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01-28-2015 01:45 AM
A senseless sad story. Be careful with Craigslist! I'm afraid to use it.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/bodies-vehicle-found-georgia-case-missing-craigslist-car/story?id=28484457
"Bodies of Georgia Couple in Craigslist Car Case Identified
Jan 27, 2015, 3:45 PM Authorities today positively identified the bodies of a Georgia couple who vanished last week while going to meet someone to buy a vintage car they found on Craigslist.
Bud Runion, 69, and his wife, June, 66, disappeared Thursday, authorities said. The pair had posted an ad seeking to buy a vintage 1966 Ford Mustang convertible. Relatives said the Mustang was the couple’s dream car, one they’d wanted to buy since they were married decades ago.
A suspect, Ronnie “Jay” Towns, 28, the owner of the phone that last communicated with the Runions' phone, according to the sheriff's office, turned himself in earlier yesterday and was charged with murder today, ABC affiliate WSB-TV reported.
The couple's 2003 GMC Envoy was found submerged in a lake, the Telfair County Sheriff's Office said on its Facebook page without revealing the lake's location. The unidentified bodies were found at another location not far away, officials said.
Steverson said Towns had little or no criminal history.
The couple, after finding what they believed was a seller, reportedly set out on a 180-mile road trip from Marietta, Georgia, to McRae, Georgia. The Runions haven't been heard from since, and never showed up to babysit their grandchildren Friday.
The Runion family set up a Facebook page -- “Find Bud and June Runion” -- and it has about 100,000 supporters.
But yesterday, the page acknowledged the sheriff's discoveries of the vehicle and bodies, and supporters began leaving messages of shock and condolence.
"During this heartbreaking time I ask that you keep the family and friends in your thoughts and prayers,” the couple's relatives wrote.
Officials with Craigslist referred to the safety page on the company’s website, which notes, “Be especially careful when buying/selling high value items.”
01-28-2015 01:51 AM
I wondered why their families didn't intercede and warn them of the danger carrying a large sum of money to meet a stranger who claimed to have a car.
01-28-2015 01:56 AM
On 1/27/2015 occasional rain said:I wondered why their families didn't intercede and warn them of the danger carrying a large sum of money to meet a stranger who claimed to have a car.
Good question. Maybe their family didn't know the details enough to warn them.
01-28-2015 01:58 AM
With age you get wiser. I guess that is not necessarily true.
01-28-2015 01:58 AM
I heard about this yesterday. Very sad.
01-28-2015 02:06 AM
I read that yesterday. Horribly tragic! Id never use Craigslist! There have been MANY robberies in PA of people who went to buy something.
My daughter and son in law just bought something on there from someone before this incident happened. I was worrying when they went to the house (having read stories in the paper). My daughter assured me she checked out the homeowners (a married couple) online before hand.
01-28-2015 02:13 AM
I'm not a fan of Craigslist either. Too dangerous for me though I realize many people use it.
01-28-2015 02:15 AM
It's not just buyers who get robbed and killed. A few years ago a man selling his car got killed and his car stolen.
01-28-2015 02:20 AM
On 1/27/2015 Marmalade said:With age you get wiser. I guess that is not necessarily true.
I know, Marmalade. I remember reading somewhere (can't remember where) that sometimes we get more trusting when we get older. Maybe too trusting. Which might not be wisdom.
01-28-2015 02:21 AM
On 1/27/2015 occasional rain said:It's not just buyers who get robbed and killed. A few years ago a man selling his car got killed and his car stolen.
How sad.
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