US EditionArkansas hikers killed: What we know about teacher charged with murdering couple in front of children
DEVIL'S DEN STATE PARK, ARKANSAS, JUL 31 – Andrew James McGann, a teacher with no known connection to the victims, was arrested after a five-day search following the fatal stabbing of a couple hiking with their children.
- On Thursday, a teacher admitted he fatally stabbed a couple he didn't know during a Saturday hike at Devil’s Den State Park, authorities said.
- After a 30-mile search, authorities arrested Andrew James McGann on Wednesday at a Springdale barbershop, aided by hundreds of tips.
- From crime scene evidence, investigators matched McGann’s DNA to blood found at Devil’s Den State Park, where the husband was stabbed first half a mile into the park.
- Holding him without bond, officials emphasized McGann is innocent until proven guilty, describing the case as distressing for police.
- Andrew James McGann holds active Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma teaching licenses with no infractions, and the Brinks recently moved from South Dakota to Prairie Grove in northwest Arkansas.
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McGann, 28, was brought before the court this Friday, where he was denied the right to bail. He faces two counts of capital murder.
Teacher Charged in Fatal Stabbings in Arkansas Bounced Between Schools in 3 States
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A 28-year-old teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers he didn’t know in an Arkansas state park bounced between four school districts in three states in recent years. Andrew James McGann was placed on administrative leave at an elementary school in the Dallas suburb of Flower Mound, Texas, in spring 2023 after concerns were raised about his classroom management. But he passed background checks in two …
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Independent EspañolArkansas police have accused a 28-year-old school teacher of stabbing a married couple while walking with two daughters in Devil’s Den State Park.
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