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What Happened to Holly Bobo?

Lion in a Cage

What Happened to Holly Bobo?

ABC News

True Crime, News

4.7671 Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

As law enforcement continues its search for Holly Bobo's kidnapper, four names rise to the top of the list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Brad Milkey. I'm the host of the Crime Scene Weekly, a new show from ABC

0:05.7

audio about the latest headlines in true crime. This week we're talking about the massive prison

0:10.9

break that shocked Louisiana in recent weeks. How did these inmates escape and was it an inside job?

0:17.3

Listen now on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:23.3

Early on, just days into the search for Holly, police had looked into four men with a

0:29.3

history of drug use who were all friends, Zach Adams, his brother Dylan Adams, Shane Austin,

0:35.7

and Jason Autry.

0:43.5

Karen Bobo had heard about those men, too, and ended up talking to all four of them.

0:51.0

In 2017, she told ABC News why she did her own interviews as the search for Holly continued.

0:57.1

Until your child is found or you know what happened to them, I don't think anyone could ever do enough in a parent's eyes. I often said, I guess I would have fought

1:03.4

Goliath. You know, I just had no fear. I was trying to find my daughter. All that fear leaves you

1:09.4

when you're looking for your child.

1:12.3

Karen Bobo had actually been Zach Adams' fourth grade teacher, and she told ABC News that her visit to him stood out to her.

1:22.3

I mean, he was just rambling on different things.

1:24.9

He was, I don't know, I kind of describe it as a lion in a cage.

1:31.0

But the other thing he said was he could call someone and make it look like it was coming from my number.

1:38.6

To her, that was a bizarre thing to say.

1:42.9

So Zach Adams and those three other men would stay on her mind.

1:49.0

At that point in time, everybody was still a suspect, but their names just kept on coming up over and over.

1:57.8

As police searches and interviews continued for years, the public's attention on the case did not fade.

2:06.5

Decatur County kept holding vigils and events for Holly.

2:10.1

Developments in the case were covered by news outlets across Tennessee.

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