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Georgia Prof Suspected in Triple Murder Still in US: Cops

Zinkhan's passport recovered from his car

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2009 1:21 PM CDT

(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.

George Zinkhan.
George Zinkhan.   (AP Photo)
A man walks down the street past an Athens-Clarke County Police officer standing guard in the neighborhood where three people were killed and others wounded at a community theater.
A man walks down the street past an Athens-Clarke County Police officer standing guard in the neighborhood where three people were killed and others wounded at a community theater.   (AP Photo)
Athens-Clarke County Police check out the home of University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan.
Athens-Clarke County Police check out the home of University of Georgia professor George Zinkhan.   (AP Photo)
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That’s a fact. It was in the car. It simply means he can’t fly overseas. He can’t leave the country. - Athens-Clarke County Police Capt. Clarence Holeman

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