John Babb

·  He lives near Memphis, and previously lived in Lexington.

·  He owned 150 acres of recreational property on Swan-Johnson Road.

·  He knew the Bobos very well and met them in 2004 after buying the property.

·  He basically watched Holly and Clint grow up.

·  Holly road her horse on his property. 

·  He was at the property about three times a week.

·  On the morning of the abduction, he was going fishing with a friend. They came to his property that   morning to set up his boat and fishing gear and went to one of the lakes on his property.

·  He worked as an Assistant Surgeon General and retired in 2010. 

·  He entered his property around 7:30 am and spent about 20 minutes getting his things together. 

·  He was standing at the levee of the lake, while his friend was still gathering his things.

·  Earlier, he heard sounds he thought were cats fighting coming from near the Bobo house. His friend, who owned cats, told him it didn’t sound like cats. He was later looking toward Swan-Johnson Road, and heard a motor revving loudly, before seeing a white truck speeding extremely fast. He told his friend, “Man that white truck was flying.” He thought it was an extended-cab truck. He thought it may have been a Ford pickup truck but was unsure because of the distance he was from the road. It was going south, right off a gravel segment of the road. 

·  He identifies and references a map of where he was standing and what he could see in court.

·  He states the Bobo residence was about 150-200 yards away from the segment of road he saw the truck on.

·  He states it is possible the noises were screaming, not cats, but he did not think that at the time.

·  Dana Bobo called him around 9 am that morning to ask what the age requirement to report for an Amber Alert was. He then told him Holly was taken.

·  He went back to check his property, before going to the Bobo residence and speaking to sheriffs of Henderson and Decatur county.

·  He also spoke to Homeland Security and FBI agents twice.