2 dead. 2 girls free. mayes dead. it's over.

[Lady Cop]

i hope it wasn't his parents buried in yard. but sadly it was someone's family.



WTVA
the house belongs to Mayes' parents, but the suspect also lived there as well.
Investigators say they don't know what contact the parents may have had with Mayes since he was last seen.

At any rate, they continue to say that Mayes is armed and extremely dangerous.

"We're keeping our department out here. We kept our department out here all night Saturday night. We're going to keep them out here until its over with," Edwards said.

Meanwhile, residents who live near Highway 9 and 348 in Union County are stunned by what they've seen. For a while Sunday afternoon, East Union High School served as law enforcement headquarters.

"It's pretty rough. Nothing like this never happened in this part of the country. It's a pretty quiet community and people here are good people," Alpine Vol. Fire Chief Lewis Grimes said. "And it's a tragedy."