Man Charged With Murdering Woman and 2-Day-Old Daughter in Memphis

A man has been arrested after his two-day-old daughter went missing and her mother was shot to death in Memphis.

Wednesday Memphis police said Brandon Isabelle admitted to taking two-day-old Kennedy Hoyle out of her mother Danielle Holye’s car, driving to a Tennesee boat ramp, and tossing the baby into the water. He then threw the gun he used to shoot Danielle into the Mississippi River and Wolf River Delta.

According to police, Isabelle is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, murder in the perpetration of aggravated kidnapping and tampering/fabricating evidence.

The Memphis Police Department said officers found an abandoned vehicle in Whitehaven, Tennessee, late Tuesday night. After investigating, officers discovered that a woman, 27, had been fatally shot near the car.