Murder charges filed against Tenn. fugitive, wife

By msnbc.com news services

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Jo Ann Bain and her daughters, Adrienne, 14, Alexandria, 12, and Kyliyah, 8, are believed to have been abducted by a family friend, Adam Mayes. Police believe the two younger girls are still with Mayes. Jo Ann and Adrienne were found dead.

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Updated at 2:10 p.m. ET: First-degree murder charges were filed Wednesday against fugitive Adam Mayes and his wife, Teresa, suspected of killing Tennessee mother Jo Ann Bain and her teenage daughter, Adrienne.

Authorities are hunting for Adam Mayes, who is suspected of fleeing with Bains? two younger girls, Alexandria Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8.

Teresa Mayes made an appearance Wednesday in Hardeman County, Tenn., courtroom, NBC station WMC of Memphis reported. She was earlier charged with four counts of especially aggravated kidnapping.

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Adam Mayes? mother, Mary Frances Mayes, also was charged earlier with conspiracy to commit especially aggravated kidnapping.

A police affidavit obtained by WMC reveals that Teresa watched her husband kill Jo Ann Bain in a garage in Whiteville, Tenn., the Bains? hometown. She also told police Adam Mayes killed Adrienne Bain in the same town, the affidavit says.? She admits in the affidavit to driving a vehicle with the bodies inside it to Alpine, Miss., where they were found buried in a backyard.

Three days after Bain and her?three daughters went missing, Adam Mayes?appeared in a Guntown, Miss., convenience store surveillance videotape,?his hair clipped short, officials said.

Adam Mayes, seen April 30 on convenience store video surveillance in Guntown, Miss.

Adam Mayes was captured on video buying sodas and casually chatting with County Line One Market owner Nick Barghouthi on April 30. Authorities released the video Tuesday.

"He comes in here all the time," Barghouthi told NBC affiliate WMCTV.com. "Like, once a week, at least."

Barghouti said that when he saw Mayes?he was "very calm, very polite. That's why I'm surprised. Somebody that calm and polite,?and does that -- that's a lot to put together."

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Mayes, 35, cut his hair and may try to alter the girls' appearance as well by cutting or dying their hair.

Suspect's wife, mother charged in slaying of Tenn. mom,? daughter

Mayes is said to have babysat for Bain's daughters, reported WMCTV.com. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation believes he is carrying a firearm and have added him to the state's "most wanted" list. A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest and information about Alexandria and Kyliyah.

Teresa Mayes' bond is set at $500,000 and Mary Frances?Mayes' bond is $300,000, WMC reported.

Jo Ann Bain, 31,?and her three daughters disappeared on April 27. Her husband, Gary, reported them missing, and their car was found in a field close to their Whiteville home.

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