UGA Professor A No-Show At Atlanta Airport

The missing former University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two others did not show up at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for a flight to Amsterdam.

Authorities monitored the airport Saturday for George Zinkhan.

The FBI revealed that Zinkhan had a Delta Air Lines flight Saturday to Amsterdam. He also has a home in the Netherlands, where he has taught part time at a university since April 2007.

Police launched a widespread search Friday after they found the Jeep belonging to Zinkhan.

The Jeep Liberty was found in a deep ravine in Bogart, just outside Athens, on property about three miles east of Zinkhan's home.

“Yes, we did find the truck. He’s not in it,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Gregory Jones told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Athens-Clarke County police said the Jeep was found in "drive" and they believe Zinkhan pushed it down the ravine in order to hide it.

More than 150 law enforcement officers searched a 200-acre area Friday, but have yet to find Zinkhan. Some officers in pickup trucks drove down dirt roads, and helicopters searched from above.

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"We don't know if he's still in the area, but you have to start somewhere, and the fact that the car was found in this location, this is where we start," said GBI spokesman John Bankhead.

Channel 2 Action News reporter Jodie Fleischer was on Fowler Mill Road in Bogart and saw a caravan of at least 17 law enforcement vehicles spread out in a wooded area searching for the suspect.

Officers from the Georgia Highway Patrol, the FBI, the GBI, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, the Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Marshals Service were part of the search teams. They were using several helicopters in the search.

At Zinkhan's home on Chesterfield Road, a team of officers kept watch on his house and the woods behind it.

While Channel 2 Action News reporter Amanda Rosseter was at Zinkhan's home, a DHL delivery driver tried to drop off a package for Zinkhan.

"I tried to deliver it yesterday," said driver Sirroco Carter.

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The label on the package identified it as business documents. It was mailed from Amsterdam. Police took the package as evidence.

At least one Athens-area school, Cleveland Road Elementary in Bogart, was on heightened alert with police officers at the campus.

Officials said they located Zinkhan’s Jeep late Thursday night. Here is the text of the e-mail Athens-Clarke County police sent to WSB-TV Channel 2 Action News about the discovery of the Jeep:

"Overnight in northwestern Clarke County, Athens-Clarke police located the vehicle belonging to George Zinkhan, the former UGA professor wanted in the killing of three people.

Until he is located by police, as stated previously, please continue to use caution. Do not call 911 unless there is an emergency or you have sighted Zinkhan."

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Authorities have been searching for the 57-year-old University of Georgia marketing professor since the April 25 shootings in Athens, about 70 miles east of Atlanta. Killed were Zinkhan's wife, Marie Bruce; Clemson University economist Tom Tanner; and Ben Teague.

All three were longtime members of a local theater group in Athens.

Police hadn't previously revealed a motive, but FBI agent Jones said Friday that interviews with friends and family indicate the shooting likely stemmed from a domestic dispute between Zinkhan and Bruce. Authorities have some indication she was preparing to file for divorce, he said.

"Right now, we've not heard or found anything that would indicate where the suspect is," said Bankhead.

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Investigators told Channel 2 Action News reporter Manuel Bojorquez they located Zinkhan's Jeep Thursday night but had to wait until daylight Friday to pull it from a ravine.

News Chopper 2 was over the scene as a tow truck took Zinkhan's red Jeep to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab in Athens. The signs that the truck was not simply parked in the woods were obvious.

Zinkhan's car closeup Photo: Manuel Bojorquez

"We know for a fact that it was actually in drive; it was in drive. I'm saying, most likely, somebody pushed it over, just to make sure nobody could find it for a while," said Capt. Clarence Holeman with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

The Jeep landed in a ravine, just half a mile across the Jackson County line in a heavily wooded area near Zinkhan's home in Bogart. Initially, sources said a signal from one of Zinkhan's cell phones led them to the Jeep, but investigators would not elaborate on how they found it Friday afternoon. Police also said they were not sure how long the SUV had been down in the ravine.

"It could have been there since day one ... and it could have been there since yesterday," said Holeman.

Kathy Childs lives near where the Jeep was found. "It's unsettling to know it happened here," said Childs. "I think he's probably long since gone ... obviously, he had it well-planned."

Channel 2 Action News reporter Fleischer spoke with the man who owns the land where the Jeep was found. He said he had been out of town for a few days and his house looked secure, but he would not go inside until authorities checked it out. He said he also has a cabin on a pond in the woods and that agents were interested in checking it out.

Holeman did say they did not find any blood inside the Jeep -- indicating there was no one inside when it hit the bottom of the ravine.

Neighbors On Alert

Law enforcement began the road blocks and car checks late Thursday. Officials used Cleveland Road Elementary School as a staging area for the search first thing Friday morning. Area residents said it was a clear signal to be on alert.

Janie Scogins lives behind the wooded area searched Friday. Her husband told her to stay inside.

"If he killed three people, what would stop him from killing four?" said resident Scogins. "He told me to go home and make sure the doors were locked and not to go to the door for anybody, even if I knew them. He told me not to open the door."

At Zinkhan's house, three police officers said they were watching the woods behind the home, just in case he returned.

It's the same woods behind neighbor Bobbie Rainwater's house that has the whole area nervous. "We've all been talking ... saying, 'Surely he wouldn't come back here,'" said Rainwater.

Neighbors said federal marshals were at Zinkhan's home Thursday and went back through the home. Police said they will stay posted until further notice.

Search For Zinkhan

Security has been tight on the campus of the University of Georgia since the shootings. Officers have been patrolling with semi-assault rifles.

Despite the heavy firepower, the consensus among law enforcement and UGA’s president was that the accused killer is long gone.

GHP cars at Zinkhan car scene Photo: Jodie Fleischer

“It was the united recommendation that we return to normal business as much as possible,” said University of Georgia President Michael Adams.

"We don't feel like the campus is in any danger from Mr. Zinkhan," said Holeman. "He killed the people he wanted to kill."

Athens-Clarke County police confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that their helicopter had been looking in heavily wooded areas, where police said perhaps Zinkhan is hiding out.

One investigator said Zinkhan, who is an avid hiker, may be winding his way deep into the Appalachian Trail area heading north. Police said Zinkhan has relatives in North Carolina, in addition to family in Austin, Texas.

"He may change the date and attempt to leave early," McClendon said in the affidavit.

The affidavit did not say when the ticket was purchased.

Authorities said they found Zinkhan's passport wallet, but the passport is missing.

Athens-Clarke County police said Dutch authorities are cooperating and as soon as a U.S. federal warrant is acquired, Dutch authorities will search Zinkhan's home in Amsterdam.

In a federal court affidavit Monday, an FBI agent said no one knows where Zinkhan is. Officials have searched his office and he hasn't contacted family, friends or students.

Police said there has been no activity on Zinkhan's credit cards or cell phone.

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Athens Shooting Victims Will Be Missed

Marie Bruce, Zinkhan's wife, had been serving as Town & Gown's president after years of volunteering at the 120-seat, cinderblock theater about a mile from the university campus.

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The 47-year-old family attorney had thrown herself into numerous productions as a leading lady, director and set designer as well as less glamorous behind-the-scenes work.

"She's been involved in Town & Gown for so many years; what hasn't she done? Maybe repaired the toilets," Canup said Sunday.

athens victims IM Marie Bruce, Tom Tanner, and Ben Teague Marie Bruce, Tom Tanner, and Ben Teague were shot and killed Saturday.

Ben Teague and Tom Tanner, slain alongside Bruce, were the group's two technical wizards who excelled at building elaborate sets -- from a haunted tree sprouting ghostly faces for William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" to fashioning giant strips of film into a New York cityscape for Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Sam."

Teague, 63, was one of Town & Gown's longest-serving volunteers, calling himself "a confirmed theater bum." He also had the acting chops to tackle the lead role of Prospero in "The Tempest" two years ago.