The teacher accused of murdering a couple as they hiked with their two young daughters at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas was “cold” and “disinterested” in his students before he was placed on administrative leave two years ago, parents recalled.

Andrew James McGann , 28 — who authorities say admitted to butchering Clinton David Brink, 43, and wife Cristen Amanda Brink, 41 Saturday — was strange and standoffish in class, said Sierra Marcum, whose son was in McGann’s fourth-grade class.

“[He was] pretty cold. You could ask him a question, and he would give you a one-word response,” Marcum said. “Overall, just pretty disinterested in his students.” 4

He was the “most standoffish teacher” she had ever met, she said.

Marcum, whose son was in McGann’s class at Donald Elementar

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