The teacher who authorities say admitted to fatally stabbing two hikers at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas last month pleaded not guilty to murder charges on Thursday.

Andrew James McGann, 28, entered the plea during a brief hearing before a state judge at Washington County's jail Thursday morning. Circuit Judge Joanna Taylor scheduled McGann's next hearing for Nov. 14.

McGann has been charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, on July 26. The pair were found dead on a walking trail in the park. They had been in the park with their young daughters, aged 7 and 9.

Andrew McGann. Washington County Sheriff's Office

McGann allegedly attacked Clinton Brink first, officials said in a news conference after McGa

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