Loranger mother found dead in home, 2 children abducted, 1 killed in Mississippi (2024)

A MOM AND HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER ARE KILLED AND A SIX YEAR OLD FOUND ALIVE AFTER POLICE SAY THE TWO GIRLS WERE ABDUCTED FROM TANGIPAHOA PARISH AND NOW WE’RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE MAN. DEPUTIES SAY IS RESPONSIBLE. DANIEL CALLAHAN WAS ARRESTED IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. THAT’S WHERE THE YOUNG GIRL’S BODY WAS ALSO RECOVERED. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT. WE’RE LIVE IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. BUT FIRST, LET’S CHECK IN WITH WDSU REPORTER SHAY O’CONNOR IN LA. ROGER, THE THREE YEAR OLD KILLED AND THE SISTER HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE. AND SHE IS SAFE. SHEA, WHAT’S THE LATEST. JUDAH AND ESTELLA? YEAH, WE’RE TOLD THAT THREE YEAR OLD ERIN BURNETT WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY TURNED FOUR IN OCTOBER. SUCH A A TRAGIC SITUATION. UM, HER BODY FOUND IN A WOODED AREA IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI. NOW, THIS MAN ON YOUR SCREEN, THAT’S DANIEL CALLAHAN. HE WAS ACTUALLY THE MAN WHO POLICE SAY KIDNAPED HER. AND HER OLDER SISTER, JAYLEE. HE LEFT LOUISIANA AND WENT TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI WITH THE TWO GIRLS. THEIR MOM, KAYLEE BURNETT’S BODY. YOU SHOULD SEE KAYLEE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. WE WERE ACTUALLY JUST ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT PHOTO OF HER. SHE WAS FOUND BY HER DAD THIS MORNING AT A MOBILE HOME ON NORTH COOPER IN LORANGER. NOW, AN AMBER ALERT WENT OUT AND A SEARCH CONDUCTED EARLIER TODAY. WE’RE TOLD AN UNDERCOVER OFFICER SPOTTED CALLAHAN AND JACKSON AFTER A SHORT PURSUIT. HE LED OFFICIALS TO JAYLEE, WHO WAS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE FOUND ALIVE. HE THEN LED THEM TO ERYNN’S BODY. SHE WAS FOUND IN A WOODED AREA NEARBY, AND POLICE SAY CALLAHAN AND AARON BURNETT HAD DATED, ACCORDING TO THE AMBER ALERT, A DOMESTIC ISSUE POSSIBLY LED TO THIS GRUESOME TURN OF EVENTS. NO WORD YET ON CALLAHAN’S CHARGES. OUR NEXT STEP IS NOW IS TO INTERVIEW TO GET, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT WE CAN GET FROM HIM. UM, YOU KNOW, TO TO TIE THIS CASE ALL TOGETHER AND LOCK HIM DOWN IN IT. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS TO BRING THIS SIX YEAR OLD BACK TO HER GRANDPARENTS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SHE’S SHE’S BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US HOPEFULLY NEVER, EVER GET TO EXPERIENCE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, STILL. AN ACTIVE SCENE HERE ALONG NORTH COOPER IN LORANGER, WE’RE TOLD THAT THE BURNETT FAMILY IS ACTUALLY ON THEIR WAY TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI AS WE SPEAK TO PICK UP THE SIX YEAR OLD WHO IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. BUT I MEAN, SUCH A TERRIBLE SITUATION AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW THAT SIX YEAR OLD IS FEELING RIGHT NOW. YEAH, HEARTBREAKING SCENE ALL AROUND. SHAE. THANKS. AND LET’S CHECK IN NOW WITH WDSU REPORTER JONAH GILMORE, WHO IS ALSO IN LAGRANGE. AND JONAH, YOU ARE HEARING FROM MEMBERS ON THE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT’S JUST BEEN ROCKED BY THIS TRAGEDY. YEAH. GINA. EXACTLY. ROCKED BY THIS TRAGEDY. SINCE I’VE BEEN HERE, SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DRIVING THROUGH THE AREA JUST GETTING A LOOK AT THE HOME. ONE NEIGHBOR TELLING ME THIS IS HEARTBREAKING, SAYING THEY NEVER EXPECTED TO HEAR ABOUT ANY TRAGEDY LIKE THIS HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. NOW, PEOPLE HERE IN LAGRANGE SAY THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT HAS SENT SHOCK WAVES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. THEY SAY IT WAS HARD TO HEAR ABOUT THE MOTHER’S DEATH AND AN AMBER ALERT, AND NOW IT’S EVEN MORE TRAGIC LEARNING OF A CHILD LOSING HER LIFE. SO THIS COMMUNITY IS SMALL AND CLOSE KNIT, WITH PEOPLE SAYING THEY KNEW THE FAMILY. WE SPOKE TO ONE MAN WHO SAYS THIS IS HARD TO PROCESS, AND WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM THE SHERIFF WHO SAYS THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER FOR THE SURVIVING CHILD. YEAH, IT WAS VERY SHOCKING. UM, WHEN I GOT THE ALERT, I SOMETIMES I DON’T REALLY PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION. BUT WHEN I SAW COOPER ROAD AND IT WAS SO CLOSE, IT WAS KIND OF JARRING. THERE’S NO QUESTION FROM A PSYCHOLOGICAL STANDPOINT, SHE IS GOING TO BE HARMED. AND THAT’S WHY I WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP HER IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. NOW, THE CHAIR OF CONFIRMING TO US THAT THE FAMILY IS ON THEIR WAY TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, TO PICK UP THEIR SURVIVING CHILD, TELLING US HIS DEPARTMENT PERSONAL. HE IS DRIVING THE FAMILY TO JACKSON. WE’RE LIVE IN LUANDA THIS MORNING. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, THIS AFTERNOON, JONAH GILMORE, WDSU NEWS. SO SAD AND TRAGIC HERE. THIS DEVELOPING STORY AFFECTING TANGIPAHOA PARISH AND EVEN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI AND JUST. A FEW MINUTES WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR SISTER STATION IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI WHAT ABOUT THAT CRIME SCENE TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS BREAKING NEWS, GO TO WDSU.COM OR DOWNLOAD OUR FRE