Already facing life sentences for crimes he admitted to in Louisiana , Daniel Callihan pleaded guilty Monday in Mississippi to murder, sexual battery and kidnapping charges and received a life prison sentence there as well.

Callihan pleaded guilty in state court in Jackson, Mississippi, to counts of capital murder, kidnapping and sexual battery.

The guilty plea in Mississippi Monday effectively closes the legal cases against Callihan in three jurisdictions, state courts in Tangipahoa Parish and Mississippi and federal court in New Orleans. Callihan has confessed to killing a mother in Loranger, located in rural Tangipahoa Parish, then kidnapping her two young daughters and killing one of them.

In June 2024, Callihan killed 35-year-old Callie Brunett and her 4-year-old daughter, Erin,

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