A man suspected in the killings of three women is dead after a standoff with police at a Georgia motel late Tuesday, and a female suspect has been arrested, officials said.
(FOX)- U.S. Marshals spokesman Jim Joyner said that 44-year-old William “Billy” Boyette was dead after the standoff in West Point, Georgia and that 37-year-old Mary Rice was taken into custody after the pair, often compared to Bonnie and Clyde, had been holed up inside a room at the motel.
The Troup County Sheriff’s Office said Boyette is believed to have died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound.
Dominic Guadagnoli of the U.S. Marshals Service earlier told the Pensacola News Journal that the stolen vehicle the couple had been driving was seen at the motel, and that Rice checked into the motel using her real name.
Authorities had been searching for the couple linked to a multi-state killing spree for seven days.
Two capital murder warrants were issued for Boyette, who is suspected in the deaths of two women in Florida and one woman in Alabama, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson told reporters. Boyette is also suspected of wounding a young mother on Monday during a home invasion near Pensacola.