US EditionTeacher Denied Bond in Devil's Den Park Double Homicide
DEVIL'S DEN, ARKANSAS, AUG 2 – James Andrew McGann, a 28-year-old former teacher with licenses in three states, admitted to stabbing the couple during a random attack while their young daughters escaped unharmed.
- On July 26, 2025, Andrew James McGann allegedly fatally stabbed Clinton David Brink and Cristen Amanda Brink while they were hiking at Devil’s Den State Park with their daughters, ages 7 and 9, before his arrest on July 30 in Springdale.
- During the spring of 2023, McGann was placed on administrative leave while employed at Donald Elementary School in Flower Mound, Texas, following concerns about classroom management and judgment.
- Following his arrest, DNA from McGann was found at the crime scene and items seized from his 3801 Pinecrest Street residence linked him to the killings.
- Recently, McGann was ordered held without bond at the Washington County Detention Center and has not yet entered a plea.
- District officials said they will fully cooperate with law enforcement following the arrest, confirming McGann passed all required background checks before hire.
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Teacher suspected of killing Arkansas hikers alarmed parents with 'odd' behavior
Two years before he was arrested in the killings of two Arkansas hikers, Andrew J. McGann was known to some parents at a Texas elementary school for his pattern of off-putting behavior around their kids
Haunting Encounter: Devil’s Den Suspect Seemed ‘Soulless,’ Says Springdale, AR (72764) Hairdresser — LIVE UPDATES
Springdale, AR (72764) – New chilling details have emerged in the Devil’s Den double homicide case as the hairdresser who unknowingly gave the murder suspect a haircut described him as “soulless” and eerily quiet. Andrew James McGann, 28, the man charged with the stabbing deaths of Clinton and Cristen Brink at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas, was arrested on July 31, 2025, at Lupita’s Beauty Salon in Springdale—five days after the attack. Aut…
Devil’s Den murder suspect Andrew James McGann would ‘tickle’ girls, told one, ‘I wish you could be my girlfriend,’ parent at his former school says
The teacher accused of murdering two parents in front of their young daughters at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas once put a little girl on his lap and asked her to be his “girlfriend” at his former Texas school, a disturbed parent recalled to The Post Friday. Andrew James McGann, 28 — who authorities say admitted to butchering Clinton David Brink, 43, and wife Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, on Saturday — put the “little girl on his lap” and said …
Devil's Den killings suspect was 'innapropriate' toward children: Mom
(NewsNation) — A mother whose child was taught by the teacher accused of killing a married couple at Devil's Den State Park tells "NewsNation" she is "absolutely shaken." Lindsay Polyak joined "Banfield" on Friday night to discuss her perspective on Andrew James McGann, who allegedly admitted to killing Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, as they were hiking with their two young children in Arkansas. "I was just absolutely sha…
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