TN - Holly Bobo, 20, Darden, believed abducted 13 April 2011 - #31

[Carla Lashelle]

Hey at least LE has done something. AFAIK this is the first announcement that any kind of warrant has been served on anyone. Perhaps its to get this TC guy to back down? Perhaps they feel he may have some real info he is keeping from police? I am rather surprised that he has not been called in sooner. His antics really drew a lot of attention to him early on.

 

[wfgodot]

This accomplishes nothing unless it moves the case forward, toward finding Holly. It appears to be only grandstanding on LE's part.

 

[CocoChanel]

This accomplishes nothing unless it moves the case forward, toward finding Holly. It appears to be only grandstanding on LE's part.

I agree with that wfgodot.

AND I know I am probably a lone wolf here, but I still don't get why this guy is considered the devil. True, his actions are questionable, but I don't see anything he is accused of as horrible, and apparently none of these things have proved to be illegal or he would have been arrested I would think.

Referring to Holly as "baby girl"? Perhaps a bit odd and overly familiar, but not outrageous. How is it different from "dear girl" or "precious girl", terms many folks online have used for HB and other missing persons even though they don't know them personally?

Harrassing women to call? The women cited in the article were the administrators of a highly-regarded Find Holly FB page, so they weren't random. Still doesn't make it right to do, but I would have to know more about how the it fit the term 'harrassment'.

Making false claims online? Yes, that alone is enough to discredit this guy, but I'm not sure how it fits 'hindering an investigation'. There must be tons of false claims all over the internet about HB. Unless this guy was soliciting $$ to go towards his fictious searches, I can't understand how he hindered the investigation.

Now, the fact that the search of this guy's home is a very good thing IMHO because it got some news reports generated about HB which was sorely needed. I applaud that. I am grateful for any mention of HB in the media to keep as many thinking about her as possible. Whenever people talk about HB, I think it increases the chance that someone might call with that 'one clue' LE has said they are missing to find her.

Now, I'm debating whether to click the SUBMIT button on this post. These are just my opinions on this TC guy and his involvement in the case. Realizing I am probably the only one who thinks he is harmless makes me uneasy so I will don my flamewear and duck. <gulp>

 

[TxLady2]

Isabelle Zehnder has a very good article on all this:

http://www.examiner.com/missing-persons-in-national/search-warrant-against-tony-calabrese-for-obstructing-holly-bobo-investigation

Yeah, I read that. Interesting.

 

[TxLady2]

Well, if sending TBI false leads and what he claims is evidence, and naming young men who he says are 'points of interest" and directing them to watch these people and harrassing people who are actually trying to help find Holly... I suppose that could be called hindering an investigation.

 

[Carla Lashelle]

This accomplishes nothing unless it moves the case forward, toward finding Holly. It appears to be only grandstanding on LE's part.

I don't agree at all. To me it borders on impersonating a police officer. This guy is NOT a professional or professional organization based on what I have seen. While he has told LE that he is not law enforcement, you can bet he certainly tries to give that impression to other people. And telling potential witnesses or people with information not to go to the FBI, TBI etc is NOT professional and NOT helpful. Describing false finds, false tips, etc. is NOT helpful

I can't see why people support this guy. He should have been busted months ago just for being a jerk. There is no need for anyone like him to be involved PERIOD.

 

[Yoda]

Isabelle Zehnder has a very good article on all this:

http://www.examiner.com/missing-persons-in-national/search-warrant-against-tony-calabrese-for-obstructing-holly-bobo-investigation

Great article. This reporter is actually a reporter!!

 

[wfgodot]

I don't agree at all. To me it borders on impersonating a police officer. This guy is NOT a professional or professional organization based on what I have seen. While he has told LE that he is not law enforcement, you can bet he certainly tries to give that impression to other people. And telling potential witnesses or people with information not to go to the FBI, TBI etc is NOT professional and NOT helpful. Describing false finds, false tips, etc. is NOT helpful

I can't see why people support this guy. He should have been busted months ago just for being a jerk. There is no need for anyone like him to be involved PERIOD.

You miss my point. Of course he's a jerk. Big deal. That doesn't mean one gets a judge to sign a warrant allowing LE to invade the man's home. How is this helpful? To the actual case, to finding Holly? So he's not helpful. Big deal. Neither has TBI been. If they have charges to file against him, let them. But that is not what is really at issue here. Filing charges against Calabrese will not move the actual case forward one bit, unless those charges have directly to do with Holly's disappearance or whereabouts.

 

[Carla Lashelle]

You miss my point. Of course he's a jerk. Big deal. That doesn't mean one gets a judge to sign a warrant allowing LE to invade the man's home. How is this helpful? To the actual case, to finding Holly? So he's not helpful. Big deal. Neither has TBI been. If they have charges to file against him, let them. But that is not what is really at issue here. Filing charges against Calabrese will not move the actual case forward one bit, unless those charges have directly to do with Holly's disappearance or whereabouts.

Well after 8 months its not likely that LE is burning the midnight oil doing much else. I look at this as being sort of an official *****-slap. It can't hurt anything and I doubt that the 9 guys it took to seize this guys computer took a lot of manpower off of the case back in Darden. And who knows, what if he did have something of interest on his computer?

See back home (Ukraine) if someone did that kind of nonsense like interfering with a police investigation the cops would have just stomped the living crap out of him and it would be over and done with.

 

[cluciano63]

LE would be remiss to not investigate this character, IMO and probably should have done so sooner. In Ayla's case, LE quickly jumped on a person who posted an odd poem in the "comments" section of an article, to make sure that person was not involved in any way, and this guy seems to have attached himself to Holly's case from the start in a seemingly personal way.

 

[CocoChanel]

I find it a bit odd that more news sites are not reporting this search of TC's home. There are only a handful of articles that turn up in a Google news search. Can anyone find something other than examiner.com and [link removed]? Only one other source that I can locate is reporting this story on the search that happened yesterday. What do you all make of that?

 

[cluciano63]

I find it a bit odd that more news sites are not reporting this search of TC's home. There are only a handful of articles that turn up in a Google news search. Can anyone find something other than examiner.com and [link removed]? Only one other source that I can locate is reporting this story on the search that happened yesterday. What do you all make of that?

http://www.wsmv.com/story/16464858/i-team-new-details-in-search-for-holly-bobo-case

If you google his name along with Holly's, more things show up...at least for me.

 

[Whisperer]

It has been said it was Turkey camo. We had a big discussion about it here some while ago with illustrations posted, etc.

Thank you Carla! That narrows down a list of suspects. It takes stranger right out of the loop. Since Turkey camo is distinct, it is likely the suspect is a turkey hunter. now where exactly were all the turkey hunters at that particular time?

....Clint says he was home and gives no explanation of why he wasn't hunting. He claims to have spoken with Drew about it the night before. Yet Drew went with his father and never told Clint where he was going? Sorry, can't even buy that in the slightest.

....Drew and his dad are turkey hunting on Holly's family's property but apparently no one was told about this. Holly didn't know. Clint didn't know and he is an avid hunter. Only Karen knew....hmmm.

Where is Drew? Where is this person who confonted him at the grandma's house? And why such an uproar over it? By 0730, Drew is furious (guessing) as he calls Holly to complain about the confrontation. Holly is upset and calls her mom about the confrontation. Mom calls drew, she says. We know this because mom told clint she was just talking to Drew, so it can't be him that he saw outside, she says. I don't necessarily believe Karen spoke with Drew, but may have been exaggerating and knew Holly had spoken to Drew.

Along with all the hoopala, along comes a stranger who harms and abducts Holly. I cannot buy any of these explanations of what happened that morning. We need to hear from Drew and we need to hear from the neighbor who heard the scream, Instead of rendering aid, he decided to go to work and called his "mom" and told her there was a scream coming from the Bobo's. The mom calls Karen instead of investigating.

Was the Bobo house ever searched? Where were the bloodhounds? Where did they trail the blood? And if nowhere, that means the last spot Holly was was in the carport where she dripped blood.

That makes Clint suspect of what he believes he saw. We now know he saw a man wearing "tukey camo" with Holly. It may very well have been Drew.

 

[Whisperer]

My gut instincts have told me that Clint is remembering his observations from a different vantage point then the house.

 

[cluciano63]

We only "know" the turkey camo bit from Clint, right? Like just about everything else we "know"? So I don't count it as a fact, since he was (apparently) wrong about who the person was, he could be wrong about what kind of camo he was wearing.

 

[Whisperer]

Well, if sending TBI false leads and what he claims is evidence, and naming young men who he says are 'points of interest" and directing them to watch these people and harrassing people who are actually trying to help find Holly... I suppose that could be called hindering an investigation.

Look what they did to Roy Kronk?

Do the Bobo's have an attorney? This case is progressing as if they do.

 

[Whisperer]

We only "know" the turkey camo bit from Clint, right? Like just about everything else we "know"? So I don't count it as a fact, since he was (apparently) wrong about who the person was, he could be wrong about what kind of camo he was wearing.

Well if we totally disregard his observations, that leaves him with guilty kge of what happened.

If we accept his observations, that leaves us with a Turkey Hunter as a perp.

 

[Whisperer]

Another thing...Dana spoke to Holly @ 0430/0530...through her bedroom door. He was leaving money for her. She told him she would need some, when he asked her. This affirms, if true, that Holly was awake very early and her father didn't enter her room or even open the door to speak with her.

Did she take the money or was it still laying on the counter? Why wasn't the inside of the house searched? If clint was asleep, the perp may have been in the home. I definitely recall the Bobo's saying they never locked their doors or cars prior to this.

 

[Whisperer]

.....wish they would release her cell phone records.
.....that and the 911 calls.
I also wish for world peace. I think I have a better chance @ seeing world peace.

 

[cluciano63]

Well if we totally disregard his observations, that leaves him with guilty kge of what happened.

If we accept his observations, that leaves us with a Turkey Hunter as a perp.

Or...just a very poor witness. He wouldn't be the first.