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And at Fox News alert now a nationwide manhunt for an accused murderer and kidnappers.
It's -- 35 year old -- Himself as authorities closed in on him an Alpine Mississippi twelve year old Alexandria an eight year old key Alina.
Being found alive with him and mostly on -- All this nearly two weeks after -- allegedly murdered their mother in teenage sister let's go to fox.
-- -- -- he's live in Alpine with the very latest for us this morning good morning to hear.
Good morning Gretchen we're getting a lot of details on how exactly it is the authorities finally found at -- They tell -- that around 530 last night they got a tip they brought them here to Zion hill Baptist Church.
In.
Alpine Mississippi.
Around that time this team of swat was searching in the thick woods behind the church.
When they came upon -- -- Mays and the two girls enemies got several orders telling him to put his -- show them in the air.
At that time he reached into his belt -- pulled out a semi automatic pistol and shot himself in the head.
He later died at a local hospital in the good news is those two girls.
Totally fine they say they don't have anything but poison ivy exposure.
And they're a little bit hungry as well.
But we also are figured out what exactly it is that they went through during these last nine days in the type of element that they were facing.
FBI special agent told us this morning take a listen.
The scene is like what we've been -- things what we've been searching.
Very rough very hilly very dense.
Lot of trees.
Lot of shrubbery.
Very very hard hard area to survive it.
So that's incredible of those girls are doing so well there it -- Bonner hospital Children's Hospital in Memphis right now -- as soon as they are examined and recover they'll be your turn back to their family in -- county Tennessee.
But as for the investigation.
They are still finding out and trying to see who it was if anyone was helping out amazed.
Over the last nine days he's he was hiding here in the woods in Alpine Mississippi Gretchen -- deal.
Right good news for those two young girls are not for their mom and her other sister thanks so much care.
