Prof Wanted in Triple Murder Branded 'Weird'

Has defensive wounds, failed polygraph test; may not be fellow Yalie

(NEWSER) - Police have a suspect in the slaying of a Yale graduate student: another student—not necessarily enrolled at Yale—who bears defensive wounds and failed a polygraph test, MSNBC reports. An autopsy performed today confirmed that the body found yesterday is Annie Le's. Police have turned their focus to finding her assailant, the Hartford Courant reports. The bloody clothes found in the lab where Le was last seen are thought to belong to the killer, ABC News reports. More»

(NEWSER) - A colleague of the University of Georgia professor suspected in a triple murder April 25 went into hiding after police found directions to her house in George Zinkhan’s abandoned car, she tells the Red & Black. At investigators’ urging, Barbara Carroll stayed out of sight from May 1-6. “I do not believe that Zinkhan had a map to my house for any reason other than he had planned to kill me,” she wrote. More»

Alleged wife-killer hid in woods before killing himself: cops

(NEWSER) - Two weeks after George Zinkhan allegedly murdered his wife and two men at a Georgia playhouse, police say they located the body of the fugitive marketing professor, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Dogs found Zinkhan today about a mile from where his Jeep had been recovered in a wooded area near his home in Bogart, Ga. He apparently made an effort to hide before killing himself, police said. More»

Zinkhan's passport recovered from his car

(NEWSER) - Authorities believe George Zinkhan, the University of Georgia professor accused of murdering his wife and two friends, has not left the country as they have his passport, police told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today; the document was found in his abandoned car. Zinkhan was scheduled on a weekend flight to Amsterdam, where he also teaches. Cops staked out the airport, but he was a no-show. More»

Zinkhan, suspected of killing wife and 2 others, still at large

(NEWSER) - The University of Georgia professor suspected of shooting and killing his wife and two others last weekend remains at large, but authorities have finally found his car, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Jeep was discovered “well off the beaten path” in a wooded ravine near George Zinkhan’s house. Police have taken precautions in their manhunt, running “things a little different because this guy is dangerous,” a captain says. More»