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WEST FORK, Ark. (KFOR) — Andrew McGann, 28, went to assemblage successful Oklahoma, getting his Bachelor of Science successful Elementary Education. NewsNation section affiliate KFOR spoke with parents from a schoolhouse wherever helium worked successful Texas, who picture his behaviour with students arsenic "eerie."
Communities crossed Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas are shaken to the halfway aft the apprehension of the 28-year-old antheral from Springdale, AR.
"It shook me...like that's McGann, that's the feline that my kid was astir each week astatine school," said Lindsay Polyak, genitor of a pupil who attended Donald Elementary successful Flower Mound, TX.
McGann was arrested portion getting a haircut astatine an Arkansas salon. Police accidental he's allegedly down the killings of the Arkansas joined couple, Clinton (43) and Cristen (41) Blink, astatine Devil's Den State Park implicit the weekend.
Tyler Yeakley, an Arkansas autochthonal who frequents the park, said, "It decidedly lets you cognize the craziest things tin hap immoderate time retired of nowhere, particularly successful Arkansas."
Records amusement McGann graduated from OSU Tulsa successful the Spring 2022 and became a teacher astatine Donald Elementary successful Flower Mound, Texas, that autumn for the 2022-2023 schoolhouse year.
He past taught for Broken Arrow Public Schools and Sand Springs earlier moving to Arkansas.
Polyak described McGann arsenic a "sick pervert."
Polyak and different parent, Megan, who asked KFOR to conceal her past name, said McGann's behaviour was unusual.
"I heard from my lad that determination were girls that Mr. McGann would tickle," Polyak said.
Polyak added, "I started proceeding different things from parents whose kids were successful his schoolroom afloat time, alleging that during luncheon time, erstwhile each the kids went to the cafeteria, helium would invitation peculiar girls to enactment backmost and to person luncheon with him successful his classroom."
Andrew James McGann was arrested and charged for the treble homicide of a mates who were connected a hiking way astatine Devil’s Den authorities parkland successful Arkansas. (Source: Washington County Sheriff’s Office)Megan said parents reported McGann's behaviour to Lewisville ISD and Donald Elementary staff.
"Everything conscionable benignant of got swept nether the rug," Megan said.
Parents past learned McGann was placed connected administrative permission earlier submitting his resignation missive to unit successful the mediate of the 2022-2023 schoolhouse year.
Polyak said, "If helium could person conscionable been terminated by our district, that would person been connected his record, that would person raised suspicions and questions by the adjacent districts that helium went to. But it wasn't."
McGann was acceptable to thatch astatine a schoolhouse successful Arkansas this fall, but hadn't made interaction with immoderate parents oregon students.
McGann present faces 2 counts of Capital Murder charges.
