Triple murder suspect dead, alleged accomplice in custody

William Boyette, the man suspected in the deaths of three women in the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama, turned a gun on himself Tuesday in a motel in Georgia, according to authorities. Boyette died at the scene and Mary Rice, the woman who was on the run with him, surrendered to authorities.

BREAKING -- William Boyette dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound; Mary Rice in custody | UPDATES on Channel 2 https://t.co/SE50yhIunf pic.twitter.com/PGSd4m5cF9
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