A hairdresser in Arkansas was left 'shaking' after a man suspected of killing a couple at Devil's Den State Park was arrested while she was giving him a haircut. Andrew James McGann, 28, was taken into custody at Lupita's Beauty Salon and Barber Shop in Springdale just before 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to Arkansas State Police.
McGann is charged with two counts of capital murder in connection with the deaths of Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, who were killed Saturday while hiking with their two young daughters, ages 7 and 9, on a remote trail in the park. The dramatic arrest happened while the hairdresser had just started doing a fade on McGann's hair.
His hairdresser posted on social media that cops entered the salon and 'told him to stand up from my chair as I was in the middle of cutting his hair.' She wrote: 'Sooo I'm cutting a guy's hair.. And I'm shaking because now there's cops and detectives. Told them I haven't swept up the hair in case they need it and they 💯 said they did 👀 yall im shaking.'
According to the shop's owner, detectives identified McGann and asked him if a black sedan parked outside belonged to him before taking him into custody. Footage from the scene shows investigators photographing hair clippings on the floor and placing evidence markers around them. Another video reportedly shows a black four-door sedan being loaded onto a rollback tow truck, the vehicle taped off and marked as evidence. Police closed the business after the arrest.
The arrest came one day after Arkansas State Police released a sketch and surveillance photo of a person of interest in the double murder. The man was described as wearing a long-sleeved shirt with rolled-up sleeves, dark pants, a dark baseball cap, sunglasses, and fingerless gloves. He was carrying a black backpack and seen driving a black sedan, possibly a Mazda, with a license plate covered in tape.
While the official cause of death has not been released, police radio traffic obtained by CNN suggests the victims were stabbed. 'Two children are there. They advised that their parents were assaulted. One was possibly stabbed,' an officer said via radio. First responders arriving at the scene said they could hear yells for help and later confirmed finding the bodies on the Lower Devil's Den Trail. The children were not injured and are now safe with relatives.
