Investigators said that Andrew James McGann, 28, admitted to fatally stabbing a couple he didn't know who were hiking with two of their children in an Arkansas state park.

Officials say a 28-year-old Arkansas man has been arrested in the killings of a married couple in front of their children at Devil’s Den State Park over the weekend.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested in the deaths of a couple hiking at a northwest Arkansas state park, State Police said. He was apprehended at a business.

James Andrew McGann, 28, was arrested at 4:57 p.m. local time on July 30 at a business in Springdale, Arkansas, state police said.

Couple were killed in front of their children at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday

Andrew James McGann had been hired as an educator by Arkansas' Springdale Public Schools for the 2025-2026 school year, school officials said.

Investigators said that Andrew James McGann, 28, admitted to fatally stabbing a couple he didn't know who were hiking with two of their children in an Arkansas state park.

Arkansas authorities say a 28-year-old schoolteacher has admitted to the stabbing deaths of a couple who were hiking with their two young daughters

Andrew James McGann appeared briefly in court Aug. 1, where he faces capital murder charges over the fatal stabbing of an Arkansas couple.