Professor who reportedly shot Wife is found Dead

blogslut

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Sat May-09-09 08:47 PM
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Professor who reportedly shot Wife is found Dead

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iw8wxkpeLufk-1Be-7iJBhA344iAD9832KN00

Prof wanted in killings found dead in Ga. woods

By KATE BRUMBACK – 31 minutes ago

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Cadaver dogs found the body of a wanted professor "beneath the earth" in the north Georgia woods Saturday, two weeks after police say he shot his wife and two other people to death outside a community theater, then vanished.

Searchers found two guns near the body of marketing professor George Zinkhan, 57, but police wouldn't say how he died. They did say it appears he buried himself in brush and dirt.

"A person who is not accustomed to the woods would never have found the body," said Athens-Clarke County Police Chief Joseph Lumpkin.

Zinkhan disappeared after the April 25 shootings near the University of Georgia, where he'd had a spotless record since arriving to teach in the Terry College of Business in the 1990s...

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TheCowsCameHome

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Sat May-09-09 09:09 PM
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1. "Beneath the earth"

So that's the new term for bought the farm, eh?

Why does that make me feel silly.............

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TahitiNut

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Sat May-09-09 09:18 PM
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2. So, he committed suicide and then buried himself?

Well, I hope he had tenure. :eyes:

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X_Digger

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Sat May-09-09 09:20 PM
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3. That would be creepy..

(burying yourself after you're already dead..)

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LisaL

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Sun May-10-09 01:04 AM
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5. That would be impossible.

Edited on Sun May-10-09 01:05 AM by LisaL

Are they seriously saying the guy committed suicide even though the body was buried?
He would have to kill himself after he hid his body, and why would someone do it?

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malaise

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Sun May-10-09 01:16 PM
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11. Maybe he buried himself first

and then shot himself.

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JVS

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Sat May-09-09 09:26 PM
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4. Suicide, shot himself twice in the head and buried the body

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Hekate

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Sun May-10-09 01:36 AM
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6. Conceivably he could have dug a hole, pulled in the brush and dirt, then shot himself...

But two guns? Very strange story.

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LisaL

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Sun May-10-09 10:24 AM
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7. Apparently the body also had no clothes on.

I am sorry, but why on Earth would someone wanting to commit suicide take off their own clothes?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/09/georgia.professor.shooting/index.html

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aikoaiko

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Sun May-10-09 11:31 AM
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8. Glad he is dead. The thought of him evading capture got my goat.

At least this fucker didn't kill his kids -- he "only" wrecked their lives forever.

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bottomtheweaver

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Sun May-10-09 01:08 PM
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9. Hey that was two distractions ago,

so let's not give this dubious suicide another thought, or wonder why two weeks of wall-to-wall freak shootings went dark right on cue when the next exciting terror, worldwide pandemic scare, rolled onstage. CNN would tell us if we needed to worry.

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Mr. Ected

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Sun May-10-09 01:11 PM
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10. He Carried 2 Guns From the Crime Scene, Undressed, Dug A Grave

Covered himself in debris, and pulled the trigger.

Law enforcement said that they had only seen this happen once before.

A planned murder-suicide in which 2 innocent onlookers were unfortunately drawn in.

Saddest of all, he left 2 young children behind. Left them at the next door neighbor's home before embarking on his murder spree.

Athens is such a wonderful college town. It pains me to imagine the suffering this caused.

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