Posted on 07/28/2025 9:28:22 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The desperate hunt for the murderer who killed a married couple in front of their young daughters at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas was stepped up Monday — as cops also scrambled to justify taking six hours to alert the public that a double killer was on the run.
Calls first came in at 2:30 p.m. that there was a potential assault in the eerily named state park — with first responders then hearing screams, according to 5News.
By the time they caught up to the family, it was too late, and parents Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, were found dead, officials said.
They were attacked in front of their two daughters — ages 7 and 9 — who were found safe and uninjured nearby.
Police did not elaborate on how or when the couple was killed. Reporters received tips of a massive police presence in the area at 4:30 p.m., but were told to leave the area and given no info, 5News said.
It was not until 8:40 p.m. — roughly six hours after the initial call — that Arkansas State Police released the first warning that a massive manhunt was underway, the outlet noted.
The delay was blamed on how “the terrain is rugged, vegetation is thick and there is no cellphone service.”
“The location is in remote, rural Arkansas,” an ASP spokesperson told 5News. “It took time for our special agents to arrive on scene, locate witnesses, conduct interviews, and collaborate information so we released the appropriate information.”
Police issued an updated description of the suspect on Sunday and said he was last seen wearing a long-sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up rather than a tank top as initially reported.
He is described as having a medium build,...
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I live in the ‘quiet countryside. One of my former students, who lived across the road from me was blinded in one eye when her boyfriend broke a bottle and stabbed her in the eye with it. He was later found dead. No one seems to know who done it.
And there are other horror stories not all that far from me.
Yes, we carry in the woods no matter what. Georgia is infested wth nutty meth heads everywhere in the mountains.
Great place to mountain bike.
“I have no need for moonlight
You’re wrong to trust in sunlight
For I exist not just in storms
But in life itself in so many forms
To leave you cold”
Ken Hensley, singing the part of “evil”, in “Paradise / The Spell”, by Uriah Heep. (”The Spell” is an epic tune about good vs. evil.)
Southern IL has “Devils Kitchen Lake”, which is actually more like a slice of heaven, but, I digress...
Lots to hide...
This demon was stalking the little girls.
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