Atlanta ( CNN ) Two bodies , one male and one female , were recovered Monday in the case of a Marietta , Georgia , couple , who went missing after contacting a car seller on Craigslist . The bodies have not yet been identified , said Telfair County Sheriff Chris Steverson . He said the couple 's car was also found submerged in a nearby lake . `` It 's not the outcome we had hoped for but , obviously , it 's the one we have to deal with , '' Steverson said . `` We 'll analyze the vehicle , the bodies and hopefully we can come to some conclusion as to how they met their fate . '' Earlier Monday , the suspect sought in the case who had posted a Craigslist ad turned himself in , the Telfair County Sheriff 's Office said on its Facebook page . Authorities have said that Ronnie `` Jay '' Adrian Towns , 28 , was wanted on charges of giving false statements and criminal attempt to commit theft by deception . His family was integral in securing his surrender , Steverson said . Elrey `` Bud '' Runion , 69 , and his wife , June , 66 , placed an ad looking for a 1966 Mustang on the advertisements website and contacted a car seller on Craigslist . They drove to the South Georgia town of McRae from Marietta , an Atlanta suburb , on Thursday to meet someone who responded to the ad , relatives said . No one has heard from them since . `` He was excited about the car . He had one when he got back from Vietnam , '' daughter Stephanie Bishop told CNN affiliate WSB-TV in Atlanta . Asked whether Towns owned a Mustang like the one the Runions were looking for , Steverson replied , `` He does not . We feel that the entire communication he had with Mr. Runion was deceptive . '' Relatives filed a missing persons report after the couple failed to show up to baby-sit their grandchildren the next day . Towns , 28 , had the `` last known communications '' with Runion , Steverson said . Towns turned himself in just before noon Monday . He `` is currently in custody and no further details are available at this time . Details will be posted as they become available , '' the Facebook page for the Sheriff 's Office said . It was unclear when his bond hearing would be held , Steverson said . The couple made the trip to look at the car , and once Runion got to Telfair County , the suspect communicated with him , according to the sheriff . He did not say who called whom . McRae is about 180 miles from Marietta . `` Early on in the investigation we did contact Mr . Towns , and we did interview him and by the information he provided we found it to be false and deceptive , '' the sheriff said shortly before Towns turned himself in . `` After we interviewed him , our efforts to contact him were unsuccessful . Today we 've contacted his family , and they 've been helpful in locating him . '' For days , authorities searched for the couple using helicopters and watercraft , Steverson said . Deputies contacted land owners and hunters familiar with the area in case they had seen anything suspicious . The FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted with the search . `` I am eternally grateful for the prayers that have been lifted up , the encouraging words , complete strangers who have reached out , we are so thankful for that , '' said Josh Patterson , the couple 's son-in-law . `` Bud is a veteran . He and June are great people ; they give so much , they are selfless . '' The Runions were last seen driving a champagne 2003 GMC Envoy , which is the vehicle authorities have since recovered . Though the overwhelming majority of Craigslist transactions occur without incident , the site has a history of being co-opted by criminals . Just in recent years , there have been numerous such instances . In Henderson , Nevada , police said a man placing an ad in July met three men at a park , who took him to a vacant house , tied him up , beat and robbed him , then escaped in his car . In March , a San Jose , California , woman responding to an ad for a cellular phone was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint by two men who drove her to an ATM and demanded her passcode , police told a newspaper . In May 2013 , a Maine teenager drove to Portland to sell his BMW sedan to a 29-year-old who had responded to his Craigslist ad . The teen was allegedly forced into his own trunk and driven to Delaware , according to media reports and an FBI affidavit . HLN 's Natisha Lance and CNN 's Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report .
Suspect in case turned himself in 1966 just before noon , authorities say . Mustang placed a Craigslist ad looking for a Monday Elrey Runion . He and wife drove to meet a man who responded to ad , relatives say .