Authorities have released a photo of the moment U.S. Marshals captured the boyfriend accused of committing the "brutal and heinous" murders of a Louisiana mom and her child in what investigators allege may be connected to human trafficking.
Daniel Callihan, 36, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon following a brief police chase in Jackson, Mississippi.
Callihan is suspected in the murders of his girlfriend, 35-year-old Callie Brunett and her 4-year-old daughter, Erin, according to police. He's also accused of abducting Brunett's 6-year-old daughter, Jalie, who was discovered injured at a home in Jackson, "where there has been some human trafficking done," said police Chief Joseph Wade, WVUE-TV reported.
"We see cages, small animal cages. This is very, very disturbing to me as a police chief and as a father to witness and see what I saw," added Wade, explaining Erin's body was found outside in a wooded area near the house.
"We're going to work this crime scene with a scalpel," he said.
Jalie was transported to a hospital for treatment. Her injuries remain unclear.
"She's been through something that most of us, hopefully, never ever get to experience. And she is going to have to spend the rest of her life living with this," said Wade, according to CNN.
Earlier that day, Brunett was found dead by her father inside her Loranger, Louisiana, mobile home – about 130 miles outside of Jackson – after family became concerned they hadn't heard from her since Tuesday.
Authorities issued an AMBER Alert when family realized her daughters were missing.
A motive and manners of death remain under investigation.
