--- description: The couple planned to drive the nearly 300 miles to McRae to buy a 1966 Mustang title: Elderly Georgia Couple Missing After Trip to Buy Craigslist Car image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf6b80a191b77844/69877bc4f887dcf7e6e89b9c/bud-and-june-runion.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Elderly Georgia Couple Missing After Trip to Buy Craigslist Car by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 25, 2015 10:14 PM CUT  Bud and June Runion Bud and June Runion by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 25, 2015 10:14 PM CUT Georgia police were searching for a man Sunday who they believe is involved in the disappearance of a couple in their 60s who hadn’t been heard from since before going on a day-trip to buy a car they had found on Craigslist. Ronnie “Jay” Towns, 28, was wanted for making false statements to investigators and criminal intent to commit theft by deception after Elrey “Bud” Runion, 69, and his wife June Runion, 66 vanished Thursday, Telfair County Sheriff Chris Steverson told NBC News… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/elderly-georgia-couple-missing-after-trip-buy-craigslist-car-n293191?cid=par-time-article%5F20150125 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3681801/georgia-couple-missing-craigslist-car/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3681801/georgia-couple-missing-craigslist-car/"},"headline":"Elderly Georgia Couple Missing After Trip to Buy Craigslist Car","datePublished":"2015-01-25T22:14:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:51:40.049Z","description":"The couple planned to drive the nearly 300 miles to McRae to buy a 1966 Mustang","url":"https://time.com/3681801/georgia-couple-missing-craigslist-car/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf6b80a191b77844/69877bc4f887dcf7e6e89b9c/bud-and-june-runion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf6b80a191b77844/69877bc4f887dcf7e6e89b9c/bud-and-june-runion.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"bud-and-june-runion","caption":"Bud and June Runion","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3681801/georgia-couple-missing-craigslist-car/","name":"Elderly Georgia Couple Missing After Trip to Buy Craigslist Car"}}]}] ```