An Arkansas couple killed over the weekend while hiking with their two young children had been stabbed in what appeared to be a "completely random" attack, state police said July 31.
Investigators believe Clinton David Brink, 43, was attacked first at Devil’s Den State Park in northwestern Arkansas on July 26, according to state police. His wife, Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, took their two daughters — who are 7 and 9 years old — to safety.
She then “returned to help her husband," Major Stacie Rhoads, with the Arkansas State Police, said at a news conference. The girls were not injured and are safe with family members, state police previously said.
Andrew James McGann, 28, was arrested on July 30 at a Springdale, Arkansas, barber shop following a dayslong manhunt. He was charged with two counts of capital murder.
The suspect is set to appear in court on Aug. 1. The initial court appearance, where McGann will enter his plea in the murder charges, may not answer the swirling questions about the case. A motive remains under investigation.
