Holly Bobo, Why?

"Please don't forget what this is all about and that's Justice for Holly"
-Karen Bobo, Holly's mother. 

My daughter was born in 1989; Holly Bobo was born in 1990. My daughter was enrolled as a student in the medical field; Holly was a nursing student. My daughter is alive and well, Holly was murdered. My daughter is married with two children, Holly will never be.

Holly Bobo was kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered on April 13, 2011. She was on her way to nursing school; she was 20 years of age. It was a typical spring morning until a man came into the garage and led her away on from the rural family home in Parsons, Tennessee. Screams were heard by neighbors and law enforcement was called. She was seen by her brother, Clint, walking into the woods by a man who Clint thought was her boyfriend. Clint was wrong, it was not her boyfriend. This was the last moment a loved one would see Holly alive.

Three men, Zachary Rye Adams, his brother John Dylan Adams, and Jason Wayne Autry are awaiting trial for her kidnapping, rape, and murder. A fourth man Shayne Kyle Austin identified as a person of interest, committed suicide in room #37 at the El Jon Motel located in Bartow, FL, on February 23, 2015. 

Tracey D. Ellis,
El Jon Motel, Bartow, FL

These four men are known as the A-Team. Could even more arrests be made? The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation advised of the possibility. It seems impossible to imagine so many men, together, committing such evil viciousness. How? How can this happen? How can any man stand around and take their turn raping a defenseless 5'3", 110 pound young woman? It is not only sickening and disgusting, it is unimaginable. There may have been six or more taking their revolting part. Did her cries and terror cause arousal? It must have. She was raped repeatedly. One of the accused is over 6"6' and 280 pounds. None of these men are teenagers, they all grown, some with their own children, even daughters. All have been convicted of various crimes throughout their lives. One common denominator was the use of Meth.

(A Special Thank You to Heather Cohen)

Her skull and a few more skeletal remains were found on Sunday, September 7, 2014. It is believed the accused and accomplices moved Holly's remains several times to prevent the discovery of her intact body. The trial(s) are slotted to begin April 3, 2017. Due to what is described as “voluminous” amounts of discovery, the presiding judge, Judge C. Creed McGinley has described the upcoming trial(s) as “like none we have seen before.”

Charges and Counts against:Zachary Rye Adams, Jason Wayne Autry and John “Dylan” Adams

The Grand Jurors of the State of Tennessee, duly selected, empaneled, sworn and charged to inquire for the body of Decatur, in the State aforesaid, upon their oath, present:

That Zachary Rye Adams, Jason Wayne Autry, and John Dylan Adams, heretofore, to-wit: between April 12, 2011 and September 8, 2014, before the finding of this indictment, in the County and State aforesaid, did unlawfully and …

Count 1: …with the intent to commit Kidnapping kill Holly Lynn Bobo in the perpetration of or the attempt to perpetrate Kidnapping First Degree Murder; with the intent to commit Kidnapping kill in the perpetration of or the attempt to perpetrate Kidnapping, thereby committing the offense of First Degree Murder.

Count 2:  …knowingly remove or confine Holly Lynn Bobo so as to interfere substantially with the liberty of the said Holly Lynn Bobo, and the removal and confinement was accomplished with a deadly weapon or by display of an article used or fashioned to lead the said Holly Lynn Bobo to reasonably believe the article to be a deadly weapon, thereby committing the offenses of Especially Aggravated Kidnapping. 

Count 3: …knowingly remove or confine Holly Lynn Bobo so as to interfere substantially with the liberty of the said Holly Lynn Bobo, and said Holly Lynn Bobo did suffer serious bodily injury thereby committing the offense of Especially Aggravated Kidnapping.

Count 4: …with the intent to commit Rape kill Holly Lynn Bobo in the perpetration of or the attempt to perpetrate rape, thereby committing the offense of First degree Murder.

Count 5: …intentionally, knowingly or recklessly sexually penetrate Holly Lynn Bobo by the use of force or coercion, while armed with a weapon or article used or fashioned on a manner to lead Holly Lynn Bobo reasonably to believe it to be a weapon, thereby committing the offense of Aggravated Rape.

Count 6: …intentionally, knowingly or recklessly sexually penetrate and cause bodily injury to Holly Lynn Bobo, thereby committing the offense of Aggravated Rape.

Count 7: …intentionally, knowingly and recklessly sexually penetrate Holly Lynn Bobo by the use of force or coercion, while being aided and abetted by one or more other persons, thereby committing the offense of Aggravated Rape.

Count 8: …intentionally, and with premeditation kill Holly Lynn Bobo, thereby by committing the offense of Murder First Degree.

****Many resources were used in the search for Holly. One great organization utilized was Community United Effort or CUE. Please watch the following video and consider contributing to the cause of locating the missing.

Ms. Shannan Gilbert

I was fully prepared to write on Ms. Shannan Marie Gilbert a beautiful woman who I once believed to be a victim of The Long Island Serial Killer. I no longer am committed on the idea she is a victim of LISK. How she died and under what circumstances is hotly debated. Many in law enforcement believe her disappearance and death has nothing to do with the bodies found discarded on Gilgo Beach in Long Island. The bodies that were in fact discovered while an off duty officer searched for signs of the then missing Ms. Gilbert.


http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/northern_suburbs&id=7843812

It is stated by Shannan's family that she named her attacker on a 23 minute call to 911; that they themselves did not hear however law enforcement, according to her mother, relayed to them.

The former Suffolk County Police Commissioner, Mr. Richard Dormer, believes she drowned and her death is accidental. I have to say I totally disagree with his theory. I do believe she was murdered. I believe she was in fear for her life and justifiably so.

Here are my issues with Mr. Dormer's theory.

Let me set up the scene, you are running for your life, at first you are on your cellphone with 911 and you are heard running and breathing heavy before the phone disconnects. You also are unable to give an address because you aren’t sure of where you are. You go to several houses on the street and bang on the doors screaming for help. You’ve been running...  your heart racing and not only are you scared but you are beginning to feel tired,  maybe even exhausted. This cat and mouse game has been going to for well over an hour. A man who is driving in a vehicle, not putting out much effort at all is coming to find you. He’s found you and is following you in his car. You are on the ground scared, tired and running and him in his SUV. Now what happens next?

According to former Commission of Police Dormer, you decide to go into the woods to run away from the man chasing you and try to get to a roadway to find help. As John Ray the attorney for the Gilbert family points out in an interview with CBS’s 48 Hour Mystery, there is a home within a few hundred yards of where, it is believed in Dormer’s theory,  Ms. Gilbert went into the woods.

Here are my questions with the Mr. Dormer’s theory:

1.      As it is said to be indicated on the 911 call from Ms. Gilbert, she was unaware of where she was. How would she know where to find this roadway? The woods have dense vegetation separating the road from view. One explanation was she was chasing headlights. She was over a half-mile away from a nearly desolate road, little traffic in addition it was a weekend, even less traffic. How would, when she went into those woods, even know a road was there? Further more, according Time and Date AS, sunrise was at 5:50. Would the few cars on the road at that hour even have had the headlights on? She was so out of it according to this theory, she stopped while in the middle of an active chase to take off her clothes a ¼ of a mile from where she supposedly drown (autopsy did not state cause of death).

2.      Mr. Michael Pack a very interesting man. I’m not sure why his occupation as “driver” has been glossed over. He admits in a written statement to Erin Moriarty of CBS 48 Hour Mystery that Shannan was upset because she didn’t want to give him his “cut.” Cut? Really? A driver is hired for a cut? So because this meeting with the “John” Joseph Brewer on the internet and because the “sex worker” Shannan Gilbert rode up in a vehicle this man is considered a driver that gets a “cut,” and not a pimp that gets his percentage. How long had Pack been a “driver” for Ms. Gilbert? How did she come to hire him as a driver? Is he part of some packaged deal?

3.      Money. Pack said Shannan did not want to give him his cut. Brewer, according to the accounts of what was heard on the 911 tape, said he was going upstairs. Does that mean Brewer had already paid for Shannan’s services? If so, where is the money? Was it in her purse which was found in the woods a ¼ mile from her remains? If Brewer had paid Shannan and her purse was empty of the payment and Pack was upset because he didn’t get his cut and Pack was following her in the SUV, then where is the money? Follow the trail of money.

4.      If a person is chased onto a busy highway, struck by a vehicle, and killed because he or she is in fear for his or her life then isn’t the person chasing him or her liable for the death? If that same pursuer also is known to carry a weapon then doesn’t that make it all the more intimidating for the victim? I believe Shannan Gilbert was in fear for her life when she ran however I don’t believe she ran until she died. Why…?

5.      Her jeans, shoes, and purse were found a ¼ mile from her body. Rape victims who are also the victim of a homicide are many times found without shoes or his or her pants. I believe she was raped at that location and that is why her jeans, shoes and purse where found there. As the Gilbert attorney Ray points out in the video Thick brush and foot cutting vegetation were on the ground. If she had enough presence of mind to run to a road she didn’t know was there, chasing headlights which may or may not have been on, then why would she not have the presence of mind to keep her protective clothing on her body?

UPDATE: From the New York Post. On Saturday, June 23, 2016, under very sad circumstances, Shannan's mother Mari was stabbed and killed by her daughter Sarra. Sarra is reported to have schizophrenia. The family attorney John Ray gave a glimpse into the turbulent life of the family. Sarra had been arrested in February. She drowned a puppy in the bathtub while in the presence of her son, who at the time was eight-year-old. Sarra then took the child into the forest where she threatened his life with a knife. Sarra was released and began hearing voices telling her to kill her mother. She called her mother begging for help. Her mother went to Sarra's home to help her daughter, where Mari was murdered. 

Stacy Peterson's Disappearance

http://www.isp.state.il.us/crime/missingdetails.cfm?ID=75
If you have information please contact the Ilinois State Police
Missing Person poster of Stacy Peterson.

On Sunday October 28, 2007 Stacy Ann (Cales) Peterson was, that we know of, last seen. She is the now ex-wife of Drew Peterson the ex-law enforcement officer from Illinois. According to America's Most Wanted case profile, http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/case.cfm?id=50297

Drew Peterson claimed to have received a telephone call from his wife Stacy telling him she was leaving him for another man. Here are my questions on this crime, not disappearance, crime.

1.      Stacy was obviously frightened of Drew Peterson as per her conversation with her pastor, Neil Schori. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316418,00.html If she was going to disappear with another man, why on earth would she call Drew to inform him of her decision. She would have called her children or her relatives not the egotistical Drew Peterson. This is an obvious ruse of Drew Peterson's which lends to his inclination of self-importance.

2.      Did law enforcement check for her personal belongings? Women like to be prepared. You can't buy everything on the run. Was the home checked for personal items such as perfume, make-up, panties or bras?

3.      Was or were account(s) at financial institutions checked? Prior to this supposed previously mentioned telephone call Stacy made to Drew, wouldn't she have already drained the checking account of any money she may need? Of course she would have.

4.      Divorce. Stacy would have divorced Drew before running off with another man. Why leave the children you love to run off with another man if you don't plan on marriage? She has not contacted anyone since to begin the process of divorcing him. Again, why?

5.      U.S. borders, have they been checked. Did Stacy cross over to South America as suggested by Drew Peterson.? If she did wouldn't she need a passport? Does Stacy Peterson have a passport? I somehow don't believe she did have one. If she is alive and is in the U.S. wouldn't she at some point need to use her Social Security number? I think she would.

6.      Why does Drew keep insisting that Stacy's not dead? How would he know? If she ran off with another man like he said, then he'd have no earthly idea if she was dead or alive. By him protesting her demise and promoting her well-being he tends to shine the light on his denial. Drew Peterson, as Hamlet might say, "doth protest too much, methinks."