Ronnie “Jay” Towns’ guilty plea came nearly 10 years after the deaths of Bud and June Runion. Why the case was delayed.

Ronnie Adrian 'Jay' Towns admitted to luring Bud and June Runion with a Craigslist ad before fatally shooting them both and leaving their bodies on a road three hours from their home in 2015.

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.

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.

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.

Jay Towns has been in the Telfair County Jail for nearly a decade waiting for a trial. The victims' daughter, Brittany Patterson, told 11Alive Towns pleaded guilty to two counts of malice murder Monday and will spend the rest of his life in jail.