sister, is dead. preliminary reports indicate mayes shot himself in the head and was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. reporter: the two murders spurred a desperate race against time to find the elusive mayes and his captives before he could kill again. adam mayes was charged with murdering jo ann bain and her 14-year-old daughter adrienne and kidnapping bains two younger daughters. his motives are unclear. mayes mtougo 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. tee gand cf cf adrienne inside th larry jacobs, abc news. okay. in other news this morning, the defense gets its turn now in the