James Barnes

Testimony Summary:

He has lived in Darden, TN for about 14 years.
He lived next door to the Bobo family at the time of the abduction.
At 7:45 on the day of the abduction, James was home with his wife and his young child. He was loading tools into his truck outside at about 7:15 am.
There was a trailer and a house about 750 feet from the Bobo home.
On the day of the abduction, James says he heard arguing from the Bobo house at 7:50. He says Holly began screaming, before stopping.
He told his girlfriend to get in the truck, and they sat in the Bobo’s driveway for a few minutes. When they didn’t see or hear anything else, they left to go to work.
He was outside when he heard the arguing. He says Holly said something like “Stop. I said stop.”
He states she later said, “Stop, goddamnit, stop it!”
He said it sounded like she was arguing with someone she knew.
He states Holly “cut out mid-scream,” and his dogs were barking, so he walked over there, but did not see anything.
He says the screaming lasted approximately one minute.
He called his mother, who called Karen Bobo, since they used to work at the same location, on his way to work at 7:47 am (according to Jennifer Thompson).
He went to work, then the TBI asked him to come home so they could immediately question him. He returned home at 11:50 am.
In his original statement, he theorized she was even screaming potentially about a snake.
He turned the engine off while waiting in the Bobo driveway but heard nothing further. There were no cars in the driveway. He was watching the home since he heard the screams, and no cars left from the front of the Bobo residence. He also looked in the logging road but saw nothing.
He states tracking dogs followed Holly’s scent to his residence.
He does not recall whether his mother was home at the time of the incident.
Things grew uncomfortable between his mother and the Bobo family.
He states the TBI regularly came to his residence “to get [him] to confess.”

James Barnes

Testimony Summary:

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