Holly Bobo Missing And Endangered: Are Suspects Naming Themselves- Odd Dodd?
Darden, TN–
On the eve of the 4 week anniversary of missing Darden, TN nursing student, Holly Bobo, new investigative details are being learned about the case. Two unofficial persons of interest have taken their case “public” in a way.
While blinkoncrime.com was aware of this information, a decision was made to withhold it in the interests of the cases “active” status previously.
That was, until today, when one of the known person’s of interests in Holly’s disappearance, outed himself publicly.
Jonathan Dodd, son of Bradley Grafton Dodd, and Dena Logan Dodd, chose the Parsons topix forum to “defend” himself against what he termed “death threats”.
Blink, Editor In Chief of www.blinkoncrime.com, was able to confirm the poster on the topix forum was indeed, Jon Dodd.
Speaking exclusively to www.blinkoncrime on the condition of anonymity, an extended family member of the Dodd family, sheds more light on Master Dodd’s claims.
“.. Yes, that is definitely him. I have no idea how he can say he does not know the Bobo family, he went to Scotts Hill with Holly for a short time. Karen Bobo, Holly’s Mom, worked for Grafton Dodd, his grandfather, when he was the principle of the Parson’s junior High when it was still there, Brad and Grafton are on the school board, there is no way that is true what is said.
Jon Dodd High School List From His myspace
When he is saying something was stolen from the property, he is talking about the ATV you wrote about before, when I saw that, I knew you were aware of him. Sandy called the sheriffs department before she knew that Holly was missing to report that their ATV was stolen. Sandy is also the cheer leading coach at Riverside High, since forever, and she got into some minor trouble a few years back because she got caught rigging the tryouts. Nothing major, but everyone knew about it. Dena, his Mom, was a teacher at Riverside shortly after he got transferred, which is weird again.
Everyone in this family has been covering for Jon since he was a kid. I could not believe when he stabbed Brad with a scissors when he was about 8 1/2, there was a big cover up. Last year Dena moved to Gwinnett County because the grands let him get away with anything. He has a baby with Shelby Sellers and nobody really even knew about that until after.
Jon went to the great-grandparents for a while in Arab, Ala in 2006 after the girl was killed in the car accident that got his ass beat up when he said she deserved it, and again, nobody said a word. Brad and Dena started up that Boy Scouts thing for him and (redacted by blink).
What is he talking about? What does donate DNA mean? O that is totally him, I can tell by the “I get paid to hunt” or whatever. Speaking of hunting, the abandoned cabin that volunteers found, when Grafton was told, was when he refused permission for any other searches and they got a warrant. Grafton and Sandy were seen removing a mattress from that part of the property, the one they found in the place where the outhouses were used recently. (redacted) saw him in WalMart, he looked at her and said he did not do it, I swear. Really scary.
He (Jon) did not donate DNA, it was taken from him in the parking lot of Tuckers Diner, he did not have a choice. The LE came there and showed some papers. Grafton’s was taken too, but I don’t know were, I heard it was at the area of the Pugh property, by that Shayne Austin’s parents house.
Another doozie…”
The X Factor
A former boyfriend of Holly Bobo’s, Blake Barnett, is also doing nothing to avoid being scrutinized. It is clear from his facebook postings that he is aware of his “celebrity”, and that folks following this case, are reading.
While it does not make him a bad guy, we have confirmed that he has had a background of alleged violence, in a former relationship with Holly Bobo.
He was the first name utttered by Holly Bobo’s parents, Dana and Karen, when they learned of her abduction.
That said, there is no known evidence linking Mr. Barnett to Holly’s disappearance.
Barnett is no stranger to violence, unfortunately, Blake, his brother and sister lost their parents Timothy and Janice in a brutal murder in 1993.
John Robinson, with actus reus assistance from his wife Kimberly, murdered both of the Barnett’s because they were after him for bounced checks.
Amelia, Blake’s little sister, was left in her crib for 48 hours before police found her while looking for the Barnett’s. She survived.
There have been no official suspects or persons of interest named in the disappearance of Holly Bobo in 4 weeks.
There has not been a LE update to her case since May 2.
The search effort for Holly Bobo continues.
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Wow. Hard to believe after 7 months there seems to be less info about her abduction than right after it happened.
You would think that if it was a “local crime”….(as we all have assumed), that some kind of info would have leaked out.
Unless she just ran away…..it’s hard to imagine someone pulled off the “perfect crime.”
It’s imply mind-boggling……maybe TBI should release some of their findings…..how could that hurt the case at this point?
Just wonderin…..
Alex
Very interesting article that you posted the link too.
It sounds like they got a very long list of people to look at. However according to that article seems like there is a lot of criminal activitey going on down there. I don’t understand who these tipsters are calling though the tbi or the sheriff. I do agree with one thing in the article I do think the searches and the stuff being found was the doing of whomever did this crime. Whomever was part of that inner cirlce probley had something to do with the abduction. Just my two cents
In my mind you can always go towards the first person to lawyer up in a case like this has the best place to start. My question in regards to this is what are they trying to protect and not say. Just my two cents.
Alex says:
November 17, 2011 at 4:04 pm
She has done a lot of research and interviews on this site you linked..
Why is it we do not have sub catagory of ech of these people ?
One very interesting one is the neighbor who is a car salesman. He appears to have enjoyed watching Holly in her underwear.
The researcher appears to have the support of the family..
She tends to take sides and justify behavior which is a mistake in research or investigation.mo.
Exactly how trustworthy is Nancy Grace?
http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fnancygrace.blogs.cnn.com%2F2011%2F04%2F22%2Fsource-missing-nurse-holly-bobos-cell-pinged-after-abduction?tab=people&uname=casesignal
My heart is sad for the Bobo family, especially as they face Thanksgiving and the empty seat. Their child and sister is still missing and no answers or closure. Blessings and strength to them and please may their precious child be returned to them soon.
Thanksgiving blessings to all of you here at Blink’s place!
What ever happened to Will Nunleys report of heavy police presence and concentrated police activities seen by witnesses?
At what point does the TBI and local LE supply the media and general public with whatever evidence they have in hopes(Hail Mary) that it leads to a break in the case?
They do not employ that strategy.
B
Tiff says:
November 22, 2011 at 9:50 am
Exactly how trustworthy is Nancy Grace?
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I find what is on that link very odd, as I have not heard that before. The original comment was removed (it says so on the link).
Now the question is, why was it removed? To cover up the fact and protect the investigation or because it was false?
Thanks for posting that, Tiff.
With over 1100 people missing in the state of Tenn. I wonder if they know what they are doing. With LE getting to the scene as quick as they did you would think they would be further along after seven months. They need to hand it over to the FBI. How many times have we heard were just one clue away and that was months ago. Please give it to someone with more experanince This family has suffered enough already. Its almost Thanksgiving give them something to be thankful for!
laurie
Maybe their onto the perp or perps and they don’t want to tip them off that their on to them. The le in Tn seems to be guarding whatever info they have on the cell phone and where it pinged at. Maybe it’s crucial to the case their building. Just my two cents.
I suspect the reason the Nancy Grace report was removed was because their source didn’t pan out.
On the other hand, it has always bothered me that HB took her cell phone, books bag and launch with her. Possibly these items were all in a book bag slung over her shoulder which never fell off her shoulder despite being punched/cut and the argument on the carport. Possibly Holly latched on to these items because she saw the cell phone as a possible escape mechanism. It still strikes me as odd, though.
I suspect that Holly knew her kidnapper, and possibly had a reason to think she would be walking out of the woods shortly and wanted to keep her stuff together.
Even if a text was sent from her phone, it would be impossible to prove that HB sent it. A kidnapper could easily have sent a text, and, if her phone was a smart phone, it would be very easy to see the texts she had sent her boyfriend in the past and write a text in that style.
The blood … That part does not fit with a friendly walk off into the woods.
jmho
I know Edward, I’ve always believed that what Clint witnessed wasn’t the actual abduction, in my opinion Holly knew her abductor and went willingly with him (although this scenario doesn’t explain the blood), and then the abduction took place and maybe that’s when Holly screamed? I dunno. This case is so strange, but that’s just because we don’t have the whole information, all we know for sure is that Holly’s missing. It has also crossed my mind that she ran away, but I don’t think that’s the case, I think we’d already have sightings. I still believe that the police is going to surprise us one of this days after all they were just one clue away from cracking this case, I don’t think they were lying why would they?? It’s just taking longer than expected, I still have faith.
jeff says:
November 23, 2011 at 11:54 am
laurie
Maybe their onto the perp or perps and they don’t want to tip them off that their on to them. The le in Tn seems to be guarding whatever info they have on the cell phone and where it pinged at.
GeorgiaDad says:
November 23, 2011 at 2:35 pm
I suspect the reason the Nancy Grace report was removed was because their source didn’t pan out.
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Jeff and GeorgiaDad-
Excellent points. Just wish we knew for sure. I am sure LE knows more than they are saying, but I am just so frustrated with the lack of info available to the public. I just wish they could/would say more.
I agree about the blood…that makes it hard to believe that Holly was simply strolling into the woods with a man she knew…yet people tend to walk a certain way if they are being held at gunpoint or with a knife and apparently she showed no signs of this, at least as far as Clint saw. How could she appear so casual to him, as though she was walking alongside her boyfriend, when she had apparently just suffered some sort of injury that caused her to bleed? I think she MUST have been under force, only because she was bleeding and to not go inside her home for first aid instead of off into the woods is beyond belief, if she had a choice. The presence of the blood makes this case just so much more confusing…could Clint be so unobservant so as not to notice that Holly’s walk did not appear “normal”, even though his mother was freaking out, or was Holly so controlled that she was able to pull off a perfect acting job? Neither makes much sense to me, but one seems to have to have been true…
I am thinking she got hit in the face causing blood. After this she probley did whatever the perp wanted. I question if this was an abduction or just an argument that went bad. It seems like a crime took place then a cover up to cover that then another cover up to cover that. Either way its confusing. Just my two cents.
Constance I’m with you I can’t understand why she would just walk in the woods with someone who had just hit her. Clint was sure enough it was Holly’s boy friend when they were walking towards the woods, are we sure it was not Drew her boy friend. Like Georgia Dad said she must have though she would be walking back from the woods. Clint had just gotten up and he must have been still sleepy not to check the garage when he heard strange voices coming from there and then see them walking too the woods. I’m nosey so I would have check to see who was out there and I’ll bet he wishes he did too. Now his last site of his sister is of her being abducted and if she doesn’t come back I don’t know how he’ll live with that. It’s just awful for him and the whole family, I hope God blesses them because it looks like they’ve been damed now.
I always thought the blood in the carport was pretty easy to explain:
She gets hit, injured, etc……. The perp shows her a weapon and says, “if you make a sound I will kill your…(brother, family, whatever).” And she goes willingly hoping to protect her family.
Even the “friendly argument gone bad” theory works with this scenario.
Just my opinion.
But if Holly thought she would be returning from the woods, why carry all of her stuff along with her? Why not put it all in her car? And how did she hang onto all of her things while she was injured in some way? I do remember reading that her soda can or bottle was there, I think on the ground, so perhaps she dropped that, yet managed to hold onto her purse, keys, books, etc…all very odd. Seems she would have had keys in her hand, I have never heard that they were found, or anything else, besides the famed lunch carrier…and possibly the phone.
scots2 says:
November 25, 2011 at 12:48 pm
Constance I’m with you I can’t understand why she would just walk in the woods with someone who had just hit her. Clint was sure enough it was Holly’s boy friend when they were walking towards the woods, are we sure it was not Drew her boy friend.
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i don’t think Holly’s boyfriend would have to go to her house to abduct her. one would think he should be able to lure her away from her house without her questioning it very much at all.
whomever took her either couldn’t reliably lure her away and/or felt more comfortable taking her from there at that particular time.
i also suspect Clint thought it was Drew, because that made the most sense based in what he saw at the time. he probably wouldn’t expect anyone but Drew to be in close contact with Holly that early in the morning.
Jeff said..
“I question if this was an abduction or just an argument that went bad.”
very well could be just like that.. would explain the lunch bag.
she knows him..
@constane, really good point! Maybe it was all in a backpack or bookbag?
As I read backwards through recent posts, I see that GeorgiaDad also noted the bookbag as a possibility.
#22 Constane, just a thought, it doesn’t say anywhere that I can find that Holly took her stuff with her. Maybe the perp was carrying it?
But Clint said he still thought it was Drew even after his mother said it couldn’t be, and after he saw the blood…so he must have really had reason to think the man WAS Drew, maybe by his walk, or his shape, or something. He had been told it wasn’t Drew…yet still believed it was. The only time he finally became concerned was when the neighbor came by and said they had heard a scream…
And even if Holly was warned to “act naturally”, could one really look so natural that her brother thinks she is just strolling into the woods with her boyfriend? I know I couldn’t…and apparently he was not touching her in any way. All very strange…
At one point, very early on, there was something from LE about looking out for items such as a purse, phone, and books. Nothing about a book bag that I can recall. But no description of any of the items, which is hardly helpful if they really wanted people to be looking for them. I never understood why LE did not provide detailed info and even photos of all of the items that Holly should have had with her that morning, in case people come across something, as LE did with Kyron’s clothing and glasses (showed identical items to public.) In this case, LE won’t even confirm something as basic as whether or not the phone was actually found. To what purpose? To me, it is just a power play…this whole case reeks of it to me…
A power play is right, even the FBI has someone who keeps the family informed about whats going on. According to the angent when I spoke with him that it’s important for the family to be kept in the loop with whats going on, but not the TBI, do they not trust the mom & dad? I wonder what’s up with that? Do the parants know something like Holly is alive somewhere? It’s been over seven months, is she being keeped and druged up somewhere or is she even in the country I’ve hard that $300,000 is not uncommon to be offered for a petite blond in some places, as sick as that sounds, you never know.
Blink – Kyron Horman, Holly Bobo, Karen Swift, Katelyn Markham, Robyn Gardner, Baby Lisa Irwin, Lauren Spierer … all highly-publicized, unsolved mysteries thus far. What’s your opinion on how the monsters responsible for these crimes can keep getting away with them? Is it really that hard for LE to be solving these cases?
Does anybody know if they have check those property’s that they were not allow to check when the searches were on? Like the grandfather’s place of one of the POI. Does anybody know?
in the news today,
kentuck has a very high rate of Meth addiction.
Tick…tick….tick….time goes by, the perp (s) will crack….like sitting on a time bomb waiting for it to go off….
Hi Blink!
It’s been so quiet, it’s depressing! I wanted to know if you have heard anything lately that might indicate it is progressing at all? I realize that you learn things and can’t always share them with us (understandable), so I guess I’m just curioius to see if maybe you have learned anything new lately but just can’t share? I’m really hoping maybe things are happening/progressing but the general public can’t be informed of yet….wishful thinking probably though- back in April, I really never thought we’d all be here almost 8 months later…so sad.
Has the family taken good advice and hired a PI to investigate Holly’s disappearance?
I am aware that persons claiming to be working on behalf of the family have approached a PI under the auspice that a reward would be available to them, but I do not believe the family is in a financial position to hire one.
B
Too quiet here. Prayers for Holly and all who love her.
Amen!!!
So this is it, huh? No more discussion? Just dwindling away little by little? I’ve followed from day 1. Why? I don’t know. I’ve never followed anything like this before and for some reason Holly’s plight has tormented me. I feel for Dana , Karen, and Clint also. I was fairly sure it was going to end within the first few days, and she would be rescued alive. I mean, the attention was immediate from the TBI, the govenor, as well as the FBI I do believe. What the heck! How did they get so involved within a couple hours of the abduction? It was unbelievable. I mean LE was swarming the site within minutes of her disappearence. Karen’s reaction at school doesn’t fit either, collapsing with only limited knowledge of the situation? Something smells fishy in Denmark! It is painfully obvious the family expected something like this was possible. Also, how does Clint still think it’s Drew… even after his mom tells him it is not, and to go get a gun and go after her. Then he chooses not to? He stays to chat with the neighbor instead? I gaurantee they would not of gotten away if that had been me. Somebody was going to die, that I am sure of. Then no road blocks! Are you kidding me? Dana said everyone sat around the yard for quite some time waiting for further instructions. Really? I mean really? I’ve had scares like this with own my children and I absolutely lose it. I was frantic and searching for them everywhere and immediately! Your trying to tell me there was no sense of urgency by Clint, Dana, or LE? Why? What did they know? I’m certainly no conspiracy nut, so just tell me why the standing around? Look Blink…you are the only person I trust to get straight answers. There is no other trustworthy source that I know of. None that are believable anyway. I’m aware of Topix and TC and all that garbage… and that’s what those sites put out. What happened to “We are one clue away, close to cracking the case”. Really? Why no searches on some peoples land? Really… why not? Are there some people in Darden protecting others? Why? What about Clints comment that Holly won’t be found anytime soon. Realy? There has never been a case like this in the history of man! Where is Holly? Probably deceased by now. I pray to the Lord that she is safe somewhere. What about her cousin? What role did she play, if any? This was no fly by night rookie. This was well planned. I’m still of the opinion JD and his bunch are involved to some degree. May the Lord bless all the victims in this case and justice be served on the guilty. Thanks for listening.
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Cindy says:
December 6, 2011 at 8:31 am
Has the family taken good advice and hired a PI to investigate Holly’s disappearance?
I am aware that persons claiming to be working on behalf of the family have approached a PI under the auspice that a reward would be available to them, but I do not believe the family is in a financial position to hire one.
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That is so sad that they may not be in a position to hire a PI. That just breaks my heart. If I had the money, I’d give it to them in a heartbeat. I know it wouldn’t guarantee that Holly would be found, but it’s worth a try.
Has the church the Bobo’s attend made any attempt to raise funds for a PI? Or someone in the community maybe?
Still praying…
There is something wrong with this case! I’ve never been one to point fingers or “blame” anyone, but why is this family not actively getting Holly’s face out in the media? Why no accurate timeline? Why doesn’t the family want new fundraisers so they are able to hire a PI? Why hasn’t the family contacted a reputable SAR group to look for evidence or remains? I do know that a small SAR group recently searched for Holly, but they were a very new group and it appeared that their search was primarily a training exercise for the members. Why has MM dropped this case like a hot potato? Absolutely no updates or clarification from the TBI or LE. If finances are a problem, what happened to the funds that were collected from previous fundraisers? Where are the key players in this? A few “rehearsed” interviews, months later, isn’t going to bring this girl home! There is more than what I’ve put here, but I’m not willing to go into all of it. Fact is, this case is very strange in contrast to all the other missing person cases I’ve seen. What is wrong here?
Sorry for my rant, but I just had to get that off my chest! I’ve followed this case from day one and grasped every tidbit of information I could find. IMO: How the initial investigation went down was, at best, negligent, and could possibly be interpreted as criminal itself. No roadblocks, no one went into the woods for hours when she “supposedly” had just been abducted minutes before LE arrived. No arial survellience the day she disappeared. Now her “abduction” is referred to as a “disappearance”. Was she abducted? Clint says she just walked away. Did she leave on her own? If we are to take the word of the brother, how do we know she didn’t just leave for whatever reason? Why and how did she qualify for an Amber Alert? She isn’t a minor. What was that about? Why the $50,000 reward from the governor’s office? What made HER case any more important than any of the other missing women in TN? This whole thing stinks and my hinky readings are starting to go off the chart. What is wrong with this picture?
@ML2 says:
December 12, 2011 at 8:55 pm
So this is it, huh? No more discussion?
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I think we are on the same page! This whole thing is just wrong!
My hinky meter went off the chart the other night when my 25-year old daughter had a flat tire 3 miles from our house at 10:30 p.m. She called us immediately and then said, oh, a man just pulled up behind her and she said he’d help and then call me back. Well, I had my coat on and was out the door with my husband behind me pdq. Anyway, it probably took us five minutes to get there and I relaxed when I saw it was just a nice man giving a hand. But, you know what, if I can do anything to protect my now grown children I will. It just seems that Karen was the only one in tune “at least vocally” that something was amiss right off the bat and that this disappearance was way too much for the local LE to get a handle on. Oh, and if I had the money, I’d hire a P.I. to help this family find Holly and if there is a fund for such, please let me know. Keep Praying for the Bobo’s.
I have to say this, you know that, while I understand your daughter called you first, the absolute last thing she should have done was hung up with you when a stranger pulled up offering assistance and I hope you have that conversation with her. What she should have done, is stayed in her car, on the phone with you, and only mildly cracked her window to let the stranger know that help was seconds behind her, if she could see the persons plate behind her, she should have taken it down, and given you a description of the person and vehicle.
That could have ended badly, and thank God it did not, as it has for hundreds of other young women ( don’t feel bad, my own niece ignored this rule a few years ago, and I had a stern conversation complete with images of young women who were not so lucky.)
Sometimes, what appears to be a nice person, is anything but, and I know it is a sad testament, but a nice person will understand personal safety concerns.
B
8 months now. Praying for Holly and her loved ones everyday, Gail Palmgren and Karen Swift have been found, I just wish Holly was next.
What’s wrong with this picture is the TBI and not letting any body know what’s going on. Nobody, the parents, the brother the people who helped look for her, nothing. Silence is the perps best friend, IMO. And not Holly’s or any of the Bobos.
I too have followed this case from day 1. I have no idea why, just drawn to it. Might be because I also have a gorgeous daughter and son. Karen’s situation would be my worst nightmare.
I too believe the perp’s are all part of JD’s bunch, and probably also involving a scorned Ex. I also agree that the family had some type of problems with these/the person beforehand. This was definitely planned. I think they know exactly who did it, but don’t have the nail for the coffin yet it you know what I mean. And the family of the perp is making it difficult by covering up and financially/legally backing him. Just my opinion.
I don’t know what it’s like in Tennessee, but are the leaves off the tree’s? I’m just wondering if that thick brush and tree’s are bare enough to do a search again. Just a thought.
Ahh,, just read that Karen Swift was found after the vegatation died down. And that her clothes and phone were found in a different location than her body.
In Holly’s case, where they found some evidence (possibly planted), did they ever do searches in the opposite direction? My gut still says that there was more than 1 person at her house that morning. I think one was the abductee and the other was the planter.
Did they ever find the 3 or 4 wheeler that was reported missing that morning?
Bridget says:
December 13, 2011 at 1:26 pm
And the family of the perp is making it difficult by covering up and financially/legally backing him. Just my opinion.
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Bridget, if you are right, and you probably are, that is so sick and twisted that the perp’s family would cover for him/them. But there are people out there like that.
If they are not covering, then I hope they really are clueless and are totally shocked when the poop hits the fan. At least then they wouldn’t be guilty of anything.
#44 – Blink, Yes we did have that conversation. She gets it now, but you know I told her not to hang up, but she did anyway. We have to smarten up our young people as they are naive and think this kind of thing doesn’t happen in a small town. But it does, every day. Holly’s town, and I could go on and on. I’m sure that Holly’s family is still searching and I sure wish that LE would get that one clue that would solve this case.
ML2 I had asked many of the same questions as you have and did not get any answers but maybe enought time has passed and we will get some answers, we can only hope I guess at least some of the answers