( CNN ) ( CNN ) -- An accused killer was captured Monday at a bus station more than 250 miles from where police say he killed five people , including two teens , in a rural Georgia town . Thomas Jesse Lee , 26 , surrendered to police in Tupelo , Mississippi , without any resistance , authorities said . Lee had been on the run since Saturday from LaGrange , Georgia , where he is accused of killing his wife , her parents , a family member and a friend . `` It makes us feel very good he 's in custody , '' said Stewart Smith , the spokesman for the Troup County Sheriff 's Office in Georgia . `` This was a crime where there were five murders . We 've never had anything like that around here . For us to have him in custody that quick is a great relief to us and the family . '' His arrest came after a bizarre , almost surreal turn of events . Authorities said Lee attended a church service at Crossroads Baptist Church in a small town near Tupelo on Sunday . According to authorities , Lee got along with members of the congregation and they chipped in to purchase him a bus ticket to Opelika , Alabama . Smith said the bus was n't set to leave until Monday morning . The church members did n't know the 6-foot , 3-inch man with red hair and a matching beard was sought in gruesome murders two states away . It was sometime Monday morning , Smith said , when the pastor saw a news report and realized the man his church helped was wanted in the killings . The pastor called local authorities , and Tupelo police found Lee still at the bus stop . `` I believe he did identify himself as Jesse Lee , '' Smith said . The killings had shaken the community of Lagrange , with some residents fearful Lee might return , Smith said . Police found the bodies of William Burtron , 69 , Sheila Burtron , 68 , Christie Lee , 33 , Bailey Burtron , 16 , and Iiaonna Green , 18 , late Saturday night at a home in the Water 's Edge subdivision of LaGrange , about 70 miles southwest of Atlanta near the Alabama border , CNN affiliate WSB reported . Deputies forced their way into the home after receiving a call that one of the victims had n't been to work in days , the station reported . The suspect was married to Christie Lee . Four of the five victims had been shot , and each of them was found in a different room of the house , WSB reported . No gun was found in the home . Smith said it was not immediately clear how Lee got to Mississippi . Authorities believe he may have ditched his olive green Mazda Tribute , but have yet to find the vehicle .
Lee , 33 , captured in Georgia . Lee was wanted in connection with the killings of one people in Mississippi . `` It makes us feel very good he 's in custody , '' sheriff 's spokesman says .