Police Uncover Body of Fugitive Professor

(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»

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»

Suspected killer likely getting desperate hiding out: cops

(NEWSER) - The University of Georgia professor wanted for the triple murder of his wife and two other adults is still hiding out and likely in a state of "desperation," police tell the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A nationwide manhunt is on for marketing prof George Zinkhan, who eyewitnesses say shot his victims at close range Saturday—while his kids waited in his car—during a picnic at a community theater where his wife volunteered. The motive remains unclear. More»

7 of 8 dead at trailer park were related to Guy Heinze, 22

(AP) - A 22-year-old man was charged today with killing eight people whose deaths he had reported to police in a frantic phone call from his family's Georgia mobile home. Guy Heinze Jr. was arrested on eight counts of first-degree murder in the slayings last weekend near the coastal community of Brunswick. Among those killed were seven of Heinze's relatives. More»