Day 2: Dylan Adams, more witnesses take the stand in Zach Adams hearing
HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn. — We bring you continuing coverage in the case of Zachary Adams vs the State of Tennessee.
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After Jason Autry’s recanting of his testimony, Zach Adams appeared in court for day two in relation to the Holly Bobo case.
Tuesday afternoon, the court was able to hear from three witnesses from the Holly Bobo trial. Two of the witnesses share what they remember from the original trial and evidence presented.
“You’ve listened to all those jail calls, do you remember any of those?” asked Amy P. Weirich, prosecutor.
“No ma’am,” Dylan responded.
“You don’t remember any of those?” said Weirich.
“You’re talking about 12 years ago. You got to remember I’ve been locked up 12 years–10 different county jails,” said Dylan.
Dylan Adams, younger brother of Zachary Adams, was sentenced to 15 years of facilitation of first degree murder and 35 years for aggravated assault in in connection to the Holly Bobo case.
Dylan Adams appeared in court and shared that that he had “hundreds and millions of phone calls” with his mother while he was in different jails.
“We know you’ve been locked up a while…how many conversations have you had with your mother when you talk about the rape, murder, [and] kidnapping of Holly Bobo…and your brother’s involvement with it,” asked Weirich.
“I don’t remember,” Dylan responded.
Adams also remembers the TBI coming to talk to him multiple times. However, he doesn’t remember a time when TBI agents asked him if his brother threatened to kill him.
“Ever since we’ve been little kids, we would get into [it], he would tell me that, you know, but other than that, I know he wouldn’t follow through out of anger,” said Dylan.
Dylan Adams informed the court this afternoon that he wanted a shorter sentence.
On the phone calls Dylan Adams began crying after his mom informed him that his brother was arrested after his testimony during the 2013 trial.
“Everything you have told law enforcement has been a lie?” asked Weirich.
“Yes ma’am,” Dylan responded.
“Ok, and everything you said to your mother in those calls was a lie?” asked Weirich.
“Yes ma’am,” Dylan responded.
“Why were you crying?” asked Weirich.
Zach Adams was also seen crying in court Tuesday while listening to his brother and mother on the phone during those phone calls.
Albert O. Davis took the stand Tuesday as an expert in gun and ammunition.
Former head TBI agent for the Bobo case, Mark Lewis also took the stand.
“Not that another case is less important, because it’s not, but for some reason–I don’t know why it happened–a lot more resources, we also have no control of the information that comes to us, we just have to deal with [it]. That was a big part of this, the sheer amount of information we–that was being provided to us that we had to deal with,” said Lewis.
During Lewis’ time on the stand, he informed the court that this case was one that used the most TBI man power.
He also shared that Jason Autry and Zachary Adams’ testimonies never mirrored each other’s statements.
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