The Florida Department of Law enforcement awarded $10,000 to the person who tipped off authorities to the location of fugitives William Boyette and Mary Rice. 

Boyette and Rice are accused of going on a killing spree across Alabama and Florida and ending up in Georgia, officials said. 

The tipster saw a Facebook post with the couple's pictures and the tag number of the vehicle they were driving, when he spotted the car and Rice at a convenience store. 

The tip was called into law enforcement describing the location where the fugitives had been spotted. 

Authorities located and surrounded the two at a motel in West Point, Georgia on Feb. 7. Boyette committed suicide in the motel room, and Rice was taken into custody. 

FDLE said it has been working since then to get the person their reward. 

“It was very important to FDLE that this tipster receive the reward we had contributed. It certainly is well-deserved, because I firmly believe more lives could have been lost if these fugitives remained on the run,” said Jack Massey, Special Agent in Charge at FDLE’s Pensacola Regional Operations Center. “Due to the awareness and dedication of this citizen, who spotted them and took immediate action to report it, a murderous threat to the community was removed. Awarding this individual is the right thing to do.”

Four people were killed — 3 in Florida and 1 in Alabama — over seven days, starting Jan. 31.