Holly Bobo Update: Reward Increased And Sex Offender Arrested Nearby

The reward for the safe return of missing college student Holly Bobo was raised to $250,000 by an anonymous donation this week, The Commercial Appeal reports.

The timing roughly coincides with the Tuesday arrest of a registered sex offender in western Tennessee, who lived near Bobo, for alleged kidnapping, attempted rape and sexual battery charges, according to TV station WTVF.

The bust raised eyebrows because a spokesman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations refused to tell The Jackson Sun if the suspect, Terry Lee Britt, 53, was being questioned in Bobo's disappearance.

Bobo, a nursing student, was 20 when she was last seen on April 13, 2011 walking into a wooded area near her home in Parsons with a man dressed in camouflage.

The previous reward offered for reliable information about Bobo's disappearance was $85,000. Authorities told media outlets that a private donor kicked in the additional funds.

The last development in the search for Bobo came last month when law enforcement agents searched the home of an Ohio man they said was interfering with the investigation. Tony Calabrese was not a suspect in her vanishing, but authorities said he was soliciting tips and claiming to be the head of a search team looking for the missing woman, The Associated Press says.

Comments

[Natasha Morrison]

02:51 AM on 05/13/2012

http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/case.cfm?id=77784 There are a lot of girls abducted and taken to Greece. Wherever she is, I pray for people to help her. I really believe this was Human Trafficking.

[The hang man]

07:21 PM on 03/03/2012

What ever the case may be, (GET A ROPE)....

[mdipary2004]

11:15 AM on 02/05/2012

Why in this case their is an attempted rape charge but in another case where to female sister try to force a boy to have sex with then it was called sexual assault. What a double standard.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/valerie-bartkey-amanda-johnson_n_1248510.html

[bbmcrae]

02:19 PM on 04/10/2012

It's different states, different terms, similar crimes. Calm down. Spell and use punctuation, also.

[Chaze77]

10:24 AM on 02/05/2012

I've always leaned more towards the theory that someone who knew her- such as her brother- was more likely responsible for her disappearance than a random stranger. I know crazier things have happened, but whoever took her knew she was going to be relatively alone, knew the area, etc. It doesn't sound like some sex-crazed maniac who was passing through the area is likely to have been responsible for this woman's disappearance.

It's my understanding that George Wall (the sex offender who was recently arrested) had served time in Washington for molesting a little girl in 1988. The M.O. doesn't seem to fit. Everything I've read about sex offenders implies that they tend to have a "type"- of course, there are exceptions to every rule- but if Wall prefers little girls, Holly Bobo probably wouldn't have registered on his radar, beautiful or not. He's into children- which is, in fact, the definition of a pedophile- not grown women. I understand that authorities have to check every angle, but I hope they aren't wasting valuable time and resources looking for the fabled Boogey Man, while forgetting to look closer to home.

[ART ALCALA]

12:09 AM on 02/05/2012

is her boyfriend a suspect?

[Ashley WisemanClevenger]

02:03 PM on 02/04/2012

I think it is someone who lives near there to know the terrain and feel comfortable enough to be able to navigate it while commanding this petrified girl. Someone who has been stalking her and knew her routine and that she would be there, but her parents would not be. I hope they find her safe and sound. I thought they cleared all the sex offenders near her house? They ought to castrate these sick s.o.b's on the first offense.

[BeachSurfer]

01:26 AM on 02/04/2012

BeachSurfer
Jesus send your Angels to be with Precious Holly Bobo, let her be found safe! Beach Surfer!!

[johnottr28]

03:10 PM on 02/18/2012

Jesus already sent his angels in the form of a murderer! You myth believers really crack me up! The girl is dead amd most likely the guy that did it believed in god! Just amazing!!!

[BeachSurfer]

05:15 PM on 02/18/2012

BeachSurfer
Don't not like my post be a man and ignore it, stop acting like a child having a temprer tantrum!! BeachSurfer!!




johnottr28

“Jesus already sent his angels in the form of a murderer! You myth believers really crack me up! The girl is dead amd most likely the guy that did it believed in god! Just amazing!!!”

[North Star]

11:54 PM on 02/03/2012

i would like to help search for her, my guess is that she was kidnap by a evil-smart person! who planned this! i got some theories and maybe if i was funded, could lead a private investigation search! it will be a honor to find her and bring her alive!

[bbmcrae]

02:20 PM on 04/10/2012

Hmm. It would be amazing to see that happen.

[megandvc]

06:11 PM on 02/03/2012

This is why I laugh when people say sex offenders can be rehabilitated. Maybe if he had been locked up for life, this young girl would be home with her family.

[teacherkld]

09:39 PM on 02/03/2012

Megan, you are right. These people are kept out of jail and continue doing what they do best.

[BeachSurfer]

01:28 AM on 02/04/2012

BeachSurfer

Megan good post have a nice night!! God Bless you!1 Beach Surfer!!

[LaurenRuth]

03:38 PM on 02/03/2012

I don't believe the statement, 'she was last seen walking into a wooded area near her home in Parsons with a man,' is completely accurate. I had the impression she was grabbed and forcibly taken into a wooded area near her home whilst crying and screaming? :.(

It's absolutely horrifying and so very, -- terrible that this happened to her! :.( It's agonizing tothink about, and I know for her and her family-- it's not imagined. It's reality.

We've got to find her! :.(

[scottieriz]

10:01 PM on 02/03/2012

That is what happened... her boyfriend saw it and reported it... but didn't go after them. And a small pool of blood was found on the sidewalk. He said they walked into the woods.... but than again that just shows how weak most Americans are... you see your girlfriend being led into the woods by a weirdo in camouflage and you run the other way and call the police??? Seriously.... YOU GO AFTER HER!!!!!

[LaurenRuth]

10:44 PM on 02/03/2012

I would think so, but everyone is different, and I could imagine myself helpless in such a frightening position. Surely the fellow was afraid to death, and now riddled with grief all the more because he could not.

It's still so hard for me to imagine this happening to someone. The man was in camouflage in the woods near her house. He didn't just happen upon her and do this. He planned this. I'm praying for a miracle, because we really need to find her and the
predator that took her.

[matt50]

01:27 AM on 02/04/2012

I thought it was her brother that saw her, and didn't say anything until later, because he thought she was with a boyfriend.

[andvoodoo2]

02:09 PM on 02/03/2012

The hell her poor family is going through must be unbearable. I hope and pray she is still alive and will be found soon.

[DoveSong]

12:58 PM on 02/03/2012

I pray for her, and her family. Perhaps she is being kept alive somewhere... Holly, you're a survivor