Jo Ann Bain Missing: Adam Mayes, alleged kidnapper of Tennessee mom and her 3 girls was no stranger to family, cops say

By: Crimesider Staff
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Jo Ann Bain, 3 daughters missing: Alleged kidnapper was no stranger

Jo Ann Bain (right) and her daughters, Adrienne Bain, 14, Kyliyah Bain, 8, Alexandria Bain, 12

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(CBS/AP) WHITEVILLE, Tenn. - Adam Mayes, the 35-year-old man accused of abducting Tennessee mother Jo Ann Bain and her three daughters, has been described as being like an uncle to the girls.

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Mayes is now the subject of an Amber Alert and faces charges in the disappearance of Bain and her daughters, 14-year-old Adrienne, 12-year-old Alexandria and 8-year-old Kyliyah.

FBI spokesman Joel Siskovic said Sunday that authorities were trying to identify two bodies found at a Mississippi home to which Mayes has been linked. He would not say if they were children. Authorities have described Mayes as being armed and extremely dangerous.

Tennessee authorities say Mayes and Bain's husband Gary knew each other.

Melvin Herron, who lives next door to the family, told the Associated Press that Mayes thought the world of the girls.

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by ahendryx819 May 7, 2012 4:57 PM EDT: Jesus. This is disgusting. I always get mad when people who know the offender of such a violent crime say stuff to defend them, like how he supposedly "thought the world of the girls" in this case. We don't want to hear things like that, which are obviously not true. On another note, why isn't his picture being shown in the article? Because he's the focus of an Amber alert and he hasn't been caught yet...Not even a description of him...; Reply to this comment