( CNN ) -- Investigators have found the vehicle of a University of Georgia professor wanted in the killing of three people . Authorities examine a Jeep belonging to professor George Zinkhan on Friday in Clarke County , Georgia . Police found George Zinkhan 's vehicle early Friday in northwestern Clarke County , home to the University of Georgia , the university said in a statement . Authorities have been looking for a 2005 red Jeep Liberty that Zinkhan was driving when he was last seen six days ago after a shooting left three people dead , including his wife . Last Saturday 's shootings happened at a community theater group 's reunion in Athens , Georgia , just off campus . The university fired Zinkhan from his job as a marketing professor the day after the shootings . Zinkhan had purchased a plane ticket to the Netherlands for travel on Saturday , said Gregory Jones , special agent in charge of the FBI 's Atlanta , Georgia , office , this week . Authorities have said Zinkhan owns a home in Amsterdam , Netherlands . Police Capt . Clarence Holeman identified the dead as Marie Bruce , 47 , Zinkhan 's wife and an Athens attorney ; Tom Tanner , 40 ; and Ben Teague , 63 . Holeman said it appeared that Zinkhan `` and his wife were having problems . '' Police said Zinkhan has relatives in Texas as well as in the Netherlands . University Police Chief Jimmy Williams said Monday that authorities do not believe Zinkhan remains on campus or in Athens . However , he said , security has been beefed up on campus , including officers on foot patrols carrying semiautomatic weapons . The victims were all associated with the Town and Gown Players , a theater group that was holding a reunion picnic at the time of the shootings . `` The three people we lost were a part of the rich 50-year history of this theater and , more than that , were vital members of the Town and Gown family , '' the organization said on its Web site . The site described Bruce as `` the binding force that held the Town and Gown community together . '' `` Having worked with Town and Gown for over 20 years , at one time or another she served in every capacity at the theater , artistically and administratively , from leading lady to president of the board to chief cook and bottle washer . '' Police said Zinkhan arrived while the Town and Gown event was under way . According to Holeman of the Athens police , Zinkhan got into `` a disagreement '' with his wife . He left the scene -- police believe he went to his car , where the couple 's children apparently were waiting -- and returned with two handguns . The shootings `` only took a few minutes , '' Holeman said . Police found eight shell casings , he said . After the shootings , Zinkhan left the scene with his children -- ages 8 and 10 -- still in the vehicle , police said . He drove to a neighbor 's house in nearby Bogart , Georgia , where he lived , and left the children there . The neighbor , Bob Covington , said that Zinkhan arrived at his home shortly after noon Saturday with the two children . `` He rang the doorbell -- asked me if I could keep his kids for about an hour , '' Covington said . `` I said sure , and he said there 'd been some type of emergency , and he took off . '' An hour or so later , Covington said , police arrived and took the children .
University of Georgia professor sought in shooting deaths of wife and two others . Investigators found professor George Zinkhan 's Jeep near Atlanta , Georgia . University killed marketing professor after off - campus shootings . Zinkhan had purchased a car to the airport , FBI agent says .