· He was working at the sheriff’s department at the time and responded to Holly’s abduction.
· Upon arrival, he saw Clint and Kathy Wise standing at the residence.
· He was the first officer on the scene that morning.
· He spoke to Clint Bobo, who told him that someone in camouflage had taken his sister into the woods. He and Clint started walking toward that area.
· He saw the blood in the carport.
· He identifies photos of the blood in the carport.
· He states Deputy Jeremy Pratt and Ricky Inman arrived at some point.
· After seeing the blood, he asked Clint to write down a statement.
· · After seeing the blood, he asked Clint to write down a statement.
· He met Karen Bobo when she arrived and questioned her.
· He realized Holly had her phone with her after speaking to Karen.
· He contacted 9-1-1 and asked him to contact the cell carrier to track the cell phone.
· To do this, he needed a Supervisor signature, so he left the scene to sign some paperwork to send to AT&T.
· AT&T emailed him pings of Holly’s phone, which they relayed to TBI and a helicopter from Jackson Police Department.
· After realizing no more pings were coming through, he was tasked with interviewing local sex offenders.
· He states he knows Zach Adams and Shayne Austin and did not encounter either that day.
· He states Dana Bobo was not at the residence when he arrived, and he was the first to put crime scene tape around the carport area.[1]
· He walked into the woods looking for Holly after speaking to Karen.
· He states he never saw Karen running into the woods to look for Holly.
· He walked through the woods looking for blood, disturbances, or even Holly. He did not find anything, nor did he take any pictures.
· He exited the woods onto Swan-Johnson road.
· He did not prevent himself from leaving footprints in the woods.
· He states the TBI picked up his case file from the abduction, making it impossible for him to bring it for his testimony today.
· He was also unable to review the case file. The TBI took the case file the first few days after it was completed.
· He filled out an “exigent circumstances” form that he faxed to AT&T.
· Jennifer Thompson claims that AT&T asked him how often he wanted a ping on Holly’s phone, and he told them he wanted one every fifteen minutes, despite it being possible to get a ping every minute.
· A call requesting that a tracker be put on Holly Bobo’s cell phone is played in Court.
· Several transfers sound to occur during this recording – it was a long, draining process, and the audio is difficult to understand.
· According to the call, the closest address to Holly’s phone was within Holiday Circle in that time, and her phone was pinging near I-840.
· Deputy Weber relayed this information to other officers.
· Deputy Weber identifies notes that he used for his preliminary investigation report, and his report itself.
· He details his sex offender canvassing of the local area after Holly’s abduction.
· In his report, he states he arrived and spoke to Clint Bobo, who reported he was asleep and heard a scream. [2]
· Clint reported his sister in a pink shirt and blue jeans walking into the woods.
· He does not remember being told that Holly was kneeling with someone in the carport.
· Clint reported he thought the man was Drew.
· He did not enter the residence.
· He states he tried to get a dog but was delayed in getting one.
· He added supplementary notes from his interviews with local sex offenders to his report.
· He confirmed that he spoke to several sex offenders in that area, giving their names and locations from his report, including Terry Britt.
· Jennifer Thompson claims that, earlier that morning, Johnathan Ryker, another deputy interviewing sex offenders, had been by Terry Britt’s residence that morning, and no one was home.
· Deputy Tony Weber confirms that, when they arrived at the Britt residence, he and Janet were unloading a tub, but cannot say what time this was.
· He states he taped off a large segment of the crime scene.
· He says he put the crime scene tape up after noticing the blood in the carport.
· The first thing he did on arrival was speak to Clint, and hand him a form to fill out before Karen arrived at the residence.
· He never entered the woods.
· After he steps down, the Judge wishes a member of the jury happy birthday.
[1] Contradicts Dana’s testimony that he was the first to block off the carport area.
[2] Contradicts Clint’s testimony that he was woken up by the dog barking.