‘Hallelujah.’ Family of Holly Bobo Thanks God After Guilty Verdict in Murder Case

(SAVANNAH, Tenn.) — It was a prayer circle 6 ½ years in the making. Shortly after a man was convicted of kidnapping and killing Tennessee nursing student Holly Bobo, her family and friends held hands, closed their eyes and thanked God for the guilty verdict. Family pastor Don Franks spoke softly as those who loved Bobo wept. He told them they will see Holly again. “She’s waiting on the other side,” Franks said. The group then said “hallelujah.” After a tense, 11-day trial, a jury in Savannah, Tennessee, found Zachary Adams guilty Friday of kidnapping, raping and murdering Bobo. She was 20 in April 2011 when she was led into the woods behind her home by an unidentified man wearing camouflage in the rural town of Parsons. Bobo’s disappearance led to a frantic search of the farms, fields and barns of western Tennessee, and her case received national attention. Her remains were found in September 2014 by two men hunting for ginseng in woods not far from her home in Decatur County, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of Nashville. A sentencing hearing with the same jury that decided the verdict will begin Saturday. The murder charge can carry the death penalty for Adams, 33. Before her skull was discovered, Bobo’s relatives and friends prayed she would be found alive. After her death was confirmed, their focus switched to finding justice for the young woman known for her singing at church. “She finally has the pe...
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