A suspect has been arrested within the killings of a pair who had been attacked on an Arkansas mountain climbing path Saturday, state police stated Wednesday.
James Andrew McGann, 28, of Springdale, was arrested at 4:57 p.m. Wednesday at a enterprise in Springdale and is charged with two counts of capital homicide, Arkansas State Police stated in a press release.
He’s accused of killing Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, who had been attacked Saturday afternoon in entrance of their daughters whereas they had been mountain climbing at Satan’s Den State Park, police have stated.
He was arrested after a dayslong manhunt.
Col. Mike Hagar, the state police director, thanked state police for working lengthy hours within the seek for a suspect, in addition to federal companies for his or her help.
“Due to their exhausting work and investigative talent, we had been in a position to take a monster off the streets and produce aid to these two treasured women and the remainder of our residents,” Hagar stated.
The couple’s daughters are 7 and 9 years previous. They weren’t injured and are protected with relations, officers stated.
Katrina Hutchins, Clinton Brink’s sister, stated they moved to the state about three weeks in the past.
State police had been notified in regards to the killings at Satan’s Den shortly earlier than 3 p.m. Saturday. Officers launched a sketch of a suspect and requested the general public for assist. They stated witnesses noticed a black, four-door sedan with tape partly masking its license plate.
“Clinton and Cristen died heroes, defending their little women they usually deserve justice. They’ll eternally reside on in all of our hearts,” the household stated in an earlier assertion.
Authorities didn’t point out a suspected motive Wednesday or how the killings occurred.
It was not instantly clear whether or not McGann had an legal professional who might communicate on his behalf. A telephone quantity for any family couldn’t be present in on-line public information Wednesday night time.
Satan’s Den State Park is round 26 miles south of Springdale, a metropolis of round 84,000 within the northwestern a part of the state.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated northwest Arkansas has been “a group that has been completely heartbroken.”
“Our total state is grieving for the tragic loss and mindless and horrific crime that’s taken place,” she stated. She requested Arkansans to hope for the victims’ household.
