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Scotts Hill, Tenn. • The family and friends of Holly Bobo, the Tennessee nursing student who hasn't been seen since she was abducted 15 months ago are keeping alive the hope of finding her with the help of a famous kidnapping victim.

Elizabeth Smart, who was abducted from Salt Lake City at age 14 and not found for nine months, is speaking at a public rally on Monday in West Tennessee for Bobo's family.

Bobo was 20 when she was last seen in April 2011 being led into the woods by a man near the family's home near Parsons, about 100 miles northeast of Memphis.

The appearance by Smart is free and begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the high school in Scotts Hill.