Daniel Callihan, accused of a brutal murder-kidnapping in Tangipahoa Parish in the summer 2024, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges stemming from the case in exchange for not having to face the death penalty.

Callihan entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Lance Africk at the federal courthouse in New Orleans. Callihan faces life in prison.

Callihan is accused of killing Callie Brunett, 35, who was found stabbed multiple times inside her home in Loranger in Tangipahoa Parish in June 2024, as well as one of her two daughters, according to court records and investigators.

Callihan allegedly kidnapped the two young girls after killing their mother, authorities have said. The body of Brunett's 4-year-old daughter, Erin, was later found near Jackson, Mississippi, where Callihan

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