Events in the manhunt

In the past two weeks, the Athens area has been stunned by the manhunt for former University of Georgia marketing professor George M. Zinkhan III in connection with a triple slaying.

That hunt ended Saturday when a pair of cadaver search dogs and volunteers found his body buried in a shallow grave with a single gunshot to the head.

Here are the key moments that followed the slaying of three people outside the Athens Community Theatre and the subsequent search for Zinkhan:

April 25: Zinkhan arrives at a picnic for the Athens-based Town and Gown Players and argues with his wife, attorney Marie Bruce. He goes to his Jeep, where his two children are waiting, returns with a pair of handguns and fatally shoots Bruce and fellow theater members Thomas Tanner and Ben Teague in front of about two dozen witnesses. The incident triggers a manhunt, as Zinkhan drops his children off with a neighbor and disappears.

April 26: Police put out a nationwide search for Zinkhan’s red Jeep Liberty . Authorities say he has a home in the Netherlands and could try to flee the country.

April 27: Family and friends mourn the three victims. Police reveal a delay in alerting UGA students about the incident the day of the shooting because of the need to isolate Zinkhan’s cell number from the roughly 25,000 phones contacted.

May 1: Authorities find Zinkhan’s Jeep in a ravine in a heavily wooded area just a few miles from his Bogart home.

May 2: Police stake out Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport based on information about an air ticket to Amsterdam he had previously purchased.

May 6: Authorities release sketches of what Zinkhan might look like if he attempted to alter his appearance.

May 9: At 9:50 a.m., Zinkhan’s body is found not far from where his Jeep was located.

Compiled by Marcus K. Garner