Daniel Callihan had two states and the Feds on an all out manhunt as the search was on for him and the two daughters of a woman who was found dead in her home by her father. She would be identified as 35-year-old Callie Brunett.
The case starts in Loranger, Louisiana and ends in Jackson, Mississippi which automatically brings in federal investigators. With the overlapping jurisdictions it can be hard to tell where Callihan will see justice.
Professor of Law at Loyola Dane Ciolino says one takes precedent. “It’s certainly a federal crime to kidnap a person and take them over state lines so that gives the federal government jurisdiction over the case.”
Professor Ciolino says that it won’t mean the states of Louisiana and Mississippi will not try cases for the deaths of Callie and Erin Brunett and there would most likely be concurrent legal proceedings.
“Don’t be surprised to see parallel prosecutions.”
As for timing, many will want to see swift justice in the case, but Ciolino says due to the interstate travel and the nature of the crimes, that a longer process in the more likely scenario.
“This is a case that will take many months of ever years to play out. Particularly if the federal government or the state of Mississippi seek the death penalty.”
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