Holly Bobo, 20, Tenn. missing. & Karen Swift

[Duchess]

Is this what you are referring to, JsMom?

The parents of Holly Bobo spoke publicly today for the first time since Monday night's announcement by TBI that remains found in Decatur County woods did in fact belong to Holly.

A statement was delivered by the spokesman for the Bobo family on behalf of Dana, Karen and Clint Bobo. "On behalf of Holly we would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. We will never understand the actions or the motives of those who took Holly from us. Those responsible will be afforded a trial. As an innocent victim Holly had no such right. Although in prison they can breathe and visit with loved ones, not Holly. We've lost a precious daughter...but those responsible have lost their souls. The family knows that Holly is in a better place. We hope that no family will have to experience what we have endured. The family has asked for privacy to grieve."

Sheriff Keith Byrd also spoke not as Sheriff, but as friend to the family. "My original goal was to find Holly...my new goal is to see that the people who did this are punished." On other arrests: "Other arrests will be forthcoming. They can run but they can't hide." On location of remains: "It was behind the cell phone tower." He was unclear if the area had ever been searched. On aerial surveilance and ping map: "That area was one of the areas" searched. "The foilage was too thick to see the ground very well. We were chasing ping signals at that time."

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