Missing Louisiana girls found in Jackson

THANKS FOR JOINING US... WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT AT TEN... A FAMILY IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A MOTHER AND HER THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TONIGHT... THE MOTHER WAS ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY HER BOYFRIEND IN LORANGER (LO-RAHN- JER) LOUISIANA...AND HER DAUGHTER WAS LATER ABDUCTED AND THEN KILLED HERE IN JACKSON..... WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE ON THIS MULTI-STATE TRAGEDY... WE START WITH JONAH GILMORE FROM OUR SISTER STATION WDSU IN NEW ORLEANS, WHO IS IN LORANGER... HE TELLS HOW THIS INCIDENT UNFOLDED... THE TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF SAYS THERE ARE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE SERIES OF EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE TODAY. HE SAYS LOSING A MOTHER WAS ONE THING, BUT LATER FINDING OUT A CHILD WAS ALSO KILLED HAS ROCKED HIS PARISH. TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF DANIEL EDWARDS SAYS THE MURDERS OF 35-YEARAR- OLD CALLIE BRUNETT AND HER 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ERIN IS SIMPLY HORRIFIC. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS WEDNESDAY -- THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM BURNETT'S FAMILY REPORTING SHE MAY HAVE BEEN IN DANGER. ACCORDING TO TPSO -- WHEN FAMILY SEARCHED HER HOME THURSDAY MORNING -- SHE WAS FOUND DEAD. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BURNETT'S TWO DAUGHTERS WERE TAKEN FROM THE HOME AFTER SHE WAS KILLED. TPSO SAYS AN AMBER ALERT WAS ISSUED AND THE SUSPECT DANIEL CALLIHAN WAS FOUND AND ARRESTED IN JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. JIMMY TRAVIS WITH THE TANGIPAHOA PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONFIRMS -- THE SECOND CHILD WAS FOUND DEAD. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONFIRMS -- DANIEL CALLIHAN AND BURNETT HAD SOME SORT OF RELATIONSHIP SAYING THEY WERE NOT STRANGERS. THE SHERIFF SAYS, ALTHOUGH THE SURVIVING CHILD IS SAFE -- HE'S ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO LIFT HER UP AFTER EXPERIENCING SUCH HORRIBLE TRAGEDIES. DANIEL EDWARDS: SHERIFF, TANGIPAHOA PARISH FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL STANDPOINT SHE IS GOING TO BE HARMED AND THAT'S WHY I WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP HER IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO WORD ON WHAT CHARGES CALLIHAN WILL FACE ONCE BACK IN LOUISIANA. REPORTING IN TANGIPOHOA PARISH, I'M JONAH GILMORE AND FROM LORANGER, THE CRIME MADE ITS WAY TO BOOZIER DRIVE IN SOUTH JACKSON. THE TOWN IN TANGIPAHOA PARISH IS JUST SHORT OF A TWO HOUR DRIVE FROM JACKSON... HERE IS A LOOK AT THE SUSPECT...37 YEAR OLD DANIEL CALLIHAN.. 16 WAPT'S ROSS ADAMS HAS BEEN AT THE CRIME SCENE HERE IN THE CAPITAL CITY, AND HAS REACTION FROM THE CITY'S TOP COP ABOUT WHAT THEY FOUND.. HE JOINS US LIVE FROM THE SCENE TONIGHT...WHICH IS STILL ACTIVE, ROSS... THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS ONE OF HIS OFFICERS FOUND THE THREE YEAR OLD GIRL DEAD BUT THE SUSPECT MAY HAVE TRIED TO DISPOSE OF THE BODY RIGHT BEFORE HE WAS CAPTURED. A STATE HIGHWAY PATROL HELICOPTER CIRCLING ABOVE THE CRIME SCENE AS AN FBI EVIDENCE RESPONSE TEAM HEADS TO THE LOCATION WHERE POLICE FOUND A THREE YEAR-OLD GIRL DEAD IN THE WOODS BEHIND A HOUSE OFF MCCLUER ROAD IN SOUTH JACKSON. 9272 7:56-8:07 CHIEF JOSEPH WADE/JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT <HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE TRAGIC SITUATION. YOU DON'T WANNA SEE THAT AS A POLICE CHIEF. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT AS A FATHER. TO SEE THIS BABY ON THE GROUND THAT'S LOST HER LIFE.> AUTHORITIES SAY THE GIRL 3 YEAR OLD ERIN BRUNETT AND HER SIX YEAR OLD SISTER JALIE BRUNETT HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED FROM LOUISIANA TWO HOURS AWAY AND WHERE SUBJECT OF AN AMBER ALERT. JACKSON POLICE CHIEF JOE WADE SAYS THEIR INVESTIGATION AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHEN JPD GOT A CALL FROM THE US MARSHALS TO HELP THEM FIND DANIEL CALLIHAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY CALLIHAN TRIED TO ESCAPE BUT OFFICERS CAPTURED THE 36 YEAR- OLD AFTER A SHORT PURSRSUIT. 9272 7:01-7:10 <ONCE HE REALIZED THAT LAW- ENFORCEMENT KNEW WHERE HE WAS OR HAD HIS PROXIMITY THAT HE TRIED TO DO AWAY WITH THE CHILDREN ARE TAKING THEM INTO THE WOODS INTO THAT AREA.> 9315 25-27 <WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO KILL A FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD A POOR INNOCENT CHILD.> PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE SCENE WHERE THE GIRL'S BODY WAS FOUND SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED. MARCELLUS FRANK/NEIGHBOR 9315 33-41 <YOU JUST DRIVE DOWN HERE AND CAUSE CHAOS. HITS HOME HARD. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID I GOT THREE GIRLS.> 9312 09-20 ROSEMARY BROWN/NEIGHBOR <I HATE THAT BABIES HAVE TO BE TAKING THIS AWAY. THEY NEED LOVE THAT TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE DONE LIKE THIS.> 5:05-5:11 <WHY JACKSON. WHY ARE YOU HERE? WHY DID YOU BRING THESE CHILDREN HERE? WHY DID YOU TAKE THIS CHILD'S LIFE HERE IN JACKSON.> CHIEF WADE NOTIFIED MBI AND HINDS COUNTY SEX TRAFFICKING DIVISIONS TO INVESTIGATE AFTER OFFICERS SAW POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF TRAFFICKING WHERE THE GIRLS WERE 9272 2:40-2:51 <WE SEE CAGES SMALL ANIMAL CAGES. IT'S VERY VERY DISTURBING TO ME AS A POLICE CHIEF AND AS A FATHER TO WITNESS AND SEE WHAT I JUST SAW.> CALLIHAN REMAINS IN CUSTODY. ROSS ADAMS 16 WAPT NEWS

Channel: 16 WAPT News Jackson

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Keywords: Erin, Jackson, Jalie, body found

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Length: 5min 18sec (318 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 14 2024