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He says he didn't recognize the man's voice, but said it sounded gravelly, like a smoker's voice. Clint says he just kept telling himself it must have been Holly's boyfriend, Drew, taking her turkey hunting. He didn't know what his mom knew, that that man couldn't have been Drew, because that morning, Drew was turkey hunting 22 miles away.

He says he didn't recognize the man's voice, but said it sounded gravelly, like a smoker's voice. Clint says he just kept telling himself it must have been Holly's boyfriend, Drew, taking her turkey hunting. He didn't know what his mom knew, that that man couldn't have been Drew, because that morning, Drew was turkey hunting 22 miles away.

Then Clint saw the man and Holly wearing a bright pink shirt walk into the woods.

Then Clint saw the man and Holly wearing a bright pink shirt walk into the woods.

He says at some point his mom told him over the phone to go grab a gun and shoot the man. After he watched his sister walk away with the man, he says he went and grabbed his dad's .38 Colt Special and started to follow them.

He says at some point his mom told him over the phone to go grab a gun and shoot the man. After he watched his sister walk away with the man, he says he went and grabbed his dad's .38 Colt Special and started to follow them.

Clint says that's when his neighbor showed up and told him about the scream her son had heard a few minutes before. After an hour and a half long interview, the polygraph examiner straps Clint up to the machine. Time for the moment of truth.

Clint says that's when his neighbor showed up and told him about the scream her son had heard a few minutes before. After an hour and a half long interview, the polygraph examiner straps Clint up to the machine. Time for the moment of truth.

Clint passed the polygraph test.

Clint passed the polygraph test.

To Agent Dykus, that meant Clint was no longer a suspect, but TBI and other authorities kept an eye on Clint Bobo regardless. In the weeks that followed, he sat for multiple interviews with agents from TBI, the FBI, and the U.S. Marshals Service. It wasn't just Clint under the microscope.

To Agent Dykus, that meant Clint was no longer a suspect, but TBI and other authorities kept an eye on Clint Bobo regardless. In the weeks that followed, he sat for multiple interviews with agents from TBI, the FBI, and the U.S. Marshals Service. It wasn't just Clint under the microscope.

The entire Bobo family faced years of scrutiny from investigators, but all of them, as well as Holly's boyfriend Drew, were eventually cleared by authorities of having anything to do with Holly's disappearance.

The entire Bobo family faced years of scrutiny from investigators, but all of them, as well as Holly's boyfriend Drew, were eventually cleared by authorities of having anything to do with Holly's disappearance.

Years later in 2017, Clint Bobo recounted the experience to ABC News.

Years later in 2017, Clint Bobo recounted the experience to ABC News.

ABC News also spoke to Holly's mom, Karen, and her father, Dana, in 2017. For them, the stress on Clint added to their own pain.

ABC News also spoke to Holly's mom, Karen, and her father, Dana, in 2017. For them, the stress on Clint added to their own pain.

But Agent Dykus, the initial lead investigator on the Holly Bobo case, had someone else he believed could be involved. Someone who was close by, someone who fit the physical description Clint gave to the police, and someone authorities believed had the background, the history, and the M.O. to be Holly's abductor.

But Agent Dykus, the initial lead investigator on the Holly Bobo case, had someone else he believed could be involved. Someone who was close by, someone who fit the physical description Clint gave to the police, and someone authorities believed had the background, the history, and the M.O. to be Holly's abductor.