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FBI Most Wanted
Killer is Dead

Adam Mayes, accused of killing a mother, her 14-year-old
daughter, and kidnapping two younger sibling girls,
shot himself to death as authorities closed in.

Above, Adam Mayes, deceased

MANATEE COUNTY, Florida [NMT/CNN/FBI] -- This is a story of death, more death and, in the aftermath, survival.

On Friday, April 27th, 2012, Jo Ann Bain, 31, and her three children, Kyliyah, 8, Alexandria, 12, and Adrienne, 14, were reported missing by Jo Ann's husband. Her vehicle was later found abandoned.

Adam Christopher Mayes, 35, who was supposed to drive the family to Mississippi and then to Arizona to a new home, was immediately suspected.

Mayes and his wife, Teresa Mayes, drove the four victims from their home in Whiteville, Tennessee, bound for Mississippi.

At some point, Mayes killed Jo Ann Bain and her oldest daughter, Adrienne.

According to affidavits, Mayes and his wife drove the bodies of Jo Ann and Adrienne to Union County in Northern Mississippi. The two younger girls were along for the ride.

Above, Kyliyah and Alexandria Bain

Due to investigation and acting on a search warrant, the FBI discovered the bodies of Jo Ann and Adrienne were discovered on Saturday, May 5th, in a shallow grave behind the house of Adam Mayes' mother, Mary Frances Mayes, in Guntown, Mississippi. But Mayes and the two younger girls were still missing.

Mary Frances Mayes and Mayes' wife, Teresa Mayes, were arrested and charged with Murder and Especially Aggravated Kidnapping. They had witnessed the murders and had been accomplices in driving the bodies to Mississippi, authorities said.

A nationwide manhunt was mounted in a search for Adam Mayes and the two younger girls.

On Wednesday, May 9th, the FBI added Adam Mayes to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Mayes was wanted for murder and kidnapping. A reward for his capture and arrest stood at $175,000. Mayes had last been seen in Guntown on May 1st. While the search was centered around his hometown, the FBI said he also had connections to Arizona, Texas, Florida and the Carolinas.

On Thursday, May 10th, authorities responded after a citizen called to report what they believed may have been Maye's vehicle.

Further investigation revealed Mayes was then believed to be hiding in a hunting blind, 3 miles from where the bodies of Jo Ann and Adrienne were found at Mayes' mother's house.

A task force of FBI agents, the Mississippi Highway Patrol, local police and sheriff's deputies and the Mississippi Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Parks approached the hunting blind stealthily from two opposite directions.

Cops first spotted the two girls lying down in thick brush.

Then they spotted Adam Mayes, who stood up, gun in hand.

He was ordered to put down the gun. Instead, Mayes shot himself in the head, killing himself. The two girls reportedly witnessed Mayes' suicide.

The two girls, Kyliyah, 8, and Alexandria, 12, dirty and hungry, were rescued. But they were alive and unharmed. They were taken to a local hospital where they were examined and treated for bug bites and poison ivy. They were suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. Then they were reunited with their family, presumably their father.

Case closed...except for the mental trauma inflicted on the two young sisters, who lost their mother and oldest sister.

 

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