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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Re: Candy says:
May 17, 2011 at 11:59 am
Thought I would tell you all about a case here in MI that has SOME similarities to Holly’s. The victim’s (Venus Stewart) estranged husband murdered her in 2008 and was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. He abducted her from her parent’s rural driveway at 7 AM, leaving a tiny amount of blood at the scene. To establish an alibi he got a moron he met on XBoxLive to use his cell phone and credit cards at businesses out of state, after carefully cultivating a big-brother relationship with him. Despite massive searches her body has never been found unfortunatley. However the State Police were able to untangle the complex web of this case and secure a conviction without her body. Like all of you I pray for Holly and the Bobos.
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Candy:
Thanks for sharing Venus Stewart’s case. Out of curiousity, how long did it take LE to unravel what happened and secure an arrest?
GeorgiaDad says:
May 17, 2011 at 11:03 am
I thknk the term “rape house” is a bad joke name. Apparently most, if not all, of the sexual activity there is consensual.
Although it does suggest that these young men have little respect for their dates. It also suggests that these young women have low self esteem themselves.
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Hmmmmmm. Almost sounds like a “they deserve it” Yuck, but what do I know… I’m just a girl.
I’m really not trying to cause an argument, but I really can’t let that one slide. Just reads wrong to me
RE:Candy:
Thanks for sharing Venus Stewart’s case. Out of curiousity, how long did it take LE to unravel what happened and secure an arrest?
Hello Essay Kaye. I apologize–the case occurred in 2010, not 2008. The police arrested him within 3 weeks. He was a suspect because she had an RO against him and they found her blood in his truck. It took longer to figure out the rest of it. BTW the XBox moron knew the husband was going to kill her before he helped, but was by all acounts a seemingly normal college kid!
@roller monkey, I did not read it that way from GeorgiaDad. He seems to be merely commenting (and it’s sad but true I think) that a lot of guys have no respect for women, and a lot of women unfortunately DO have low self-esteem and will therefore willingly go with guys and do whatever the guys want in an attempt to get the guys to like them. Just MO
i don’t know about the r house could just be a term used when i was younger there was a house down the road that was boarded up ran down overgrown weeds we used to call it the slaughter house just a term i don’t know if anyone was actually killed there. Plus i don’t think a perp would take her there to one of these r houses to obvious i am sure the cops already have looked at them. I am sure the cops are watching these perps their go back to the scene of the crime they all do.
ragdoll
i am not worried about arrest i am sure one is coming. My concern is the fate of holly bobo. My other concern is in some ways i think le is protected the perp or perps by staying quiet because they know the townspeople would go crazy. I understand due process i understand people r given a fair trail i understand the dotted of the i’s and the crossing of t’ but sometimes you would like some answers.
I understand Jeff. LE has no reason to protect the perps, imo. I believe it’s the ‘self titled royalties’ of the town that are protecting their own. They’re simply not cooperating, it seems.
As for Holly, imo, I feel she is no longer with us. Anyone who educates in self defense will always tell you to NEVER LEAVE WITH YOUR ABDUCTOR. Fight like hell, create a scene, attack, whatever it takes, but never go willingly. Most women who’ve been in this situation have the mentality they can talk their way out of it. Most of them never return and/or are never found. It’s a completely volatile situation. It’s been expressed on BOC by other posters the fact that Holly went with her abductor meant she prolly knew the person/s and believed she could handle it.
…but hope never dies <3
rollermonkey says:
May 17, 2011 at 1:52 pm
I agree with you. It’s prolly nothing more than an insensitive name for it. However, I think we’d be naive not to believe there hasn’t been a situation where one was not a willing participant.
MOO
I hope he does not murder again before they get around to an arrest.
ragdoll
Do u think that this is a ransom case and the perp is controlling the situation. Perhaps he said i don’t want the family talking to the media or i well kill her. Perhaps they don’t believe the perp and the perp tells them where the cell phone is has proof they or he has her. Guards outside becasue clint saw more then le wants to let on. Change from dragged to led so perp don’t feel threated. Its possible their talking to the perp so their worried about the famlies saftey You would think they would say we have suspects but not name them. A lot of cases have un named suspects but this one don’t. Then they call off searches so did they find all her stuff or enough evidence interesting stuff in my mind i am courious to hear your answer
ragdoll
I am just confused on if their trying to protect holly’s welfare by being silent or are they protected the perps by being silent. The town seems to already made up their mind you their interest are in thats holly bobo.
This is exactly how a serial killers,start out.They abuse or kill animals for the fun of it.Then they realize the power that gives them
over a helpless living being.Since they have no empathy they can move
on to a human and if they get away with that and allude the LE.They
kill again and it gives them more power every time.
The bad part is they enjoy this and have no feelings for the victim.
I have seen them have interviews in jail and they talk about it like its just another day at the park.
To add to this:”The R house is not only a sick name but the name itself implies power over another person.” They could have picked any given name why this one?”
hello blink. it is my wish that you remind your readers of the book “the gift of fear”… teach your kids to trust their “hinky meter”… and, to tell all the parents of daughters out there to teach them that if they find themselves in a compromising situation, to immediately drop on their back and kick and scream like hell. the abductor has a very hard time containing someone whose feet are in their face…
You just did, awa, so thank you.
B
awa says:
May 17, 2011 at 8:52 pm
hello blink. it is my wish that you remind your readers of the book “the gift of fear”… teach your kids to trust their “hinky meter”… and, to tell all the parents of daughters out there to teach them that if they find themselves in a compromising situation, to immediately drop on their back and kick and scream like hell. the abductor has a very hard time containing someone whose feet are in their face…
so true. scream, kick, and make the biggest commotion you can…you have everything to lose if you don’t. Heck, I’m a grown woman and I have plans in place, never walk my dog without my cell phone and pepper spray, and always stay aware of my surroundings. Always trust your hinkey meter…if your wrong, so what. If you make a stranger uncomfortable because something feels wrong–so what. Unfortunately, kids and teens haven’t fully developed their hinkey meters and that’s why they are easier targets. My mother may have been overprotective and a bit paranoid…but in hindsight, I understand her motives completely.
Ragdoll says:
May 17, 2011 at 4:31 pm
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Ragdoll,
Since CB says Holly was “led” into the woods, I’m wondering if she not only knew the man, she completely trusted him. We don’t know whose blood was found in the carport; we don’t even know if it’s human blood. What if Holly’s abductor had blood on his clothing and claimed his hunting partner was injured; so, Holly didn’t realize what was happening until they were some distance into the woods and she saw the second person — perhaps someone else she knew and feared — which is when she screamed. Maybe she took along her purse with the lunch bag b/c the man acted with urgency and she may have had first aid supplies in the purse (not unlikely, especially for a nursing student).
Since CB’s 911 call has not been made public, there is still a lot of controversy about whether he claimed his sister was led into the woods or dragged. IIRC, the TBI admitted that they initially miscommunicated his words by saying “dragged.” But, it’s possible that the 911 operator didn’t consider CB’s call urgent at first b/c Holly is an adult and LE wouldn’t normally treat the case as a missing person’s case unless there is evidence of a struggle or the person has been missing more than 48 hours (I’m not sure of this time frame; please correct me if I’m wrong). So, I can imagine CB then emphasizing the blood at the scene and telling the 911 operator something like: “no, no, you don’t understand! She didn’t go with him willingly; the man forced her to go with him.” That may be the reason for two different versions being reported, although it was the same call and CB essentially did not change his story.
IMO, Holly did go calmly into the woods in the company of her abductor (or one of them) b/c she didn’t sense danger until too late.
Do u think this case is gonna end up cold? It sure seems that way. I and most are quickly losing faith. Please give us some?!?!
thank u!
Jeff – I keep coming back to the idea of a ransom situation too. I’m by no means saying that’s what is happening, but I keep googling ransom kidnappings.
This is why my hincky meter keeps running erratically every time I think about the fact that Holly Bobo didn’t kick, or scream right from the beginning, expecially since “she knew her brother was in the house” at the time she was being cornered by a pert. I really don’t care about what I’m hearing from other people, it’s my hinky meter that keeps taking me back to the beginning where this whole case started at her house. I think somebody missed sometthing at the very beginning.
SHe did scream, the neighbor heard her as she was backing out of her driveway.
B
SHe did scream, the neighbor heard her as she was backing out of her driveway.
B
Is there a possibility a stun gun was used? Or some other means of incapacitating her right there at the scene. She had to of been rushed into a vehicle…somebody else must have seen a vehicle parked or otherwise waiting in an odd place. I know this a rural area…but there are neighbors backing out of driveways and activity at that time of day.
Not that I am aware of on the stun gun, but I do believe a means of physical violence of some type was used to incapacitate her.
B
Backing out of her driveway? The only time I “back out” is in a car.
Correct. However, I don’t know what stage of that process they were in, and that was directly from Sheriff Wyatt, not the witness.
B
Dear Blink,
There is a problem here that makes me problem from the first day. You said: “SHe did scream, the neighbor heard her as she was backing out of her driveway.”
OK, but how that his brother did not hear her scream and the neighbor heard? Also, which neighbor? If you look at the aerial maps, the Bobos does not have any immediate neighbors, do you that Holly thinks that she can handle the situation and comes with the prep, so she did not scream and at her place and when she sees someone else with the prep, she feels danger and screams? Then, the search must be started from the neighbor’s property not Bobos?
I am looking forward for your explanations.
Best regards,
Alex.
PS. I also wait for answer for my private questions!
Alex, respectfully, I do not know you, and I cannot answer private questions that answering same would reveal what you asked me to keep private in the first place. I hope you understand. I am known for my integrity and source protection, and sometimes, I just can’t or won’t.
The public does not know what Clint saw or heard, just what the TBI announced.
I do, and I am choosing not to release it at this time, except to say, this young man is in no way involved, and did not, at any time, contribute to the compromise of his sister’s safety.
B
Been reading not posting
Where did I hear that the neighbor who heard her scream- was actually in the vacancy of another area of the woods?
Like holly had been taken thru the woods, further away from Clint- not to hear her scream. But that she screamed in area closer to neighbor.
Neighbors in this town may live a mile away, not next door or down the street
Your back- yeah!
I do not believe that neighbor has been identified, but they definitely heard her scream.
B
I’m beginning to wonder about this case as well. Why the silence? Why are there no more searches? Why are we not seeing this case covered by the national news? Why is the Bobo family not pleading for airtime with the media? Could this actually be a kidnapping? Also, I was curious as to whether the Bobo’s have a dog? Even if it were inside, if Holly screamed, I would think it would have reacted. Prayers for the Bobo family and friends.
One person did this and she knew him, but didn’t necessarily trust him, probably was just shell shocked. He couldn’t have her so he took her. This was most likely over that day, even though I hate to say it. Now they just need that one break, which is a lead to her. Might be difficult since only one person knows for sure where she is. Maybe the pressure will build enough on this person. Just opinion of course.
Does anyone think she was tasered in the carport does that leave a little blood. Kinda of explains the led part because you r a little dazed after u get tasered. Then possible after the perps gets her in the woods the perp does what he planned to do. Holly at this point screams knowing her life is in jeporady. Two things about clint bobo and the scream its possible he heard but didnt know where it was and the cops already told him to wait not to go in alone. Police always tell you wait til le gets there. Second is maybe clint is partially deaf (not trying to offend). I have permanent hearing loss in my life ear from birth i have trouble hearing some thing sometimes. I just don’t see this perp trampleing all over the woods with her not to mention the perp had to hear the police sirens coming to the house. So there had to be a car really really close or somewhere close to take her. This is why i think the cops think its local.
alex
Its possible alex their not talking about the scream too much because of the direction it came from. If this was done by a neighbor or a neighbors house and the scream came that way then they have a possible
location or suspects area of life. When they were doing the search for holly u gotta think certain things the searchers didnt pick up because their not trained to look for that stuff the le did. Thats why when someone says the dogs didn’t pick anything up thats probley a lie. Le is not going to release what the dogs picked up and an average person who don’t work with dogs isn’t going to know either
hi all,
I am a long time reader, first time poster. like all of the posters on here, I want to see Holly found and returned to her family. I feel like Jeffs theory is well thought out and seems to make a lot of sense, given the little bit of information we know. I feel so sad for Clint, being that he is the brother and whatever happened, he ultimately wasn’t able to protect Holly. Most brothers would instinctively put themselves in harms way to protect their sister. I think when we hear the full story, we will find that he did all he could. I don’t know why all the secrecy surrounding April 13th, can only guess it is very important to the case. My older brother is LE (Mass). I think we should all keep in mind that these well trained and often well educated guys are brothers, fathers, sons, etc.. and most do give their all to protect and serve. I’m still hoping that Holly comes home alive. She seemed to be enjoying being 20 (pictures show a happy girl) going to nursing school, and having fun with her friends and family. The you tube video of her singing in the car really got to me. She seemed to be your typical 20 yr old just having fun with her friends, goofing around. She still has so much life to live, I pray that she is given that chance.
@Alex, I’m not certain of course, but it has been suggested that CB was showering at the time of the scream. Also, I have looked at aerial maps and seen footage and I disagree with your “no neighbor” theory. They had neighbors, and rural neighbors tend to even more aware of things out of place.
lol thats a funny name to use dr pepper lol sorry just had to laugh about that
Blink,
I have read posts from Hollys friends or friends of friends Facebook as well on another site within hours of the abduction were the posts that all say 2 men took Holly. Do you know this to be true?
I can tell you that is a rumor, and I can tell you I have not been able to exclude it.
B
Put yourselves in Clint’s shoes. I cannot begin to imagine how he must feel… He needs all of our prayers, too!
It looks like police are finding lots of other local criminal activity, even though they have been unsuccessful in finding Holly. Perhpas this is one reason for calling off community searches.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/14664721/bobo-search-not-without-success
Dear folks,
Thanks all of you to discuss on my sayings.
@ TR, If you look at aerial photos, the nearest neighbor to Bobo’s is located at south of their property and in other directions, there is not any neighbors, so why in that direction? Maybe the logical is because the preps want to use a road other than Swan Johnson Rd. maybe Myracle Town Rd.
Also, Blink and others please pay attention that I do not mean to accuse Clint of anything (God forgives me if my sayings mean that). He is now in so much pain that I can really understand because I was witnessed something and me myself has problems in describing it. He does not know and cannot even imagine such a tragedy, now, if you think yourself in his place, you can know how he feels. If something happens to Holly (which I am praying not), then this young man’s life will be ruined forever, even if his parents did not mention his false on this matter, the sense of guilt and blame will hurt him and burn him from inside. He will have an untreatable wound inside of his heart and a heavy burden, exactly what I have and sense. It hurts so much that you cannot even enjoy being with your loved one.
Now, all of you folks certainly pray not only for Holly but more for Clint, May Holly come back safe and save his brother from sense of guilt, Amen.
Color me baffled. I understood the tracking dogs did not pick up
Holly’s scent beyond the carport or driveway.
How could Holly, be led into the woods, if the dogs did not track her
there? This sounds simple to me.
I recall Mark Fuhrman, had mentioned the dogs did not pick up the scent beyond the driveway.
Thank-you
I don’t know the answer to this, so I’m asking – can tracking dogs follow scent of a person on an ATV?
The right ones can, yes.
B
@rollermonkey
I believe you misinterpreted.
Apparently the “R house” was well-known by that name among young people, and I’m sure the young women in the community knew that name. I’m also fairly certain that they knew they weren’t going to the “R house” for Bible study. Maybe these women went there planning just to “make out” but not have sex. Maybe the plan was drinking or drug use where they wouldn’t be seen. Maybe they wanted to have sex. It is quite implausible that they went there voluntarily to be raped, however.
My comment quite simply was that these young men apparently have a low opinion of women as evidenced by the name attached to the house (maybe they’ve listened to too much rap), and that the women they “date” tolerate this behavior. I would hope that women with an appropriate amount of self-esteem would not allow their dates to take them to a place called the “rape house” (although I don’t always understand teen-agers these days). At no time did I imply they were asking to be raped.
If women want to be treated like ladies, they need to demand to be treated like ladies. You can lament boys attitudes towards girls all day, and complain that their parents should teach them better; but, every time you see a young man publicly calling his girlfriend his “ho”, there is a young woman who tolerates it.
In fact, the only reason I made my initial post was that a previous poster had stated the “rape house” was a place they took young women to rape them. There has not been any evidence that rapes occurred in this house, or that either of the two young men this thread is directed toward have ever committed rape. Of course, there is also no evidence to the contrary either.
This is a longshot…
Hunters often spray themselves with “scent” so wildlife won’t smell the human in the area. Depending on the degree of pre-planning, Holly could have been sprayed with hunting spray (e.g. deer urine).
If search dogs were given Holly’s scent from personal items, they might not be able to track it past her being soaked in hunting scent…
To S.H. –
I guess it could be possible that just as LE “modified” Clint’s explanation of events, they could be modifying what is released to the public, in order to protect key aspects of the case. Perhaps they want the perps to think they haven’t found any potential leads (i.e. Holly’s scent), giving them a false sense of security, and thus decreasing their likelihood to flee?
On a side note, those are some pretty amazing and trained dogs to be able to pick up the scent of a person on an ATV!!
It was cold, I wonder if the neighbors car window was up or down?
I also wonder if Holly was screaming AT the neighbor for help?
I think they modified is story to catch the perp. They said led because its like blink said its a tatical one. Dragged implies clint saw a lot more then the tbi is letting on. Remember guards outside the house. Saying led to me implies, clint must have only seen the back of the perp or perps. Think about the two words and whats going on. Just them two words alone can implicate a criminal that thinks he got away. I don’t think clint had time to do anything not that he couldn’t but because they took her too fast, this is where the atv’s come in. Has far has the search dogs go maybe they led the le to the edge of someones property that wouldn’t let them search.
i keep going back to the fact everyone on here w ould think this was just a mTssing person case if the brother didn’t call. So my standard assumption is the perps thought they had all day with her. Not to mention the perps probley thought no one would think she was abducted out of her driveway this whole crime was based on time.
I posted this on topix, but no one responded so I’ll ask you. Do you think Holly and her family may have been confidential informats for LE. Ive heard on other forums that parsons and the surrounding areas have drug problems, meth labs ect. I wonder this because of the $80,000 reward for Holly and now LE watching over the Bobo house..do u think this is a possibility?
Absolutely not.
B
Also the word dragged also can imply somekind of vechicle was used. Which would mean they dragged her into the woods. They took her to some spot killed her put her in some kind of truck or car I think they stashed the atvs if they were used and came back later to get them. You could also can switch it around maybe they stashed her then came back later. Someone who hunts in that area would know where u can stash something and not get caught
erica
If the bobo’s were drug informents i don’t think they would kidnap their daughter to draw attention to themselve. I believe they would just go in and shoot them not to mention take the whole family out.
jeff,
sometimes people hurt peoples loved ones to get revenge..the mob does it…ive heard the dad owns a business and I thought maybe he had a disgruntled employee..its just strange that LE is watching over the Bobos house…i dont remember kyron hormans house being watched, or polly klaas’s house being watched by LE…im also concerned about a certain person that runs a strange site on FB
@rollermonkey – any tracking dog worth his or her salt can smell you even if you showered in scent killing spray for a week. there isn’t much that will fool them. mythbusters did a show once on this subect, the dogs pretty much always win (if there is a win to be had)
I think a possible reason as to why the Bobo family is under protection is because Clint is a witness… he could be in danger if the perp fears he might of seen his face.
Also, has anyone gone MIA from Parsons anytime since this has happened? Anyone who is feared to have too much info could very well be in danger.
My experience with Dogs is 50/50
Scott says:
May 18, 2011 at 5:18 pm
@rollermonkey – any tracking dog worth his or her salt can smell you even if you showered in scent killing spray for a week. there isn’t much that will fool them. mythbusters did a show once on this subect, the dogs pretty much always win (if there is a win to be had)
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Good to know. I’ll be sure not to spray myself with elk urine prior to any emergency escape I might be involved in
@Erica,
Blink stated in an earlier post that LE is stationed at the Bobo’s house because their is an eye witness there. Clint Bobo is the only eye witness to the case. According to Blink, it is as simple as that. I hope that helps!