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Killer Connection? Devil's Den Double Murderer Probed for Gruesome Cold Case Killing| Crime Alert 6AM 08.14.2025 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert. I'm Nancy Grace, breaking crime news now. Information
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  Speaker 1: continues to unfold in the death of Clint and Kristen Brink,
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  Speaker 1: the mom and dad who died fighting off an assailant
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  Speaker 1: in Devil's Den Park protecting their two little girls, ages
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  Speaker 1: seven and nine. Jennifer Gould has the details.
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  Speaker 2: Nancy A Grewsome double murder at Arkansas's devil Den State
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  Speaker 2: Park has on leash a terrifying new investigation, with authorities
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  Speaker 2: now probing if the killer is linked to a chilling
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  Speaker 2: unsolved case with eerie similarities, including potential Satanic ties. Andrew mcgannn,
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  Speaker 2: a twenty eight year old former teacher, is in custody
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  Speaker 2: for the brutal stabbing deaths of Clinton Brin forty three
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  Speaker 2: and Kristin Brink, forty one. Here's Arkansas State Police Colonel
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  Speaker 2: Mike Hager at a previous news conference.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we know right now we have no indication to
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  Speaker 3: suggest that the girls were here target and I can't
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  Speaker 3: tell you that we had no reason to believe that
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  Speaker 3: there was eighty known association which are suspects and orgasms.
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  Speaker 2: But authorities now fear he may be a serial predator
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  Speaker 2: stalking America's remote Parklands. The horror unfolded on July twenty sixth,
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  Speaker 2: when the Brinks were viciously attacked while hiking with their
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  Speaker 2: two young daughters, aged seven and nine. The couple died,
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  Speaker 2: shielding their children, who escaped unharmed and are now with family.
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  Speaker 2: Arkansas State Police acted fast, swiftly identifying McGann, a Springdale resident,
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  Speaker 2: after DNA evidence found at the crime scene matched his profile.
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  Speaker 2: McGann was nabbed on July thirtieth at a barber shop
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  Speaker 2: mid Trim. He faces two counts of capital murder, with
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  Speaker 2: prosecutors vowing to pursue the death penalty, but the case
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  Speaker 2: took a darker turn when investigators began digging into a
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  Speaker 2: possible connection to the twenty twenty unsolved murder of John
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  Speaker 2: Schmitzer at Wisconsin's Devil's Lake State Park. Here's an official
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  Speaker 2: at the news conference. We just simply think that he
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  Speaker 2: was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. He
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  Speaker 2: was alone. It was probably an attack that he did
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  Speaker 2: not see coming. Schmitzer was stabbed to death while hiking alone,
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  Speaker 2: and the discovery of symbols carved nearby that authorities described
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  Speaker 2: as quote potentially ritualistic end quote has fueled wild speculation.
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  Speaker 2: Prime labs in Arkansas and Wisconsin are now exchanging DNA
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  Speaker 2: evidence to see if McGann, who has lived in Oklahoma
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  Speaker 2: and Texas, was in the area at the time of
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  Speaker 2: the Wisconsin slang. Meanwhile, an unsolved twenty twenty three shooting
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  Speaker 2: death in Vermont also garnered attention, but police have since
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  Speaker 2: ruled out any link to McGann. The FBI's Little rock
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  Speaker 2: Field office is a Arkansas state police who released a
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  Speaker 2: composite sketch and photo of McGann before his arrest, depicting
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  Speaker 2: a white male in dark clothing and fingerless gloves fleeing
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  Speaker 2: in a black sedan. Police have not released a motive
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  Speaker 2: for the murders. As the investigation continues, Devil's Den remains
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  Speaker 2: under heightened patrols with trails closed. For the latest on
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  Speaker 1: Nancy Thanks, Jennifer More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 2: A monster who allegedly faked his own death to vanish
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  Speaker 2: from justice is now back from the grave and facing
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  Speaker 2: his accuser in a Utah courtroom. The man known in
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  Speaker 2: the US as Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alaverdian,
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  Speaker 2: is accused of orchestrating a brazen scheme to escape rape charges.
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  Speaker 2: He was arrested in Scotland in twenty twenty one, a
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  Speaker 2: year after his phony death was reported, when he was
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  Speaker 2: recognized at a Glasgow hospital while receiving treatment for COVID nineteen.
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  Speaker 2: He initially tried to pretend he was an Irish orphan
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  Speaker 2: named Arthur Knight who had never set foot on American soil.
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  Speaker 2: He tried to keep up the charade at a previous hearing. Listen,
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  Speaker 2: mister Rossi nightt his theatrical act of appearing in court
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  Speaker 2: in a wheelchair and breathing from an oxygen tank during
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  Speaker 2: his high stakes trial underway right now, is, prosecutors say,
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  Speaker 2: just another twisted manipulation by a man who used at
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  Speaker 2: least a dozen aliases to dodge the law for years.
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  Speaker 2: State of Utah versus Rossi. The shocking case centers on
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  Speaker 2: the testimony of a woman whose identity is being protected.
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  Speaker 2: She told the court how she met Rossi through a
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  Speaker 2: Craigslist personal ad in November of two thousand and eight,
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  Speaker 2: while she was recovering from a traumatic brain injury. A vulnerability.
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  Speaker 2: Prosecutor's claim he was quick to exploit. The relationship was
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  Speaker 2: a whirlwind, with the pair getting engaged in just two weeks,
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  Speaker 2: but she alleges Rossi quickly became a controlling nightmare. He
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  Speaker 2: demanded she pay for dates, his rent, and even the
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  Speaker 2: engagement rings. The romance soured after a heated argument where
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  Speaker 2: Rossi allegedly pounded on her car, blocking her from leaving
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  Speaker 2: a parking garage. She testified that after finally getting him
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  Speaker 2: to go home, she went inside to end things for good.
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  Speaker 2: It was there she claims that Rossi pushed her onto
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  Speaker 2: his bed, held her down, and raped her. Deputy Salt
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  Speaker 2: Lake County District Attorney Brandon Simmons painted Rossie as a
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  Speaker 2: cunning predator who preyed on her fragility. Rossi's defense, however,
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  Speaker 2: argues the woman and only fabricated the allegations years later
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  Speaker 2: out of resentment over the financial strain of their month
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  Speaker 2: long relationship. Rossi's saga of deception hit a new level
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  Speaker 2: when he allegedly faked his death in twenty twenty, even
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  Speaker 2: having an obituary published claiming he died of non Hodgkin lymphoma.
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  Speaker 2: Rossi fought his extradition from Scotland for months, but his
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  Speaker 2: claims that he was Arthur Knight were ultimately rejected by
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  Speaker 2: the courts and he was returned to the US in
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  Speaker 2: January of twenty twenty four. Rossi faces a second rape
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  Speaker 2: trial in September in Utah County. And finally, New York's
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  Speaker 2: most notorious fake heiress, Anna Deelvi is in a burrow
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  Speaker 2: of trouble after her latest photo shoot went sideways. You
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  Speaker 2: might remember this not so basic moment when she appeared
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  Speaker 2: on the TV show Dancing with the Stars. What are
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  Speaker 2: you going to take away from this competition?
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  Speaker 1: Nothing?
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  Speaker 2: But now she's accused of doing something that many hopping mad.
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  Speaker 2: A couple of gland up rabbits she used as props
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  Speaker 2: for her social media choot were heartlessly ditched in Brooklyn's
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  Speaker 2: Prospect Park, sparking a ferocious backlash from animal lovers everywhere. Delvy,
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  Speaker 2: whose real name is Anasaurakin, who is still sporting an
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  Speaker 2: ankle monitor, initially hopped away from blame, saying she had
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  Speaker 2: no knowledge the animals were abandoned, and her nineteen year
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  Speaker 2: old assistant later confessed to the hair brained move. Now
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  Speaker 2: the con artist who spent four years in prison for
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  Speaker 2: stealing two hundred and seventy thousand dollars from friends and
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  Speaker 2: businesses to fund her lavish lifestyle, is claiming she's receiving
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  Speaker 2: a whole fur ball of death threats over the kerfuffle.
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  Speaker 2: In a desperate tailspin to save face, she's reportedly coughed
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  Speaker 2: up a donation of one thousand bucks to a rabbit rescue.
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  Speaker 2: This whole ordeal leaves a pawful lot of questions about
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  Speaker 2: her judgment, proving once again that she is still not
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  Speaker 2: who she said she is, and she's still dealing and
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  Speaker 2: a whole lot of bunny business Nancy.
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