Case Signal's List: Holly Bobo - Nancy Grace Transcripts & Videos

• Sources say nursing co-ed Holly Bobo's cell phone pinged soon after her abduction within one mile of her home! Her boyfriend allegedly claims he got a text from her phone that same morning sounding fine.

• After a 5th day of searching, police confirmed that DNA results are in on blood found at the home of a missing TN woman.

• NORVILLE: ... Rupa -- let me just stop you there, on the flecks of blood. That was reported by "OK!" magazine. It has not been confirmed by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. How reliable is that? Have we been able to get this confirmed from any other source?
  
  MIKKILINENI: Deborah, what we do know is the blood was found. The type of spatter, whether it`s flecks or not, not confirmed by police. But police today confirmed that blood was found. It has been tested. The DNA results are back, and they are not releasing those results to us, though. They`re keeping this investigation very close to the chest, Deborah.
• NORVILLE: It is the most devastating thing that can happen to a family, the notion, the idea, the reality that a child has been kidnapped. Kevin Bromley is a spokesperson for the Bobo family. He joins us from the area there where the vigil will be beginning shortly. Sir, we thank you so much for being with us and first want to ask you to convey to the family the thoughts and prayers of us and so many are with them tonight. If you`ll do that, we`ll be very grateful.
  
  KEVIN BROMLEY, FAMILY SPOKESPERSON: Yes. Thanks, Deborah.
• NORVILLE: As you know, today the police indicated, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation indicated they do have the DNA results of that blood, but they`re not releasing it to the public. Is it frustrating to the family to know that there is so much information that has gone unreported or unpublicized?
  
  BROMLEY: Well, obviously, in an investigation of this nature, you know, information, when it`s not passed on, it can be frustrating. But they also know that those who are investigating, the TBI, the FBI, are very competent. And they want to make sure that -- you know, they know that when information is released that it is very factual. There`s been a lot of -- as with any case, there`s always a lot of rumors that begin circling and surfacing in an investigation of this nature. But the family has full confidence that they are following up on leads and doing the best they can with the investigation.
• NORVILLE: We`re sure that they`ve got great the faith in it. One of the things that I know has been so frustrating for the Bobos are all the rumors that have been speculating about what happened, when it happened, who saw what. And Clint, of course, is the last person that saw Holly. Can you tell us exactly what he did see?
  
  BROMLEY: Well, Deborah, I don`t know anything else other than what has been reported by the TBI on the -- you know, the sightings of actually what Clint actually saw.
• NORVILLE: Well, for instance, it`s being reported by one magazine that there were flecks of blood in the lawn. Would that be how he`s described it to you?
  
  BROMLEY: He`s not described it to me.
• NORVILLE: Has the family shared what he said?
  
  BROMLEY: No. No. We`ve not talked at length about what Clint witnessed that day.
• NORVILLE: As you know, we have spoken off-camera with other family members, and Natalie (ph) Bobo, who`s a cousin of Holly who`s gone missing, said to us that Clint had indicated that he had taken a polygraph test and passed it. Can you confirm that?
  
  BROMLEY: I don`t know that to be sure. Has the investigators said anything about that?
• NORVILLE: Well, this is a family member who has told us, and we`re trying to confirm that with you as the family spokesperson.
  
  BROMLEY: Right. I don`t know that to be factual. That would be something you`d have to talk with the investigators about.
• NORVILLE: Do you know if any other individuals have been given polygraphs?
  
  BROMLEY: I don`t know.
• NORVILLE: Would they have shared that with you if it had happened, or is it just something that you just don`t want to talk about because it hasn`t come from the TBI?
  
  NORVILLE: Well, Deborah, as a family spokesperson, you know, my main objective is to talk about Holly and talk about the family and how strong they are, and also the community, how involved they`ve been in the search.
• NORVILLE: And I`m sure that`s been a great comfort to the Bobo family, as well. What about the 911 call? Traditionally, 911 calls are taped and they are released to the public. Is it frustrating to the Bobos that those calls have not been shared?
  
  BROMLEY: I`ve not heard anything about -- I`ve not heard them talk about the 911 calls.
• NORVILLE: Why do you think that they wouldn`t release it?
  
  BROMLEY: I don`t know. Again, I`m kind of the family spokesperson, and the investigators are doing a great job with the evidence they have.
• NORVILLE: Is there anything -- as you and the family have been sitting around and talking, is there anything that`s come up that now, six days after her disappearance, leads you to believe that, Whoa, there may have been something strange that happened and this could be significant in helping the investigators with this case?
  
  BROMLEY: Hey, Deborah, could you repeat that question again? We`re having some weather here in our area.
• NORVILLE: I heard that big thunderclap, and I trust that you are in a safe place where you`re not in danger because if you`re not, that`s not a good thing. We want you to stay safe.
  
  No, in the discussions in the days since Holly`s disappearance, obviously, the family is wracking their brain, what might she have said? Might she have ever seemed ill at ease, perhaps someone was stalking. Is there anything that`s come up since that makes you think that this now, in 20/20 hindsight, could have been significant?
  
  We have just lost our feed.
• NORVILLE: All right. Kevin Bromley is back with us, and we`re going to let you get back in out of the rain. But I wanted to ask one more question, sir, before we leave you tonight. Holly`s been described as a person with an angelic voice, a smile that would light up a room. Is she the trusting sort of person that would have gone innocently with someone who said, There`s someone in distress, you`re a nursing student, can you help? Could that possibly have happened?
  
  BROMLEY: Well, I mean, we don`t know that to be certain. But you know, to just echo what you said about Holly, she is extremely kind and she`s extremely compassionate and a caring person. And yes, she is a nursing student, and you know, that`s why she was in the field because she is such a caring person. But to say that`s why she, you know, went with no resistance, I can`t say.

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• NORVILLE: In the meantime, the search for Holly, the search for the man who led her, has taken on epic proportions for this small area in Tennessee.
  
  With us right now is Tammy Ramey, a friend of the Bobo family who has been out in the woods searching for Holly. Tammy, thank you so much for being with us. And first of all, tell us what you were looking for. When you were given instructions, what did they say to keep an eye open for?
  
  TAMMY RAMEY, FRIEND OF BOBO`S FAMILY (via telephone): They told us to look for anything that should not belong in the woods -- candy wrappers, cigarette butts, items that maybe came out of a purse, just anything that was not right.
• NORVILLE: And did you find anything when you were out looking?
  
  RAMEY: No. No. I personally did not find anything. I know some others have, but you know, whether the things were connected, we have no idea.
• NORVILLE: What did other searchers tell you that they found?
  
  RAMEY: Oh, well, you know, they had -- you know, people had picked up, you know, candy wrappers and things like that, so, you know -- but this is a big hunting area, and you know, they just -- they`ll just have to analyze all that sort of stuff, anything that was found.
• NORVILLE: I know you`re friends of the Bobo family. How are you all connected? How do you know them?
  
  RAMEY: Well, Miss Karen was my daughter`s school teacher, and our families have known each other for years. And they`re one of the finer families in this county. You know, I`ve never heard anyone ever speak a harm (ph) word of any of that family. They`re just good people and they don`t deserve this.
• NORVILLE: And because they are good people -- and to a person, everyone says the same thing. This is not a family that should have to be dealing with this kind of tragedy. What`s your best guess as to what happened?
  
  RAMEY: I don`t know. You know, they`ve not given us anything. We`ve never had anything like this happen around us. And it is just -- we`re all just in shock. And you know, I don`t have a clue. You know, I just -- I don`t know. They -- you know, the authorities are not -- they`re not telling much, and we`re hoping that they know more than what they`re telling because it`s just all about trying to find her and get her home. There`s been thousands of us out there, literally thousands, looking for her.
• NORVILLE: The last person who saw Holly, of course, was her brother, Clint, who`s 25 years old. And he has said to investigators and it`s been reported that he didn`t really think anything when he saw Holly walking off. He first thought it was her boyfriend. And it wasn`t until he saw that blood in the family garage that he got concerned and called 911.
  
  What can you tell us about Clint? Because there`s bean great deal of speculation about how the story, quote, unquote, "changed," and it was probably just a miscommunication on the part of law enforcement relaying information to the media, and the media probably changed the word from dragged to being led. What can you tell us about Clint?
  
  RAMEY: Clint Bobo is one of the finest boys that we have in this county and proud to have him here. And there is no way, no way that he had anything to do with it. And if he had ever thought his sister was in danger, he would have been right there.
• NORVILLE: Earlier this evening, we talked with one of the Bobos` cousins. Her father and Holly`s father are brothers. And she chose not to speak to us on camera, but she said of this idea that Holly would have been going into the woods with her boyfriend -- he first thought that the boyfriend had gone hunting, it`s turkey season down in Tennessee, and that he wanted to show her a bird that he`d killed, and that was his first impression, which might explain why to many of us who wonder why you wouldn`t have sounded the alarm then -- that would explain why that is.
  
  Does that seem plausible to you, Ms. Ramey?
  
  RAMEY: Yes, it does. This area -- we`re a huge, huge hunting area, and most of the men in this county, you know, they deer hunt, they turkey hunt, they squirrel hunt, they coon hunt. And a man in camouflage during hunting season is nothing unusual around here. I mean, you don`t pay any attention to it.
• NORVILLE: Absolutely.
  
  RAMEY: And you know, we`re a huge hunting community. So you know, it didn`t seem odd to him.
• Tammy Ramey, you want to answer that question? Is this the kind of thing that Holly would ever do? To stage her own abduction? To get away from home? Get away from town?
  
  TAMMY RAMEY, FRIEND OF MISSING HOLLY BOBO`S FAMILY, HELPED SEARCHED FOR MISSING NURSE CO-ED: Never in a million years. No. No.
• NORVILLE: Yes, she has, Alexis. And in fact, as I mentioned, we spoke with one of the Bobo cousins today and she told us that the day of the disappearance Clint, the brother, took a polygraph test and according to this cousin she says that he passed the polygraph.
  
• NORVILLE: Tammy Ramey, I`ll ask you about how well Holly would have known the woods out there?
  
  RAMEY: I can`t really answer that. That is a very, very densely wooded area, lots of briars. She wouldn`t have been the type to just taken off to take a walk through the woods. We just don`t do that around here.
• NORVILLE: Well, as upset as you are, no doubt her family is even more upset.
  
  Tammy Ramey, are you going to be out there searching?
  
  RAMEY: Yes, ma`am, I will.
• NORVILLE: And Michael --
  
  RAMEY: The whole community will. And we will not give up until we find her.
• NORVILLE: And Michael Gast --
  
  RAMEY: This is one of our own. And you don`t take one of our own from us.

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