“Time TV”
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A grand jury in Hinds County, Mississippi, has indicted the person accused of killing a Louisiana girl final month and abducting her 4- and 6-year-old daughters, one in all whom was discovered useless, Hinds County District Court docket data present.
Daniel Callihan is accused of killing the youngsters’s mom, Callie Brunett, at her residence in Loranger, Louisiana, and abducting the 2 ladies, based on Louisiana authorities. The 4-year-old woman was discovered useless and the 6-year-old suffered accidents.
A Hinds County grand jury indicted Callihan on seven counts, together with capital homicide, kidnapping and sexual battery, whereas his accused confederate, Victoria Cox, was indicted on three counts, together with capital homicide, kidnapping and sexual battery, data present.
Each Callihan and Cox, who had been arrested on June 13 and June 14, had been additionally indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana within the case final month.
An legal professional representing Callihan on the fees in Louisiana advised “Time TV” he couldn’t touch upon the indictment in Mississippi. “Time TV” couldn’t find authorized illustration for Callihan in Mississippi.
Cox’s Hinds County public defender, Christopher Routh, advised “Time TV” in an emailed assertion: “An indictment is nothing greater than a formal cost and isn’t any indication of guilt or culpability. Each particular person charged or accused of a crime in this nation is presumed harmless. Ms. Cox maintains her innocence and can plead Not Responsible at her arraignment.”
The case prompted investigators to difficulty an Amber Alert for the youngsters hours earlier than police discovered them greater than 100 miles away in Jackson, Mississippi.
Investigators mentioned the wooded space the place the youngsters had been discovered, which had small cages and small wiring enclosures, could possibly be tied to human trafficking, “Time TV” beforehand reported.
A GoFundMe created “in loving help of the Brunett household in a time of unimaginable struggling” has raised greater than $62,000.
“Time TV”’s Jason Hanna, Jamiel Lynch, Elizabeth Wolfe, Mallika Kallingal, Sarah Dewberry and Ashley R. Williams contributed to this report.
