Hobbs' Family Says They Had Feeling Hobbs Would Go to Norman

A sister of Lester Hobbs said the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation didn't listened to them when their family told the agency where they could possibly find their brother, but investigators said they followed up on as many leads as possible.

Tuesday, March 30th 2010, 8:12 pm

By: News 9


By Jacqueline Sit, NEWS 9

OKLHOMA CITY -- A sister of Lester Hobbs said the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation didn't listened to them when their family told the agency where they could possibly find their brother, but investigators said they followed up on as many leads as possible.

"If they listen, they would find him in time and save the baby," said Betty Smith, Hobbs' sister.

In a phone interview, Smith said OSBI investigators asked her about her brother's whereabouts several weeks ago.

"They asked where I would go if I was Lester. I told them to go to the cemetery where our parents were buried, and his car was found a mile from where they were buried," Smith said. "You can see the car in plain open sight. (Investigators) say they don't have the manpower to look for them, but they had the manpower to harass everyone one of us for two months. If they listened and look where we told them to look, we could have found them. Our family cared for Aja more than anything."

An OSBI spokesperson said investigators received hundreds of leads and it's a moot point because they believe Hobbs and Aja died shortly after they disappeared.

Investigators said they don't know if they'll ever know the exact day they died because of decomposition.

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