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Chapter 1: What happened during the ginseng hunting season in Tennessee?
In Tennessee, September is ginseng hunting season. The plant and its roots are coveted around the world for their health benefits. And for generations, ginseng hunters in the area have foraged the woods to find the plant, to sell it, or to make their own tinctures or teas. But wild ginseng is hard to spot.
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.
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Chapter 2: What did Larry Stone discover in the woods?
So I walk over to the bucket. I picked it up, but then a feeling come over me. The sun 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 found.
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.
I said, please tell me that's one of the things they use in school. It's not real. And he kind of looked at it and he said, it's real. Well, what specifically did you find? The skull. And then that's when I looked at him. I said, you know who this could be, right? And he looked back at me. He said, who do you think it is? So that's when I said, I think this is Ollie.
After almost three and a half years, the remains of Holly Bobo have been found right off the interstate near a giant cell tower. Larry and his cousin called 911. Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation showed up shortly after. What they found was a few bones, including several human ribs and teeth, as well as a skull.
Forensic examiners saw evidence of animals scavenging the remains, but they were able to determine a cause of death. Gunshot wound to the right side of the back of the head. Along with the human remains, they also found an earring, chapstick, and a purse. After comparing the teeth that were found with Holly's dental records, they told the Bobo family that they'd found her remains.
Then they broke the news to the public. The Jackson Sun newspaper was there to cover it.
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Chapter 3: How was Holly Bobo's remains identified?
TBI has been able to confirm through the findings of an odontologist that the remains are of Holly Bobo. TBI agents and the Decatur County Sheriff's Department have continued to work tirelessly over three years to thoroughly follow leads and bring those responsible to justice.
Just a few days after Holly's remains were found, TBI received a call that would provide a much-needed break in the investigation. Would Holly Bobo finally receive justice? I'm ABC News Senior National Correspondent Eva Pilgrim. From ABC Audio and 2020, this is What Happened to Holly Bobo. Episode four, The Breaking Point.
We are those people, we became those people that no one ever wants to be.
Karen Bobo had waited more than three years to find out what happened to her daughter. When her daughter's remains were found in September 2014, she finally knew. She spoke to ABC News in 2017 about what that meant.
Closure is sure not a good word. Because in this situation, there's never closure. But I just, I have spoken with many parents. who have never, to this day, still don't have their child's remains. And I truly believe I was at my breaking point. I don't think I could have lived much longer with the not knowing.
A few months prior, before they even found Holly's remains, agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began making their first charges in the Holly Bobo case. One after another, TBI began rounding up the A-Train, a group of local young men known for their drug use. Zach Adams was the first to be arrested in March of 2014. He was charged with kidnapping and murder.
Holly's remains were found about six miles from his home. The following month, a friend of his, Jason Autry, was charged with the same thing. Remember, Jason is the older friend in that group in his mid-30s when the rest of the guys were in their 20s. But Zach and Jason both denied any involvement. So even after they were arrested, police still didn't know for sure what happened to Holly Bobo.
Around the time these arrests were happening, agents were continuing to speak with another young man, someone TBI had hoped would become the linchpin to TBI's case, Zach's younger brother, Dylan Adams. In 2014, Dylan was incarcerated on a gun charge unrelated to the Holly Bobo case. During this time, investigators spoke to him at least six times over eight months.
Over the course of these interviews, Dylan appeared to implicate his brother, Zach Adams, and Jason Autry in the kidnapping and murder of Holly Bobo. Dylan's family says he has intellectual disabilities.
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Chapter 4: What were the initial charges in the Holly Bobo case?
I was at that altar coming up. We were done though. We were done though. And They ended up leaving. I mean, they left about 12, 1 o'clock.
Dillon alleges they did some drugs together at his and Zach's house. Then he says Zach and Jason Autry left. TBI agent Jeff Jackson asks Dillon for more details on what the group talked about.
This is one of the most obviously traumatic few days of your life. I'm sure that it's stuck in your head like forever.
permanently so try to try to come up with every detail that you can for me about anything that they were talking about because here's what i'm getting at there had to be in some kind of discussion whether you're a part of it or not you're sitting there with them shooting up some dope there had to be some discussion about what was fixing to happen and why hurt why holly How did she get picked?
Which one of you knew her the most? Which one of you thought she was good looking? And why her? You see where I'm coming from?
Dylan nods in agreement. Agent Jackson tells him to not leave anything out.
This time, let's make every bit of it right. What was the discussion that led up Dylan, again, nods.
I mean, this is what they said, her.
They didn't say Holly's name. They said her. Okay.
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Chapter 5: What did Dylan Adams confess in his police interview?
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 there. And then you say, well, oh yeah, Zach carried him somewhere. Why didn't you tell me that when we first started talking? Do you agree that's a problem?
Dylan nods.
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.
Truth is that while sitting around smoking dope with Shane Alston, Zach Adams, Jason Autry, and you, At Zach's house, a plan got hashed out to go get Holly Bobo herself. Go get her, bring her back, and rape her. That happened. Yes or no?
Dylan softly says, yes, sir.
After that happened, what was the plan to do with Holly? You don't know what the plan was to do with Holly.
Dylan says, no, sir, and shakes his head.
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Chapter 6: What were the inconsistencies in Dylan's testimony?
Chapter 7: How did the investigation unfold after Holly’s remains were found?
Dylan nods.
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.
Truth is that while sitting around smoking dope with Shane Alston, Zach Adams, Jason Autry, and you, At Zach's house, a plan got hashed out to go get Holly Bobo herself. Go get her, bring her back, and rape her. That happened. Yes or no?
Dylan softly says, yes, sir.
After that happened, what was the plan to do with Holly? You don't know what the plan was to do with Holly.
Dylan says, no, sir, and shakes his head.
What did you think he was going to do? I don't know what was going to happen. You've withheld information. But then you were given a chance to come in here tonight and freely spill your guts to us about what you know, and you made me sit in here and pull teeth.
Then when I ask you another question or he asks 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.
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