1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: Crime alert on John Lemley. Police in northwest Arkansas are 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: searching for a suspect after a couple was found dead 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: on a hiking trail over the weekend, their two young 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: daughters nearby but unharmed. Arkansas State Police save forty three 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 1: year old Clinton David Brink and forty one year old 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: Kristin Amanda Brink were discovered Saturday in Devil's Den State Park, 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: a densely wooded area in Washington County not far from 8 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: the Oklahoma border. Authorities are calling it a double homicide. 9 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 1: The Brinks had recently moved to Prairie Grove, Arkansas, from 10 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: out of state. Their daughters, ages seven and nine, were 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: with them on the trail when the attack happened. Police 12 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 1: say the children were not physically harmed and are now 13 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 1: in the care of relatives. As of Sunday, the suspect 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: remained at large, described as a white man wearing dark shorts, 15 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 1: a dark ball cap, sunglasses, and fingerless gloves. He was 16 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: last seen driving a black four door sedan, possibly a 17 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: mile The car had a license plate partially obscured by 18 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: tape and was spotted heading toward the park's exit. Investigators 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: believe the vehicle may have traveled along State Highway one 20 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: seventy or two twenty, roads that cut through a remote 21 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 1: area where cell phone service is spotty. Shay Lewis, head 22 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourisms AS 23 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: rangers have increased patrols and are working closely with state 24 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: police and other law enforcement agencies. In a statement, he 25 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: offered condolences to the victims loved ones and reaffirmed that 26 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: public safety remains a top priority. Officials are urging anyone 27 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 1: who visited Devil's Den recently to check photos or videos 28 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 1: that may help identify the suspect or his vehicle. So far, 29 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: police have released no information about a possible motive. The 30 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: Brinks bodies have been sent to the state Crime Lab 31 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: for autopsy as the investigation continues. 32 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 2: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice needs. Go 33 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 2: to crime online and please join us for our daily 34 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: podcast Crime Stories, more crime and justice news after this 35 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,720 Speaker 2: Now with the latest crime and justice breaking news Crime Online, 36 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 2: John Lemley. 37 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: Authorities in Los Angeles are searching for answers and a 38 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: missing grenade after a deadly explosion at a Sheriff's Department 39 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 1: training facility. Claimed the lives of three veteran deputies. The 40 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: blast occurred July eighteenth that the Bisgaloos training facility as 41 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: members of the department's Arson and Explosives Detail were handling 42 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: two military style grenades recovered the day before from an 43 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: apartment storage unit in Santa Monica. One grenade detonated, the other, 44 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: according to Sheriff Robert Luna, has yet to be found. 45 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: Despite extensive searches of vehicles, buildings, and even the gym, 46 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: the unexploded device remains unaccounted for. No public access to 47 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 1: the site has been reported. Killed in the blast Detective 48 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: job Ushua Kelly Ecklund, Detective Victor Lemus, and Detective William Osborne, 49 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: who served nineteen twenty two and thirty three years on 50 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: the force, respectively. Luna called the incident the department's deadliest 51 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: single loss of life since eighteen fifty seven. An ATF 52 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: investigation is under way. Meanwhile, Luna has ordered sweeping policy changes, 53 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: declaring that from now on, every explosive device, active or inert, 54 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: will be treated as live. A state judge in Alabama 55 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: has paused the schedule execution of a death row inmate 56 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: to determine whether he's mentally competent to be put to death. 57 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: David Lee Roberts, now fifty nine, was set to die 58 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: by nitrogen hypoxia on August twenty first for the nineteen 59 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: ninety two killing of Anitra Jones in Marion County. Prosecutor 60 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: say Robert shot Jones three times in the head while 61 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: she slept, then set the house on fire, but Circuit 62 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: Judge Talmadgelee Carter issued a stay earlier this month, citing 63 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: questions about whether Roberts understands the reason for his execution. 64 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: His defense team says Roberts suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, hears voices, 65 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: and recently tried to burn off tattoos he claimed were 66 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 1: controlling his thoughts. The judge has ordered the execution delayed 67 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: until Alabama's Department of Mental Health completes a competency evaluation. 68 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 1: The state is not appealing the state, but has requested 69 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,160 Speaker 1: the process be expedited. The U. S. Supreme Court prohibits 70 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: executing inmates who are incapable of understanding their punishment, though 71 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 1: Alabama law offers no specific criteria for determining competency in 72 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 1: such cases. A former sheriff's deputy in Georgia, has been 73 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: sentenced to sixteen months in federal prison for using excessive 74 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 1: force against a black detainee and a jailhouse beating caught 75 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: on video. Twenty seven year old Ryan Beagle pleaded guilty 76 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: earlier this year to violating the civil rights of Jarrett Hobbs, 77 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 1: who had been booked into the Camden County jail in Woodbine, 78 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: near the Georgia, Florida line September third, twenty twenty two. 79 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: Federal prosecutors say security footage from that night showed Hobbs 80 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 1: standing alone in his cell when five deputies entered. At 81 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 1: least three, including Beagle, punched Hobbs repeatedly in the head 82 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: and neck. He was then dragged into the hallway and 83 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 1: slammed against a wall. Beagle was fired and arrested more 84 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: than two months later, after Hobb's attorney released the jail 85 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: video to the public. Two other deputies involved also faced 86 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 1: state charges of battery and violating their oaths of office. Hobbes, 87 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 1: from Greensboro, North Carolina, initially faced felony charges stemming from 88 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,720 Speaker 1: the incident, but prosecutors later dropped them citing insufficient evidence. 89 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 1: Camden County later paid Hobbes, an undisclosed cash settlement to 90 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: avoid a civil lawsuit. So far, Beagle is the only 91 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,159 Speaker 1: one to face federal prosecution. 92 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: Thanks John, or the latest crime in justice news, go 93 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: to crime online dot com and please join us for 94 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best 95 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 2: to find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved homicides. 96 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.