CENTERVILLE, Ala. — The cousin of a man accused of abducting his estranged girlfriend and killing her sister was arrested for allegedly helping the man flee, authorities said Thursday.
Bibb County District Attorney Michael Jackson said Gary Wade Rowland, 45, of Centreville, faced a charge of being an accomplice to his cousin, 60-year-old John Barry Hubbard.
Hubbard was arrested late Wednesday in Greene County following a manhunt that began nearly 60 miles away in the Bibb County community of Eoline. Authorities say he abducted estranged girlfriend Tammy Carpenter on Tuesday and fatally shot her sister, Kandi Murphy.
State officers busted down the door of a motel room to free Carpenter and arrest Hubbard.
Rowland allegedly took Hubbard and Carpenter to the motel and put a room in his name, Jackson said.