This combination of two undated photos provided by the Hardeman County, Tenn. Sheriff?s Office on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 shows Mary Francis Mayes, left, mother of Adam Mayes, and Teresa Mayes, Adam Mayes' wife. The two were arrested and charged Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in connection with the killing of Jo Ann Baines and her teenage daughter by Adam Mayes, and the abduction of Bains' two younger girls, Alexandria Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8. (AP Photo/Hardeman County Sheriff?s Office)
This combination of two undated photos provided by the Hardeman County, Tenn. Sheriff?s Office on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 shows Mary Francis Mayes, left, mother of Adam Mayes, and Teresa Mayes, Adam Mayes' wife. The two were arrested and charged Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in connection with the killing of Jo Ann Baines and her teenage daughter by Adam Mayes, and the abduction of Bains' two younger girls, Alexandria Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8. (AP Photo/Hardeman County Sheriff?s Office)
FBI agents get ready to resume their search for a man accused of abducting a Tennessee mother and her three daughters on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Guntown, Miss. Authorities on Tuesday said they were searching for Adam Mayes 35, and two young girls, Alexandra Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8. Teresa Mayes, 30, was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and Mary Mayes, 65, was charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping Tuesday, (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
FILE - This combo image made of undated photos provided by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shows Jo Ann Bain, left, and her 14-year-old daughter, Adrienne. The bodies of the two women were found last week behind the mobile home in northern Mississippi where the Mayes family lived. The affidavit provides the first clue that the victims may have been killed soon after they were abducted. It says Adam Mayes' wife and mother saw him digging a hole in the yard on April 27 or soon after. Alexandria Bain, 12, and Kyliyah Bain, 8, were still missing, and neighbors were planning a candlelight vigil for the girls Tuesday, May 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Mississippi Department of Public Safety)
Six-year-old Eli Downen, left, and 5-year-old Brayden Waller write notes to a kidnapped Tennessee mother and her three daughters before a prayer vigil on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in Bolivar, Tenn. The mother, Jo Ann Bain, and her oldest daughter were found dead in a home in Mississippi. Authorities say her two youngest daughters may still be with a man who abducted them. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
Teresa Mayes, wife of Adam Mayes, is seen in an undated photo provided by the Hardeman County, Tenn., Sheriff?s Office. Teresa Mayes and Mary Mayes, mother of Adam Mayes, were arrested and charged Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in connection with the killing of Jo Ann Baines and her teenage daughter by Adam Mayes, and the abduction of Bains' two younger girls. Teresa Mayes, 30, was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and Mary Mayes, 65, was charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping. The bodies of 31-year-old Jo Ann Bain and 14-year-old Adrienne Bain were found last week behind the Union County, Miss., mobile home where the Mayes family lived. An intense manhunt for Adam Mayes and the two young girls continues. (AP Photo/Hardeman County Sheriff?s Office)
GUNTOWN, Miss. (AP) ? A Mississippi man charged with kidnapping a Tennessee mother and her three daughters and killing two of them was added Wednesday to the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.
The announcement came amid an intense manhunt in northeast Mississippi for 35-year-old Adam Mayes and two girls he is accused of abducting.
The girls are 12-year-old Alexandria Bain and 8-year-old Kyliyah Bain.
Federal authorities pleaded for the public's help in finding the sisters.
An affidavit filed in court Wednesday said Mayes killed their mother, Jo Ann Bain, and teenage sister, Adrienne, at the family home April 27 so he could take the two younger girls.
The bodies of the two killed were found a week later buried at the home outside Guntown where Mayes lived.
Murder charges were filed Wednesday against Mayes and his wife.
An affidavit filed in Bolivar, Tenn., says Teresa Mayes of Guntown, Miss., told authorities she was there Apwhen her husband killed Jo Ann and Adrienne Bain in a garage at their Whiteville, Tenn., home.
Teresa Mayes told officials the motive was to kidnap Bain's two younger daughters, 12-year-old Alexandria and 8-year-old Kyliyah.
A call seeking comment from Teresa Mayes' attorney wasn't immediately returned.
The wife was charged a day earlier with especially aggravated kidnapping. She said she drove her husband, the girls and the two bodies from southwest Tennessee to Guntown and saw him dig a hole in the yard.
An intense manhunt continues for Adam Mayes and the two girls. The search has been most intense around Guntown, about 90 miles southeast of Memphis where Mayes lived with his wife and parents.
Authorities have said Mayes was a family friend who was staying with the Bains on April 27, the day the mother and children disappeared. Before he fled, he admitted to authorities that he was the last person to see Jo Ann Bain and her daughters before the disappearance, according to an affidavit filed with the court.
Hundreds of adults, teens and children came from throughout west and central Tennessee and north Mississippi for a prayer vigil Tuesday evening at Bolivar Dixie Youth Park, where the two oldest Bain girls played softball.
Many of the mourners said the kidnappings have shaken their small-town, tight-knit communities, from Corinth, Miss., to Whiteville, Tenn.
Megan Ervin said she played with Adrienne Bain on the same softball team last year. She described Adrienne as a good player who enjoyed softball.
"She was real nice but she was real shy," Ervin said.
Ervin, 16, said she and her friends have been shaken by the kidnapping and deaths.
She also said Mayes spent time at the park. He would often come see the Bain girls play, she said. Megan Ervin's mother Pam said she also saw Mayes hanging out at the park.
"It's just shocking. It could have been any of us, really, because he was always here and everybody saw him," Megan said. "He was around all these kids all the time."
When asked if she had ever spoken with Mayes, She recoiled, saying, "No."
"When I first saw him, I kind of had a bad vibe about him, so I just kind of stayed away," Ervin said. "But then I saw him here all the time and I figured he's no threat to us because he's always here. Obviously, that wasn't true."
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