It is a story worthy of a good American thriller which took place in Georgia, United States. Sunday April 14, when he decided to indulge in his favorite pastime, an ordinary citizen saw his daily life turned upside down.
This activity that he practices in the great outdoors has, against all expectations, involved him in a nine-year-old double-murder case.
In a river in Horse Creek, in rural Telfair County, where the man went for magnet fishing, the man brought up objects that were clearly visible from beneath the surface of the water. individuals. He who expected metal objects to emerge anodins fished this Sunday, April 14, with a 22 caliber rifle.
Happy with his catch, the magnet fisherman decided to return to the same place two days later. Hopefully, he would have the lucky hand again that day. Great good came to him, because for the second time, the man made another great find, without realizing its importance at first glance. Thanks to his magnet, this time he brought up a bag containing a cell phone, a pair of driving licenses and credit cards which are in the name of a certain Bud Runion and his wife June. What are they doing there? Informed of the discoverythe Georgia Bureau of Investigation took up the case, and for good reason, the holders of these objects were victims of a double murderin 2015.
These objects which have resurfaced by the greatest chance thus represent new evidence in this murder case whose trial has still not taken place. The decision is all the more important as these new elements will finally make it possible to accelerate a legal process which has been stalling for nine years. The case dates back to January 2015, when the bodies of Bud and June Runion, a retired couple, were discovered on a county road. They died of a gunshot to the head. After investigation, authorities say the couple, from Marietta, north of Atlanta, drove three hours to Telfair County, Georgia, to meet the seller of a 1966 Mustang, a car the couple sought to obtain by posting an ad online.
It was the man who responded to this ad, Ronnie Adrian “Jay” Tows, who has been accused since 2015 of armed robbery and murder of the couple he would have lured to him and then shot them down. Delayed several times due to legal complications, the case will finally be able to move forward thanks to this new evidence, which should prove useful. It has in fact been established that the rifle found in the creek is the same caliber as the one that killed the Runions, although investigators are still trying to find out. determine if this is the weapon used in the crime. Finally, the items found in the creek also led investigators to obtain warrants to search a Telfair County home, where they recovered additional evidence.
