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Philandering Memphis husband Brandon Isabelle, 28, on trial for first-degree murder after shooting mistress and hurling their two day-old baby hurled to her death in gator-filled Mississippi river

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d4c5b9f0b540b924901f04cf13305fe8" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;cc1010&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>WARNING&colon; Graphic content<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11418ee463b36d1bde005410968d4c54" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Brandon Isabelle&comma; 28&comma; is on trial in Texas charged with the first-degree murders of his girlfriend Danielle Hoyle&comma; 27&comma; and their newborn daughter Kennedy in Memphis on<strong> February 1&comma; 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-23e286f266e06c6b4a0f9c36fb9ef59c" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Isabelle police said&comma; lured Hoyle to bring the<strong> t<strong>wo day-old baby to a rendezvous&comma; shot the new mom in the head and hurled the infant into alligator-infested Mississippi <strong>River <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-961f5964c8f15d2a02c5f95e53906f07" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Other than Hoyle Isabelle who is married&comma; was also dating another woman&comma; Artesha Stewart&comma; now testifying for the prosecution<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-69279893192ea72e351548e9fea461b5" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He&&num;8217&semi;s pled not guilty to murder in the perpetration of aggravated kidnapping&comma; aggravated child abuse and neglect and tampering or fabricating evidence<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-60f9f2a4ba539939c97295f1a063bb16" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;2a0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>However&comma; <strong>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<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Brandon-Isabelle-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486457" style&equals;"width&colon;781px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Love rat Brandon Isabelle&comma; 28&comma; is charged with the first-degree murders charges of his girlfriend Danielle Hoyle&comma; and their newborn daughter Kennedy in Feb&period; 2022&period; He was 25&comma; married and had two mistresses at the time<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A 28-year-old Memphis man accused of shooting his girlfriend dead and tossing their two-day-old baby into alligator-infested Mississippi River&comma; was married while dating two separate mistresses simultaneously&comma; a court heard&period;<br>Brandon Isabelle&comma; 28&comma; is facing first-degree murder charges for the deaths of his girlfriend Danielle Hoyle&comma; and their newborn daughter Kennedy three years ago&period; <br>Hoyle&comma; 27&comma; was found dead on February 1&comma; 2022&period; Kennedy who was with her mother at the time was never found&period; Prosecutors say Isabelle killed his two-day-old daughter by hurling her into the alligator-infested Mississippi River&period;<br>Isabelle entered the second day of murder trial on Friday in Texas&period; The court heard that the suspect&comma; then 25&comma; 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&period;<br>Hoyle&&num;8217&semi;s mother April Campbell took the stand and recalled warning her daughter against becoming involved with a married man&colon; &&num;8216&semi;If he&&num;8217&semi;s married&comma; how do you think he&&num;8217&semi;s gonna treat you&quest;&&num;8217&semi; Campbell recalled telling her daughter&period; <br>She later <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;localmemphis&period;com&sol;article&sol;news&sol;local&sol;victims-mother-testifies-trial-cordova-accused-killing-girlfriend-baby&sol;522-fbb3813b-91fa-461f-8f86-8d452635a719">conceded learning<&sol;a> that Isabelle was &&num;8216&semi;working toward being separated&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Kennedy-Isabelle-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486460" style&equals;"width&colon;769px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Two-day old Kennedy&&num;8217&semi;s body was never found after she was was tossed into the alligator-filled Mississippi by her biological father &&num;8211&semi; a love married man who also had two mistresses and did not want a new baby<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Campbell recalled having negative feelings toward the relationship&comma; but was happy as long as her daughter seemed happy&period; <br>Separately&comma; Isabelle was also dating another woman&comma; Artesha Stewart&comma; at the same time he was seeing Hoyle&period; <br>Stewart testified on Thursday&comma; sharing intimate details about their relationship and the love triangle involving Hoyle&period; The trio crossed paths working at FEDEX&period;<br>Stewart and Isabelle began dating in 2021 and were in an on-and-off relationship into early 2022&comma; when Danielle Hoyle was murdered&period;<br>At the time she struck up a relationship with Isabelle&comma; Stewart said she believed him to be single&period; She later found out he was married with a five-year-old child&comma; but was separated from his wife&period;<br>She then came to learn about Hoyle&comma; 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&comma; Stewart told jurors&period;<br>Isabelle ultimately admitted that Hoyle was pregnant&comma; and that he was possibly the father&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Danielle-Hoyle-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486459" style&equals;"width&colon;825px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Isabelle who is married allegedly admitted to police that he &&num;8216&semi;lured&&num;8217&semi; his mistress Danielle Hoyle&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; in Memphis and shot her in the head&comma; two days after she gave birth to their baby&period; She was murdered on Feb&period; 1&comma; 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Danielle-Hoyles-Chevrolet-Cruze-with-shattered-glass-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486477" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Memphis police found Danielle Hoyle&&num;8217&semi;s abandoned Chevy Cruz&&num;8217&semi;s with shattered windows and bullet holes on February 1&comma; 2022&period; Her body was found in a ditch next to the vehicle<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to Stewart&comma; she and Isabelle were texting even as Hoyle was in the hospital in labor&period; <br>After Kennedy was born&comma; Stewart brought Hoyle a paternity test after discussing the move with Isabelle&period;<br>Hoyle expected Isabelle to sign Kennedy&&num;8217&semi;s birth certificate&comma; but Stewart told the court she did not want him to&period;<br>Campbell said her daughter was overjoyed to be having another baby&period; She already had a nine-year-old daughter&period;<br>Prior to Kennedy&&num;8217&semi;s arrival&comma; Hoyle and her mom&comma; as well as several other relatives&comma; went on a shopping spree together picking up supplies for the baby&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Kennedy-Isabelle-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486462" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Kennedy &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; weighed just 6lbs and was 17inches in height when she died&period; Isabelle was caught on video telling detectives in August 2025&comma; that he killed Hoyle and threw his daughter in the river because he did not want the child<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>On February 1&comma; Hoyle introduced her daughter to her mother at the family home&comma; and Campbell spent a little over an hour bonding with the baby and taking photos&period;<br>Hoyle then left to see Isabelle but told her mother that she needed to take Kennedy back to the hospital&comma; claiming that she was never supposed to be released&period; Campbell states that she later found out that she was&comma; in fact&comma; going back to see Isabelle&period;<br>According to prosecutors Isabelle&comma; then 25&comma; lured Hoyle to meet him in Memphis and to bring their daughter before he shot her dead and threw the baby into the river&period;<br>Kennedy&&num;8217&semi;s body was never found after she was was tossed into the Mississippi&period; Alligators are present in the famous river and have been spotted in Memphis in recent years&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;text-exchange-between-Brandon-Isabelle-an-d-Danielle-Hoyle-about-their-infant-daughter-Kennedy-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486483"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Screenshot of Danielle Hoyle&&num;8217&semi; Apple Watch of her conversation with Brandon Isabelle who is unenthusiastic over the impending arrival of their child <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;text-exchange-between-Brandon-Isabelle-an-d-Danielle-Hoyle-about-their-infant-daughter-Kennedy-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486484" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Hoyle responds in the negative to the suggestion of terminating the life of her unborn child<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Kennedy-Isabelles-car-seat-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486461" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong><strong>Police searching for the baby supposedly with her mother when she was shot on Feb 1&comma; 2022&comma; found Kennedy&&num;8217&semi;s car seat &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; abandoned in a Walmart parking lot&period; The baby&&num;8217&semi;s diaper bag was also in Hoyle&&num;8217&semi;s car &&num;8211&semi; but the baby was not found<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>At the time of her death&comma; Kennedy weighed just 6lbs and was 17 inches long&period;<br>Isabelle was caught on video telling detectives last month that he killed killed Hoyle and threw his daughter in the river because<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wreg&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;day-1-trial-of-man-accused-of-killing-girlfriend-baby&sol;"> he did not want the child<&sol;a>&period;<br>Danielle Hoyle went into labor on January 31st gave birth to baby Kennedy&period; She was released from the hospital on February 1st&comma; 2022&period; That same day&comma; prosecutors allege&comma; Isabelle asked the new mom to meet him in Whitehaven&comma; so he could give her baby clothes&period;<br>According to police&comma; Isabelle during his police interview confessed to luring his girlfriend to the intersection of Sedgewick and Levi streets &comma; and shooting her in the head&period;<br>He took their two-day-old baby girl&comma; Kennedy&period; Later that night&comma; he drove her to the north end of Mud Island&comma; where the Wolf River enters the Mississippi River&comma; and threw the infant in the water at a boat ramp&comma; the affidavit said&period;<br>He then threw the weapon used in the Hoyle&&num;8217&semi;s shooting into the river at a separate location nearby&comma; police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;09&sol;Brandon-Isabelle-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-486464" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Isabelle &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was arrested in 2022 after police officers located an abandoned vehicle and nearby found the body of Danielle Hoyle&comma; who had been shot in the head&period; Her family said she was with her baby&period; The infant was never found <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Isabelle was arrested in 2022 after police officers located an abandoned vehicle and nearby found the body of Hoyle&comma; who had been shot multiple times in the head&period;<br>Officers were told by Hoyle&&num;8217&semi;s family that her baby had been with the woman&comma; but no child was found in the car&comma; police said&period; <br>A search began&comma; and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert for Kennedy&period; <br>Hours later&comma; Kennedy&&num;8217&semi;s car seat was found abandoned in a Walmart parking lot&comma; but there was no sign of the baby&period;<br>Called to the stand&comma; Sgt&period; Jeramy Cline of the Memphis Police Homicide Bureau&comma; testified that he had gone to home of the victim&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; who gave the police her daughter&&num;8217&semi;s Apple watch&period; <br>Cline said going through the past messages&comma; he found a screenshot of a text conversation in which Isabelle talking about the relationship and and the impact of a child&comma; requested that Hoyle abort the pregnancy&period; Hoyle&&num;8217&semi;s response to the request was a firm no&period;<br>Isabelle has pled not guilty to murder in the perpetration of aggravated kidnapping&comma; aggravated child abuse and neglect and tampering or fabricating evidence&period; His lawyers also argued that there was no time stamp on the screenshot introduced by the prosecution&period;<br>The trial is ongoing<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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