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A person accused of a dual murder at Devils Dane State Park in Arkansas had investigated the background in various school districts across the country.
28 -year -old Andrew James McGain is accused of capital murder cases regarding the killings of Clinton David Brink, 43, and 41 -year -old Christon Amanda Brink, who were found dead on a walking route on 26 July on a walking route in Devils Dane.
In recent years, he worked on teaching positions in four school districts in three states – in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Andrew James McGain was booked at the Washington County Detention Center on Wednesday, 30 July at 7:08 pm (Washington County Detention Center)
Clinton and Kristen Brink were murdered on Saturday, July 26, 2025 at Devils Dane State Park. (Gofondam)
In the 2022-2023 school year, he worked as a fourth grade teacher at Flower Mound, Donald Elementary in Texas, part of Louisville ISD. He was placed on administrative leave in Vasant 2023 over class management, professional decisions and bias related concerns.
District officials confirmed with Fox News Digital that there was no evidence of unfair behavior in their internal investigation, And McGain resigned in May 2023.
In the 2023-2024 school year, McGain studied fifth standard at Spring Creek Elementary in Broken Arrow Public Schools in Oklahoma, before he moved to San Springs public schools, which is also in Oklahoma, from 2024 to May 2025 in summer.
James Andrew McGain, 28, was arrested on Wednesday, 30 July in a barber shop. (Washington County Detention Center)
The two districts had earlier confirmed Fox News Digital that McGain had legally investigated the necessary background, faced any disciplinary action and left his own agreement. A parent, whose son was in McGain’s fifth grade orbit, told the Associated Press that he remembers the young teachers are “reserved” and “not super-friendly”.
Kyle Swansan told the outlet, “He will not really see me, will not talk to me. He will actually talk to the children and he will just go away.” “I don’t know, it was a strange conversation.”
The next time McGan led Springdale Public Schools in Arkansas. The school confirmed that he had offered McGain a teaching status for the upcoming school year, although he had not yet started working or “no time” contacted the students at the time of his arrest.
District Superintendent, Jred Cleveland said in a statement to Fox News, “Our entire team expresses our deep condolences to the Brink family.”
According to each concerned government certification website, McGain, who graduated from Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, graduated from Oklahoma State University-Tulsa, he has active teaching licenses in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. AP said that none of those states have any violation or suspension on their public state license.
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Arkansas State Police released a picture and sketch of a man, who wanted to inquire for the death of a couple. (Arkansas State Police)
Former FBI special agent Bill Daily told Fox News Digital that McGain’s ability to raise red flags among school districts in many states shows serious flaws of how teacher background investigations are usually conducted.
“All backgrounds are not checked the same,” the Daily said. “This may vary by state and terrain, whether it is due to a legal approach or lack of cost, where they may not be able to spend that money to check the background.”
He warned that relying on a fully comprehensive database discoveries often misses important red flags and fails to provide a complete picture background probe. Dali pointed to the concept of “leak”, the initial signs that could indicate the problematic behavior, and that those signs are often ignored in school recruitment.
“Things that begin to add to someone’s demerit, their behavior in a period of time.”
He also said that it is unusual for teachers to bounce so many times.
He said, “This is quite interesting from a investigative point of view, the fact that he has gone into various states quite often, which may be able to share more liquid information or not,” he said.
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Prior to the start of the school year, Daelly encouraged the parents to ask about the standards to check their school district recruitment process and background.
“I think parents surely advise them well to ask questions, between many other questions, what happens in schools and school safety, where they send their children,” he said.
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For school administrators, the Daily encouraged school leaders to keep a close watch on the practices of hiring, considering allegations against McGain.
“For administrators to keep a more quiet eye on their background investigation process, and they need to ask a little more type of cool question, especially in the light of this case.”
Fox News’ Ashley Papa, Greg Norman and Associated Press contributed to this report.