Missing Tennessee Family: 2 Bodies Found, No Positive ID Yet
Police are working to identify two bodies found in Mississippi that they fear may be of a missing mother and her three daughters. Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters- Adrienne, Alexandria and Kyliyah- were last seen on April 27, and authorities are fearful that they are in grave danger.
On Saturday, officials discovered two bodies at a home in Mississippi, the same place Mayes was last seen.
"Early days of the investigation led us to suspect Adam Mayes," FBI spokesman Joel Siskovic told ABC News. "Other information led to a location in Mississippi where we executed federal search warrants. During the course of searching that location, two bodies were found."
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Police have not released any other information about the bodies. The medical examiner's office is working to determine if they are the bodies of any of the Bain women.
"The fact that these two bodies were found at this location led the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to issue Amber Alerts that stated that we believe the children and the mother were in extreme danger," Siskovic explained.
Adam Mayes, 35, is suspected of kidnapping the family and altering their appearances in order to avoid police. He is a known friend of the family, and police are not sure what would lead him to take the family hostage.
After Bain and her daughters disappeared 10 days ago, police questioned Mayes, but let him go.
Just a few days later, they realized they had been given false information and immediately set out to find Mayes and the family.
"We don't know exactly where he's going," police told reporters. "We do consider him armed and dangerous."
The FBI has joined the search for the family and has offered a reward of $50,000 for information leading to their recovery.
"Time is clearly at the essence," Brad Garrett, a former FBI agent, told ABC News. "If we have the mother who is dead and one of her daughters, law enforcement has every reason to believe that the other two daughters are definitely in jeopardy."
