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Welcome to 10-minute murder, the brief and bingeable true crime podcast. My name is Joe. I'm the host,

and thank you for being here. Now, I know you hear me say that a lot. You hear me, thank you

for listening to this podcast. And you might think, well, he's just saying that. He doesn't really

appreciate we're listening. I have the world of words at my disposal. I can say literally anything.

But right at the beginning of the episode,

each and every episode, I start off by saying thank you, because I genuinely do thank you for listening.

You don't have to listen to this, but I recognize that you are listening. And I don't want you

to think that I'm ignoring the fact that you're listening, because it's the complete opposite.

You're listening to me, and I'm listening to you, your feedback, your suggestions, your cases that you want me to cover. And this show is way different than it was when it first started. A little over a year ago when I first started doing this, I was only doing it because it was like a time killer, a hobby for me. And it's grown into something that I really, really enjoyed doing. And the reason

I enjoy it is because I see that people are listening and this is something that they like as well.

And it honestly blows my mind that this has become as successful as it has. And when I first started

the show, it was a little bit lame. I'll be honest with you. I didn't put as much time into it

as I do now. And I've taken that effort on my part and mix that with your suggestions on how to make the show better, how to make it better for the people that are listening, and I've changed it. And I'm sure it'll continue to evolve. And maybe next year at this time, I'll think, well, when I was doing the show a year ago, it was lame. So hopefully as the show grows, it will continue to improve. But again, I just wanted to start off by saying that I really do appreciate you listening. And because I rambled on too long just now, I took up all the time that I would normally be telling you to make sure that you're subscribed to 10-minute murder. So I can't even tell you that. I can't tell you that you should be a subscriber to 10-minute murder if you're coming here for the first time and you have not yet subscribed. You should go ahead and do that. I can't tell you that. So let's get to today's story. And I'll be honest, this case is long, confusing, and frustrating. It has a large cast of characters, drug dealing,

an abduction, a shooting,

an alleged rape, and a lot of finger

pointing. It's going to be tough to cover

in 10 minutes, but I'll do my best. The bottom

line is that it was a senseless crime.

It was committed toward someone who was

likely at the wrong place, the wrong time.

This is the murder of Holly Bobo.

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