(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."
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Thomas Jesse Lee, 26, captured in Mississippi
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Lee was wanted in connection with the killings of 5 people in Georgia
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"It makes us feel very good he's in custody," sheriff's spokesman says
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