Who is James Andrew McGann? Suspect arrested over Devil’s Den killings
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Who Is James Andrew McGann? Suspect Arrested Over Devil’s Den Killings
James Andrew McGann, 28, has been charged with two counts of capital murder. He has been arrested in connection with the murders of a couple on a hike in Arkansas’ Devil’s Den State Park over the weekend. Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brinks, 41, were found dead on Saturday while hiking with their two daughters. The daughters, aged seven and nine, were unharmed.
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James Andrew McGann has been arrested in connection with the murders of a couple on a hike in Arkansas’ Devil’s Den State Park over the weekend.
Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, were found dead on Saturday while hiking with their two daughters. The daughters, aged seven and nine, were unharmed.
McGann, 28, was taken into custody at 4.57 p.m. on Wednesday at a business in Springdale, Arkansas. He has been charged with two counts of capital murder, according to the Arkansas Department of Public Safety.
Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement: “No news can heal the enormous harm done to the Brink family in last weekend’s crime, but this announcement is a comfort and reassurance for our State. I am so proud of the Arkansas State Police, Park Rangers, local law enforcement, and others who have worked nonstop since last weekend to capture this suspect.
“I ask that Arkansans lift up prayers of thanks for the brave men and women of law enforcement – and offer prayers of condolence to the victims of this horrific crime. Let there be no mistake – we do not tolerate violent crime in Arkansas. If you target innocent people, law enforcement will hunt you down and bring you to justice.”
James Andrew McGann, 28, has been charged with two counts of capital murder. James Andrew McGann, 28, has been charged with two counts of capital murder. ASP
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State police make arrest in Devil’s Den killings
James Andrew McGann, 28, was arrested around 5 p.m. Wednesday in Springdale, Arkansas. McGann is charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Clinton Brink, 43, and Kristen Brinks, 41. The couple was hiking with their two daughters at Devil’s Den on Saturday when the couple was attacked and killed.
James Andrew McGann of Springdale was taken into custody around 5 p.m. “at a business in Springdale” and charged with two counts of capital murder, according to a state police press release. KHBS 40/29, a local news station in Northwest Arkansas, reports that McGann was arrested while getting a haircut at a Springdale salon.
The victims, Clinton Brink, 43, and Kristen Brink, 41, were hiking with their two daughters at Devil’s Den on Saturday when the couple was attacked and killed, according to an Arkansas State Police press release over the weekend. The children, ages 7 and 9, were not physically harmed.
The arrest was announced by the state police and Gov. Sarah Sanders at a press conference in Lowell (Benton County) on Wednesday night. KARK-TV reports that an official with the state police said McGann had just moved to Northwest Arkansas from Oklahoma, was recently employed at a local school, and had no connection to the Brinks family.
The Brinks family had also recently moved to the state, the state police said previously. They were residents of Prairie Grove, a Washington County town southwest of Fayetteville. A review of their Facebook activity indicates the couple previously lived in Montana.
Here’s the full press release from the state police: