Ronnie “Jay” Towns — the man accused of killing an elderly Marietta couple after luring them to southeast Georgia with a Craigslist car listing — was denied bond Friday.
According to a report from The Macon Telegraph, a Dodge County judge denied bond for Towns after prosecutors argued that he was a flight risk and suggested that he may have attempted to coax other potential victims to the area prior to the January deaths of Bud and June Runion.
The Runions — Bud, 69, and June, 66 — thought they were meeting a man selling a 1966 Ford Mustang when they made the 200-mile drive from Marietta to McRae on Jan. 22. It was a dream car the Runions were excited to see and hoped to buy, according to the couple’s family.
The Runions made it to Telfair County, but there was no car. The couple was reported missing, and four days later, their bodies were found. Both had been shot in the head, according to police.
Towns, who is married and has a 2-year-old daughter, was arrested and charged with killing the Runions. He has remained in jail without bond since his arrest and was indicted last month on two counts of malice murder, four counts of felony murder and two counts of armed robbery.
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