MAP OF ATHENS, GEORGIA. TOWN OF BOGART IS TO THE LEFT. Cadaver dogs found the body about 10 miles west of Athens in Bogart, where Mr. Zinkhan lived.
Police have discovered a body said to resemble University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan, who they say shot and killed three people, including his estranged wife, at a theater group picnic April 25. (Richard Hamm/Athens Banner-Herald/AP Photo)
GBI (GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION)The GBI released these sketches of wanted triple-murder suspect George Zinkhan that show how he may appear today.
Authorities Identify Body in Georgia Woods as That of Fugitive Professor Wanted in Killings
Saturday, May 09, 2009 / FOX NEWS
A body found hidden in dirt and brush Saturday in the north Georgia woods is a professor accused of killing his wife and two others, authorities said.
A massive manhunt had been under way for University of Georgia marketing professor George Zinkhan, who vanished after the April 25 shootings at a community theater near the Atlanta campus.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation State Crime laboratory confirmed Saturday evening that the remains discovered earlier in northwest Athens-Clarke County were those of Zinkhan.
Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Joseph Lumpkin announced the news of the identification of the fugitive professor's body.
The guns matched those described by witnesses to the shootings, though police did not say how they believe Zinkhan died.
Authorities hoped to have a cause of death by the end of Saturday.
Cadaver dogs found Zinkhan's body about 10 miles west of Athens in thick woods in Bogart, where he lived.
Searchers — as many as 200 at one point — had been scouring the woods since his Jeep was found wrecked and abandoned in a ravine about a mile away a week ago.
HOW DID GEORGE ZINKHAN GET BURIED IN THE GEORGIA WOODS?
Saturday, May 09, 2009 / FOX NEWS
A body found hidden in dirt and brush Saturday in the north Georgia woods is a professor accused of killing his wife and two others, authorities said.
A massive manhunt had been under way for University of Georgia marketing professor George Zinkhan, who vanished after the April 25 shootings at a community theater near the Atlanta campus.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation State Crime laboratory confirmed Saturday evening that the remains discovered earlier in northwest Athens-Clarke County were those of Zinkhan.
Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Joseph Lumpkin announced the news of the identification of the fugitive professor's body.
The guns matched those described by witnesses to the shootings, though police did not say how they believe Zinkhan died.
Authorities hoped to have a cause of death by the end of Saturday.
Cadaver dogs found Zinkhan's body about 10 miles west of Athens in thick woods in Bogart, where he lived.
Searchers — as many as 200 at one point — had been scouring the woods since his Jeep was found wrecked and abandoned in a ravine about a mile away a week ago.
HOW DID GEORGE ZINKHAN GET BURIED IN THE GEORGIA WOODS?
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