Update:


Elrey “Bud” Runion, 69 and his wife June, 66, were last heard from on Thursday, Jan. 22. Cobb County [Georgia] police say the Marietta couple was reportedly headed to McRae to take buy a car and return the same night. According to a Facebook page set up for the missing couple, they were looking at a 1966 Mustang they found listed on Craigslist.
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TODAY VIA ATLANTA (AP) — The car belonging to a Georgia couple who disappeared after traveling to meet a man claiming to sell a classic auto has been found in a lake with two bodies inside.
Telfair County Sheriff Chris Steverson said Monday that the bodies were found in the car 69-year-old Elrey “Bud” Runion and his wife, 66-year-old June Runion, had been traveling in toward McRae, in southern Georgia. Steverson says the bodies have not officially been identified and authorities have been in touch with the Runion family. He said the car was found not far from McRae.
Ronnie Adrian -Jay- TownAuthorities have said 28-year-old Ronnie Adrian “Jay” Towns has been arrested on charges of giving false statements and criminal attempt to commit theft by deception. Steverson says Towns was the last person to speak with the couple by phone (read more).
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Telfair County Sheriff Chris Steverson said two bodies have been found in their search for a missing Atlanta area couple.
Investigators also found the couple’s car submerged in a shallow body of water, Steverson said.
Ronnie Adrian “Jay” Towns, 28, of McRae turned himself in to authorities Monday morning. He was wanted in connection with the disappearance of the Marietta couple.
Steverson said autopsies are being conducted on the bodies.  (read more)

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