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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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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Nancy Grace.
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  Speaker 1: Breaking crime news now. Information continues to unfold in the
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  Speaker 1: death of Clint and Kristen Brink, the mom and dad
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  Speaker 1: who died fighting off an assailant in Devil's Den Park
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  Speaker 1: protecting their two little girls, ages seven and nine. Straight
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  Speaker 1: out to Nicole Parton for the latest.
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  Speaker 2: Authorities revealed that Christine Amanda Brink returned to help her husband,
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  Speaker 2: Clinton Brink, during the tragic double homicide at Devil's Den
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  Speaker 2: State Park in Arkansas. Investigators stated that Clinton forty three,
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  Speaker 2: was the initial victim of the attack. Christine forty one,
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  Speaker 2: managed to lead their two daughters to safety before bravely
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  Speaker 2: heading back to help her husband. Major Stacey Rhodes from
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  Speaker 2: the Arizona State Police Criminal Investigation Division explained quote, the
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  Speaker 2: mother did not fully return to the car with the children.
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  Speaker 2: We believe she took them to safety first and then
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  Speaker 2: went back to help her husband. The children were later
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  Speaker 2: found approximately half a mile into the park, unharmed physically.
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  Speaker 2: The couple was hiking with their daughters, ages seven to nine,
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  Speaker 2: at the time of the incident. Fortunately, their daughters were
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  Speaker 2: not injured and are currently in the care family members.
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  Speaker 2: The couple also has a third daughter who was not
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  Speaker 2: present on this hiking trip. Andrew James McGann, a twenty
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  Speaker 2: eight year old former school teacher, has been charged with
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  Speaker 2: two counts of capital murder. He was apprehended at a
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  Speaker 2: barber shop in Springdale following a five day manhunt and
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  Speaker 2: over five hundred tips from the community. During a press briefing,
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  Speaker 2: officials disclosed that McMahon admitted to killing the couple, with
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  Speaker 2: Rhodes describing it as quote an admission. Arkansas State Police
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  Speaker 2: Colonel Mike Hager noted that there is no evidence suggesting
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  Speaker 2: McGann was acquainted with the Brink family, and the motive
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  Speaker 2: behind the attack remains unknown. McGann made his first court appearance,
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  Speaker 2: where he was charged with two counts of capital murder.
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  Speaker 2: The judge ordered him to be held without bell at
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  Speaker 2: the Washington County Detention Center and appointed him a public defender.
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  Speaker 1: You also have a right to communicate with your council,
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  Speaker 1: your family, or friends.
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  Speaker 2: And are reasonable means when we provided for you to
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  Speaker 2: do that.
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  Speaker 1: I've been presented with an affidaated of indigency this morning
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  Speaker 1: from mister Parrish.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to sign off on that and appoint.
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  Speaker 1: The public Defender's office to your case mom in Florid
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  Speaker 1: to represent you be out with us, sirs.
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  Speaker 2: The courts appointing the roll farms off point to the
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  Speaker 2: tartist ropersent know through so too great to do that.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, certainly, mister Kresh, I'll give you the extupport game
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  Speaker 1: from when they finished this.
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  Speaker 2: His arraignment is scheduled for August twenty five. Police confirmed
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  Speaker 2: that McGann's DNA matched evidence collected at the crime scene,
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  Speaker 2: and he sustained an injury during the attack that resulted
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  Speaker 2: in blood loss, aiding in the DNA profiling process. Additionally,
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  Speaker 2: a search horn executed at McGann's residence in Springdale, located
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  Speaker 2: about thirty miles north of Devil's Den State Park, uncovered
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  Speaker 2: items believed to be linked to the crime. Hager reported
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  Speaker 2: until May of this year, McGann worked as a teacher
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  Speaker 2: in a small school district in Oklahoma before resigning to
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  Speaker 2: pursue a job in another state. Authorities noted that he
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  Speaker 2: has no prior criminal record or known mental health issues.
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  Speaker 2: The bodies of the couple were discovered on Saturday at
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  Speaker 2: Devil's Den State Park in Washington County. That's about one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and forty miles northwest of Little Rock, the capital
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  Speaker 2: of Arkansas. Nancy. For now, McGann is currently detained without bond,
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  Speaker 2: awaiting that next court appearance on August twenty five.
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  Speaker 1: Nicole thank you more Crimate Justice news.
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  Speaker 2: After this, authorities have discovered the vehicle belonging to Austin
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  Speaker 2: Robert Drummond. He's the suspect in the quadruple homicide case
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  Speaker 2: who remains at law argin Tennessee. Drummond is accused of
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  Speaker 2: murdering four family members in Tennessee, leaving a seven month
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  Speaker 2: old baby girl abandoned in a front yard. The car
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  Speaker 2: was found in Jackson, Tennessee, which is over an hour's
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  Speaker 2: drive from Tiptonville, where the bodies of the four alleged
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  Speaker 2: victims were found. This according to an announcement from the
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  Speaker 2: Dyer County Sheriff's Office, the Jackson Police Department has located
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  Speaker 2: the vehicle associated with Austin Drummond. The post said, we
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  Speaker 2: found the car in a wooded area near the end
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  Speaker 2: of MC Road. It appears he may have been living
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  Speaker 2: in the car and could still be in the vicinity.
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  Speaker 2: The DCSO stated residents in the area are urged to
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  Speaker 2: secure their homes and stay indoors while the search for
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  Speaker 2: Drummond continues. He is considered armed and extremely dangerous. The
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  Speaker 2: alert emphasized if you see him, please call nine to
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  Speaker 2: one one right away and do not attempt to engage
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  Speaker 2: the suspect. As of Saturday, August two, the Jackson Police
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  Speaker 2: Department confirmed that Drummond was still on the run. Please
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  Speaker 2: be cautious while out and about and stay alert. Residents
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  Speaker 2: should ensure their doors are locked, as we do not
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  Speaker 2: know the suspect's current location. The police department cautioned report
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  Speaker 2: any sightings to nine to one one immediately. You can
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  Speaker 2: continue your daily activities, but please do so with increased awareness.
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  Speaker 2: The news of Drummond's vehicle being found comes alongside emerging
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  Speaker 2: details about his background and the identities of the four
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  Speaker 2: individuals he is accused of killing. Drummond faces charges of
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  Speaker 2: first degree murder, kidnapping, and firearm possession related to the
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  Speaker 2: deaths of Adrianna Williams twenty, James Wilson twenty one, Courtney
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  Speaker 2: Rose thirty eight, and Braden Williams just fifteen. All four
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  Speaker 2: victims were discovered on Carrington Road in Tiptonville. They have
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  Speaker 2: been identified as relatives of the abandoned baby, specifically her mother, father, grandmother,
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  Speaker 2: and uncle, and are all connected to Drummond's current girlfriend. Additionally,
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  Speaker 2: reports from Fox News indicate that at the time of
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  Speaker 2: the alleged murders, Drummond was out on bond for a
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  Speaker 2: previous incident in which he was accused of attempted murder.
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  Speaker 2: While incarcerated in December twenty twenty four. His criminal history
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  Speaker 2: includes a robbery conviction at just sixteen years old and
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  Speaker 2: threats against jurors. As reported by The Associated Press.
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  Speaker 1: Nine year old Alexis Patterson walks from her Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Speaker 1: home to school with her stepdad, Lauren Bourgeois. Borgeois says
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  Speaker 1: he watched Alexis walk towards the playground before hitting home.
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  Speaker 1: After school, Bourgeois and Alexis's mother, Arianna learn Alexis is
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  Speaker 1: absent from school. Mom believes Alexis skipped class because she
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  Speaker 1: got in trouble for not completing homework and could not
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  Speaker 1: bring cupcakes to school that day. Fellow classmates say they
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  Speaker 1: saw Alexis crying on the playground before and after school.
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  Speaker 1: Alexis reported missing. Police suspect foul play as Alexis he
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  Speaker 1: has no runaway history. Searches of the surrounding area turn
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  Speaker 1: up nothing. Alexis bio Dad Kenya Campbell cooperates with police,
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  Speaker 1: as does Ariana and Laurent Bourgeois, but police say Bourgeois
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  Speaker 1: fails a polygraph, still no arrest. Alexis Patterson an African
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  Speaker 1: American female child, brown hair, brown eyes, three feet eight inches,
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  Speaker 1: forty two pounds. At the time she disappeared a scar
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  Speaker 1: below her right eye and a bump on her left pinky.
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  Speaker 1: That was twenty two years ago. If you have info
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  Speaker 1: on what happened to little girl Alexis Patterson, please call
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