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Man Who Murdered Holly Bobo Learns His Fate

Zach Adams sentenced to life in prison for murder, kidnapping, rape

(Newser) - The man who kidnapped, raped, and killed a 20-year-old nursing student in Tennessee has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, WTVF reports. Holly Bobo disappeared in 2011 after going into the woods outside her parents house with an unidentified man; her body wasn't found...

Mom Passes Out During Holly Bobo Murder Trial

Prosecutor says killer lived in 'dark world'

(Newser) - A man who lived in the "dark, dark world" of methamphetamine and morphine abducted a Tennessee nursing student from her rural home in 2011, then drugged, raped, and shot her before discarding her body and bragging about it, a prosecutor said Monday. Paul Hagerman made the statements during opening...

Holly Bobo Body Found
 Holly Bobo's Body Found 

Holly Bobo's Body Found

Tennessee student was kidnapped in 2011

(Newser) - Sorrow, but some closure for the family of Holly Bobo: The remains of the Tennessee nursing student have been found more than three years after she was seen being dragged into the woods near her home by a man in camouflage. A skull was found near a logging road in...

Arrest in Case of Student Seen Dragged Into Woods

Stranger charged with Holly Bobo's murder

(Newser) - Nearly three years after a man in camouflage was seen dragging nursing student Holly Bobo into the woods near her home, police have made an arrest. Zachary Adams, a 29-year-old man who lives around 15 miles from Bobo's West Tennessee home, has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and first-degree...

Holly Bobo's Kidnapper May Have Struck Before

Nearby woman reports similar attack in Jan.

(Newser) - A potential new lead in the kidnapping of Holly Bobo : MSNBC reports that Heather Sullivan, who lives about 45 minutes from where Bobo was abducted, found herself nearly kidnapped in January. A "tall, skinny man" accosted her outside her home around 5:30am, grabbing her arm. But she dropped...

In the Case of Holly Bobo, Suspicions Swirl

Some pointing finger at her brother; cousin jumps to his defense

(Newser) - Ugly blogosphere rumors about why the brother of kidnapped nursing student Holly Bobo didn't rush to her aid as she was snatched by a man in camouflage is raising suspicions about him. Holly, 20, was apparently kidnapped from the family carport in Tennesee as her brother, Clint, watched from...

Searchers Find Lunchbox of Missing Tennessee Woman

But Holly Bobo remains missing as hunt continues on fourth day

(Newser) - Hundreds of volunteers scoured the woods in Tennessee today as the search for a missing 20-year-old nursing student entered its fourth day, reports Reuters . Investigators say they turned up the lunchbox of Holly Bobo along with other unspecified belongings about 8 miles from her house, notes CBS , but no sign...

Man in Camouflage Drags Tenn. Student Into Woods

Volunteers, cops, helicopter scour brush for Holly Bobo

(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...

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