I somewhat disagree with part of your statement. Local LE, TBI and FBI were on the scene immediately following Holly's abduction. The news was all over her case in the early stages. Something happened around Easter that made it all stop. As some have speculated, her cellphone appears to be one of the crucial items found. Where that led to, we don't know. Obviously, for whatever reason, LE said no more volunteer searches.
Is that a clue? Details of the alleged cellphone find can be "googled' and it may give us answers to some of our questions or it may lead to even more questions. It did for me.
Also, in Mickey's case, they had surveillance videos which from what I recall helped tremendously. Unfortunately, that doesn't appear to be the case here. All we have is the brother's account of what happened with a very generic description of the perp. Camo clothing, height, weight which resembles perhaps 80% of the males in Darden, if not more.
No perp car description, no facial features, nothing.
~n/t~, I honor & respect your opinion..
It was hours before the TBI, FBI, US Marshals, etc., arrived on the scene, set up their incident command and actually began operations. There were THP helicopters in the air, but if my memory is correct, they were dispatched from Nashville & would have taken 45 minutes to an hour to arrive and begin searching. There was no roadblocks established by DCSO & only a 5 mile search area concentrated on the first day. The perp could have been several states away by then..
RE: Something happened around Easter that made it all stop
The decision to end the volunteer search was initially planned for Monday 04/25/2011, but was extended due to the significant finds on Easter Sunday afternoon. Violent storms/tornado warnings, were forcasted for days beginning Monday night, and the searches never resumed later.. There were various reasons for this, imo.
http://www.wsmv.com/story/14822562/significant-item-recovered-in-holly-bobo-search-4-24-2011
It's been almost two weeks since 20-year-old Holly Bobo has been missing from her Parsons home, and while investigators had planned on calling off the volunteer-fueled ground searches soon, they found something Sunday afternoon that they said has changed their minds.
Easter Sunday started the way all Sundays do in Parsons: with prayer. But after a special sunrise service in Bobo's honor, hundreds of volunteers got straight to work.
"Seeing people give up their Easters with their families to be here was very inspirational," said volunteer Glen Adams.
Hundreds spent the day sweating on their hands and knees away from their families, in hopes of helping the Bobo's reunite theirs. And mid-way through the day, there was a breakthrough.
Investigators said they found something. They won't say what, but they will say it's significant enough to make them want to continue searching the area for at least one more day.
"It makes you feel great -- Easter Sunday and finding some good information," said Bobo family spokesperson Kevin Bromely. "Hopefully we can expand the search and find out more tomorrow."
Karen Bobo made it as far as the search headquarters parking lot, but had to turn around.
"Dana and Karen thought they could come and talk to the volunteers, to thank them and talk to them some," said Bromely. "But it's just too much, too hard."
"I'm glad she didn't because I think it would have been too emotional for the volunteers too," said Adams. "And we already know they appreciate us."
