A woman faces multiple charges in two states after surrendering to authorities following a standoff at a Georgia motel. The standoff, which resulted in the deaths of four women, involved another suspect who later later shot himself.
A tip called in about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday led law enforcement to a motel in West Point, Georgia, where Mary Rice, 37, and William “Billy” Boyette, 44, were holed up in a room. Troup County Sheriff James Woodruff told reporters that deputies had set up a perimeter and the SWAT team was preparing to enter the room when Rice stepped outside and surrendered. Moments later, a gunshot was heard and deputies found Boyette dead inside the room.
The pair had been on the run since Jan. 31, when the bodies of two women, Alicia Greer, 30, and Jacqueline Jeanette Moore, 39, were found at the Emerald Sands Inn in the Florida Panhandle. They also were suspected in the Feb. 3 death of Peggy Broz, 52, across the state line in Lillian, Alabama. Authorities said they took her car, which was later found in Pensacola.
