TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Daniel Callihan, the man accused in the murder of a Loranger woman and her daughter, has pled guilty in Tangipahoa Parish court.
On Friday, Sept. 26, Callihan pled guilty to counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 35-year-old Callie Brunett, who was found by her father dead inside her Loranger home in 2024, and her daughter.
On June 13, 2024, Brunett’s daughters were also reported missing. The two were later found in a Mississippi wooded area. Brunett’s daughter Erin was found dead while her other daughter was found alive and taken to a hospital.
Callihan was arrested in Jackson and extradited back to Louisiana. During his transport, Callihan is heard on camera giving an alleged confession.
In Mississippi, Callihan was indicted on charges of one count of capital murder, two counts of kidnapping, three counts of sexual battery, and one count of receiving stolen property.
A sentence has yet to be given.
Just before he was given his plea Callie’s sister, Brandi Hosch, read the victim impact statement on behalf of their family.
With tears in her eyes, Hosch told Calilhan that he stole not only innocence from her family but their peace and their lives, which have forever been changed.
Hosch went on to call Calilhan not only a monster, but a demon that has left her niece without her mother and her sister. Today, she says her niece questions whether her mom and sister ever get justice.
Hosch says the only reason the family was okay with the plea was so that her niece did not have to take the stand and recount the horrific acts that occurred to her mother and sister.
Hosch said that all she can count on is that Callihan will be caged like an animal as a way to keep others safe.
Calilhan’s attorney Kerry Cuccia says his client is remorseful about his crimes.
“He could never make amends. the victim’s right, he can’t bring it back, but this is something he could do and he did it with full recognition of the consequences that it has to him,” said Cuccia.