Officials said the husband was the first to be attacked while the wife guided their two children to safety before returning in an attempt to help her husband.

There are no security cameras in use anywhere in Devil's Den State Park, so when authorities began a search for a suspect in a double homicide last month, they relied heavily on members of the public to submit photos and videos to help in the investigation.

Andrew McGann had been put on administrative leave by a Texas school district in 2023 for improper classroom management.