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Arkansas 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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Teacher charged in Arkansas couple's murder held without bond

Andrew James McGann, 28, of Springdale, Arkansas, was charged with two counts of capital murder, police said.

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