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Brandon Isabelle, 28, is on trial in Texas charged with the first-degree murders of his girlfriend Danielle Hoyle, 27, and their newborn daughter Kennedy in Memphis on February 1, 2022

Isabelle police said, lured Hoyle to bring the two day-old baby to a rendezvous, shot the new mom in the head and hurled the infant into alligator-infested Mississippi River

Other than Hoyle Isabelle who is married, was also dating another woman, Artesha Stewart, now testifying for the prosecution

He’s pled not guilty to murder in the perpetration of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated child abuse and neglect and tampering or fabricating evidence

However, Isabelle allegedly was caught on video telling detectives he killed Hoyle and threw his daughter in the river because he did not want the child

Love rat Brandon Isabelle, 28, is charged with the first-degree murders charges of his girlfriend Danielle Hoyle, and their newborn daughter Kennedy in Feb. 2022. He was 25, married and had two mistresses at the time

A 28-year-old Memphis man accused of shooting his girlfriend dead and tossing their two-day-old baby into alligator-infested Mississippi River, was married while dating two separate mistresses simultaneously, a court heard.
Brandon Isabelle, 28, is facing first-degree murder charges for the deaths of his girlfriend Danielle Hoyle, and their newborn daughter Kennedy three years ago.
Hoyle, 27, was found dead on February 1, 2022. Kennedy who was with her mother at the time was never found. Prosecutors say Isabelle killed his two-day-old daughter by hurling her into the alligator-infested Mississippi River.
Isabelle entered the second day of murder trial on Friday in Texas. The court heard that the suspect, then 25, had lured Hoyle to meet him in Memphis and to bring their daughter before he shot her dead and threw the baby into the river.
Hoyle’s mother April Campbell took the stand and recalled warning her daughter against becoming involved with a married man: ‘If he’s married, how do you think he’s gonna treat you?’ Campbell recalled telling her daughter. 
She later conceded learning that Isabelle was ‘working toward being separated.’

Two-day old Kennedy’s body was never found after she was was tossed into the alligator-filled Mississippi by her biological father – a love married man who also had two mistresses and did not want a new baby

Campbell recalled having negative feelings toward the relationship, but was happy as long as her daughter seemed happy. 
Separately, Isabelle was also dating another woman, Artesha Stewart, at the same time he was seeing Hoyle.
Stewart testified on Thursday, sharing intimate details about their relationship and the love triangle involving Hoyle. The trio crossed paths working at FEDEX.
Stewart and Isabelle began dating in 2021 and were in an on-and-off relationship into early 2022, when Danielle Hoyle was murdered.
At the time she struck up a relationship with Isabelle, Stewart said she believed him to be single. She later found out he was married with a five-year-old child, but was separated from his wife.
She then came to learn about Hoyle, and the two women would often make snarky comments about one another and send each other nasty messages as a result of the love triangle, Stewart told jurors.
Isabelle ultimately admitted that Hoyle was pregnant, and that he was possibly the father.

Isabelle who is married allegedly admitted to police that he ‘lured’ his mistress Danielle Hoyle, [photo], in Memphis and shot her in the head, two days after she gave birth to their baby. She was murdered on Feb. 1, 2022

Memphis police found Danielle Hoyle’s abandoned Chevy Cruz’s with shattered windows and bullet holes on February 1, 2022. Her body was found in a ditch next to the vehicle

According to Stewart, she and Isabelle were texting even as Hoyle was in the hospital in labor.
After Kennedy was born, Stewart brought Hoyle a paternity test after discussing the move with Isabelle.
Hoyle expected Isabelle to sign Kennedy’s birth certificate, but Stewart told the court she did not want him to.
Campbell said her daughter was overjoyed to be having another baby. She already had a nine-year-old daughter.
Prior to Kennedy’s arrival, Hoyle and her mom, as well as several other relatives, went on a shopping spree together picking up supplies for the baby.

Kennedy [photo], weighed just 6lbs and was 17inches in height when she died. Isabelle was caught on video telling detectives in August 2025, that he killed Hoyle and threw his daughter in the river because he did not want the child

On February 1, Hoyle introduced her daughter to her mother at the family home, and Campbell spent a little over an hour bonding with the baby and taking photos.
Hoyle then left to see Isabelle but told her mother that she needed to take Kennedy back to the hospital, claiming that she was never supposed to be released. Campbell states that she later found out that she was, in fact, going back to see Isabelle.
According to prosecutors Isabelle, then 25, lured Hoyle to meet him in Memphis and to bring their daughter before he shot her dead and threw the baby into the river.
Kennedy’s body was never found after she was was tossed into the Mississippi. Alligators are present in the famous river and have been spotted in Memphis in recent years. 

Screenshot of Danielle Hoyle’ Apple Watch of her conversation with Brandon Isabelle who is unenthusiastic over the impending arrival of their child

Hoyle responds in the negative to the suggestion of terminating the life of her unborn child

Police searching for the baby supposedly with her mother when she was shot on Feb 1, 2022, found Kennedy’s car seat [photo], abandoned in a Walmart parking lot. The baby’s diaper bag was also in Hoyle’s car – but the baby was not found

At the time of her death, Kennedy weighed just 6lbs and was 17 inches long.
Isabelle was caught on video telling detectives last month that he killed killed Hoyle and threw his daughter in the river because he did not want the child.
Danielle Hoyle went into labor on January 31st gave birth to baby Kennedy. She was released from the hospital on February 1st, 2022. That same day, prosecutors allege, Isabelle asked the new mom to meet him in Whitehaven, so he could give her baby clothes.
According to police, Isabelle during his police interview confessed to luring his girlfriend to the intersection of Sedgewick and Levi streets , and shooting her in the head.
He took their two-day-old baby girl, Kennedy. Later that night, he drove her to the north end of Mud Island, where the Wolf River enters the Mississippi River, and threw the infant in the water at a boat ramp, the affidavit said.
He then threw the weapon used in the Hoyle’s shooting into the river at a separate location nearby, police said.

Isabelle [photo], was arrested in 2022 after police officers located an abandoned vehicle and nearby found the body of Danielle Hoyle, who had been shot in the head. Her family said she was with her baby. The infant was never found 

Isabelle was arrested in 2022 after police officers located an abandoned vehicle and nearby found the body of Hoyle, who had been shot multiple times in the head.
Officers were told by Hoyle’s family that her baby had been with the woman, but no child was found in the car, police said. 
A search began, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert for Kennedy. 
Hours later, Kennedy’s car seat was found abandoned in a Walmart parking lot, but there was no sign of the baby.
Called to the stand, Sgt. Jeramy Cline of the Memphis Police Homicide Bureau, testified that he had gone to home of the victim’s mother, who gave the police her daughter’s Apple watch.
Cline said going through the past messages, he found a screenshot of a text conversation in which Isabelle talking about the relationship and and the impact of a child, requested that Hoyle abort the pregnancy. Hoyle’s response to the request was a firm no.
Isabelle has pled not guilty to murder in the perpetration of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated child abuse and neglect and tampering or fabricating evidence. His lawyers also argued that there was no time stamp on the screenshot introduced by the prosecution.
The trial is ongoing