Adam Mayes

UPDATE: May 11 1:43am

Adam Mayes, 35, shot himself in the head after authorities, acting on a tip, found him and the girls near New Albany, Miss., Guntown Police Chief Michael Hall said.

UPDATE: The FBI has added Adam Christopher Mayes to their most wanted list and the reward for information leading to his capture and the safe return of Alexandria and Kyliyah Bain is now at $175,000.

Law enforcement agencies are involved in a nationwide manhunt for Adam Mayes. His picture is on billboards in Huntsville, and the FBI believes he has two Tennessee girls with him.

There is a $50,000 FBI reward for Mayes’ arrest. The girls are believed to be in extreme danger.

The FBI says two bodies found at an Alpine, Mississippi home on Monday, May 6, 2012 are the girls’ mother Jo Ann Bain, and older sister, Adrienne Bain. The four were reported missing from their home in Tennessee on Friday, April 27, 2012. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW ALBANY, MS — The reward money keeps growing as police in New Albany, Mississippi hunt down a killer. New Albany’s mayor is spearheading efforts to collect the money. The reward is now at $25,000.

There’s little evidence and police are depending on tips from the public to find Amanda Price’s killer. Many are hoping a generous reward will start someone talking.

The night Amanda was murdered, Mayor Tim Kent said the town would offer a reward. Kent set it at $20,000 believing he’d find some way to raise the money. Since then the mayor’s phone hasn’t stopped ringing.

“The community’s saying we’ll give whatever you need,” Kent says. “It got to five or six and basically all of them said put us down for a couple thousand, but if you need more we’ll give it.” Read the rest of this entry »

Morgan County District Attorney Bob Burrell announced that Governor Bob Riley had offered a reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Nancy Carol Stevens.
The body of Ms. Stevens was found in Tupelo, Mississippi, in August of 2005. Governor Riley had previously proclaimed a reward of $5,000.00 and has increased the amount at Burrell’s request. Read the rest of this entry »

MOUND BAYOU, MS – Authorities are still searching for the person who stabbed a former Mound Bayou alderman to death in his home on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2009.
Shedrick Stout was found in the bathroom of his residence on Annyce Street, around 8:50 p.m., Dec. 31. He had been stabbed multiple times in the upper body, with the fatal wound piercing his heart, officials said. Stout was 49.
Mound Bayou Police Chief Tony Warren said after Stout was attacked, he managed to call 911, but died before emergency personnel arrived. Read the rest of this entry »

“My name is Nikki LaDue January. I was murdered on July 29, 2002. I was found on my balcony of my apt. I had been shot in the head. I was only 30 years old. I would not have killed myself. I had never handled a gun before and I only weighed 110 lbs. My 5 yr old son Zack was a sleep inside. I was leaving to begin a new life with my son, he was the love of my life. The gun ended up underneath me. TipLine 769-218-9432″. Read the rest of this entry »

Do you recognize this monster-masked robber? It’s a surveillance picture from the Sav-Rex Drug Store robberies in Vancleave, MS. Authorities are now offering a $6,000 reward for information that could lead to the arrest of this man.
During the first robbery last January 18th, the robber got away with Oxycontin and Opana. The second time, on January 29th, the robber demanded Oxycontin and Fentanyl patches. He also disarmed a security guard of a .45 caliber Glock handgun, and may still have it. Read the rest of this entry »

Gulfport (MS) police Lt. Chris Ryle sits in his office with files from his investigation into the murders of David Garriga and his sister, Geneva Gordon, who were shot to death on Nov. 9, 2004.
“Someone who knew David exacted revenge and targeted him for an unknown reason, and his sister was a victim of circumstance,” Ryle said. “We ruled out robbery as a motive. Nothing was taken that we know of.” Read the rest of this entry »

Jacqueline Levitz was last seen on November 18, 1995, by a store clerk at a business in Vicksburg, Mississippi. She bought wallpaper for her new house, then left the store and has never been heard from again. Two days later, on November 20, her disappearance was discovered when a relative went to her home to find out why she hadn’t been answering the phone. Read the rest of this entry »

Michael Surber was a professional billiards player who played all over the country. He worked for a casino and spent all his free time practicing. Friends say if you couldn’t find Mike, he was in his basement playing the game he loved.
That’s why when Michael didn’t show up for a match at his local billiards club, friends knew something was wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

JACKSON, Miss. — The FBI in Jackson announced that up to $50,000 is now available for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the men they called the “Duct Tape Bandits.”
The FBI has put up a $25,000 reward, while another $25,000 will come from the banks that were robbed.
Daniel McMullen, special agent in charge of the FBI in Mississippi, said the duo has been deemed the “Duct Tape Bandits” because they have used duct tape to tie up bank employees in all four of their robberies.
“This was planned. These robberies were planned. We believe a bank robbery crew is responsible — well planned and well executed,” McMullen said.
The FBI said that over a four year time period, two men tied up bank employees with duct tape and stole thousands in cash from at least four Mississippi banks. The first robbery was reported at a Regions Bank in Kosciusko in February 2006, the FBI said.
The other three took place in Jackson at the Omni Bank on Old Canton Road in July 2009, the Trustmark Bank on Old Canton Road in May, and most recently, Sept. 9 at the Omni Bank on County Line Road, McMullen said.
Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call the FBI at 601-948-5000.