CRIME
Suspect arrested after woman killed, her 2 young daughters abducted and 1 killed, authorities say

June 14, 2024 / 6:54 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Jackson, Miss. — A Louisiana woman was found dead in her home Thursday and her two young daughters were abducted and found hours later in Mississippi — one dead and the other alive, police said.

A Louisiana resident who'd dated the woman was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, in connection with the deaths and abductions, investigators said.

The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana identified the suspect as 36-year-old Daniel Callihan.


Daniel Callian, suspect in murder of Louisiana woman and abduction of her two young daughters and slaying of one of them, after being apprehended in Jackson, Miss. on June 13, 2024.
TANGIPAHOA PARISH (LOUISIANA) SHERIFF'S OFFICE

"He had the victim's car along with her alive-and-well 6-year-old child," said office Chief Deputy Jimmy Travis. ... The body of the other child, a 4-year-old, was found near the car in a wooded area in Jackson, Travis said. The office identified her as Erin Brunett.

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