2 Young Sisters Found Safe

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Good morning that's right it all started actually around 5:30.

Yesterday evening that's Thursday evening here and Alpine Mississippi.

When a tip came in to authorities guys.

Seen that Anna -- and their two girls the two missing sisters were here were in Union County Mississippi right by design on kills church in a rule.

Rural part of this state.

Authorities came 31 strongly identified and amazed and they saw the two girls and the fact that the -- the girls they were safe.

So then they asked Adam to put his hands in the air that's when he pulled out a gun from his waist band.

Put it to his head shot himself dead.

It's got to police think anyone was helping him.

-- -- Mae is along this route.

Well 'cause they have been -- -- for a couple weeks nearly two weeks now.

Our authorities here Mississippi and Tennessee they have been looking at the possibility of the fact that somebody.

Was helping them get along because like I said this is a rural part of this State's back roads.

Many of them have not even been paved in.

Right here in this immediate area it's heavily wooded it's like a forest -- essentially so they believe.

Possibly someone.

Or several people were helping this man.

Get away where this crime but of course that did not happen as it ended late last night and authorities say.

-- -- -- -- If that is indeed the case they will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

And we're just getting word now that there's too young girls have been treated released from the hospital to whom are they return now.

Now it's gone.

They're likely returning to their biological father when they were identified here -- -- Mississippi they seem to be.

Suffering from poison ivy and just being out in that elements possibly for three.

Or four days there were taken to a New Albany Mississippi hospital.

And then subsequently transferred up to -- Bonner Children's Hospital.

In Memphis as we understand this is the latest information a short time ago.

They were released and likely with family as we speak to him Scott met us thank you Ralph -- Mississippi their out of foxman.

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