I would wish People to be very carefull in their statements about Holly’s brother. I don’t mean someone from here. I am thinking about other medias and their comments. This poor Family has surely nothing to do with this abduction. Poor brother. Looking his sister vanishing and did not react. This must be very hard.
This all seems so bizarre. It’s hard to fathom how this attractive young lady vanished so quickly. I would think within this timeframe someone has surely reported noticing someone acting peculiar, perhaps with scratches or bite marks or unacccounted for timewise. These stories just boggle the mind. Prayers to all of Holly’s friends and family. I sure hope LE gets a big break soon. Blink and crew…unbelievable what you guys uncover!
Jane
An experienced perp or even one with little experience and a lot of planning can grab another person is less than ten seconds. In this case, a walk to the woods took a little longer. But once there he was in control.
I will be immensly suprised if the perp is from outside the area, if and when they find him.
I am just praying that Holly was able to keep him from taking her life.
B,
Connection?
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/04/20/042011-news-holly-bobo-2-2/
Random and probably unlikely, but I wonder if the camoman lured Holly to the woods and then abducted her by car or atv. Since accounts are now saying she walked with camoman rather than being drug by him, then perhaps he mentioned an injured animal or something and needed her help. She’s a known animal-lover and the scream or whatever initially was heard by her brother may have just been from being startled by said camoman when he appeared in her carport…unlikely, but just trying to think of plausible scenarios for getting an adult woman into the woods behind her home.
If someone with a gun tried to force me to walk into the woods with him, knowing my brother was inside I would scream for my life. Even with the threat of a gun, I would not willingly walk into the woods.
Having lived for 5 decades in the South, I am pretty sure that “need em gone” really means “My wife found out how much money I spent on these and I need to get rid of them before she kicks my …”.
I don’t see a kidnapper/whatever disposing of evidence in such a way that he loses control over the item unless he is making the item disappear. Selling items locally on craigslist seems to risky. If the police arrest Billy Bob for having the tires he is going to tell them where he got them.
Two questions:
1. Regarding the TN governor’s authorization to add $50K to Holly’s reward fund: Is this action typical?
2. In your opinion, Blink, is it possible that the perp has done something like this – or at least attempted to – prior to Holly’s disappearance?
This is sounding so much like the case in Shepherdsville KY. After the fact the police followed up on tips about a couple of men that witness’ had told police they had seen this girl with. The car was a very distint car and right now I don’t remember the make or model….ANyway….when the police finally got around to taking what the witness had said seriously the man who owned the car had already sold it.
Of the two men that police were interested in one has since passed away, but the other one is still out there somewhere.
I hope and pray that they find this girl alive. One good thing is that this LE seems to be more “on it” than the LE that is handling (clear throat) Morgan’s case. Maybe it will have a much better outcome because of it. I am so hoping and praying that they find Holly SOON and find her ALIVE!!
I feel so bad for this family…
Quick question. Was her brother normally home at that time of day? If this guy knew the family and their daily routines wouldn’t he be taking a big chance if the brother is normally at home during that time? Especially if he was familiar with the family and easily recognizable?? Pretty risky……??
Did her brother run after her into the woods once finding the blood?
How long passed between when she was “led into the woods” and when 911 was called?
I don’t believe her cell phone has been found. Where are the last pings from it?
Finding blood INSIDE the garage is a lot different then finding blood OUTSIDE…
If hair was found on duct tape then HOPEFULLY that means that she is still alive.
I’m new to this site…took me a second to figure out what “LE” stands for.
The tire ad on Craigslist seems coincidental. The lunchbox being found 8 miles away from her home. Hmmm. Searching 8 miles on foot buys the abductor a little bit of time to get away, in the opposite direction.
Excellent questions Judi.
39.Judi says:
April 20, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Did her brother run after her into the woods once finding the blood?
How long passed between when she was “led into the woods” and when 911 was called?
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On one of the news videos (sorry I cannot find the link) someone said it was approximately 40 minutes between the time her brother saw her being lead away and the 911 call. If that is true, it gives the perp quite a head start.
Regarding the reward money from the Governor of Tennessee. Mr. Haslam has enormous wealth. Ever been to a Pilot truck stop? He owns them all. Ever been to UT? His name is on several facilities. In short, I’m sure he pulled 50k out of his billfold
Ok then, isn’t that a good thing? Using one’s wealth to help others?
B
I’m a little late with this story and trying to catch up so I’m sorry if this is repeating.
Why on earth didn’t the brother find that suspicious and go to the window or door and call out to Holly? How often did she and her boyfriend “walk away together towards the woods” at that time of the day? Sadly, stranger things do happen!
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14484203/vigil-planned-to-mark-1-week-since-holly-bobos-disappearance?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Reports that TBI has lab results on the blood found. TBI not giving results to public.
Pray that this all is fixing to come down and Holly will be found.
Judi: WTF? I havent heard anything about duct tape. I think alot of people call a carport a garage maybe that was what they meant. PINGS? I dont know if that information is known to anyone at this point is it?
Does anyone know of a free site to reverse-lookup phone numbers?
Blink,
Very good reporting. I’m so glad you’re following and reporting on Holly’s disapppearance. This is an extremely strange case and an extremely scary situation. My thoughts are with her family. I pray that this young lady will be found alive.
I hope you’re right and this will be solved quickly.
Ty Josie
B
GeorgiaDad says:
April 20, 2011 at 11:16 am
I agree with what you said. Also, after reverse number look ups I did, that phone number is a land line–NOT a cell. I would think that listing a land line that would lead people right to his house is a very unintelligent thing to do–unless he is a very unintelligent person, and that thought did not cross his mind at all when he posted his ad!
On the reverse side of that–if he never expected to get caught for his horrific crime, then I guess he wouldn’t think about how selling his tires would point to him in any way. In other words, a person who thinks he is infallible and smarter than LE.
City Limit Goose Club has a FaceBook page with public photos (that instantly put a lump in my throat). I wonder how many goose pits there are in the area, and how hard they are to detect.