A teacher who is accused of double the devil’s murder passed checks

A man who is accused of a terrible double murder in State Park Devil In Arkansas, there were checks in various school districts across the country.

28 -year -old Andrew James McGgan is charged with two articles Murder of capital In connection with the murders of Clinton David Brink, 43 years old, and Celest Amanda Brink, 41 years, which were found dead on a pedestrian trail in the devilish nativity scene on July 26.

In recent years, he has held pedagogical positions in four school districts in three states – in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

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Andrew James McGgan was booked in the Washington District detention center on Wednesday, July 30 at 19:08 (Washington County County Center)

Clinton and Kristen Brink were killed at the Debal State Park on Saturday, July 26, 2025. (Gofundme)

In the 2022-2023 academic year, he worked as a fourth -grade teacher in Donald Elementary Floral mound, texaspart of Lewisville isd. In the spring of 2023, it was placed on an administrative vacation about problems related to class management, professional opinion and favitism.

District officials confirmed the digital Fox News that their internal investigation did not reveal evidence of inadequate behavior, And McGgan resigned in May 2023.

In the 2023-2024 academic year, Macgan taught the fifth grade at Elementary Spring Creek at Broken Arrow Public Schools in Oklahoma before moving to San Springs State Schools, which is also in Oklahoma, from the summer 2024 to May 2025.

28 -year -old James Andrew Macgan was arrested on Wednesday, July 30, at the barber shop. (Washington County County Center)

Both districts previously confirmed the Digital Fox News that Machan had passed all the necessary checks, did not face disciplinary actions and left at will. One of the parents whose son was in the fifth-grade class of McGan, said the Associated Press that they remember how the young teacher was “restrained” and “not super-faced”.

“He didn’t really look at me, I wouldn’t want to talk to me. He really talked to the children, and he would just go away,” Kyle Sunson said. “I don’t know, it was a strange interaction.”

McGgan then went to the Springdale State Schools in Arkansas. The school confirmed that they offered McGan teaching for the next academic year, although he has not yet started working or “in any case” did not contact the students at the time of his arrest.

“Our whole team expands our deepest condolences to the Brink family,” Jared Cleveland said in a statement to the head of the district.

McGgan, who graduated from the State University of Oklahoma-Toules with a Bachelor of Sciences at Primary Education in the spring of 2022, has active licenses for teaching in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma, each government’s certification site reports. Its licensing of state state state state state state action in any of these states does not show violation and suspension, reports the AP.

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Arkansas police have released a photo and a sketch of a person who wanted for interrogation in the death of the couple during hikes. (Arkansas police)

Former Special FBI Agent Bill told Fox News Digital what McGan’s ability to move Between school districts In several states, without raising the red flags, it reflects serious shortcomings in how the output is usually conducted.

“Not all background checks are created,” said. “It may vary depending on the state and settlement, whether it happens from the legal prospects or cost restrictions where they cannot spend so much money by checking.”

He warned that relying solely on the wide searches of databases, often transmits important red flags and does not give a complete verification of the background. They gave the concept of “leaks”, early signs that can hint at problematic behavior, and stated that these signals are often ignored when hired at school.

“Things that begin to develop for a certain time about whose behavior, their behavior.”

He also noted that the teachers are unusually so bounce.

“In terms of the investigation, this is quite interesting, the fact that he has often moved to different states that may or will not be able to share more information anymore,” he said.

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On the eve of the start of the school year, they called on parents to ask about the hiring and work standards To verify the background.

“I think parents are certainly welcoming to ask these questions, among many other questions, what is happening in schools and at school where they send their children,” he said.

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As for school administrators, it was difficult to look at the hiring practice, given the allegations of McGan.

“For administrators, look at the check process more soberly, and they must ask a little more sober questions, especially in the light of this case.”

Fox News’ Ashley Dad, Greg Norman and Associated Press made their contribution to this report.