Police arrest elementary teacher for brutal double murder along Arkansas hiking trail

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Doc Holliday

Aug 1, 2025

We began this week with brutal news out of Arkansas regarding the murder of a mother and father on a hiking trail:

... and we end the week with news of the sadistic killer's capture (and confession).

From ABC News:

A 28-year-old teacher has admitted to murdering the married couple found stabbed to death on a walking trail in an Arkansas park over the weekend in what appears to be a 'completely random' attack, police said.

(A reminder to always stay strapped friends.)

Andrew James McGann, 28, of Springdale, Arkansas, was charged with two counts of capital murder in the killings of 43-year-old Clinton David Brink and his wife, 41-year-old Cristen Amanda Brink, Arkansas State Police announced Wednesday evening.

The murderer was arrested at a barbershop in Springdale, Arkansas, (which is why he appears to be wearing a barber's cape in his mugshot).

While in custody he "admitted to killing the couple," according to news reports, and moreover "DNA from blood recovered from the crime scene also matched McGann's DNA."

Arkansas State Police

The perp was reportedly employed at multiple schools in Sand Springs and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, as well as Flower Mound, Texas, at the Lewisville Independent School District.

He had just secured a job in Arkansas for the upcoming school year. Previously ...

He was placed on administrative leave in the spring of 2023 'following concerns related to classroom management, professional judgment, and student favoritism,' and he ultimately resigned, the school district said.

More context about the resignation from a parent who had a student in Lewisville schools:

And from Fox News Correspondent Brooke Taylor:

Pray for the little girls who now have to grow up without their mom and dad.


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