Holly Bobo Trial Update 2017: TBI Agent Admits To Mishandling Information About The Murder Case
A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) personnel took the witness stand for Holly Bobo's murder case trial Friday, admitting that they might have mishandled several details in the case.
According to reports, TBI Special Agent Brent Booth prioritized the search for the 20-year-old nursing student after she went missing in April 2011 instead of focusing on the leads provided to them that could pinpoint suspect Zach Adams and the other suspects' involvement in the case.
Booth revealed that agents do not normally read the reports thoroughly, and they tend to miss out on some of the suspects' alibis but he explained that their department is very small to handle such overwhelming case.
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"We pride ourselves on doing the right thing always in the right way," Booth stated. "We make mistakes in this one, one I'll take with me for the rest of my life."
Another chilling testimony about the gun was also revealed during the fifth day of the trial when former drug dealer Victor Dinsmore was asked to appear on the stand.
According to Dinsmore, Adams' friends and fellow suspects Jason Autry and the late Shayne Austin sold him the gun that was used to killed Bobo in exchange for morphine. Then he claimed that he gave the gun to his wife for protection after learning about the details about Bobo's disappearance. When he heard that Adams and his friends are involved in the case, he immediately asked her to dispose the weapon.
Autry who served as the star witness for the prosecution also revealed the graphic details about Bobo's death in this week's trial. He claimed that Adams showed him Bobo's body wrapped in a blanket when he dropped by his house to buy drugs after the nursing student disappeared on April 13, 2011.
He also admitted that he agreed to help in disposing the body that they have presumed to be dead by gutting it and throwing the remains in the deep end of the Tennessee River so it will no longer float to the surface. However, when Bobo moved and made a noise, Adams immediately shot her in the head after Autry told him that no one else was in the vicinity to make sure that she is really dead.
Autry also revealed that Adams also asked him to kill his brother Dylan Adams, who is also involved in raping Bobo, because he allegedly talked about the crime too much.
A portion of Bobo's remains were reportedly discovered near Adams' house in 2014, three years after she went missing.
The Holly Bobo murder case trial is slated to continue on Sept. 16 at 9 a.m.
