At 5'5" he'd only be 2" taller than Holly, and I doubt anyone would mistake that minor difference for 6' 200 lbs.He is only 5'5 and 130 pounds...
But why, if he has not been seen since 2007, wasn't he "looked for" before 2011??
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At 5'5" he'd only be 2" taller than Holly, and I doubt anyone would mistake that minor difference for 6' 200 lbs.He is only 5'5 and 130 pounds...
But why, if he has not been seen since 2007, wasn't he "looked for" before 2011??
I have been so interested in the Holly Bobo case and love to read the Websleuth member's post on the latest reports and theories. I have been going back over the web postings from the beginning of the case and found the following comment that I find odd from Holly's father on April 16th on "Good Morning America";
Nguyen added Holly's father says the person who took his daughter may very well have been someone who knew her routine.
I find that comment a little strange, 3 days into the abduction. I am beginning to think that the Bobo's have an idea who may have taken their daughter and that the TBI may also. I may be reading this wrong, but I know that LE usually keeps the focus on the victim constantly for a long time and that certainly hasn't been the case here.
When Holly Bobo first disappeared, law enforcement officials went through their database of registered sex offenders in the area. It's been shared by this blog how many registered sex offenders there are in the towns of Darden and Parsons, Tennessee. It's a pretty high number, considering that both of these towns combined hold fewer than 4,000 people. Why is there such a high number of registered sex offenders in the state of Tennessee? That's a topic to be explored at a later date, because it appears that the TBI and other investigative officers on the case feel that an RSO may be responsible for Holly's disappearance.
The bottom line is that your post is accurate and it has been unfortunate the way this case has played out in the media. But I am the type of person who tries to look at both sides of the coin. The family has been criticized for not speaking out publicly, but the way they have been portrayed is up for debate. Where one sees deception, another may see hopelessness. This is not a nice thing to say, UGH, but perception often is reality. I think a lot of the criticism they have received is of their own doing, or lack of doing. Their media viability is still high, but their media credibility is very low. I personally thought it was odd on Easter when the family did not thank the searchers, they pulled up in a vehicle and then just left. Maybe emotions were too high two weeks later, but that did not help their image. They have not shown up for any of the local benefits that have been for HB until the sticker campaign. Compare this to Lauren Spierer's parents. They portray themselves like an open book and I have ZERO reason to look at them suspiciously in any way. This is sort of an apples to oranges comparison in regard to circumstances of the disappearance, but still rings true to me. If there is nothing to hide, why hide? At one point in time, another young woman had gone missing in TN and I remember reading an article that stated the Bobo's reached out to help spread the word. That struck me as extremely odd because they were not doing anything to spread the story of their own daughter.The family doesn't speak out: they're harshly critized for it.
The family decides to speak publicly: their every word is dissected for clues and inconsistencies.
The family's pastor tries to help: it's insinuated that he's somehow involved in HB's disappearance.
The brother who (as far as we know) had no motive to hurt, let alone kill, his sister: the insinuations about him continue to fly.
Detect a pattern here? It costs nothing to make baseless accusations against the parties involved in this case. But I'll bet it rips open their wounds again each time.
EVERYONE's first reaction was the brother is either handicap or was involved, not very much in between on that report.
snippety par moiHolly Bobo and the Missing Sex Offender
When Holly Bobo first disappeared, law enforcement officials went through their database of registered sex offenders in the area. It's been shared by this blog how many registered sex offenders there are in the towns of Darden and Parsons, Tennessee. It's a pretty high number, considering that both of these towns combined hold fewer than 4,000 people.
ummmmm no, Frog. Just no. I never for a second thought Clint was handicapped or involved. I know many people who never did either. I additionally see many people posting on the net that they never did.
ummmmm no, Frog. Just no. I never for a second thought Clint was handicapped or involved. I know many people who never did either. I additionally see many people posting on the net that they never did.
Please tell me your first reaction to hearing this story then. I would love to hear how anyone could think there was more to the original story as first reported. In order to think anything else, you would have to be making gigantic assumptions. And my reference was not to say there were not a million scenarios that one could assume, but taking the report at face value.ummmmm no, Frog. Just no. I never for a second thought Clint was handicapped or involved. I know many people who never did either. I additionally see many people posting on the net that they never did.
Ok so at the start of the investigation and a few weeks or longer after the family was kept watch on. An Officer stationed at the house right? Some speculated that it was for their safety.
The father stating someone had to know her routine
this tells me that the family suspects someone who probably was in their home a few times and could return.
Or LE used that excuse and put an officer on them to watch their moves.
I do know that there was massive searching going on for her, and only 48 minutes passed before LE actually went looking in the wood behind them. Nothing found? No broken, leaf litter movement, or anything?
I know CB has been looked at and many have defended him however I'm not saying he did this but I cannot help to think of:
Who had access
Who last saw her
Who had the means/ ATV, GUN
Who knew the area well
This case is a tough one, and she has to be found in order I think to break this case.
LE very quiet on everything tends to make me think they are still looking at a family member distant or direct.
Could be a serial killer, random followed her, watched her, but I would think that he would have been spotted by a neighbor or person.
I think it is time to think like a hunter would think, and how he would hide his kill!
I'm just thinking out loud!
Please tell me your first reaction to hearing this story then. I would love to hear how anyone could think there was more to the original story as first reported. In order to think anything else, you would have to be making gigantic assumptions. And my reference was not to say there were not a million scenarios that one could assume, but taking the report at face value.
Also, I must add that it would be extremely naive to assume the last person to see a missing person with a sketchy story could be immediately ruled out. I do not buy that for a millisecond.
I think you could also add that the possible planted evidence was not to throw the search in the wrong physical direction, it could be to try and frame somebody else. I cannot read into the timing and location of the items very much, but it has always stuck with me if LE felt evidence was clearly pointing at one person, let's say DS because it seems there are a couple times a point was being made to clear him, it would be an immediate tip that your perp is a local. Also, if you look at pictures of DS in camo gear, he usually wears a much darker camo than others in pictures and the thought had crossed my mind the perp used that same kind of camo to possibly deceive CB eyes.PS the items found in searches was either the perp placed them to throw off the search or indeed HB was able to leave a trail. I'm thinking it was the perp to get the LE off in a different direction.
I think this post is pretty fair to say. Whenever a story of a missing person breaks, people always start thinking stranger abduction until the story is progressed and then everyone can come to a more educated theory. In this case, the story has not progressed at all so I totally see why people get hung up on CB and also why people get hung up on a boogeyman.I've never, for a second, thought anything other than that a stranger took Holly. When I say stranger, I mean non-family, not a friend, could have been someone she knew of, but not someone she had any kind of relationship with.
An example of what I mean would be a store clerk. She could have stopped by a little store for coffee on her way to school every day. Could have been the same clerk every day. They could have a little chat while she paid for her coffee. But I would call that a stranger, as I would not consider that to be a relationship.
Just trying to be clear about what I mean by stranger - that I don't mean I think Holly had no awareness of the person. I also don't think that Holly necessarily did have any awareness of the person.
Maybe I'm naive. Maybe I'm an idiot. I spend an untold amount of time and effort researching and analyzing these cases. No matter why I think as I do about them, I'm fine with it. Mr. Rogers used to tell me he liked me just the way I am.