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What Happened to Holly Bobo?

Under the Microscope

What Happened to Holly Bobo?

ABC News

True Crime, News

4.7671 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The search for Holly Bobo continues, and investigators start pruning their list of potential suspects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Brad Milkey.

0:02.8

I'm the host of the Crime Scene Weekly, a new show from ABC Audio about the latest headlines in true crime.

0:08.9

This week we're talking about the massive prison break that shocked Louisiana in recent weeks.

0:13.7

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.

0:24.0

I'm going to let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.

0:30.5

On the evening of April 20th, 2011, the arena at the Decatur County Fairgrounds in Parsons, Tennessee, was packed. Hundreds had gathered there

0:39.6

singing this little light of mine, a scene captured by the local Jackson Sun newspaper.

0:45.5

The fairgrounds is a large field surrounded by woods. Typically, folks gather here for the

0:52.2

county fair or the annual raccoon hunt that happened just a few days before Holly Bobo disappeared.

0:58.4

But on this night, they were here for a different reason.

1:02.0

To hold a candlelight vigil for Holly, the 20-year-old woman this community, had spent the last week searching for day and night. Outside, a storm was raging, which

1:14.4

pushed the vigil indoors to a large event space at the fairgrounds. A lightning strike

1:20.5

caused the power to go out, so the space was illuminated by the light of hundreds of candles,

1:26.5

held by a large crowd of volunteers, family, and friends.

1:31.1

Many wore bright pink shirts or pink ribbons on their jackets

1:35.0

since it was Holly's favorite color,

1:37.6

and the color she was last seen wearing.

1:40.7

The Jackson Sun recorded a highway patrol officer addressing the crowd.

1:46.0

This is day eight.

1:48.0

Y'all are tired. We're frustrated.

1:51.0

We ain't brought Holly home yet. We're going to bring Holly home.

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