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UGA Murder Suspect's body found in shallow grave

by politisite | May 9, 2009 at 12:41 pm

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The body of triple murder suspect, University of Georgia Professor George Zinkhan, was found nearly 1 mile from when his car was found last week. It appears he dug his own grave, partially burying himself before firing a single gun shot to his head. Two hand guns were found on the scene. An autopsy will be performed to make positive identification of the remains.

Zinkhan’s well-hidden body was discovered Saturday by cadaver dogs — an Australian shepherd and a German shepherd — at 9:50 a.m. Saturday. The civilian Alpha Search and Rescue Team was working woods beyond the initial search area. Zinkhan’s temporary grave was in thick woods about 1,000 yards from an elementary school and about a mile from where his red Jeep Liberty was recovered more than a week ago. Zinkhan’s home in Bogart in Clarke County is not far away.

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amyjudd

at 12:53 on May 9th, 2009

Whoops, didn't see this - disregard my private message!

JeffHuang

at 12:54 on May 9th, 2009

Thanks for keeping us on top of this story politisite.

politisite

at 13:27 on May 9th, 2009

You are welcome. I lived in Augusta for 14 years.. UGA News is important to me.

Pythiian1

at 12:56 on May 9th, 2009

Thanks Politisite for following up on this story that you covered before.

What an awful story.

politisite

at 13:28 on May 9th, 2009

Yes, This whole story has been difficult as I have many friends and professors at UGA

albertacowpoke

at 13:04 on May 9th, 2009

This is an interesting development. I guess he couldn.t live with himself.

sara star

at 13:35 on May 9th, 2009

I sounds like it hits close to home, but could someone else have shot him?

politisite

at 16:09 on May 9th, 2009

GBI will do an autopsy to determine cause of death. It appears that the gun shot occurred after he buried himself. We will probably get results in 7-14 days.

albertacowpoke

at 14:04 on May 9th, 2009

Fox News just reported that the weapons found with the body were consistent with the weapons used by him when committing the murders. They're awaiting the results of an autopsy.

duo

at 19:56 on May 9th, 2009

This explanation does not seem likely. Nobody could convince me of something like this about a death of anyone I know. Who ever heard of somone burying himself in shallow grave and then shooting himself? I would be interested in knowing what type of evidence made folks determine that this man did such a thing. How does the evidence equal suicide? Even if the man had dirt under his nails, his murderer could have made him dig. Sounds like a vigilante act to me. Does anyone know what made them reach a conclusion of suicide? Are they even investigating other alternatives? Was there a suicide note? Umph!