Police: Kidnap-slaying suspect slain; 2 girls OK

[secretlyevil]

news.yahoo.com/police-kidnap-slaying-suspect-slain-2-girls-ok-011239208.html

GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) — As a SWAT team closed in, a fugitive accused of killing a Tennessee mother and daughter before disappearing for nearly two weeks with her two other children killed himself Thursday evening, allowing authorities to safely recover the kidnapped girls, police said.

Adam Mayes, 35, shot himself in the head Thursday evening after authorities, acting on a tip, found him and the girls near New Albany, Miss., said Guntown Police Chief Michael Hall.

Alexandra Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8, were taken to a hospital for observation, Hall said. Additional details were not immediately known Thursday evening.

Mayes had been charged with first-degree murder in the April 27 deaths of Jo Ann Bain, 31, and her daughter, Adrienne, 14. Their bodies were found buried outside the Mayes' home a week after they were reported missing by Jo Ann Bain's husband.

Mayes' wife, Teresa, also is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths. She told investigators he killed Jo Ann and Adrienne Bain at their Whiteville, Tenn., home so he could abduct the two young sisters, according to court documents.

"Thank God it's over and the babies are safe," said Teresa Mayes' sister, Bobbi Booth. "That's all that mattered. I'm just glad it turned out the way it did."

Teresa Mayes told investigators that after she saw her husband kill the two in the garage at the Bain home, she drove him, the younger girls and the bodies to Mississippi, according to affidavits filed in court. She faces six felony counts in the case: two first-degree murder charges and four especially aggravated kidnapping charges.

Authorities refused to comment on the motive for the April 27 slayings and abductions.

Mayes' mother-in-law, Josie Tate, told The Associated Press that Mayes thought the missing sisters might actually be his daughters and it caused problems in his marriage to her daughter, Teresa, who is jailed in the case.

"She was tired of him doting on those two little girls that he claimed were his," Tate said.

Adam Mayes' mother, Mary Mayes, also has been charged with conspiracy to commit especially aggravated kidnapping.

Mary Mayes' attorney, Somerville attorney Terry Dycus, said his client maintains she is not guilty.

The hunt for Adam Mayes and the two young sisters encompassed parts of at least three counties in northern Mississippi. State and local law enforcement agents on Thursday searched a densely wooded area about 10 miles from Mayes' home near Guntown.

Dee Hart, who organized a Tuesday night vigil for the girls in Bolivar, Tenn., said their prayers were answered.

"No words can express our elation," she said by phone. "We know prayers brought those babies home. I can't wait to see them."

[secretlyevil]

I will go to hell for saying this but too bad he didn't have the decency to do this before he killed the mother and one of the daughters.

[laurenpetro]

I don't think that's hell worthy in the least.

[ttt]

May 11, 2012 6:23:38 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

Dee Hart, who organized a Tuesday night vigil for the girls in Bolivar, Tenn., said their prayers were answered.

"No words can express our elation," she said by phone. "We know prayers brought those babies home. I can't wait to see them."

So prayer caused him to murder the mother and older girl? Or you weren't praying for them so that's why they got killed?

[secretlyevil]

May 11, 2012 7:20:28 GMT -5 ttt said:

May 11, 2012 6:23:38 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

Dee Hart, who organized a Tuesday night vigil for the girls in Bolivar, Tenn., said their prayers were answered.

"No words can express our elation," she said by phone. "We know prayers brought those babies home. I can't wait to see them."

So prayer caused him to murder the mother and older girl? Or you weren't praying for them so that's why they got killed?

::touches ttt's post with a 10' pole - tap tap, tap tap:::

[ECB]

Clearly we're not dealing w/ rational, but.... it's so hard to wrap my head around this kind of thing. You kidnap them, kill the mom and one DD, run w/ the other 2... what do you think is going to happen. Do you REALLY think you're going to get away with it? Then - you kill yourself.

ALL that for what, exactly?

Again- I know people who do this aren't sane/rational, but still. I just don't get it.

[EloiseWeenie]

I'm with ECB.
Those poor girls, it makes me so sad to think about all that they've been through.

[twotrue]

Hopefully a good support system will be put in place for the girls and the media leaves the family alone now.

[eddy]

Those poor babies likely rode in the car knowing their mother and sister were dead in the trunk. Ugh
Thank god they are safe now.

[yellowumbrella]

I'm glad that the two younger girls are safe, I hope that they're able to find a way to cope with everything that happened.