Murderer

From Louisiana to Mississippi:  Cox’s Role in the Brunett Tragedy Ends in 40-Year Prison Sentence  November 24th, 2025 (Jackson, MS) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced today that Victoria Cox, co-defendant in the Daniel Wayne Callihan case, was sentenced for her role in the June 2024 murder and kidnapping that spanned Louisiana and Mississippi.   Cox aided convicted murderer and kidnapper Daniel Wayne Callihan in the abduction of two young sisters and the murder of one. Callihan picked up Cox while driving to Mississippi after killing the girls’ mother, 35-year-old Callie Brunett, inside her Loranger, Louisiana home. Federal…

Guilty Verdict  After Domestic Motel Dispute Turns Deadly November 24th, 2025 (Jackson, MS) Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced today that a Hinds County Jury has found 38-year-old Antonio Ames guilty of First-Degree Murder and Felon with a Firearm in the shooting death of 30-year-old Jennifer Ann Ray.   On the night of August 27, 2020, officers with the Jackson Police Department responded to the Intown Suites in North Jackson regarding a reported shooting. When officers arrived, they discovered Jennifer Ray lying face-down and unresponsive outside the door of the motel room she shared with Ames. She was…