Corey Rivers

Testimony Summary:

· He has lived in Jacksonville, Florida all his life.

· He was in Tennessee in 2016, he and his friends got pulled over while driving north.

· He was driving without a driver’s license, presented his friend’s license as his own when he got pulled over, and found out his friend’s license was suspended.

· He is currently on probation for using his friend’s license and was incarcerated for 60 days for the same charge last year.

· While he was incarcerated, he was next-door cellmates with Zach Adams, and he states they spoke “every day” through the door.

· He states Zach saw him reading his Bible, and asked if God would ever forgive him.

· This was before he knew what Zach was in prison for.

· Zach later told him what he was charged with. He said a couple of his friends got drunk, went into the woods with a girl, and he stated he “was there for the worst of it,” before the subject shifted to forgiveness again.

· He said Zach told him Holly’s body had been chopped up, and pieces were found in different places in Tennessee.

· He reached out to law enforcement after this, and they spoke to him. He states he did not ask for anything from law enforcement.

· He states Zach also mentioned a video before Corey left prison, stating it was “right under the nose of [law enforcement], but they hadn’t found it.”

· He admits he was staying in protective custody, where everyone was locked up 23 hours of the day. He agrees people in jail generally maintain a “tough demeanor.”

· He is on the sex offender registry, but denies it was due to an interaction with a Minor.

· He states Williamson County broadcasts the news, but he didn’t see anything related to the Holly Bobo case.

· Zach also told him someone had committed suicide due to guilt.

Shawn Cooper

Testimony Summary:

· He had two felonies.

· On March 4th, 2014, he states he was sitting on a bench in a court hallway.

· She asked if anybody was getting bond or going home that day. He jokingly raised his hand, and the lady informed him he had a hold in Obion County.

· Zach Adams introduced himself, and asked if, when he got to Obion County, he could talk to the federal inmates there for him.

· He says Zach told him to tell his brother Dylan that, “If he doesn’t keep his mouth shut, [he’s] going to put him in a hole beside her.”

· He states he cursed at Zach, and told him to stop talking to him, stating he would slap him.

· He went into court before coming out, said something about bond “like it was a joke.”

· He states there were other inmates sitting there with them.

· The police found out when he spoke about it over the phone with “his lady.”

· The police visited him to question him about this nine days later.

· This conversation took place in Chester County.

· He states he asked another inmate if he heard what Zach had said.

· He says he does not remember discussing this with his cellmates.

· He states Zach was bragging about having a two-million-dollar bond but does not remember telling anyone else that.

Unnamed Prison Witness

Testimony Summary:

· The testimony cut out, excluding the man’s name.

· He states he was in Chester County courtroom, and he was sitting next to Shawn Cooper.

· He states Zach was standing at the wall in front of them.

· He says that Zach told Cooper to tell Dylan that “if he doesn’t keep his fucking mouth shut, I’m gonna plant him next to that bitch.”

· Later, he states Zach was pacing around and said, referring to bail, “I got two million. I guess you gotta kill a bitch to get that kind of bail around here.” He said he wasn’t worried, however, because they had “no body, no gun, and no conviction.”

· He states he is receiving nothing for his testimony today.

· He states he only heard of the Holly Bobo case from his family, who he would call.

· After he steps down, Prosecution presents a photo posted to Zach Adam’s Facebook, in which he appears to be in camouflage, with the caption, “Who am I looking for?”

Chris Swift

Testimony Summary:

· He has felonies for forgery, attempted spousal rape, and third-degree assault.

· He was in Williamson County jail with Zach Adams.

· They became friends during their recreational hour.

· He states Zach noticed him praying one time, and Zach asked him if God would forgive him. He asked, “Forgive you for what?” and Zach responded, “My case.” He asked, “What do you mean?” and Zach said, “The Holly killing.”

· They spoke the next day, and Zach told him “he wasn’t involved in the killing,” but was involved in “the worst part of it.”

· He says Zach told him Dylan was involved in the killing, and that they were “in a back room having sex with her.”

· He states that he told his lawyer about this, and his lawyer contacted the TBI, who came to speak to him about the incident.

· He states Zach told him that, as soon as the trial was over, he was going home, and that “they didn’t have a body, they didn’t have a murder weapon, nor motive.”

· He states that Zach, after meeting with his lawyer, told Chris that “it didn’t look good for him” and he looked depressed and said he would probably go on Death Row.

· He states he is not getting anything but a “day’s worth of work” for his testimony.

· He states Zach threatened him, but the statement did not sound mildly threatening.

· He admits he told defense investigators that he didn’t think Zach committed the crime, and that he wasn’t capable of it, and had nothing to do with it.

Corey Rivers

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Shawn Cooper

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Unnamed Prison Witness

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Chris Swift

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