The manhunt in an Arkansas couple’s killing ended at a barbershop near the suspect’s home
CNN The intense search for a man accused of a grisly double murder in northwest Arkansas over the weekend ended Wednesday when the suspect stopped for a haircut I was in the middle of cutting his hair when detectives came in and got him a stylist at Lupita s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop in Springdale noted in a Facebook post Andrew James McGann was arrested in connection with the deaths of a married couple attacked and killed while hiking with their two young daughters at a state park in the Ozark Mountains Arkansas State Police communicated Wednesday The agency earlier had transposed his first and middle names in error a spokesperson verified Thursday McGann a former fifth-grade tutor faces two counts of capital murder according to police and jail records His booking photo appears to show McGann still wearing a barber s cape as he was processed into the Washington County Detention Center in Fayetteville The bodies of Clinton David Brink and Cristen Amanda Brink were identified Saturday on a walking trail in Devil s Den State Park in northwest Arkansas state police reported without saying how they were killed A motive for the killings is still being determined Arkansas State Police Major Stacie Rhoads declared during a news conference after Wednesday s arrest McGann not long ago had moved to Arkansas from Oklahoma and gotten a job at a local school Rhoads reported Administrators declined to give specific details about what led to the arrest citing the ongoing prosecution The Brinks daughters ages and were not harmed and are safe with relatives police reported Law enforcement presence was increased at state parks across Arkansas in response to the killings CNN is working to determine whether McGann has an attorney 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 Arkansas Gov Sarah Huckabee Sanders revealed Wednesday in a declaration Since the weekend state police had worked with federal state and local law enforcement agencies to track down the suspect and bring justice to this family Arkansas State Police Col Mike Hagar declared Because of their hard work and investigative skill we were able to take a monster off the streets and bring relief to those two precious girls and the rest of our citizens Hagar mentioned Arrested mid-snip in a barbershop It s going to be a haircut and beauty shop a law enforcement officer reported Wednesday on audio dispatch radio as officers approached the arrest site particular miles from McGann s address in jail records We re going to have one detained an officer mentioned according to a Broadcastify com recording Meanwhile a granddaughter of one of the owners of Lupita s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop was in the middle of cutting a man s hair the shop s owners declared in a Facebook video workers posted recounting the scene The man did not speak when he entered and only indicated what hair style he demanded the owners explained Soon plainclothes officers walked in and demanded the man if he was the owner of a car outside The man stated yes and the officers arrested him and collected several of his hair the shop s owners disclosed on the Facebook video Officers also identified a car belonging to McGann and arranged via dispatch for it to be towed to headquarters according to the audio recording Arkansas State Police did not straightaway confirm the barbershop where McGann was arrested The granddaughter does not appear in the video and was too distraught to talk about what happened someone on the track says Detectives have requested for camera footage and other information from the salon an unidentified woman in the video who interviews the owners and employees says A former fifth-grade instructor McGann not long ago had been hired at Springdale Inhabitants Schools for the upcoming school year but had not officially begun work the district stated CNN affiliate KFSM This individual has not at any time come into contact with Springdale students or the families we serve Superintendent Jared Cleveland notified the station At this time we cannot offer any additional information due to the ongoing analysis McGann had been a fifth-grade coach at Spring Creek Elementary in Oklahoma during the - school year Broken Arrow Inhabitants Schools informed CNN affiliate KOKI He left of his own accord to work out of state the district declared noting that like all employees he was subjected to and passed the required background checks prior to being hired McGann was still listed Thursday morning on the website of Sand Springs Population Schools just west of Tulsa It indicates he also was a fifth-grade mentor there Days-long search decisively ends Earlier this week police in Arkansas distributed a photo and a sketch of a man seen Saturday in the Devil s Den State Park and announced they needed to question him in connection with the Brinks deaths They also petitioned the residents to watch out for a medium-build White male who may have driven a Mazda near the park and to send them any photos or videos from the area that day Officers got an overwhelming amount of tips from the citizens they reported Wednesday A lot of the video footage that we received was instrumental in helping us identify this particular subject Rhoads disclosed Last Saturday afternoon Washington County received a call from the visitor center police audio captured by Broadcastify com says Two children are there They advised that their parents were assaulted One was possibly stabbed The parents are missing The Brinks had not long ago moved from another state to Prairie Grove a small town in northwest Arkansas near the Oklahoma dividing line according to police Their family has petitioned for privacy Clinton and Cristen died heroes protecting their little girls and they deserve justice They will forever live on in all of our hearts relatives stated in a Monday declaration The killings happened in a part of -acre Devil s Den State Park with thick vegetation and no cell phone provision police declared The park is known for its rugged natural scenery with waterfalls caves and rock formations The couple s bodies were uncovered on the Devil s Den Trail audio from first responders indicates The -mile loop of moderate difficulty is one of trails in the park and its trailhead is close to the park s visitor center While searching the trail first responders heard shouts scanner audio indicates though it s not clear from whom I hear yells calling for help We re walking down a first responder says Try to relay to the office that we exposed the sufferers down here a first responder says They re on the lower Devil s Den Trail I think I see you right there I ve got two bodies down here
