Decatur County Sheriff Keith Byrd speaks Monday night at the press conference where the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced that the partial remains found Sunday in Decatur County belonged to Holly Bobo. (Photo: MEGAN SMITH/The Jackson Sun) 
 
 Holly Bobo's family is expected to speak out this afternoon, just a day after the TBI confirmed her remains had been found in Decatur County. 
 
 Hunters found a skull Sunday in a wooded area that had already been the site of several searches. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn confirmed Monday night that it matched Bobo's DNA. 
 
 The discovery capped a 3 1/2-year search that captivated Tennesseans and the nation. Crews will scour the area for more remains later this morning. 
 
 Bobo, 20, was abducted from outside her Decatur County home in April 2011. 
 
 The community rose up to bring her home. They covered gas station windows with fliers, stamped posters onto light poles and drove 18-wheelers on cross-country journeys carrying the message "Bring Holly Home." 
 
 On Monday night, many members of the community turned out at the press conference, desperate for any relieving news, praying for something to bring peace. 
 
 Earlier this year, Zach Adams and Jason Autry were indicted on charges that they kidnapped and murdered Bobo. They have pledged their innocence in court. 
 
 Bobo's brother Clint said he saw her being led into the woods by a masked man dressed in camouflage. 
 
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 CLOSE Tennessee authorities confirmed late Monday that the remains of Holly Bobo, a nursing student missing since April 2011, have been found in the woods in Decatur County, Tennessee. Two men have been charged with her murder. 
 
 On Monday morning, Cory Tubbs, on whose family's land the remains were found Sunday, said he could not believe the search has taken so long and that some of the remains were found on his property, where numerous searches had previously been conducted. 
 
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 Zach Adams, of Holladay, was charged with Bobo's murder and kidnapping after investigators searched his property in February and early March. 
 
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 On April 29, Autry was indicted on the same charges. 
 
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 On May 29, Brothers Mark Pearcy and Jeffrey Pearcy were charged with tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact in the case. 
 
 All four men have pleaded not guilty. 
 
 Read or Share this story: http://tnne.ws/1rUdGxp ||||| The TBI confirmed at a press conference late Monday night that human remains found in Decatur County on Sunday belong to Holly Bobo. 
 
 TBI Director Mark Gwyn offered his condolences to the Bobo family before making the announcement at the brief press conference. 
 
 "In light of the recent discovery of possible human remains found in Decatur County, TBI has been able to confirm ... that the remains are of Holly Bobo," Gwyn said. 
 
 Newly elected District Attorney Matt Stowe then took the podium, saying he had just had a very difficult conversation with the Bobo family. 
 
 "You can delay justice, but you can't deny it," Stowe said. 
 
 Gwyn and Stowe did not take questions. 
 
 Decatur County Sheriff Keith Byrd, who only took office days ago, took the podium several minutes later to discuss his role in the ongoing Bobo investigation. 
 
 Zachary Adams was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping in connection with Bobo's disappearance earlier this year. 
 
 Byrd shared a message to anyone else who may be involved in Bobo's death. 
 
 "You can run, but you can't hide. We'll figure out who you are, and you'll be brought to justice," Byrd said. 
 
 Another man, Jason Wayne Autry, has also been charged with kidnapping and murder in the case. 
 
 Jeffrey Pearcy and his stepbrother, Mark Pearcy, are both charged with tampering with evidence and accessory after the fact. 
 
 "We are ready, willing and able to seek the death penalty in this case. We'll be making a decision sometime in the next couple weeks in conjunction with the Bobo family," Stowe said. 
 
 Byrd said the Bobo family is doing as well as can be expected. 
 
 "The finding of her body was more of a relief than anything. They had already came to grips with the idea that she was dead, but tonight gave them some closure," Byrd said. 
 
 Two Benton County men discovered a human skull around 10 a.m. on Sunday while searching for ginseng. The pair found the remains in a remote, wooded area off of County Corner Road near Holladay. 
 
 "This was divine intervention. God put those guys there to find the remains, and we acted on their findings," Byrd said. 
 
 Bobo went missing from her family's home in Darden on April 13, 2011. 
 
 Copyright 2014 WSMV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved. ||||| Tennessee authorities confirmed late Monday that the remains of Holly Bobo, a nursing student missing since April 2011, have been found in the woods in Decatur County, Tennessee. Two men have been charged with her murder. VPC 
 
 In this undated photo provided by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Holly Bobo is shown. (Photo: AP) 
 
 The family of a missing nursing student whose remains have been identified released a statement describing their "agony" and asking for privacy as they grieve. 
 
 The statement from the family of Holly Bobo, last seen in April 2011, also thanked the public for its support and condolences. 
 
 "The family knows that Holly is in a better place, and we're comforted by that knowledge," the statement read. "We hope that no family will have to experience what we have endured. Our agony cannot be adequately described in words. For this reason, we respectfully request something circumstances have denied us, and that is privacy. ... We know the press and other media have jobs to do, and in fact, y'all have been very helpful in publicizing Holly's abduction. But now is a time for grieving." 
 
 The family thanked law enforcement for being "diligent in their pursuit of justice," and also said, "We will never understand the actions or the motives of those who took Holly from us, but we continue to pray that someone will have the courage to step forward and shed more light on this senseless tragedy." 
 
 During a press conference Monday in which the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed that the remains of Bobo, 20 when she disappeared, had been positively identified, family members in attendance could be heard crying and weeping in the background. 
 
 "TBI has been able to confirm through the findings of odontologists that the remains are of Holly Bobo," TBI Director Mark Gwyn said at the news conference, expressing condolences to the Bobo family and saying that the investigation is not over "by any means." 
 
 Two men out in the woods Sunday morning looking for ginseng discovered a human skull and contacted the Decatur County Sheriff's Department, which led to tests being done on the remains, according to the Jackson Sun and WHNT news. Bobo was last seen at her family's home in Darden, Tenn., on April 13, 2011. Two men, Zachary Adams and Jason Autry, were indicted earlier this year for kidnapping and murder in the case, according to the Jackson Sun. 
 
 HOLLY BOBO CASE: Previous coverage from the Jackson (Tenn.) Sun 
 
 Of the two men who found the remains, Decatur County Sheriff Keith Byrd said at Monday's news conference, "God put those guys there to find the remains and we acted on their findings and brought everything together." 
 
 Regarding the Bobo family, he added, "They had already came to grips with the idea that she was dead, but tonight gave them some closure." 
 
 On a Facebook community page for Holly Bobo, an administrator posted shortly after 11 p.m. ET, "R.I.P. Holly You Will Have Justice." 
 
 Monday night's announcement culminates 3½ years of searching and thousands of law enforcement work hours, the Sun reports. 
 
 In July, a woman named Sandra King testified in a preliminary hearing in the case that she saw a cellphone video that appeared to show Bobo tied up and crying, according to WSMV. Suspect Zachary Adams also was in the video, WSMV reported King said. 
 
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– Sorrow, but some closure for the family of Holly Bobo: The remains of the Tennessee nursing student have been found more than three years after she was seen being dragged into the woods near her home by a man in camouflage. A skull was found near a logging road in woods around 11 miles from her home by two men looking for ginseng on Sunday, and forensic evidence confirmed that it belonged to the missing 20-year-old, USA Today reports. The man who owns the land where the remains were found says the property had been searched numerous times before. "I just can't believe it," he tells the Tennessean. "It doesn't make any sense." Two men, Zachary Adams and Jason Autry, were charged with her kidnapping and murder earlier this year, and brothers Mark and Jeffrey Pearcy have been charged with tampering with evidence and being accessories after the fact, WSMV reports. The county sheriff told reporters he had a message for anyone else who might have been involved in the murder: "You can run but you can't hide. We'll figure out who you are and you'll be brought to justice."