AMITE — Victoria Cox, who worked with Daniel Callihan in his kidnapping of two children from Tangipahoa Parish after he murdered their mother and then murdered one of the young girls, has been sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Cox, 34, was previously sentenced to 40 years in prison in Mississippi on second-degree murder and kidnapping.
Callie Brunett was found stabbed to death in her Loranger home in June 2024. Her 6-year-old and 4-year-old daughters had been kidnapped.
Police arrested Callihan in Mississippi hours later and found 4-year-old Erin Brunett dead. Her sister was injured, but survived. Cox was arrested the next day at a Mississippi hotel.
In a deal with prosecutors, Cox pleaded guilty to attempted aggravated kidnapping of a child and obstruction of justice by tampering with evidence. She was sentenced to consecutive prison terms of 50 years on the attempted kidnapping and 10 years on the obstruction. The Louisiana sentences are concurrent with the Mississippi sentence.
AMITE — Sentencing for Victoria Cox, which was scheduled for Monday, has been postponed until she can be moved to Louisiana from Mississippi, the district attorney’s office said.
Cox, who pleaded guilty earlier this month, was accused in the kidnapping of a six-year-old girl and the kidnapping and murder of that child’s younger sister. In a plea agreement with prosecutors, Cox pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and attempted aggravated kidnapping in exchange for a 60-year sentence.
Cox and Daniel Callihan were arrested in 2024 in the murder of Callie Brunett, the kidnapping of her two daughters and the murder of Erin, the younger of Brunett’s daughters.
District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said he hopes the sentencing will take place this week. Officials are waiting for confirmation from authorities in Mississippi that she is ready to be moved to Louisiana.
Callihan was previously sentenced to two consecutive life terms in the murders of Callie and Erin Brunett.
AMITE — Victoria Cox, the Loranger woman involved in the 2024 kidnapping of a six-year-old girl and the kidnapping and murder of the child’s younger sister, will now spend 60 years in prison.
Cox, now 34, has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and attempted aggravated kidnapping of a child in the case of the June 2024 brutal murder of Callie Brunett. The victim’s daughters were kidnapped and taken across state lines before authorities captured Cox and co-defendant Daniel Callihan, who pleaded guilty in 2025 to the murders of Brunett and her youngest daughter.
Cox was previously indicted on one count of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping of a child, one count of second-degree kidnapping, and one count of being an accessory after the fact.
Although formal sentencing is set for later this month, 21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux said Cox has agreed to serve 50 years at hard labor in the Department of Corrections on the charge of attempted aggravated kidnapping of a child (felony), which will be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
Cox will also serve 10 years at hard labor in the Department of Corrections on the charge of obstruction of justice. Perrilloux said the two counts will run consecutively for a total of 60 years at hard labor, and Cox will be required to register as a sex offender.
“The defendant’s plea guarantees justice is served,” Perrilloux said, adding that it was done with the consent and approval of the victims’ family.
AMITE — Daniel Callihan was ordered to spend the rest of his life behind bars on Friday morning in a Tangipahoa Parish courtroom.
Callihan was sentenced to serve two consecutive life sentences after he was indicted by a grand jury on four charges in connection with the murder of a Loranger mother and her three-year-old daughter. Victoria Cox was also indicted along with Callihan.
Meanwhile Daniel Callihan appeared in federal court in New Orleans on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, where he changed his plea and pleaded guilty to federal kidnapping and homicide charges. This development could take the death penalty off the table, but he still faces the possibility of life in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 16, 2025.
Callihan, 36, was indicted on two charges of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping of a child, and one count of second-degree kidnapping. Cox, 32, was indicted on one count of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping of a child, one count of second-degree kidnapping, and one count of being an accessory after the fact.
District Attorney Scott Perrilloux stated he is pursuing the charges in Tangipahoa because it is the “appropriate and legal venue.”
“This originated here, it involves local people here, and I feel strongly that this community deserves the right to have it ultimately resolved and decided here,” Perrilloux said.
Callie Brunett, 35, was found stabbed to death in her Loranger home last week. Her two daughters, ages three and six, were kidnapped, prompting a massive manhunt across two states.
Callihan and Cox were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, hours after the AMBER Alert was issued. During the arrest, law enforcement found three-year-old Erin dead, with police believing she may have suffocated. Her sister was found alive and physically unharmed.
With both Callihan and Cox charged with Erin’s murder in Louisiana, Perrilloux wouldn’t elaborate if he thought she was killed here or in Mississippi.
“I really don’t want to answer specific questions about the facts,” he said during a news conference. “We feel like obviously the investigation and the indictments that followed are appropriately charged. And we think that we have the sufficient facts to support the indictments.”
The indictments come as the family says their farewells to Brunett and her daughter Erin.
Callihan was jailed in Mississippi and faces charges there as well. Cox appeared before a Mississippi judge. Both are charged with capital murder and sexual battery in Mississippi.
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