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Mayes was last seen Tuesday in Guntown, Miss., about 80 miles southeast of the Bains' Tennessee home. Siskovic said authorities talked to Mayes early on in the investigation, but that he fled when they tried to contact him again. Authorities said Mayes did not appear to have a criminal record. Police had been trying to determine whether Jo Ann Bain went with Mayes willingly. By Friday, Mayes had a warrant on file in Hardeman County for false report stemming from information he gave investigators about the case. Siskovic said Saturday that the bodies were found late Friday or early Saturday in a Mississippi home. He wasn't sure if the home belonged to Mayes or an acquaintance. The Mississippi Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert on Saturday morning for the girls, and Tennessee authorities have also issued an alert. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety said Saturday it believed "the children may be in extreme danger," and that warrants for kidnapping had been issued for Mayes. The FBI and U.S. Marshals Service also announced a reward of up to $50,000 for information that leads to the location of the missing victims and the arrest of Mayes. Authorities had said over the weekend that Mayes could be in Mississippi but that he has ties to Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Authorities described Adrienne as having brown hair and eyes. She's 5 feet 4 inches tall and 129 pounds. Alexandria has brown hair and hazel eyes and is 5 feet tall and 105 pounds. Kyliyah has blonde hair and brown eyes and is 4 feet tall and 57 pounds. Mayes has brown hair and blue eyes and is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. However, authorities said Mayes may have cut his hair, as well as cut and dyed the girls' hair to disguise their identities. Back in the Bains' neighborhood, neighbor Herron said he hoped the bodies found in Mississippi were not the girls or their mother. "I'm praying to God it's not those little girls," he said.
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