AMITE — More than a year after being arrested in the brutal slayings of a mother and daughter that stunned a quiet northshore community, a subdued Daniel Callihan pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of first degree murder.

In exchange for Callihan’s guilty plea, the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office agreed not to take him to trial and ask a jury to sentence him to death. Callihan received two consecutive life sentences in prison. The sentence was handed down by state District Judge Brian K. Abels at the Tangipahoa Parish Courthouse in Amite.

In June 2024, Callihan killed 35-year-old Callie Brunett and her 4-year-old daughter, Erin, who he kidnapped along with her 6-year-old sister. Brunett’s body was found in her home in Loranger; her daughter’s body was found near Jackson, Missis

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