A man has pleaded guilty to murdering a Georgia couple found fatally shot nearly a decade ago after being lured to a rural county by a false offer to sell them a classic car. Ronnie “Jay” Towns pleaded guilty Monday in Telfair County Superior Court to ...

ATLANTA ( WANF /Gray News) - A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after murdering a couple he lured to buy a classic car almost a decade ago. Ronnie Adrian “Jay” Towns pleaded guilty to two counts of malice murder in connection to the deaths of Bud and June Runion. Towns was sentenced to two concurrent life without parole sentences.

A Telfair County man has pleaded guilty to the 2015 murders of a Cobb County couple who were lured to the area through a Craigslist ad.

Jay Towns entered a guilty plea in the Runions' death, who were lured down to Telfair County on Jan. 15. 2015 after Towns responded to the couple's Craigslist ad seeking a 1966 Mustang. But instead of coming home with a new car, the Runions were shot to death. Their bodies were found in a wooded area near the Towns' family property.

A Georgia man has admitted to killing an elderly couple after luring them through Craigslist about a car nearly a decade ago. Bud and June Runion were found fatally shot on a road in Telfair County, Ga.