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May 11 - Most wanted fugitive dead; murder and kidnapping suspect Adam Mayes kills himself just one day after being put on the Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List - ThatHustle.com
(CBS/AP) GUNTOWN, Miss. - Adam Mayes, the man wanted by the FBI for killing Tennessee mother Jo Ann Bain and her oldest daughter and kidnapping two other girls shot himself to death as officers closed in, but the two children were rescued and released from a hospital Friday.
Pictures: Missing Tenn. mom and daughter found dead
Authorities who tracked the 35-year-old to a wooded area Thursday evening said they repeatedly ordered him to surrender, but he pulled out a pistol and shot himself in the head.
Mayes was pronounced dead and sisters Alexandria Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8, were rescued. This ended a nearly two-week search that began when Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters disappeared from their Tennessee home April 27.
After getting a tip, law enforcement officers were sent to search a densely wooded area west of Mayes' home in Guntown, Miss., said Aaron T. Ford, special agent in charge of the FBI's Memphis, Tenn., office.
At 6:50 p.m. Thursday, an officer saw Alexandria Bain in an area about 100 yards behind a church, Ford said. Officers shouted commands for Mayes to show his hands, Ford said. But Mayes pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his waistband and shot himself in the head, Ford said.
Law enforcement officers moved in to rescue the two girls, who were lying on the ground nearby. Ford said they looked like they had been in the woods for two or three days and were suffering from exposure, dehydration and poison ivy but they were otherwise safe.
Sara Burnett, a spokeswoman for Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, said the two girls were treated and released early Friday. Burnett didn't have details on their conditions and didn't know who picked them up.
Mayes had been charged with first-degree murder in the April 27 deaths of Jo Ann Bain, 31, and her daughter, Adrienne Bain, 14. Their bodies were found buried outside Mayes' home a week after they were reported missing by Jo Ann Bain's husband.
Mayes' wife, Teresa, is also charged in the deaths. She is facing six felony counts in the case: two first-degree murder charges and four especially aggravated kidnapping charges. She told investigators that after she saw her husband ? the two in the garage at the Bain home. She then drove him, the younger girls and the bodies to Mississippi, according to affidavits filed in court.
Meanwhile, 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.
Authorities refused to comment on the motive for the slayings and abductions.
VIDEO: Most wanted fugitive dead
The manhunt for murder and kidnapping suspect Adam Mayes is now over. Police say he killed himself after they caught up with him in Mississippi. The two missing girls with him were found safe. He was charged with killing their mother and teen sister. Mark Strassmann reports.
Source: CBS
May 11 - Most wanted fugitive dead; murder and kidnapping suspect Adam Mayes kills himself just one day after being put on the Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List - ThatHustle.com
(CBS/AP) GUNTOWN, Miss. - Adam Mayes, the man wanted by the FBI for killing Tennessee mother Jo Ann Bain and her oldest daughter and kidnapping two other girls shot himself to death as officers closed in, but the two children were rescued and released from a hospital Friday.
Pictures: Missing Tenn. mom and daughter found dead
Authorities who tracked the 35-year-old to a wooded area Thursday evening said they repeatedly ordered him to surrender, but he pulled out a pistol and shot himself in the head.
Mayes was pronounced dead and sisters Alexandria Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8, were rescued. This ended a nearly two-week search that began when Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters disappeared from their Tennessee home April 27.
After getting a tip, law enforcement officers were sent to search a densely wooded area west of Mayes' home in Guntown, Miss., said Aaron T. Ford, special agent in charge of the FBI's Memphis, Tenn., office.
At 6:50 p.m. Thursday, an officer saw Alexandria Bain in an area about 100 yards behind a church, Ford said. Officers shouted commands for Mayes to show his hands, Ford said. But Mayes pulled a semiautomatic pistol from his waistband and shot himself in the head, Ford said.
Law enforcement officers moved in to rescue the two girls, who were lying on the ground nearby. Ford said they looked like they had been in the woods for two or three days and were suffering from exposure, dehydration and poison ivy but they were otherwise safe.
Sara Burnett, a spokeswoman for Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, said the two girls were treated and released early Friday. Burnett didn't have details on their conditions and didn't know who picked them up.
Mayes had been charged with first-degree murder in the April 27 deaths of Jo Ann Bain, 31, and her daughter, Adrienne Bain, 14. Their bodies were found buried outside Mayes' home a week after they were reported missing by Jo Ann Bain's husband.
Mayes' wife, Teresa, is also charged in the deaths. She is facing six felony counts in the case: two first-degree murder charges and four especially aggravated kidnapping charges. She told investigators that after she saw her husband ? the two in the garage at the Bain home. She then drove him, the younger girls and the bodies to Mississippi, according to affidavits filed in court.
Meanwhile, 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.
Authorities refused to comment on the motive for the slayings and abductions.
VIDEO: Most wanted fugitive dead
The manhunt for murder and kidnapping suspect Adam Mayes is now over. Police say he killed himself after they caught up with him in Mississippi. The two missing girls with him were found safe. He was charged with killing their mother and teen sister. Mark Strassmann reports.
Source: CBS
May 11 - Most wanted fugitive dead; murder and kidnapping suspect Adam Mayes kills himself just one day after being put on the Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List - ThatHustle.com
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Good. Dude was delusional.
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If he was a real tough guy he woulda seen how long he could go with the Feds on his ass...
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Now taxpayers don't have to pay for him in jail. Yeah.
