JACKSON, Miss. (Court TV) — Victoria Cox broke down in tears as she was sentenced to 40 years in prison for her role in the kidnapping of two young girls and the murder of one of them, 4-year-old Erin Brunett.

The 34-year-old mother of three pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder and kidnapping in Hinds County Circuit Court, accepting a plea deal that spared her from facing capital murder charges that could have resulted in a life sentence.

Victoria Cox stands in court as she pleads guilty on Nov. 24, 2025. (Court TV)

Co-defendant Daniel Callihan murdered the girls’ mother, Callie Brunett, and then kidnapped them. Cox admitted she enabled Callihan by not taking the girls away from him, knowing he would harm them.

“When I brought the girls back to Daniel [after getting somethi

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