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Chapter 1: What happened during the ginseng hunting season?
It typically only grows on the shady side of a hill, and it blends right in with other plants like poison ivy and Virginia creeper. But if you can spot ginseng in the wild, you can make a small fortune. And that's why Larry Stone was foraging along Interstate 40 in Decatur County, Tennessee in September 2014. It was the first week of ginseng hunting season, and this was one of his usual routes.
Here he is in court a few years later, recounting that day, showing the courtroom where he was on a map near the highway. He's a big guy, outdoorsy and tough looking, with short hair and a salt and pepper goatee.
That Sunday morning, the 7th, we parked right here, just cabled right here. I got out of the truck, got my water, got my little panty pack, whatever you want to call it, and took off right down through here.
Larry brought his cousin with him that day. They went down for a ways before Larry turned back around to get something from his car. On his way back, he spotted a ginseng plant and then another one.
But then something caught my eye.
It was a three gallon water bucket.
So I walk over to the bucket. I picked it up, but then a feeling come over me. Just something just told me, turn around. And I'm sitting here thinking the whole time in my head, why is a three gallon bucket sitting here upside down in the woods? So I went with my instinct when the feeling hit me, said turn around. And then that's when I found what I have.
Larry tried to yell for his cousin, who was about 300 yards away.
Because at first, I couldn't get nothing out of my mouth. I was so stunned. And I finally got his name out of my mouth. I said, Timmy, get up here now. And he's like, what? And I said, I found remains. And he said, no, you didn't. You're lying. And I said, get up here now. I'm being serious now. Get up here. I just started bawling. So finally he come up there and I looked at him.
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Chapter 2: What led to the discovery of Holly Bobo's remains?
And Dylan was, he was slow. He really was.
Later, prosecutors would push back on Dylan's family's claims about his intellectual abilities. They pointed out that Dylan was able to drive and that he could read even if he had trouble. They said it's not like he needed a babysitter to help him all day.
Chapter 3: How was Holly Bobo's cause of death determined?
According to TBI, in March of 2014, Zach told a fellow inmate heading to Dylan's jail to give his brother a message, quote, Tell my brother he is the one who started this expletive, and if you don't shut his mouth, he will be in the hole beside her. Then, the following August, according to court documents, Dylan was released from jail after pleading guilty to lesser federal charges.
Ten days after Holly's remains were found in September, TBI received a call. They were told that Dylan had just confessed to taking part in the kidnapping and murder of Holly Bobo.
Today's date is the 17th day of September 2014. The time is approximately 6.50 p.m. This will be an interview with Dylan Adams.
In the video obtained by ABC News, Dylan is sitting across from TBI agent Brent Booth. Next to Dylan is TBI agent Jeff Jackson, just a couple feet away from him. The three are sitting in a small, brightly lit room around a table covered with papers and a couple of soda bottles. Dylan is slim with short, dark hair.
He's wearing a black T-shirt and sunglasses tucked behind his ears and over his head. Remember, this wasn't the first time Dylan had spoken with investigators. This was the latest in a series of conversations they'd had over that year. Agent Jackson leads the interview.
Let's back up to the day before all this happened. And don't leave any detail of any kind out. I'm not mad at you. They're not going to raise my voice or anything like that. I'm not mad at you. I'm very glad that you're doing the right thing and coming forward.
The agents begin with a light tone. But as you'll learn, they're about to conduct an interview that would later be criticized by members of Dylan's family. In this recording, Agent Jackson tells Dylan to walk him through everything, starting from the day before Holly went missing.
How did all y'all get together the night before this happened?
I was at the office coming up. We were done though. We were done though. And They ended up leaving. I mean, they left about 12, 1 o'clock.
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Chapter 4: What new evidence emerged in the investigation?
This time, let's make every bit of it right. What was the discussion that led up? To choosing her and going to get her.
That I have no clue. They be talking about going to get somebody. I mean... Talking about finding someone to rape?
Dylan, again, nods.
What were they saying? What if they can go get her later on tonight? That's what they said. Her to find her.
I mean, that's what they said. Her... They didn't say Holly's name, they said her. Okay?
Dylan nods his head. He says that all four men sexually assaulted Holly Bobo. Throughout much of the interview, Dylan appears alert, looking directly at each agent as he speaks to them, at times nodding along as they speak to him. Dylan says Zach and Jason left the night before in Dylan's truck and that they returned the following morning around 9.30 or 10 with Holly in the truck.
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Chapter 5: What role did Dylan Adams play in Holly's case?
Describe what was she doing? What did she look like? What was she wearing? She had an old pink shirt. Was there hair in any kind of, was it pulled back down? No.
Agent Jackson continues to question Dylan on what happens next.
Dylan says the men brought Holly into the living room, which is where he says she was assaulted. As in Jason Autry. Dylan says Jason was the first one to assault her. Agent Jackson asks him what happens next. Dylan claims his brother Zach put a gun to his head and told him to rape Holly or else he'd kill him. Dylan says he raped Holly. Then Zach raped her.
Nearly an hour into the interview, the agent's tone shifts. He asks Dylan whether Shane Austin had also been at the house the evening before Holly's abduction. Dylan says yes. A few minutes later, Agent Jackson asks Dylan about why he didn't mention Shane earlier.
We agreed that you weren't going to leave anything out when we started talking. You told me that Zach and Autry left.
You didn't say nothing about Shane Austin until I specifically asked you, and then you say, well, yeah, he was. And then you say, well, oh yeah, Zach carried it somewhere. Why didn't you tell me that when we first started talking? That's a problem. Do you agree that's a problem?
I'm not trying to jump on you, Dylan. You have to tell me the truth. You have to tell me the truth for me to do anything with this information.
As the interview progresses, Dylan's account continues to evolve. He adds details to events already discussed. Agent Jackson periodically tells him to not make anything up and to tell the truth. After three hours, the TBI agent says he has problems with what Dylan is saying and begins to ask Dylan a series of questions point blank.
The truth is that While sitting around smoking dope with Shane Alston, Zach Adams, Jason Autry, and you at Zach's house, a plan got hatched out to go get Holly Bobo herself. Go get her, bring her back, and rape her. That happened. Yes or no?
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Chapter 6: What confessions did Dylan make during the interview?
Then when I asked you another question or he asked you some hard questions that you don't like, the question, you're sitting here going, oh my God, oh my God, what am I going to say? What can I say? What can I say? That ain't how this works. That ain't ever going to work ever again.
Dylan just looks at the agent and blinks a few times. Agent Jackson continues to express frustration with how Dylan has answered his questions. He tells him, quote, What worth are you to us as a witness if I gotta sit here and go through all this hell to get an answer out of you?
Because I'm not gonna sit in here You have been in here, Dylan, for hours with me tonight. Do you realize how many hours you've been in here? You got here at 5 o'clock. It is 9.30 at night. Why are you making this this way? I'm through. I'm sick of it.
In terms of who killed Holly, in one version, he says it was Zach. In another, it was Jason Autry.
His problem is he's clueless. He has no concept of what is really going on right now.
And later, Dylan's family would speak out about the unusual circumstances leading up to his police interview.
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Chapter 7: How did the investigation evolve after the confessions?
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Chapter 8: What challenges did investigators face in this case?
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In the last episode, you heard Cindy Adams talk about her older son, Zach, in a 2017 interview with ABC News. She shared that Zach's criminal behavior began at a young age. Cindy says her younger son, Dylan, struggled too, in a different way.
He just was slow in some motor skills even. I could tell that Dylan would not stay focused.
She says Dylan was diagnosed with a hyperactive disorder and that throughout his education, he attended special ed classes for kids with learning disabilities. He eventually also got involved in drugs, like his older brother, Zach. When Cindy watched the video of Dylan being interviewed by agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, she didn't see a criminal.
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