Bud Runion posted an ad on the website Craigslist Jan. 19 that he was seeking to buy a 1966 Mustang convertible, and three days later, he and his wife - both in their 60s -- set out for a small farming community in southern Georgia to meet with a potential seller. The two bodies found in the search for the couple were positively identified Tuesday as Elrey "Bud" Runion and his wife, June E. Runion, according to a statement posted on Facebook by the Telfair County Sheriff's office. McRAE, Ga. -- A Georgia couple who vanished after embarking on a road trip to buy a car have been found dead, and both victims were shot in the head, officials say. Charity came in ways big and small. Patterson remembered as a child going to a doughnut shop with her father on Saturdays. They would often be joined by a man she did not know, and her father would pay the tab. Towns was set to be arraigned later Tuesday at the Telfair County Courthouse. The man who was initially charged with making false statements in the case, Ronnie Adrian "Jay" Towns, is now facing charges of murder and armed robbery, according to the statement. Telfair County Magistrate Judge Bryan Selph denied bond for 28-year-old Ronnie Jay Towns during a hearing late Tuesday afternoon. Ashley McLaughlin, a public defender from Dublin, said he couldnt comment on the case. The Runions' slaying shocked residents of McRae, a tiny city about 80 miles southeast of Macon, where a public mural in the downtown square proclaims it's the "6th Safest City in Georgia." The sheriff said a cellphone used to make the last known contact with the Runions had been traced to Towns.
– A tragic end for the Georgia couple who vanished while trying to buy a car on Craigslist. Police say two bodies found in the woods outside McRae, near where the couple's 2003 GMC Envoy was discovered submerged in a lake, are indeed those of Bud Runion, 69, and his wife, June, 66. Both were shot in the head with a small-caliber handgun, police say. Ronnie Adrian "Jay" Towns, who grew up 80 miles northwest of McRae in Macon, is now charged with malice murder and armed robbery, the AP reports. Entering a courtroom yesterday, Towns said, "I didn't do it," before a judge denied him bond, the Macon Telegraph reports. His mother seconded that claim, adding "evidence could have been planted" in her son's trailer. Bud Runion posted an ad on Craigslist on Jan. 19 looking to buy a 1966 Ford Mustang convertible, like the one he purchased after returning from the Vietnam War. "He said, 'You can't take money with you when you're gone,' " his daughter says. "You might as well spend and enjoy it." Police now say Towns—who has a wife and young daughter and was recently fired from a landscaping company—answered the ad with the intention of robbing the couple, who set out from their home in Marietta on Thursday. A cellphone used to contact them was traced to Towns, who police say doesn't own a Mustang, CBS News reports. In Marietta, the Runions are remembered as charitable people, who restored bicycles for kids and donated food, household supplies, and coats to the poor.