A weeklong hunt for a couple suspected of shooting three women to death and critically wounding a fourth ended Tuesday with a suspect killing himself during a standoff at a Georgia motel.

William Billy Boyette, Jr., 44, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound as authorities closed in. His alleged accomplice, 37-year-old Mary Craig Rice, was taken into custody, the Troup County Sheriffs Office said. She was charged with capital murder.

The violent ending at a West Point motel capped a multi-state crime spree that began with the discovery of two womens bodies in a Milton, Florida, motel room on Jan. 31. Alicia Greer, 30, and Jacqueline Moore, 39, both were fatally shot, authorities said. Greers parents told WALA she had dated Boyette for several months before she was killed.