did your sister believe he was the father of adrienne bain who is also accused of killing? >> no. >> so she believed he was just the father to the two young girls he kidnapped? >> that's my understanding, yes. >> sunny hostin, legal analyst, is joining us as well. from a legal standpoint, what's the next step? >> i think the next step is interrogating teresa, who is in prison right now or is at least being held. i mean, just because she may not have been the person that pulled the trigger doesn't mean that she won't be held accountable for their murders. so i think that's where this investigation certainly is going. >> bobbi, when did teresa tell you -- she told you she actually witnessed the killings? >> no. she has not told me any of that. >> but she told you she suspected that they had been killed? >> yes. she told -- see, she has not even told me that. the only thing she told me was about the affair, that she felt adam was cheating on her with joann. and then when the crime scene -- when they were sent to the motel and the house was listed as the crime scene, she did te

did your sister believe he was the father of adrienne bain? >> no. >> so she believed he was the father to the two young girls he kidnapped? >> that's my understanding, yes. >> sunny hostin, legal analyst, joining us as well. from a legal standpoint, what's the next step? >> i think the next step is interrogating theresa who is in prison right new or is at least being held. i mine, just because she may not have been the person that pulled the trigger doesn't mean that she won't be held accountable for their murders and so i think that's where this investigation certainly is going. >> bobbi, when did theresa tell you -- she told you she actually witnessed the killings? >> no. she has not told me any of that. >> but she told you she suspected that they had been killed? >> yes. she told me -- no. see, she's not even told me that. the only thing she's told me was about the affair that she felt adam was cheating on her with jo ann. and then when the crime scene -- when they were sent to the motel and the house was listed as a crime scene, she did t

kidnappings.police say she told them that she was in the garaae when her husband killed jo ann and adrienne bain. she also told police that shh went with him to dump the bodies in mmssissippi. teresa mayes' mother says her and wouldn't have donn anything on her own.sot: josiee teresa had anything to do with it, she was forced."right ow, it isn't known what mayes' motive may have been for the murders and kidnapping, but his mother in law says he may have believed that alexandria and kyliyah were his daughters. i'm andrew spencer reporting. adam mayes' body is being takee tt jackson, mississippi where an autopsy is xpected to be conducteddtodaa. apologizing for kicking a 2-year-ool and herrfamily off a flight. flight.18-mmnth-old riyanna... seen here... was trying to fly week....but was flagged s - being on a government no-fly list.riyanna's parents say they were ordereddoff the flight... wherr t-s-a talked to them at the gate.jetblue issued statement saying ii waa all a mistake... blaming a computer glitch. "it waa an ooergrown ccicus act, but we were the featured &peverybody to come and take a -

since then, police have found the bodies of jo ann and adrienne bain buried in the backyard of mayes home in al pine, mississippi. on wednesday, mayes ex-wife was charged with two counts of first degree murder after she told police she knew mayes killed bain and her eldest daughter and helped him transport the bodies back to mississippi. an end to the search for the kidnapped girls and their captor. but just the beginning in the search by investigators, friends and family, as to why. kirk gregory, nbc news. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news. "early today" in america. >>> in philadelphia a man attacked a donut shop clerk with a cup of hot coffee. it happened after the man argued with the woman behind the counter over whether or not he paid for a sandwich. when the woman handed him the coffee, he grabbed her arm, then hurled the scalding coffee back at her. the clerk has returned to work but says she is in a lot of pain. police are now searching for the customer. >>> in texas, no dummies, but a whole lot of crash testing going on. engineers, scientists and accident inve

since then, police have found the bodies of jo ann and adrienne bain buried in the backyard of mayes' home in alpine, mississippi. on wednesday, mayes' ex-wife teresa was charged with two counts of first degree murder after she told police she knew mayes had killed bain and her eldest daughter near the family's tennessee home. and that she had helped him transport the bodies back to pistepy. an end to the search for the kidnapped girls and their captor. but just the beginning in the search by investigators, friends and family as to why. kurt gregory, nbc news. >>> here's your "first look" at some of the other news going on around america today. in philadelphia a man attacked a doughnut shot clerk with a hot cup of coffee. it happened after the man argued with the woman behind the counter over whether or not he paid for a sandwich. when the woman handed him the coffee, he grabbed her arm, then hurled the scalding coffee back at her. the clerk has returned to work but of pain. police are searching for the customer. >>> in texas, no dummies but a whole lot of crash testing going on. engi

joanne and adrienne bain's bodies were found last week behind the home.e been charged in their death. >> we actually believe that he killed joanne and adrienne at the home, put their bodies into the car and then took the other two the girl and drove the bodies and the little girl across the state line into mississippi where he then disposed of the bodies. >> reporter: mayes was found outside a church near alpine, mississippi. the discovery comes just one day after officials announced him as a high profile target. police say mayes was alive when they moved into to apprehend him but things took i adramatic turn. >> preliminary reports indicate mayes shot himself in the head and was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. >> reporter: as for the sisters, it is not clear if they were with mayes when he was spotted. they've been hospitalized for observation. >> i think they would abe just fine. >> reporter: mayes wife said he killed the mother and older sister so he could abduct the two sisters. he thought the two sisters might be his own daughters. >>> a l

the victims, jo ann bain and her 14-year-old daughter, adrienne. bain'still missing, 12-year-old alexandria and 8-year-old kyliyah. the fbi believes that adam mayes is holding them captive. on tuesday, a break in the case. police arrested mayes' ex-wife, teresa, and his mother, mary. investigators say the women helped mayes carry out the alleged kidnapping. according to court documents, teresa mayes admitted she was involved in the removal and/or confinement of bain and her daughters. and she drove the family from hardemann county, tennessee, to mississippi. mary mayes is charged with four counts of conspiracy. authorities say she knew what adam and teresa mayes were planning and went along with it. police say adam and teresa mayes were friends of the bain family. teresa is is seen here with the bain girls. teresa mayes' sister spoke to nbc affiliate wmc by phone on tuesday, saying the two had discussed disturbing details about adam mayes. >> my sister has told me things, yes. she knew he dug the grave. >> oh, she did? okay. >> that was my understanding o

three people in custody with the kidnappings and the killing of jo ann bain and adrienne bain.wo girls were found safe and they were released from the hospital today. martin savidge, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, first of all, it's the arrest. it shows that even after the death of the alleged suspect here that the investigation is continuing. three people now apparently pulled in for aiding and abetting adam mays in some way, shape or form, one of them giving false and misleading statements to police. the other two providing the weapon that in the end adam mayes would use to take his own life. where we're standing, alpine, mississippi, is where this ordeal came to an end. 100 yards down the road and off a very wooded trail. where the fbi was led by a tip last night. and when they went down that trail with a s.w.a.t. team of about 31 people they came across one of the young girls laying on the ground. and a short distance away they saw adam mayes. they asked him to put his hands in the air. instead he reached for a gun and shot himself in the head. of course it only show

two bodies found behind the mississippi home of the kidnapping suspect are joanne bain and her 14-year- old daughter adrienne. police believe bain and their three daughters were abducted by adam mayes, a family friend. he still has the other to girls ages 10 and 8. >>> the autopsy on the bodies found in a churchill downs building is complete. this is expected to be one of the groomers there. she isn't saying much more about the report. 48-year-old aidan perez' body was found early sunday morning. investigators do not believe his death had anything to do with the horse race. he may have died after some sort of fight. >>> our time is 4:37. some after and evening rain is expected for parts of our region. at 4:39 howard will have a quick preview of what we should expect. >>> at 4:40, a growing number of americans are choosing mast toik pay for their -- plastic to pay for their purchases. >>> at 4:49, a federal report reveals just how widespread the nation's obesity problem truly is. we're back in two minutes with your weather first. you're watching 9news now. >>> just about 4:40 on this tuesday morning. no it's

adam mayes was charged with murdering jo ann bain and her 14-year-old daughter adrienne and kidnappinght the two girls were his daughters. >> there was two little girls that he was just absolutely obsessed with. he was claiming that those two children were his. >> he made us all think that that was his kids. >> reporter: mayes was on the fbi's most wanted list as authorities scoured the country for him and the two girls. mayes and his wife teresa were charged with first-degree murder. police say she has confessed saying mayes killed jo ann in the bains' tennessee garage and doctor aen e-- adrienne inside house. larry jacobs, abc news. >> okay. in other news this morning, the defense gets its turn now in the john edwards trial. prosecutors rested their case yesterday after 14 days of dramatic and often damaging testimony. jur vors the day off today, but lawyers for edwards will argue before the judge that the case should actually be dropped because of a lack of evidence. that argument is pretty much standard in these kind of cases. and if the judge denies the request, which is largely e

the bodies of 31-year-old joann bain and 14-year-old daughter adrienne were found in the backyard ofis past weekend. authorities are searching for joann's other two daughters, 12-year-old alexandria and 8-year-old kyliyah. they're searching for the family friend named adam mayes. those bodies were found in a shallow grave in his home. martin savidge is live in atlanta with details. take us a little further. what are they telling us about how this mystery is unfolding? >> good morning, ashleigh. this is one of the stories you hope viewers pay close attention to. the lives of two young girls may literally hang in the balance of what the audience may know. april 27th jo ann bain and her three daughters vanished. investigators thought she might have run off with another man, adam mayes. couple of things began to develop, they found her vehicle abandoned at the side of a dirt road, they interviewed adam mayes, gave police conflicting information. they wanted to interview him again and adam mayes had vanished like the mother and three daughters. they went to his property in mississippi and

the victims, jo ann bain and her 14-year-old daughter adrienne. bain's two other girls are still missing. 12-year-old alexandria and 8-year-old kyliyah. the fbi believes adam mayes is holding them captive. on tuesday, a break in the case. police arrested mayes' ex-wife teresa and his mother mary. investigators say the women helped mayes carry out the alleged kidnapping. according to court documents teresa mayes admitted she was involved with the removal and/or confi confinement of bain and her daughters and she drove the family from hardeman county, tennessee, to union county, mississippi. she's charged with four counts of aggravated kidnapping. mary mayes is charged with four counts of conspiracy, authorities say she knew what adam and teresa mayes were planning and wasn't long with it. police say adam and teresa mayes were friends of the bain family. teresa is seen here with the bain girls. teresa mayes' sister spoke with nbc affiliate on phone by tuesday saying the two had discussed disturbing details about adam mayes. >> my sister has told me things,

we knew also that two victims, 31-year-old jo ann bain and 14-year-old adrienne bain's lives had been lost and we wanted to find out why. i'm very proud of all of these agent, but particularly proud, of course, as governor of the public safety and the mississippi highway patrol and the bure over narcotics and all that have worked so hard to get us where we are at today. >> i will recognize now the public safety, the commissioner albert santa cruz. >> thank you. >> i just want to echo governor's brian's remarks there and to thank every agency that was involved with this. the bureau of investigation became involved with this on may 1st after finding out that the mother and older daughter had been killed. our number one concern at that time was for the safety of the other two children and the safety of the republic and the people in this area. our mbi agents and the mississippi highway patrol team immediately became involved in this search. we will have other people give you the details on how this search ended and like i said, there are no words that i can put out to thank these agencie

adam mayes, says that she was complicit in helping to carry out the murder of jo ann bain and adrienne bain, that's the mother and older daughter that were murdered a couple of weeks ago. so she is still charged. that investigation is going to move forward. you have the mother charged with conspiracy in helping the kidnapping in some way, shape or form. this investigation is still very active even though, as we say, the prime suspect is dead. >> and then a press conference scheduled for later on today, 4:00 eastern involving the governor as well and s.w.a.t. teams, right? >> reporter: right. i have to say that, for many people, this was the answer to their prayers. at least with the fact that these two young girls are found alive and well. there have been many in the area that had speculated he might go out with a blaze and would take the young girls with him. that was not the case thanks to the fact that authorities moved in and were able to take control of the scene. >> all right. thanks so much, martin savidge. appreciate that from alpine, mississippi. >> reporter: you bet. >> stick with

mayes and his wife are currently charged with the murder of jo ann bain and adrienne bain.get a sense of the desperate search to find the girls but also the pain caused by this murder. take a listen. >> there's just a dark cloud over our school and over our community. it's just a heaviness. our hearts are heavy. we're saddened for our loss and we're concerned. no doubt with the uncertainty of what these other two young children are experiencing or have experienced. and, you know, it's one of those situations where as adults, there's no way we can wrap our minds around something like this. >> george, does mayes go by any other aliases? >> he gss by christopher zachary wild and also pasco rodriguez. and also zoraida, he may have changed his appearance. we saw him in that surveillance video back on april 30th. his hair was cut short. he does wear a goatee. but we've seen pictures of mayes with longer hair and there's also indication he may have changed the appearance of the girls. obviously, to elude these investigators. >> do the investigators have reason to believe those two

jo ann bain and adrienne were discovered in a home linked to mayes. is said to be a long-time family friend of the bains. they have arrested his mother and ex-wife. martin savage joins me now. what's the latest on the search for the two girls? >> i think the biggest development has to be the arrests that were made or announced today of the wife or ex-wife, depends on who you talk to, of adam mayes. 31-year-old theresa. she apparently has confessed to authorities that she drove in essence the get away car that transported the bain family across state lines from tennessee where they were abducted to mississippi. the other person who was arrested was mayes 65-year-old mother and she told the authorities on the day that the bain family disappeared she saw her son in her yard digging and of course in her yard over the weekend that the shallow graves and bodies were found of jo ann bain and her eldest daughter. >> any leads on where adam is? >> there's a lot of questions about where he could be, but right now it seems by watching the actions of law enforcem

reporter: adam mayes was added to the fbi's top 10 most wanted list after killing jo ann bain and daughter adriennethe

over the weekend they uncovered the body of jo ann bain and her daughter adrienne. >> time is criticalhave two people dead and two possibly in peril, so every minute counts. >> reporter: jo ann and her children went missing. adam mayes is the former brother-in-law. >> it's unbelievable. mean, i can't wrap my head around it. >> reporter: authorities worry time is running out for the two surviving girls. they say finding them may become more difficult since mayes may have altered their appearance. >> the girls may have far shorter air. >> reporter: police say mayes shares his home with his parents and wife and investigators confirm that his wife and mother have been arrested. for now the fbi will continue toive the area around mayes' home for clues. they believe he and the girls could be as close to their home or as far away has south carolina. >>> all right. kind of gray, dreary. 69 at bwi. the sun is in sight. cloudy today. it really depends on where you were in maryland. look at our vow from dundalk. ccbc as we look at the weather toward the outer har -- harbor. it was gray. when you

also we're learning the cause of death, how jo ann bain and adrienne bane died.it was strangulation. for many people, it's very hard for them. very hard for people to deal with, process. but there is definitely a sigh of relief here in whiteville knowing that these two girls are now safe. george howell, cnn, whiteville, tennessee. >> the tip of the girls' rescue didn't come from a witness but swoun who thought it would be a good hiding spot. there's a possibility he may take home the $175,000 reward offered for that suspect's arrest. >>> after days of testimony, a very emotional moment for the family of jennifer hudson. yesterday they found the former broenl of singer and actress guilty of murdering her brother, mother, and 7-year-old nephew. h'll be sentenced to life without parole. >> reporter: with her head down jennifer hudson held hands with her sister and fiance in a chicago courtroom where she spent the last three weeks hearing thetown. hudson started to cry. her mother darnell, her brother jason and her 7-year-old nephew were murdered by balfour in 2008.

three people in custody in connection with the kidnappings and murder of jo ann bain and her oldest daughter adrienneith alexandra bain and her sister ka kyliyah. >> what's the latest? >> reporter: even after the death of the alleged suspect the investigation is continuing. three people pulled in for aiding ting one giving false statements to the police and the other for providing the weapon adam mayes would news to take his own life. standing in his small town in albein, mississippi is where this ordale ca deal came to an . where the fbi was led by a tip last night and when they went down that trail with a s.w.a.t. team of about 31 people, they came a april cross one of the girls lying on the ground. they asked mayes to put his hands in the air. instead he showed a gun, pulled it out and shot himself in the head. the girls still had to witness one more tragedy. >> did the police have a sense as to a motive? >> reporter: you know, it's difficult to say and, of course, that's still being investigated. what people locally when you talk about why this happened they say that apparently adam mayes felt th

the two were kidnapped by mays along with their mother, joanne bain and sister adrienne two weeks ago. joanne and adrienne were murdered and buried behind mays' house in mississippi before going on the run with two other girls. his wife, teresa, faces first-degree murder charges after confessing to involvement in the case, but her mother says, mays forced her to take part. >> i know that she was coerced and manipulated and forced to do the things that she did. >> reporter: authorities don't know what motivated mays to do this. to a family he was once close to, and with him dead, we may never know. chris clackum, nbc news. >>> john edwards' lawyers tried to have the corruption charges thrown out of court today, but the judge says the trial will go on. lawyers argued that the prosecution failed to prove edware edwards intentionally violated the law. he is accused of master minding secret payment to hide his mist ress during his 2008 campaign. he faces up to 30 years in prison. his lawyers begin calling witnesses on monday. >>> financial stocks are reeling today after the nation's bigges

he is accused of killing the mother, joann bain and adrienne.harged with two counts of first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. the reward is now $175,000. >>> the u.s. postal service is changing course, so instead of closing thousands of low revenue rural post offices, like the one in my hometown, they are instead going to trim the office's hours. it's going to take a while for the changes to be implemented. the new strategy will be phased in over the course of two years. it will go into full effect in 2014. early retirement packages will be offered to 21,000 people. the changes will save the post office half a billion dollars a year. >>> jurors have become deliberating in the case of the man accused of killing the family of singer jennifer hudson. the jury consists of six women and six men. they had to give up their cell phones before deliberations. william balfour is charged with killing hudson's mother, brother and nephew. hudson was in the courtroom but kept her head down throughout the prosecutors closing argument. >>> it's been 279

. >> reporter: investigators says bain and her daughters, adrienne, alexandria and 8-year-old kylah were abducted by adam christopher mason who they say is armed and extremely dangerous. described as a trusted friend of bain's husband, the fbi samayes was helping them prepare for a move to arizona before he kidnapped the bain women last friday. the mother's abandoned suv was found the following sunday less than three miles from her whiteville home. that same day police say they spoke to mayes and he gave them misleading information. he was last seen in guntown, mississippi. the fbi now heads this mul multistate search and issued an amber alert. >> we're bouncing back from mississippi to tennessee to arizona. >> the many neighbors are shocked and saddened. >> i don't know what to think of it, man. >> reporter: and the fbi tells me they believe mayes has altered his appearance and found evidence he forced his victims to do so too possibly cutting and dying the girls' hair on the run they believe through mississippi or arizona. dan, sharyn. >> thank you, terrible story. >>> four all the hea