Washington County prosecutor Brandon Carter indicated the state would give a jury the option to sentence James McGann to the death penalty.

Andrew James McGann, of Springdale, Arkansas, was charged with two counts of capital murder in the killings of 43-year-old Clinton David Brink and his wife, 41-year-old Cristen Amanda Brink, Arkansas State Police said.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A teacher admitted he fatally stabbed a couple he didn’t know who were hiking with two of their children in an Arkansas state park, authorities said Thursday, after a five-day search and hundreds of tips led to his arrest.