A man from South Georgia was charged Tuesday with murder in the death of a couple who went missing last week after contacting a car seller on Craigslist, police said. Ronnie "Jay" Adrian Towns, 28, also was charged with armed robbery, the Telfair County Sheriff's Office said on its website. A judge denied bail for Towns, who also waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

lrey "Bud" Runion, 69, and his wife, June, 66, had driven three and a half hours from an Atlanta suburb in search of a classic car after posting on the popular Craigslist website. Their bodies were recovered Monday in woods in rural Telfair County.  Both died from gun shot wounds.

Towns turned himself in Monday. Telfair County Sheriff Chris Steverson said Towns had the "last known communications" with Bud Runion. The couple made the trip to look at a 1966 Mustang, and once Runion got to Telfair County, the suspect communicated with him, according to the sheriff. He did not say who called whom. McRae is about 180 miles from Marietta. "Early on in the investigation, we did contact Mr. Towns, and we did interview him and by the information he provided, we found it to be false and deceptive," the sheriff said shortly before Towns turned himself in. "After we interviewed him, our efforts to contact him were unsuccessful. Today we've contacted his family, and they've been helpful in locating him."

For days, authorities searched for the couple using helicopters and watercraft, Steverson said. Deputies contacted land owners and hunters familiar with the area in case they had seen anything suspicious. The FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted with the search. "I am eternally grateful for the prayers that have been lifted up, the encouraging words, complete strangers who have reached out, we are so thankful for that," said Josh Patterson, the couple's son-in-law. "Bud is a veteran. He and June are great people. They give so much; they are selfless."

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