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Man accused of killing 5 returned to Georgia

By The Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) - A man accused of killing his wife, three of her family members and a friend has been brought back to Georgia to face murder charges after his arrest in Mississippi. <br /> <br /> Troup County sheriff's Sgt. Stewart Smith said 26-year-old Thomas J. Lee waived extradition and deputies traveled to Mississippi on Tuesday to pick him up. <br /> <br /> Lee was apprehended Monday at a bus station in Tupelo, Mississippi, after telling a pastor he was having car trouble and needed to get to Opelika, Alabama. The pastor called police when he realized Lee was a wanted man. <br /> <br /> Smith also said authorities have found the car they say Lee used to flee. <br /> <br /> All of the victims were found in the home near LaGrange, Georgia, where they and Lee lived.
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