The man accused of kidnapping 6-year-old Jalie and 3-year-old Erin Brunett and killing Erin and their mother, Callie, is back in Louisiana after being arrested in Mississippi.
PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — The man accused of kidnapping 6-year-old Jalie and 3-year-old Erin Brunett and killing Erin and their mother, Callie, is back in Louisiana after being arrested in Mississippi.
Daniel Callihan has been in custody in Mississippi since his arrest on Thursday, June 13.
Callihan is accused of stabbing Callie to death at her Loranger home and abducting Jalie and Erin after.
Callie, who had been reported missing just 24 hours prior, was found by her father in the bedroom of home, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Coroner's Office. Erin, who was found dead in a wooded area in Jackso, Mississippi, died of asphyxiation due to suffocation.
On June 24, Callihan agreed in a Mississippi court to be extradited to Louisiana, where he is being held in federal custody at the Plaquemines Parish Detention Center.
There is no update on the status of his alleged accomplice, Victoria Cox, who was also arrested in Mississippi.
