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Topix has always been a hot mess of rumors. That is also the forum that spread the crazy rumor that Holly's disappearance was a Hoax! Search for that on Google and then you'll realize just what agony the family has been through the past three years.
I've been reading about this case almost since the beginning and one misconception is that the FBI came in and saved the case because the TBI was bungling everything. I don't believe that's true.
The TBI said early on that the FBI would be involved to follow up leads outside the state. Actually it's rather remarkable that the TBI has been so consistently involved with this case from start to finish, and the FBI has never been that over-involved.
One reason the FBI might have taken a look at this case was because it resembled some other cases they were working on in adjacent states like Alabama or Georgia. And they may always have liasons working with the TBI for all we know.
Also around the time Holly was abducted several other women were missing in TN including Karen Swift and Gail Palmgren, and naturally all of that seemed connected. But in both of those cases the bodies were later found by local LE and had nothing to do with Holly's disappearance. But people were angry at the TBI for not doing "enough" at the time, even though both bodies were hidden by foliage in inaccessible places. Karen Swift's case is still unsolved but that's a local case, not a kidnapping.
As was said before someone dropped the ball in this case. Whether it was local LE or TBI. Even the Bobos were critical of how the investigation was handled. Clint and Dana travelled daily to put up flyers even as far as Mexico IIRC. They had the Holly across America campaign putting her photo on trucks when we now know the perp was in their own backyard all along.
Karen begging the President of the United States to do something to help find her daughter.
So yah, I'm one of those that think TBI should have been more proactive. Perhaps Holly would have been found sooner.
They knew it was someone local but yet nothing was done as far as we know
JMO