Teacher who admitted to killing couple on a hike with their kids in Arkansas to appear in court
Lılte Rock, Ark. (AP) – Authorities are expected to take the first court appearance on Friday.
Andrew James Mcgann, 28, 43 -year -old Clinton David Brink and 41 -year -old Cristen Amanda Brink were killed for two points of capital murders. It is kept without Bond and is expected to appear in the Washington District Detention Center.
Arkansas State Police Col. Mike Hagar is trying to determine a reason for the attack on Devil’s from 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) near West Fork, and about 140 miles (220 kilometers) of the state capital Little Rock. The traces have been closed since Saturday.
The state police arrested Mcgann on Wednesday in a barber shop in Springdale, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) of the park.
Washington District Prosecutor Brandon Carter said he didn’t know if Mcgann was a lawyer or would need a public defender. The Associated Press left messages in numbers listed for Mcgann without a criminal record.
Authorities, the husband was stabbed first, about half a mile (0.8 kilometers) entered the park, then the mother started to help her husband before returning to the security of their children, he said. It was also stabbed.
Authorities did not say that both parents of the 7 and 9 -year -old girls were killed. Authorities said they did not get hurt and looked at by family members.
Rhooads said Mcgann was a cooperative during the arrest and that the couple had been killed soon. Police also matched the DNA with the blood found in the crime. The case is even upset about the police.
“In the 27 years when I was with the state police, this is probably one of the most disgusting, especially the direction of how random it is,” he said.
Police was flooded with clues
Mcgann was arrested after a five -day search and hundreds of clues.
The state police gathered photos and videos from other hikers who did not witness the attack but also on the paths. Police too Published a composite sketch And a photo showing a person interested in behind.
The police then narrowed the suspect’s vehicle, who was the band on the plate using the surveillance images from the homes and enterprises near the devil.
An hour after Mcgann was defined as a suspect, he caught the barber shop.
Carter said that the state would give a jury the option to give Mcgann to death.
The suspect was taught in other states before Arkansas
Each government certificate has active teaching licenses in Mcgann, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma according to the website. In any of these states, violations or suspension are not recorded in public state licenses. Associated Press also reached three state education agencies.
According to the Spokesperson of Lewisville Independent School Region, Mcgann was employed in Texas’s Flower Mount, Donald Primary School in Texas, after “classroom management, vocational judiciary and student spokespersons” was employed in the spring of 2023.
Sierra Marcum, who was in the fourth grade class of his son Mcgann, said that the teacher was “quite cold” and ız uninterested to his students ”. Marcum said that his son came home from school and was upset about some of Mcgann’s behavior to the school principal.
The region said in a statement that Mcgann resigned from his post Lewisville in May 2023.
He also taught a small Oklahoma School Region from the summer of 2024 to this year. According to a statement from the Sand Springs public schools near Tulsa, he resigned to get a job in another state. The region said that Mcgann has passed all background controls.
Regional spokesman Lissa Chidester said that law enforcement officers did not contact Sand Springs public schools in the investigation.
Regional Manager Jared Cleveland said Mcgann’s new business did not start his new business in Springdale public schools. He said that the region could not provide more information by referring to the investigation.
Victims had just arrived in Arkansas
Brinks and three daughters recently moved from South Dakota to the city of Prairie Grove in Northwest Arkansas.
According to his employer Hiland Dikay, Clinton Brink had to start working as a milk distribution driver on Monday. Cristen Brink was licensed as a nurse in Montana and South Dakota before moving to Arkansas.
The wife’s family said that the couple’s “heroes who protect their little daughters” died.
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Redle Alabama was reported from Montgomery. In Seattle, Associated Press Reporter Hallie Golden and Corey Williams in Detroit contributed.
