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Man in Camouflage Drags Tenn. Student Into Woods

Volunteers, cops, helicopter scour brush for Holly Bobo

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 15, 2011 2:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Volunteers are scouring the countryside for a missing 20-year-old nursing student after family members saw a Tennessee mountain man dressed in camouflage dragging her into the woods from the carport of her home. Some 400 volunteers, police, and a helicopter team are searching for signs of the man and victim Holly Bobo. "My cousin Holly was kidnapped," Bobo's cousin Whitney Duncan, a country singer, wrote on her Facebook page. "Please pray for her and our family." Bobo's mother and adult brother watched the kidnapping from inside their home and called police, reports ABC News. It wasn't immediately clear why they didn't try to intervene.

The community of Parsons in Decatur County is offering a $25,000 reward for information about Bobo's disapearance. "Please help us find her, she's just so precious, you don't even know," said mom Karen at a press conference yesterday. "We just want her back." Police found blood outside the home after Bobo, just 5-foot-3 and 110 pounds, was dragged away, reports CBS News. "It's very disturbing to our community. We are praying for the family and the young lady," a police official told WTVF-TV. "It's our hopes and our prayers that we find her alive."

Holly Bobo, 20, is a nursing student at a local school.
Holly Bobo, 20, is a nursing student at a local school.   (AP Photo/Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)
Dana Bobo holds his wife, Karen, as they speak about the abduction of their daughter, Holly Bobo, at a press conference yesterday.
Dana Bobo holds his wife, Karen, as they speak about the abduction of their daughter, Holly Bobo, at a press conference yesterday.   (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
A Decatur County Sherrif's Department car sits parked at the home of Holly Bobo yesterday as volunteers scour the woods for her.
A Decatur County Sherrif's Department car sits parked at the home of Holly Bobo yesterday as volunteers scour the woods for her.   (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
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COMMENTS
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yoeydude
Apr 16, 2011 4:16 PM CDT
this sounds like a low budget movie on sci fi channel ,.... mountainman ? not clear why they stood in the winder an watched ? ........... que Nancy Grace ,....
Shmeh
Apr 15, 2011 7:39 PM CDT
I'm not a TV crime-show junkie or anything but... this story smells fishy. Usually when someone close to the victim says, "this random guy came out of nowhere and took her! I didn't do anything because... uh..." the investigation ends up finding evidence that points to them. Hopefully won't be the case here.
Spudsy
Apr 15, 2011 5:30 PM CDT
Hunt this bastard down like a dog and kill him.

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