Fugitive Adam Mayes dead, kidnapped girls safe, Mississippi police say
An undated photo of Adam Mayes. (Hardeman County,
Tenn., Sheriff's Department / May 10, 2012)
A murder-kidnapping case that prompted a major manhunt ended abruptly
Thursday night with Adam Mayes dead and two young girls safe, Mississippi
authorities said.
Guntown, Miss., Police Chief Michael Hall said Mayes shot himself after a SWAT team discovered him and moved in.
Alexandria Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8, are safe, Hall told the Associated Press.
The children had vanished April 27, when Mayes and his ex-wife, Teresa, traveled to Tennessee from their Guntown home. Teresa Mayes has told Tennessee police that Mayes killed the girls' mother, Jo Ann Bain, and her eldest daughter, Adreinne, 14.
Family friends have told the media that Mayes believed the two younger children were his.
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Guntown, Miss., Police Chief Michael Hall said Mayes shot himself after a SWAT team discovered him and moved in.
Alexandria Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8, are safe, Hall told the Associated Press.
The children had vanished April 27, when Mayes and his ex-wife, Teresa, traveled to Tennessee from their Guntown home. Teresa Mayes has told Tennessee police that Mayes killed the girls' mother, Jo Ann Bain, and her eldest daughter, Adreinne, 14.
Family friends have told the media that Mayes believed the two younger children were his.
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