(NewsNation) — Arkansas State Police released a photo Tuesday of the man suspected of killing two people at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday.
Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41, were found dead on a walking trail. Their daughters, who are 7 and 9, were not hurt and are being cared for by family members, authorities have said.
Authorities have asked the public for days to report tips and urged hikers who were at Devil’s Den on Saturday to look through their photos and videos for possible images of the suspect. State police said they have received “numerous calls” but have released few details about the investigation.
Devil’s Den suspect on the run
The suspect may have fled the rugged 2,500-acre (1,000-hectare) park, which has weak cellphone service, in a car with a license plate partly covered by tape, state police have said. Authorities have not provided a possible motive or elaborated on how the couple were killed.
The family had just moved from South Dakota to the small city of Prairie Grove in northwest Arkansas, and their water had been connected less than two weeks ago, Mayor David Faulk said. Clinton Brink had been scheduled to start a job as a milk delivery driver Monday in the nearby Fayetteville area, according to Hiland Dairy, his employer.
Victims leave behind two daughters
“Clinton and Cristen died heroes protecting their little girls, and they deserve justice,” the Brink family said in a statement.“ They will forever live in all of our hearts.”
Officials described the suspect as a white male wearing dark shorts, a dark ball cap, sunglasses and fingerless gloves. He was seen driving toward a park exit in a black, four-door sedan with a license plate partly covered by tape.