A man accused of abducting a mother and her three daughters was a family friend described as being like an uncle to the girls.
snip....Jo Ann Bain's husband Gary and Mayes knew each other, Tennessee authorities said.
Mayes "thought the world of those little girls," observed Melvin Herron, 42, who lives next door to the Bain family in western Tennessee and recalled seeing the girls playing outside, running and going down water slides.
snip....Mayes and Gary Bain had long been acquainted, having once been married to sisters. Helm said he was viewed as an uncle.
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