Overview

• Proceedings resumed Thursday in Shelby County court in the case against Brandon Isabelle, charged in the 2022 deaths of Danielle Hoyle and their two-day-old daughter, Kennedy.
• Police and prosecutors say Isabelle confessed on video in August to luring Hoyle, shooting her, then taking the infant to Mud Island and throwing her into the Mississippi River.
• Forensic pathologist Dr. Scott Collier testified that Hoyle was shot five times, with fatal wounds to the head and neck.
• Jurors also heard from Hoyle’s mother and from a woman who described a relationship with Isabelle that prosecutors say underpins the alleged motive.
• Kennedy’s body has not been recovered; an Amber Alert was issued in 2022 and her car seat was found abandoned in a Walmart parking lot, and Isabelle maintains his not guilty plea to murder and related charges.