Suspect in Devil's Den State Park Double Homicide Makes First Court Appearance | Crime Alert 6AM 08.04.25
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 4 August 2025
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Investigators stated that Clinton Brink, 43, was the initial victim of the attack. His wife, Cristen, 41, managed to lead their two daughters to safety before bravely heading back to support her husband. Now, their accused killer makes his first court appearance.
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Information continues to unfold in the death of Clint and Kristen Brink, the mom and dad who died fighting off an assailant in Devil's Den Park, protecting their two little girls ages seven and nine. |
| 0:17.5 | Straight out to Nicole Parton for the latest. |
| 0:20.6 | Authorities revealed that Christine Amanda Brink returned to help her husband Clinton Brink during the tragic double homicide at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas. |
| 0:31.0 | Investigators stated that Clinton 43 was the initial victim of the attack. |
| 0:36.1 | Christine 41 managed to lead their two daughters to safety |
| 0:39.5 | before bravely heading back to help her husband. Major Stacey Rhodes from the Arizona State |
| 0:46.1 | Police Criminal Investigation Division explained, quote, the mother did not fully return to the car |
| 0:51.9 | with the children. We believe she took them to safety first and then |
| 0:56.2 | went back to help her husband. The children were later found approximately half a mile into the park |
| 1:01.7 | unharmed physically. The couple was hiking with their daughters, ages 7 and 9 at the time of the |
| 1:07.2 | incident. Fortunately, their daughters were not injured and are currently in the care |
| 1:11.2 | family members. The couple also has a third daughter who was not present on this hiking trip. |
| 1:17.1 | Andrew James McGahn, a 28-year-old former school teacher, has been charged with two counts of |
| 1:23.3 | capital murder. He was apprehended at a barbershop in Springdale following a five-day manhunt and over |
| 1:29.9 | 500 tips from the community. During a press briefing, officials disclosed that McMahon admitted |
| 1:36.1 | to killing the couple with Rhodes describing it as, quote, an admission. Arkansas State Police |
| 1:42.6 | Colonel Mike Hager noted that there is no evidence suggesting |
| 1:46.8 | McGahn was acquainted with the Brink family, and the motive behind the attack remains unknown. |
| 1:53.3 | McGahn made his first court appearance where he was charged with two counts of capital murder. |
| 1:58.5 | The judge ordered him to be held without bail at the Washington |
| 2:02.0 | County Detention Center and appointed him a public defender. You also have a right to communicate |
| 2:07.2 | with your counsel. Your family or friends and a reasonable means will be provided for you to do that. |
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