A US university professor wanted for killing his wife and two other people at a community theatre two weeks ago was found dead in the north Georgia woods, his body covered in brush and dirt.

AUTHORITIES had few leads yesterday as they searched for a University of Georgia professor who disappeared after his ex-wife and two other men were shot to death outside a local theatre company near campus.

Police in the American state of Georgia have said they are hunting for a university professor suspected of shooting three people dead at a theatre in the city of Athens.