In episode three of What Happened to Holly Bobo, as law enforcement continues its search for Holly Bobo's kidnapper, four names rise to the top of the list. To catch new episodes early, follow What Happened to Holly Bobo for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who are the key suspects in Holly Bobo's case?
Someone reported to authorities that they were in a bar with Zach, and when he got in an argument with the bartender, he said, you'll end up like Holly Bobo. Investigators followed up by interviewing those witnesses to see whether they had any information tying Zach Adams to Holly Bobo's kidnapping. They also did several additional interviews with Zach Adams himself.
Investigators also heard another story, this one about Shane Austin. He was the one with the red hair. Investigators were told that Shane had crossed paths with Holly Bobo at the raccoon hunt held days before Holly disappeared. They were told that Shane had been staring at Holly and her friend. There was also a rumor that he was trying to take a photo of them.
Agent Dykus followed up with Shane about the raccoon hunt. Shane said he was there, but did not remember seeing Holly. He said he was out of his mind on drugs at the time and that he didn't have anything to do with Holly's disappearance. Dykus also obtained a search warrant for Shane Austin's phone and investigators searched his trailer.
But despite those interviews and the searches of Shane's phone and trailer, investigators did not find any evidence linking Zach Adams or Shane Austin to Holly's kidnapping. About two years into the case, as people were hungry for answers about what happened to Holly, a Nashville TV station aired a series of stories about a group of private investigators who were looking into Holly's kidnapping.
The investigators identified someone they described as a suspect, and they alleged that the TBI had tried to stop them from pursuing the case further. The stories created so much controversy that the TBI had to put out a statement.
The statement said the private investigator's information seemed to mostly come from social media and posts on websites and alleged that many of the private investigator's claims were inaccurate and misleading.
The TBI went on to emphasize just how big of an effort the agency was making to find Holly and her abductor, and that their efforts were built on solid investigative work, not gossip and rumors. The statement said the Holly Bobo case file is currently 27 volumes and contains more than 1,500 investigative reports. The TV station that aired the stories responded to the TBI's criticism.
They said they simply reported on the findings of the private investigators and claimed that until their statement, TBI had been unwilling to comment on the record about the private investigators' findings. Through subpoenas, TBI obtained the information collected by those investigators as well as footage from the station and claimed they didn't have any new evidence in the case.
Around this time, Agent Dykus was taken off the case because of what his supervisor called his tunnel vision. Now, a new lead agent was in charge. As the tension between TBI, the local TV station, and the private investigators looking into Holly's disappearance indicates, there was pressure for the TBI to come up with answers.
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Chapter 2: What motivated Karen Bobo's interviews with suspects?
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By February 2014, Holly had been missing for almost three years. Agent Dykus had been taken off the case. FBI agent Art Viveros had retired. And Zach Adams was on law enforcement's radar for something new. He was arrested and charged with aggravated assault for allegedly holding a gun to the head of his girlfriend's sister and threatening to kill her.
TBI agents saw Zach's arrest as a chance to question him again about Holly Bobo. While being questioned, Zach said he knew nothing about Holly and was innocent.
I don't know nothing about it. I don't know nothing about nothing, Penny. If I did, hook me up for a lie detector test. Let's do this. What are we waiting on? Ask me these questions under a lie detector test. I mean, in this world, we've got to prove that we're innocent, not prove that you're guilty.
Zach went through what he did the day Holly was kidnapped, which matched what his brother Dylan had told the FBI agent years before. He said that when Holly was abducted, he and his brother were sleeping. Then they spent the morning trying to buy drugs with their friend Shane Austin.
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