Community copes one week after Holly Bobo’s remains found
DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn. — The bright pink bows that used to decorate downtown Parsons are now gone. Residents say the bows symbolized waiting for someone to come home, and they now know without a doubt that Holly is in heaven. “I think people kept seeing the signs around, and I just kept thinking maybe she’s alive. I just had that hope,” Parsons resident John Wolfe said. Meanwhile, pink and green flowers accompanied by a cross sit near where Holly Bobo’s remains were found near a cell tower off County Corner Road. Pastor Edward Hearns said the subject of his sermon this morning was the Bobo family’s faith and how it has inspired so many. “The kind of strength that in this situation is beyond understandable. I don’t know what’s holding them together except for their faith in God and power of God allowing them to go through what nobody should have to go through,” Hearns said. Residents said the “Justice for Holly” signs that seem to be at every turn in Decatur County are not just asking for justice. They say they are asking for answers too. “We may never know why, because the why of it will never make sense. What irrational people do will never make sense,” Hearns said. Last Sunday, two ginseng hunters found a human skull about 300 yards off of County Corner Road in North Decatur County. On Monday, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed it belonged to Holly Bobo. The TBI then spent the next day and a half searching the area and looking for more evidence. Sheriff Keith Byrd said at a news conference that “more arrests are forthcoming.” District Attorney Matt Stowe said he will discuss with the Bobo family the possibility of seeking the death penalty for the two men indicted in Bobo’s kidnapping and murder, Zach Adams and Jason Autry.
