this hour. joining me on the phone, cnn s martin savage and sunny hostin and on the phone, adam mayes sister-in-law, bobbi booth. martin, what do you know? well, this drama played out right in the same area where it took place. what we know is that they were members of a mississippi highway patrol special operations s.w.a.t. team as well as members of the mississippi game and fish. for reasons unclear, there was sections of a wooded area in the county where they were closing in on today and as they began to move in they say that they heard a single gunshot and when they came upon the scene they found that adam mayes was laying on the ground with the self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. but they found the two girls, ages 8 and 12, alive and well. that s the most important information and we have this quote from a federal source on the scene. he says of the girls, quote, they are suffering from the experience of being out in the woods and from being kidnapped. they are
sister-in-law, bobbi booth. martin, what do you know? well, this drama played out right in the same area where it took place. what we know is that they were members of a mississippi highway patrol special operations s.w.a.t. team as well as members of the mississippi game and fish. for reasons unclear, there was sections of a wooded area in the county where they were closing in on today and as they began to move in they say that they heard a single gunshot and when they came upon the scene they found that adam mayes was laying on the ground with the self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. but they found the two girls, ages 8 and 12, alive and well. that s the most important information and we have this quote from a federal source on the scene. he says of the girls, quote, they are suffering from the experience of being out in the woods and from being kidnapped. they are suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. but they appear to be okay and they are right now undergoing
why he would have done this? i have no idea at all. and have you talked to your sister since she s been in custody, since she s been charged? no, they have not allowed her to have any phone calls. what are your thoughts on what your sister s been charged with? it s unreal. unreal, because my sister does not have the mental state. i mean, she has the mind like a 10-year-old. i m not defending her. she needs to stand accountable for her actions. but they need to do the whole investigation needs to be done. what kind of guy i mean, your sister is reported to have said that she feared for her life. what kind of guy was adam mayes? aggressive. abusive. crazy, obviously. did you ever suspect he was capable of something like this? no. and i have known him for 25-plus years. never dreamed he would do this. what was his relationship to these girls? again, that s not something that i can even answer. my sister has stated that she felt the two youngest girls
kidnapping are alive and safe at this hour. joining me now on the phone, cnn s martin savage and sunny hostin and on the phone, adam mayes sister-in-law, bobbi booth. martin, what do you know? this drama played out right in the same area where it took place. in other words, where the bodies were first discovered of joanne mai bain and adrienne bain. there were mississippi highway patrol special operation, s.w.a.t. team in other words, as well as mississippi game and fish. for reasons unclear at this particular point in time, there was a section of wooded area in that county where they were closing in on today and as they began to move in they say that they heard a single gunshot and when they came upon the scene they found that adam mayes was laying on the ground with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. but they found the two girls, ages 8 and 12 alive and well. that s the most important information. and we have this quote from a federal source on the scene. he say