A 28-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder following the deaths of husband and wife Clinton and Cristen Brink. who were killed while out hiking with their two young daughters in Arkansas.

A teacher arrested in the murder of a married couple found stabbed to death on a trail in an Arkansas park was held without bond after a brief court appearance on Friday.

Police believe Andrew James McGann, 28, fatally stabbed Clinton David Brink, 43, and his wife, Cristen Amanda Brink, 42, while hiking with their 7- and 9-year-old daughters in Arkansas’ Devil’s Den State Park on July 26. The children are now being looked after by family members.