The Devil's Den Murders (Happening Now) // 526

Going West: True Crime

Dark West Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 10.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In July of 2025, a couple and their two young daughters were hiking at the Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas after recently relocating to the area. But while on the trail, a strange man approached the family, stabbing and murdering the parents. Within days, someone was arrested for the slayings, and his identity would shock the nation. These are the murders of Clint and Cristen Brink, also known as the Devil's Den Murders.

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0:00.0	What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.
0:18.6	And you're listening to Going West. Hello everybody. As
0:22.7	many of you know, this horrific story is unfolding right now. We have been following it constantly,
0:29.2	probably alongside many of you guys. So thank you so much to Brittany, Caitlin, and Jase for
0:35.2	emailing us about it and recommending that we cover it here on Going West.
0:39.1	And we also want to say that an arrest was made just a few days ago.
0:42.7	And this episode will have all updated information on this truly, truly tragic story.
0:49.0	Yeah, quite a bit has come out in the last week, really, since this happened, since the arrest was made.
0:54.8	So let's just dive into everything that is out there and available.
0:59.3	All right, guys, this is episode 526 of going west.
1:04.4	So let's get into it.
1:10.1	Music Thank you. police are on the police are on the hunt for the killer in the Devil's Den double homicide manhunt for the suspect
1:46.1	accused of murdering a couple on a popular hiking trail outside of Fayetteville, Arkansas.
1:51.8	Clinton and Kristen Brink were hiking with their two young daughters at Devil's Den State Park
1:56.8	when police say they were attacked. Arkansas State Police alerted to the walking trail Saturday afternoon, finding the couple dead. Their two daughters weren't injured. Authorities say the suspect is still on the run this morning. Now we do have a new sketch of the suspect from Arkansas State Police. Because it's an ongoing investigation, Arkansas State Police say details of the couple's attack are limited.
2:18.3	They said the park is located in a remote and rural area where the terrain is rugged, the vegetation
2:23.3	is thick, and there's no cell phone service.
2:25.3	We did confirm this morning that our suspect's DNA has been a positive match to the DNA
2:33.3	that we suspected to belong to our suspect at the scene.
2:37.0	Police have arrested 28-year-old Andrew McGahn for murdering Clinton and Kristen Brink
2:42.3	the hiking in Devils Den State Park. We're not going to talk about his motive right now.
2:47.7	One notable detail, though, is that the suspect is a teacher, was a fifth grade teacher.
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