July 28, 2025 • 15 mins
Amy and T.J. have the latest details from Northwest Arkansas as State Police continue to search for a man who attacked and killed a couple hiking with their two young daughters. The family of Clinton and Cristen Brink say the couple died heroes, protecting their little girls, and they deserve justice.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey there, folks. That's July twenty eighth, and a manhunt
is underway for a double murderer who killed a couple
while they were on a hike with their two young children.
Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Rohlds. This
is a shocking story about a double murder. The detail
(00:23):
about the kids now makes this just horrific in an
all new way. And to think that person right now
is on the run.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
He is on the run. There is a massive manhunt
underway in northwest Arkansas. This happened at a state park,
Devil's Den State Park in northwest Arkansas. It's about what
thirty minutes from Fayetteville, if.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Anybody knows northwest Arkansas, the Ozarks, all that mountainous region
up there. But yeah, there's a lot of this terrain,
but it's beautiful and people go hiking and.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, gorgeous hiking. I mean, for anyone who's listening, who
has I mean, I love hiking, grew up hiking, took
my kids hiking. It's a safe place. You feel peace,
you feel calm, you're surrounded by nature. So this is
just a horror movie, truly isolated, a horror.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Movie, right isn't that horror of it? You kind of
get away from people.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Correct, and you know, this is an area and it's
we'll talk about it. But part of the details, part
of the problem with getting the word out about what
had happened, was there is no cell phone service in
these rugged areas and so but that is part of
the draw and the beauty. You're not hooked on your device,
you're not getting those emails or those annoying texture with
your family, or you're with your dog or with your
(01:31):
you know, by yourself, just experiencing nature and being removed
from all the chaos. And this was a Saturday afternoon,
a beautiful day to hike with your family. I would
feel so safe.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
And I think it's again your family. This was two
about two thirty in the afternoon. All that's going on,
and the kids are seven and nine, Like imagine the horror.
Now seven and nine year olds. We're with them, and
still no explanation. Again, we don't have a lot of
details from the police, no explanation, And I can't make
(02:03):
sense of that. Maybe we never will. We're always trying
to make sense. But why why attack these folks and
the kids are there? And then the kids end up.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Unharmed, yes, and we haven't gotten a lot of details,
but there was a report from one of the local
affiliates there who said the kids ended up somehow, some
way at the visitor center, which is pretty remarkable. I
don't know if someone guided them there, if they found
their way back there. But when the nine to one
to one call was made from the visitor center two police,
they said, I've got two kids here and they say
(02:34):
their parents have been attacked and they're missing, and so
we do and we did get that little bit of detail,
but the kids were completely unharmed, scared as you can
only imagine.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, you can only imagine. Again, I don't know how far.
I'm curious. It would be curious to know at some
point how much ground they had to cover, like how
far they had to go and how far they had
to run, And if they made it back to the
visitor center, then all likelihood they didn't see anybody because
they would have stopped it, of course they would have seen.
So how far did they have to go to make
their way back?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I mean, it's just they have talked about this particular
area where they were as rugged and steep and thick
so and again no cell phone service. But the victims,
we should say who they were, because I mean, this
is just gutting and if you go online you'll see
their pictures everywhere. But forty three year old Clinton David
Brink and forty one year old Kristen Amanda Brink, and
(03:27):
their family is speaking out. They're asking for privacy, but
they're also calling those two parents' heroes. They said they
died protecting their children. We don't know the details. We
don't know if their family was given any of those details,
but certainly that statement would suggest, and they knew them well,
(03:48):
that they of course would have done anything for their children.
The actual specific statement is this, the family is asking
for privacy during this very difficult time as they grieve
and learn how to navigate this new reality. I mean,
how shocking, how scary They continue that they ask if
anyone has information at all that will help in the investigation,
(04:08):
to please contact the proper authorities immediately. Clinton and Kristen
died heroes protecting their little girls, and they deserve justice.
They will live, they will forever live in all of
our hearts.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
You can only imagine that's exactly had to be when
they realized they were being assaulted, attacked, or whatever it was,
their first thought was to make sure the kids are okay.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Probably tell your kids to run. Probably run, run, That's
what you would do.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
It's just instinct. In that case. Who knows that we
We'll probably never get the details. I don't know whose
responsibility it is to talk to these kids, to have
to talk them through this incident so you can get
information and then maybe go catch this person who is
on the run. It's just horrific.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I have chills from head to toe thinking about. I mean,
how much I love of being in the woods, and
I've run alone in the woods. We love the rail
trail in Arkansas. I don't know how if it's probably
pretty close to this area. We like a flat trail.
We're not into the rugged terrain so to seek. But
you and I both love that peacefulness of running, walking,
hiking in the woods and feeling like you're one with nature.
(05:17):
This is just horrific to think someone was lying in wait.
But we do have a description of the suspect for
anyone who's listening, and police have asked, and you just
heard the family make that plea as well, that if
you took pictures in the area. If you had videos,
a lot of folks pulling up their cell phone, go
back and look, see if you see anything suspicious, but
anyone matching this description. A white man with medium build,
(05:41):
dark pants, dark ball cap and sunglasses, a white long
sleeve shirt with sleeves rolled up, a black backpack, and
they specifically pointed out that the man had fingerless gloves.
We can only assume this description came from the little girls.
They were the two who we know saw this assailant,
and apparently they believe he was driving a black four
(06:04):
door sedan, perhaps a Mazda. And they said that they
believe the license plate had duct tape or electrical tape
over it, disguising the license plate. But it suggests planning, right,
So a lot of folks are trying to figure out
was this a random act of violence? Was this a
targeted killing? But you know, it's tough to know obviously
right now, but we're starting to get some details about
(06:26):
who this couple was, and they had just moved to
the area from Montana. They believe that she was a nurse.
She had graduated with an associate degree in nursing. According
to the college's website. So, you know, everyone seemed like
this was a sweet family of four who had just
(06:47):
moved and she was a nurse. And that's that's all
the details we really have at this point.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Well, obviously it seems like so much detail about the suspect,
down to the sleeves being rolled up, that's what they
believe he looked like at the time.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Who knows what he looks like now? Who knows where
he is?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Right now?
Speaker 1 (07:06):
The devil's den is closed, All trails are closed right now.
It's scary to think there's always killers among us. You
could argue, right, it's always somebody you don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
But to know.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
That the person who did this is out there somewhere,
it's terrifying for people in that region. And he's in
the woods somewhere possibly, And who is this guy? What
was the purpose was this target? Is this random? And
he's going to be doing more random stuff like this?
Is terrifying for a community.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
It absolutely feels like you're watching a real live horror movie.
And so we mentioned the first call, the nine one
one call with the little girls and the visitor center
was around two thirty, So a lot of folks have
been pointing to the timeline how much time lapsed between
that first call and police alerting the public. But reporters
in the area started to get tips that there was
(08:02):
a big police presence in that State Park area about
two hours later, around four thirty, But it wasn't until
eight forty that night that the Arkansas State Police were
able for they actually released the first warning that a
massive man hunt was under way, that a double murderer
was on the loose. That was about six hours after
that first call. And some folks have been upset about
(08:23):
that as well.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
They should. We are talking about to do police actually
have a heads up and knew that there was a
threat to the community running around and you'd let that
thing go for six hours?
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Six hours e if.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
We're talking let's go down to five, let's go four,
go three, go two, one is too much. As soon
as you know this threat is out there, you've got
to let the community know. But however, folks, would you
believe the police there in Arkansas say they have a
very good, valid reason as to why it took so
(09:01):
long to get the word out.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
And welcome back everyone to this episode of Amy and
TJ where we are talking about this frightening manhunt that
is going on right now in northwest Arkansas after a
man killed a couple, a married couple forty one and
(09:27):
forty three years old, and attacked them right in front
of their two daughters, who were ages seven and nine.
The family was on a hike on a beautiful Saturday
in the Ozark Mountains on a popular hiking trail, and
the little girls ended up at the visitor center. Nine
one one was called immediately, but it took six hours
(09:48):
before an alert a bulletin went out to the rest
of the area to the residents who lived nearby that
there was a double murderer on the loose, and folks
are not too happy about that massive delay, but the
police say there was a reason.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Yeah, it's just rug it up here, I mean, they
really say, as far as it took them a while
to find the spot in this rugged terrain, like we
mentioned earlier, the communications and not so great cell phone
signals and all that stuff, But to figure out where
they needed to be and then interview enough people around
to even piece together what exactly had happened that took
(10:28):
them a while, and then to relay that information back out.
That's six hours that's tough.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
It's a long time. I actually have the exact quote
from Arkansas State Police. They said the location is in remote,
rural Arkansas. It took time for our special agents to
arrive on the scene, locate witnesses, conduct interviews, and collaborate
information so we could release the appropriate information.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Six hours. I mean you, I don't know. I'm it's
hard to criticize. I don't know exactly what they were
going through. It's just for no, I don't care. Six
hours is a long time. If you're actually telling me
we didn't know we had a murderer on the loose
until right before we put that statement out, that means
(11:14):
you all are terrible investigators if it took you six
hours to piece it together.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
And they're saying they wanted to have all the information
correct before disseminating it. But the reality is that obviously
is a crucial time to the point where they've actually
asked I mean, I don't know this area specifically, but
there must be enough residents or enough homes near and
around the state park that they have absolutely asked anyone
who has a home near this state park to look
(11:40):
at their surveillance footage their door cam videos, whatever people
might have around their homes for surveillance, to see if
they could go back in this time and see if
they see anything suspicious, anyone matching the suspects description. But
the point being is if there were enough people that
they're asking for that help, it's just concerning that those
people weren't given enough opportunity to be warned that a
(12:03):
farmed and dangerous man is on the loose.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
A weather man gives you a heads up about a tornado. Yeah,
you alert the public to a threat when you know
there is one. Now, if it took them six hours
to figure it out, again that I will give them
that benefit of the doubt. My apologies for calling you
bad investigators, but if they're telling me, but what's a
reasonable lapse robes between when we knew there was a
(12:29):
killer on the loose and when we told the public.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I mean, I think thirty minutes at the most. I mean,
at the most, I think you get it out whatever
you have to try and get people to be vigilant,
to be able to protect themselves, to bring your kids indoors.
You think you want your kids playing around in the
yard on a Saturday afternoon, if you know a killer
is on the loose, You absolutely do not. So you know,
you would have many or all of the folks who
(12:54):
live in that area would have operated differently and probably
changed their behavior, absolutely knowing that that was possible. Also
the fact that they had a description of the car. Look,
once it's gotten away, it could be anywhere. And to
say it's a black four door sedan, possibly a Masda
with its license plate covered by tape.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
That's tough.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
That's really tough. But maybe if it had been given
out immediately, perhaps it would have been a little bit easier.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
But you notice, and in that area of pictures that
even asking people with homes to check their door cams
and all these things. They at this point, I mean,
are there only witnesses a seven and nine year old
who else is around could have seen them or heard something,
or maybe other people have a description of somebody else
they saw on.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
The trail, correct, I mean, you'd have to think that
if he were hiking, or he were around, and he
was dressed in all black with hat and a sunglass
like you do. I mean, I am a pretty avid hiker.
You do see some folks on the trail that sometimes
feel a little suspicious you remember them. I mean I
have had my heart pound a little bit, thinking is
that guy here to hike or is he doing what
(14:00):
I've always been in a group. I was never alone.
But you have your You definitely have your senses heightened,
and you're looking around, especially when you know there aren't
a lot of other folks. But I would imagine this
is a They say this is a popular hiking area
in the Ozark National Forest. They say it's a popular
tourist destination. They've got caves and rock formations.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
And cabins and yeah, get in there.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Yeah, it's a big, big like Granted, of course you're
in the great outdoors, so there's a lot of space
in between people. But it would not be hard to
believe that other people saw someone matching that description and
probably helped maybe fill in the holes that the little girls.
Can you imagine the trauma of that moment you're seven
or nine, all of a sudden, we don't know the scenario,
but somehow, some way, this man in black is attacking
(14:47):
your parents, and then your parents are probably screaming run,
run run. The adrenaline the fight or flight To remember
details would be incredibly difficult in that stressful situation, especially
when you're that when you're.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
That young, you're not supposed to have to worry about
any of this, and with your family of four at
two point thirty in the afternoon walking in a public trail,
you shouldn't have to worry about this either. This story
will continue to update you on. We are sure there
will be updates from police. Whatever they are. We'll hop
back on and certainly and hopefully rooms when they catch
(15:25):
whoever this person is.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
Yes, but our hearts go out to the family and
the friends and the people who loved Clinton and Kristen
Brink and certainly we hope that there will be justice
for the two of them. Thank you for listening to us.
I'm Amy Robach along with TJ. Holmes. Hope you all
have a wonderful evening.
Hey there, folks. That's July twenty eighth, and a manhunt
is underway for a double murderer who killed a couple
while they were on a hike with their two young children.
Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ Rohlds. This
is a shocking story about a double murder. The detail
(00:23):
about the kids now makes this just horrific in an
all new way. And to think that person right now
is on the run.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
He is on the run. There is a massive manhunt
underway in northwest Arkansas. This happened at a state park,
Devil's Den State Park in northwest Arkansas. It's about what
thirty minutes from Fayetteville, if.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Anybody knows northwest Arkansas, the Ozarks, all that mountainous region
up there. But yeah, there's a lot of this terrain,
but it's beautiful and people go hiking and.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, gorgeous hiking. I mean, for anyone who's listening, who
has I mean, I love hiking, grew up hiking, took
my kids hiking. It's a safe place. You feel peace,
you feel calm, you're surrounded by nature. So this is
just a horror movie, truly isolated, a horror.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Movie, right isn't that horror of it? You kind of
get away from people.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Correct, and you know, this is an area and it's
we'll talk about it. But part of the details, part
of the problem with getting the word out about what
had happened, was there is no cell phone service in
these rugged areas and so but that is part of
the draw and the beauty. You're not hooked on your device,
you're not getting those emails or those annoying texture with
your family, or you're with your dog or with your
(01:31):
you know, by yourself, just experiencing nature and being removed
from all the chaos. And this was a Saturday afternoon,
a beautiful day to hike with your family. I would
feel so safe.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
And I think it's again your family. This was two
about two thirty in the afternoon. All that's going on,
and the kids are seven and nine, Like imagine the horror.
Now seven and nine year olds. We're with them, and
still no explanation. Again, we don't have a lot of
details from the police, no explanation, And I can't make
(02:03):
sense of that. Maybe we never will. We're always trying
to make sense. But why why attack these folks and
the kids are there? And then the kids end up.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Unharmed, yes, and we haven't gotten a lot of details,
but there was a report from one of the local
affiliates there who said the kids ended up somehow, some
way at the visitor center, which is pretty remarkable. I
don't know if someone guided them there, if they found
their way back there. But when the nine to one
to one call was made from the visitor center two police,
they said, I've got two kids here and they say
(02:34):
their parents have been attacked and they're missing, and so
we do and we did get that little bit of detail,
but the kids were completely unharmed, scared as you can
only imagine.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Yeah, you can only imagine. Again, I don't know how far.
I'm curious. It would be curious to know at some
point how much ground they had to cover, like how
far they had to go and how far they had
to run, And if they made it back to the
visitor center, then all likelihood they didn't see anybody because
they would have stopped it, of course they would have seen.
So how far did they have to go to make
their way back?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I mean, it's just they have talked about this particular
area where they were as rugged and steep and thick
so and again no cell phone service. But the victims,
we should say who they were, because I mean, this
is just gutting and if you go online you'll see
their pictures everywhere. But forty three year old Clinton David
Brink and forty one year old Kristen Amanda Brink, and
(03:27):
their family is speaking out. They're asking for privacy, but
they're also calling those two parents' heroes. They said they
died protecting their children. We don't know the details. We
don't know if their family was given any of those details,
but certainly that statement would suggest, and they knew them well,
(03:48):
that they of course would have done anything for their children.
The actual specific statement is this, the family is asking
for privacy during this very difficult time as they grieve
and learn how to navigate this new reality. I mean,
how shocking, how scary They continue that they ask if
anyone has information at all that will help in the investigation,
(04:08):
to please contact the proper authorities immediately. Clinton and Kristen
died heroes protecting their little girls, and they deserve justice.
They will live, they will forever live in all of
our hearts.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
You can only imagine that's exactly had to be when
they realized they were being assaulted, attacked, or whatever it was,
their first thought was to make sure the kids are okay.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Probably tell your kids to run. Probably run, run, That's
what you would do.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
It's just instinct. In that case. Who knows that we
We'll probably never get the details. I don't know whose
responsibility it is to talk to these kids, to have
to talk them through this incident so you can get
information and then maybe go catch this person who is
on the run. It's just horrific.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
I have chills from head to toe thinking about. I mean,
how much I love of being in the woods, and
I've run alone in the woods. We love the rail
trail in Arkansas. I don't know how if it's probably
pretty close to this area. We like a flat trail.
We're not into the rugged terrain so to seek. But
you and I both love that peacefulness of running, walking,
hiking in the woods and feeling like you're one with nature.
(05:17):
This is just horrific to think someone was lying in wait.
But we do have a description of the suspect for
anyone who's listening, and police have asked, and you just
heard the family make that plea as well, that if
you took pictures in the area. If you had videos,
a lot of folks pulling up their cell phone, go
back and look, see if you see anything suspicious, but
anyone matching this description. A white man with medium build,
(05:41):
dark pants, dark ball cap and sunglasses, a white long
sleeve shirt with sleeves rolled up, a black backpack, and
they specifically pointed out that the man had fingerless gloves.
We can only assume this description came from the little girls.
They were the two who we know saw this assailant,
and apparently they believe he was driving a black four
(06:04):
door sedan, perhaps a Mazda. And they said that they
believe the license plate had duct tape or electrical tape
over it, disguising the license plate. But it suggests planning, right,
So a lot of folks are trying to figure out
was this a random act of violence? Was this a
targeted killing? But you know, it's tough to know obviously
right now, but we're starting to get some details about
(06:26):
who this couple was, and they had just moved to
the area from Montana. They believe that she was a nurse.
She had graduated with an associate degree in nursing. According
to the college's website. So, you know, everyone seemed like
this was a sweet family of four who had just
(06:47):
moved and she was a nurse. And that's that's all
the details we really have at this point.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Well, obviously it seems like so much detail about the suspect,
down to the sleeves being rolled up, that's what they
believe he looked like at the time.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Who knows what he looks like now? Who knows where
he is?
Speaker 3 (07:06):
Right now?
Speaker 1 (07:06):
The devil's den is closed, All trails are closed right now.
It's scary to think there's always killers among us. You
could argue, right, it's always somebody you don't know.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
But to know.
Speaker 1 (07:23):
That the person who did this is out there somewhere,
it's terrifying for people in that region. And he's in
the woods somewhere possibly, And who is this guy? What
was the purpose was this target? Is this random? And
he's going to be doing more random stuff like this?
Is terrifying for a community.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
It absolutely feels like you're watching a real live horror movie.
And so we mentioned the first call, the nine one
one call with the little girls and the visitor center
was around two thirty, So a lot of folks have
been pointing to the timeline how much time lapsed between
that first call and police alerting the public. But reporters
in the area started to get tips that there was
(08:02):
a big police presence in that State Park area about
two hours later, around four thirty, But it wasn't until
eight forty that night that the Arkansas State Police were
able for they actually released the first warning that a
massive man hunt was under way, that a double murderer
was on the loose. That was about six hours after
that first call. And some folks have been upset about
(08:23):
that as well.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
They should. We are talking about to do police actually
have a heads up and knew that there was a
threat to the community running around and you'd let that
thing go for six hours?
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Six hours e if.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
We're talking let's go down to five, let's go four,
go three, go two, one is too much. As soon
as you know this threat is out there, you've got
to let the community know. But however, folks, would you
believe the police there in Arkansas say they have a
very good, valid reason as to why it took so
(09:01):
long to get the word out.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
And welcome back everyone to this episode of Amy and
TJ where we are talking about this frightening manhunt that
is going on right now in northwest Arkansas after a
man killed a couple, a married couple forty one and
(09:27):
forty three years old, and attacked them right in front
of their two daughters, who were ages seven and nine.
The family was on a hike on a beautiful Saturday
in the Ozark Mountains on a popular hiking trail, and
the little girls ended up at the visitor center. Nine
one one was called immediately, but it took six hours
(09:48):
before an alert a bulletin went out to the rest
of the area to the residents who lived nearby that
there was a double murderer on the loose, and folks
are not too happy about that massive delay, but the
police say there was a reason.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
Yeah, it's just rug it up here, I mean, they
really say, as far as it took them a while
to find the spot in this rugged terrain, like we
mentioned earlier, the communications and not so great cell phone
signals and all that stuff, But to figure out where
they needed to be and then interview enough people around
to even piece together what exactly had happened that took
(10:28):
them a while, and then to relay that information back out.
That's six hours that's tough.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
It's a long time. I actually have the exact quote
from Arkansas State Police. They said the location is in remote,
rural Arkansas. It took time for our special agents to
arrive on the scene, locate witnesses, conduct interviews, and collaborate
information so we could release the appropriate information.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Six hours. I mean you, I don't know. I'm it's
hard to criticize. I don't know exactly what they were
going through. It's just for no, I don't care. Six
hours is a long time. If you're actually telling me
we didn't know we had a murderer on the loose
until right before we put that statement out, that means
(11:14):
you all are terrible investigators if it took you six
hours to piece it together.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
And they're saying they wanted to have all the information
correct before disseminating it. But the reality is that obviously
is a crucial time to the point where they've actually
asked I mean, I don't know this area specifically, but
there must be enough residents or enough homes near and
around the state park that they have absolutely asked anyone
who has a home near this state park to look
(11:40):
at their surveillance footage their door cam videos, whatever people
might have around their homes for surveillance, to see if
they could go back in this time and see if
they see anything suspicious, anyone matching the suspects description. But
the point being is if there were enough people that
they're asking for that help, it's just concerning that those
people weren't given enough opportunity to be warned that a
(12:03):
farmed and dangerous man is on the loose.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
A weather man gives you a heads up about a tornado. Yeah,
you alert the public to a threat when you know
there is one. Now, if it took them six hours
to figure it out, again that I will give them
that benefit of the doubt. My apologies for calling you
bad investigators, but if they're telling me, but what's a
reasonable lapse robes between when we knew there was a
(12:29):
killer on the loose and when we told the public.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
I mean, I think thirty minutes at the most. I mean,
at the most, I think you get it out whatever
you have to try and get people to be vigilant,
to be able to protect themselves, to bring your kids indoors.
You think you want your kids playing around in the
yard on a Saturday afternoon, if you know a killer
is on the loose, You absolutely do not. So you know,
you would have many or all of the folks who
(12:54):
live in that area would have operated differently and probably
changed their behavior, absolutely knowing that that was possible. Also
the fact that they had a description of the car. Look,
once it's gotten away, it could be anywhere. And to
say it's a black four door sedan, possibly a Masda
with its license plate covered by tape.
Speaker 1 (13:11):
That's tough.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
That's really tough. But maybe if it had been given
out immediately, perhaps it would have been a little bit easier.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
But you notice, and in that area of pictures that
even asking people with homes to check their door cams
and all these things. They at this point, I mean,
are there only witnesses a seven and nine year old
who else is around could have seen them or heard something,
or maybe other people have a description of somebody else
they saw on.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
The trail, correct, I mean, you'd have to think that
if he were hiking, or he were around, and he
was dressed in all black with hat and a sunglass
like you do. I mean, I am a pretty avid hiker.
You do see some folks on the trail that sometimes
feel a little suspicious you remember them. I mean I
have had my heart pound a little bit, thinking is
that guy here to hike or is he doing what
(14:00):
I've always been in a group. I was never alone.
But you have your You definitely have your senses heightened,
and you're looking around, especially when you know there aren't
a lot of other folks. But I would imagine this
is a They say this is a popular hiking area
in the Ozark National Forest. They say it's a popular
tourist destination. They've got caves and rock formations.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
And cabins and yeah, get in there.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
Yeah, it's a big, big like Granted, of course you're
in the great outdoors, so there's a lot of space
in between people. But it would not be hard to
believe that other people saw someone matching that description and
probably helped maybe fill in the holes that the little girls.
Can you imagine the trauma of that moment you're seven
or nine, all of a sudden, we don't know the scenario,
but somehow, some way, this man in black is attacking
(14:47):
your parents, and then your parents are probably screaming run,
run run. The adrenaline the fight or flight To remember
details would be incredibly difficult in that stressful situation, especially
when you're that when you're.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
That young, you're not supposed to have to worry about
any of this, and with your family of four at
two point thirty in the afternoon walking in a public trail,
you shouldn't have to worry about this either. This story
will continue to update you on. We are sure there
will be updates from police. Whatever they are. We'll hop
back on and certainly and hopefully rooms when they catch
(15:25):
whoever this person is.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
Yes, but our hearts go out to the family and
the friends and the people who loved Clinton and Kristen
Brink and certainly we hope that there will be justice
for the two of them. Thank you for listening to us.
I'm Amy Robach along with TJ. Holmes. Hope you all
have a wonderful evening.
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