PICAYUNE —
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is issuing an Amber Alert. Four people have been abducted.
They are identified as Jo Anne, Adrienne, Alexandria, and Kyliyah were last seen yesterday.
Adrienna is a white female. She has brown hair and brown eyes and is 5 feet tall and weighs 129 pounds. Alexandria is a white female. She has brown hair and hazel eyes and is 5 feet tall and weighs 105 pounds. Kyliyah is a white female. She has blonde hair and brown eyes and is 4 feet tall and weighs 57 pounds.
They may be in the company of their mother, Jo Ann Bain and an adult male, Adam Mayes. Jo Ann is a white female. She has brown hair and brown eyes and is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. Adam Mayes is a white male. He has brown hair and blue eyes and is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds.
Mayes has altered his appearance by cutting his hair and may have also cut the hair of the children and dyed it an unknown color.
Information has been developed during the investigation that the children may be in extreme danger. Warrants for kidnapping are being issued for Adam Mayes, who is considered armed and extremely dangerous. Mayes was last seen in Guntown, Mississippi on Tuesday May 1, 2012.
They may be going to Arizona or Mississippi. Mayes has connections to Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.
If you have any information on these subjects, please contact the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation at 601-987-1353.<
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