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Rescued girls answer to home as case ends in tragedy
In Mississippi terrain near Zion Hill Baptist Church a gunman, Adam Mayes, killed Jo Ann Bain and her daughter Adrienne in Tennessee and abducted two younger girls. After days of search, Mayes killed himself as officers closed in, leaving 12-year-old Alexandria and 8-year-old Kyliyah found alive and rescued. The sisters, traumatized, faced questions about their ordeal and Mayes motive.
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Guntown
Miss
Adam Mayes
FBI
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Mayes
Jo Ann Bain
Adrienne
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Steve Crawford
Alexandria Bain
Kyliyah
Jo Ann
Adrienne Bain
Whiteville
Tenn
Gary
Arizona
Gary Bain
Hardeman County Sherriff’s
Hardeman County
John Doolen
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Teresa
Teresa Mayes
Alexandria
Beverly Goodman
Ann Bain