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George Martin ZINKHAN III

 
 
 

 

Professor George Zinkhan

 

 

Professor George Zinkhan

 

 

Professor George Zinkhan

 

 

Professor George Zinkhan

 

 

 

 

Witnesses say Zinkhan killed his wife and two others during a picnic outside a community theater.

 

 

The shooting occurred at Athens Community Theater off Prince Avenue near downtown. (Hyosub Shin)

 

 

Post forensics specialist Gordy Powell cleans the crime scene outside the theater,
where the triple murder took place. (Bob Andres)

 

 

 

University of Georgia SWAT team members ride in the back of a pickup truck as they search
for Professor George Zinkhan, the primary suspect in Saturday's fatal shooting.
(AP Photo/Athens Banner-Herald, David Manning)

 

 

Athens-Clarke County Police check the home of Zinkhan. AP.

 

 

Zinkhan's red Jeep Liberty was found on the night of April 30, 2009,
in northwest Clarke County, Georgia.

 

 

Fugitive muder suspect George Martin Zinkhan III dug his own grave and covered himself with debris before
firing a single bullet into his head, investigators told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cadaver dogs (above)
found the body. Accompanying them were civilian volunteers Paula Chambers and Steve Barden.
(Phil Skinner)

 

 

Cadaver dogs located Zinkhan's body on May 9, 2009, approximately one mile from the Jeep.

 

 

Police uncover the grave of George Zinkhan.

 

 

This portrait shows UGA professor George Zinkhan III and wife Marie Bruce in 2005.
(Robert Lowery / Lowery Studio)

 

 

A studio proof shows professor George Zinkhan and his wife, Marie Bruce.

 

 

The victims

 

Marie E. Bruce, pictured here in the 2004 production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, was one of three victims
shot and killed on Saturday at the Athens Community Theater. Bruce was married to the alleged
shooter and UGA professor, George M. Zinkhan III.
(Courtesy of Dina Canup).

 

 

Tom Tanner, second from left, seen here with friends from the Town and Gown Players theater company.
The 40-year-old was shot and killed on Saturday. All three victims were shot multiple times,
but Tanner received the most wounds.
(Courtesy of Dina Canup).

 

 

Facebook image of Tom Tanner, 40, one of the victims of the shooting Saturday in Athens.

 

 

Ben Teague, 63, was one of the victims in the shooting at a reunion picnic for Town and Gown Players.

 

 

Ben Teague, pictured with Beth Kosinsky at a Henry V cast party, was a victim in Saturday's shootings.
Teague was married to a UGA English professor, and he had a passion for reading and theater.
(Courtesy of Dina Canup).

 

 

 
 
 
 
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