Little Rock, Ark. (AP) – a teacher who says that the authorities admitted that he had fatally beaten the couple, he did not know who marched with his two children in Arkanz State Park, expected to show up his trial for the first time on Friday.
28 -year -old Andrew James McGann was accused of two capital murders estimates during the massacre on Saturday at Clinton David Brink (43) and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41. It is considered without bonds and is expected to appear at the Washington County Detention Center.
Arkanz State Police Colonel Mike Hagar said the authorities are trying to determine the attack on the Devil’s Den, 2500 acres (1000 ha) in the State Park near West Fork, about 140 miles (220 km) northwest of Little Rock, state capital. Its paths were closed to the public since Saturday.
State police arrested McGanna on Wednesday in Barbershop Springdale, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of the park, said Major Stacie Rhoads, Commander of the Department Criminal Investigation Division.
Washington District Prosecutor Brandon Carter said he did not know whether Mr McGgann had a lawyer or would need a public defender. The Associated Press has left the number of numbers specified in McGann, which has no criminal record.
Officials said the man was beaten first, about half a mile (0.8 kilometers) to the park, then the mother helped her husband before returning, and her mother introduced her children safely. She was also beaten until death.
The authorities did not say whether the girls – 7 and 9 years – testified that their parents were killed. They were not injured and cared for by family members, the authorities said.
During the arrest, McGann collaborated and acknowledged soon to kill the couple, Rhoads said. The police also coordinated his DNA with blood found at the crime scene. Even the police are suffering from the case.
“During my 27 years, when I was with the state police, it is probably one of us, especially what it was random,” said Rhoads.
The police flooded the tips
McGann was arrested after five days of search and hundreds of tips.
The state police collected photos and videos of other travelers who had not witnessed the attack but were on the trails at the same time. The police also released a composite sketch and a photo showing an interested person from behind.
The police then narrowed the suspect’s vehicle, which had a tape above the license plate mark using the surveillance footage from home and companies near Devil’s Den.
In an hour, when McGann was identified as a suspect, he was caught in a hairdresser.
Carter stated that the state would give the jury a chance to convict McGann to the death penalty.
The suspect is taught in other states against the work of Arkanz
Based on each relevant government certification site, McGann has active training licenses in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. No violation or suspension of any licensing of a state state in any of these states. Associated Press contacted all three public education agencies.
According to a representative of the District District of Lewisville’s independent school, MCGANN 2023 In the spring, McGann was employed at Donald Elementary School in Flower Mound, Texas, Texas.
Sierra Marcum, whose son was in the fourth -grade McGann class, said the teacher faced “pretty cold” and “not interested in his students.” Marcum said her son had returned home from school because of some McGann’s behavior she had reported to the headmaster of the school.
McGann resigned from the publication of Lewisville in 2023. May, the district report said.
He also taught in the small area of the Oklahoma school since 2024. Summer until May this year. According to Sand Springs public schools near Tulsa, he resigned in a statement to be able to work in another state. The district stated that McGann maintained all the personal inspections.
Law enforcement did not contact Sand Springs public schools for investigation, the district spokeswoman Lissa Chidester said.
McGann had not yet started his new job in the state of Arkansas in Springdale in public schools, said the district superintendent Jared Cleveland. He said the district could not provide more information by stating the investigation.
Victims just arrived in Arkansas
Bring and their three daughters recently moved from South Dakota to the small Prairie Grove city in the Northwest Arkansas.
According to his employer Hiland Dairy, Clinton Brick had to start working as a milk delivery driver. Before moving to Arkansas, Cristen Brink was licensed as a nurse in Montana and South Dakota.
The family said the couple died “heroes protecting their little girls.”
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The riddle was reported from Montgomery, Alabama. Associated Press Reporter Hallie Golden in Seattle and Corey Williams Detroit have contributed.