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LORANGER, La. (WGNO) — The Louisiana State Police is providing more details about the timeline of events that led to the Amber Alert being sent out for sisters who were abducted from Loranger on Thursday, June 13.
Around 8 a.m., Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the homicide scene of 35-year-old Callie Brunett after her father reportedly found her in the bedroom of her home on North Cooper Road.
At 12:28 p.m., the LSP issued an Amber Alert after Brunette’s daughters, 6-year-old Jalie and 4-year-old Erin, were reported as being abducted.
According to LSP troopers, at 9:21 TPSO deputies requested Louisiana Clearinghouse for Missing and Exploited Children (LACMEC) to contact them to begin the Amber Alert Process to which they instructed deputies to complete the Amber Alert Application.
At 10:30 a.m. LSP troopers said they received an incomplete Amber Alert application for review to confirm information is present to to send out an alert.
By 11:45 a.m., the LSP Fusion Center issued a Level II Endangered/Missing Children Advisory to all Louisiana law enforcement agencies in the surrounding states. The alert was then shared via social media at 12:18 p.m. and broadcast over the emergency alert system by 12: 28 p.m.
By 4 p.m., TPSO deputies announced the arrest of the suspect, 36-year-old Daniel Callihan, in Jackson, Mississippi and the death of Erin, who was found in a wooded area.
Jalie was also found alive and taken to a Jackson hospital.
Through an investigation, Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade said that there was possible evidence of human trafficking and that Callihan was believed to not be the girls’ father.
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