Overview

• Opening statements are expected Tuesday as Brandon Isabelle, 28, stands trial in Memphis for the 2022 deaths of Danielle Hoyle and their two-day-old daughter, Kennedy.
• Isabelle faces first-degree murder and related counts including aggravated kidnapping, aggravated child abuse and neglect, and evidence tampering, and he has pleaded not guilty.
• According to investigators, Isabelle lured Hoyle to meet him, fatally shot her, drove to Mud Island, and threw the infant into the Mississippi River near a boat ramp, then discarded the gun at another spot.
• Police launched an Amber Alert after finding Hoyle’s body near an abandoned car; hours later, Kennedy’s car seat turned up in a Walmart parking lot, and the baby’s body has not been recovered.
• Local media report that a recorded interview shows Isabelle telling detectives he killed Hoyle and disposed of the infant, while family members mourn a daughter, a granddaughter, and a sister Hoyle leaves behind.