Help
Us Find Adam Mayes!
Adam Mayes, wanted in connection with
the recent kidnapping of a mother and her three daughters in Tennessee, has
been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Bodies of two of the
kidnap victims were found last week, but two girls—ages 8 and 12—remain missing
and are considered to be in extreme danger.
We need your help. The FBI is offering a
reward of up to $100,000 for information leading directly to the arrest of the
35-year-old Mayes, who has been charged with murder, kidnapping, and unlawful
flight to avoid prosecution.
On April 27, Jo Ann Bain, 31, and her
three children were reported missing from Whiteville, Tennessee, and their
vehicle was later found abandoned. Last week, authorities found the bodies of
Bain and her oldest daughter, 14-year-old Adrienne, buried behind a mobile home
where the Mayes family lived in Guntown, Mississippi.
“We believe Mayes could be anywhere in
the United States, and we are extremely concerned for the safety of the girls,”
said Aaron Ford, special agent in charge of our Memphis office. “Anyone who has
any information about this case, of if you’ve seen Mayes or the girls, please
contact your nearest FBI office or the local police immediately.”
Mayes was last seen on May 1 in Guntown.
He has brown hair and blue eyes, is 6’3” tall, and weighs between 175 and 235
pounds. He may have changed his appearance by growing a beard or cutting his
hair (see surveillance video), and he may have changed the appearances of
Alexandria and Kyliyah Bain as well. Mayes has connections in Mississippi,
Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. He is considered armed
and dangerous.
During a press conference today in
Mississippi to announce Mayes’ addition to the Top Ten list, Ford praised the
“tireless efforts” of the local and state law enforcement officers and
prosecutors from Tennessee and Mississippi who have worked around the clock on
the case. “We are enlisting every available resource we have to locate the
missing girls and to arrest Adam Mayes,” he said.
Mayes is the 496th person to be named to
the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Since its creation in 1950, 465 fugitives
on the list have been apprehended or located—153 of them as a result of citizen
cooperation.
By adding Mayes to the list, Ford noted,
“We are enlisting one of our most powerful weapons against crime—you, the
citizens we serve. So as we continue our relentless search, we’re asking for
your assistance, too.”
“It is law enforcement’s responsibility
to protect those who cannot protect themselves, and in this situation that is
Alexandria and Kyliyah Bain,” said Mark Gwyn, director of the Tennessee Bureau
of Investigation. “These two children have lost their mother and older sister
and deserve to be safely returned to their father. We believe someone out there
knows where Adam Mayes and the girls are and will do the right thing and
contact authorities with that information. It only takes one phone call.”
Help us find Adam Mayes. If you have any
information concerning Mayes or the missing Bain girls, please contact your
local FBI office, submit a tip on the website, call 1-800-TBI-FIND, or contact
your local police department.
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