headlines when he adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend. he did it to protect his fortune. heather: we are learning more about the alleged suspect in the shocking murder and kidnapping of an entire family in tennessee. the main suspect in the case killed himself during a police standoff that happened thursday night. authorities say that he abducted 8-year-old kalea and 12-year-old alexandria two week ago after murdering their mother and older sister. casey is live in alpine, mississippi. that is where the girls were rescued. reporter: good to see you. investigators say it is entirely possible that more arrests could happen in this case if they find anyone else who assisted this family with these crimes. the primary suspect may be dead, however, his wife, theresa mayes is already behind bars because she has admitted to investigators she helped
reporter: police believe he shot and killed the little girl s mother, joanne bain and oldest sister, adrian bain. and he and his wife drive the bodies to mississippi where they were buried in the back yard and theresa mayes has been also charged with first degree murder and kidnapping and he convinced himself he was the father of these two young girls, something the authorities say is absolutely not true. jamie. jamie: that s interesting. his wife and his mother, both charged now and they say there may be more people involved. stay on it for us, casey, thank you very much. reporter: we will, jamie. kelly: coming up, a shocking report suggesting a lack of safety in the skies, claiming the f.a.a. is dragging its feet over a slew of safety complaints from whistleblowers. what needs to be done.
transport the murder victim s body here to mississippi. she told police she and her husband went to the bain s family home on april 27th where she saw out of mayes shoot and kill the little girl s mother, joanne and oldest sister. her story going on, loaded up the body, kidnapped 12-year-old and 8-year-old and drove some 90 miles across state lines south to mississippi where her husband reportedly buried the bodies in his backyard. then on thursday night, nearly two weeks after the horror started, a tip from the public leading cops to a remote wooded area where adam ma yegs was hiding out. mayes shot himself in the head once he was confronted by police and the girls were rescued. it has been said this incident has come to a happy ending. that a mother and 14-year-old
casey stegals had the latest on this. harris, what those investigators are learning not released at this point. officials are pointing out that more arrests could come in this case as they look into exactly what happened. and if they found anyone else that assisted the family, if they were providing food or money or knew . where abouts of the children. prime suspect s wife is behind bars. theresa mayes helped to transport murder victim s bodies across state lines here to mississippi . told police she and the husband went to the bains family home where she saw adama mayes hoot and kill joanne and their oldest sister adrianne. they loaded up the body and kidnapped eight yore old and 12 year old and drove to
in mississippi and then up to a hospital in memphis, tennessee, as a precaution. they were treated, we understand, for dehydration. they had poison ivy and bug bites. we ve also been told that the little girls and their family have been have the advised not t into public as a precaution. the dramatic end to this nearly two-week nightmare happening wednesday night in this remote wooded area near alpine, mississippi, about 75 miles south of their tennessee home where they were abducted from at the end of last month. their captor, 35-year-old adam mayes, hiding out with the sisters deep in the woods with no food, no water, until a tip from the public led investigators right to them. instead of surrendering when confronted by police, mayes took his own life. immediately issued commands to adam mayes to show his hands. mayes pulled a semiautomatic