Vermont State Police said that they’re looking into possible connections between a recent double murder in Arkansas and the 2023 murder of Honoree Fleming in Castleton. Arkansas State Police arrested 28-year-old Andrew James McGann last week in connection to a double murder that happened in Devil’s Den State Park in July. Police said that a couple, Clinton and Cristen Brink, were hiking through the park with their two young daughters when someone fatally stabbed both parents to death. The children survived and were not hurt. When McGann was arrested, police said that he admitted to the murders and that the crime appeared to be random.McGann has no prior criminal record, but police told reporters last week that it’s possible he could become a suspect in other crimes.”I fully expect that other jurisdictions will probably reach out to us to see if there are cases throughout the U.S. that may be connected to him,” said Maj. Stacie Rhoads, with the Arkansas State Police.In a statement to NBC5 News, Vermont State Police said once they heard about the arrest detectives reached out to their counterparts in Arkansas as part of their ongoing investigation into the 2023 murder of Vermont State University Dean Honoree Fleming.Fleming was shot and killed on the Delaware and Hudson Rail Trail.Multiple witnesses reported saying that they witnessed the person believed to be involved in Fleming’s death as a young man in his 20’s with red hair, standing at 5’10”. Vermont State Police said that their investigation into Fleming’s death remains open.
Vermont State Police said that they’re looking into possible connections between a recent double murder in Arkansas and the 2023 murder of Honoree Fleming in Castleton.
Arkansas State Police arrested 28-year-old Andrew James McGann last week in connection to a double murder that happened in Devil’s Den State Park in July.
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Police said that a couple, Clinton and Cristen Brink, were hiking through the park with their two young daughters when someone fatally stabbed both parents to death. The children survived and were not hurt.
When McGann was arrested, police said that he admitted to the murders and that the crime appeared to be random.
McGann has no prior criminal record, but police told reporters last week that it’s possible he could become a suspect in other crimes.
“I fully expect that other jurisdictions will probably reach out to us to see if there are cases throughout the U.S. that may be connected to him,” said Maj. Stacie Rhoads, with the Arkansas State Police.
In a statement to NBC5 News, Vermont State Police said once they heard about the arrest detectives reached out to their counterparts in Arkansas as part of their ongoing investigation into the 2023 murder of Vermont State University Dean Honoree Fleming.
Fleming was shot and killed on the Delaware and Hudson Rail Trail.
Multiple witnesses reported saying that they witnessed the person believed to be involved in Fleming’s death as a young man in his 20’s with red hair, standing at 5’10”.
Vermont State Police said that their investigation into Fleming’s death remains open.
