A Memphis man tossed his two-day-old daughter into the Mississippi River after he shot his girlfriend dead, according to authorities.

Brandon Isabelle, 28, is charged with first-degree murder for the deaths of his girlfriend, Danielle Hoyle, 27, and their infant daughter, Kennedy, in 2022.

According to prosecutors, Isabelle, who was 25 at the time, convinced Hoyle to meet him in Memphis and bring their baby. He then allegedly shot Hoyle and disposed of the child in the river.

Kennedy’s body was never found after she was was tossed into the Mississippi, where alligators are present. 

At the time of her death, Kennedy weighed just 6lbs and was 17 inches long.

Isabelle was reportedly seen on video confessing to detectives that he committed the murders because he did not want the child, as reported by News Channel 3.

Isabelle’s trial began this week, with opening statements expected on Tuesday. 

Brandon Isabelle, 28, allegedly admitted to shooting dead his girlfriend and tossing their newborn baby into the Mississippi River in 2022

Kennedy’s body was never found after she was was tossed into the Mississippi

A police helicopter is seen flying over the search area  for Kennedy in 2022

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

According to a police affidavit, Isabelle told officers he lured Hoyer to the location where her body and the car were found and shot her. 

Brandon Isabelle, seen in 2022, was charged with two counts of murder for the deaths

Isabelle told police he took the baby, drove to Mud Island on the Mississippi River and tossed the child into the water at a boat ramp, the affidavit said.

He then threw the gun used in the woman’s killing into the river at a separate location nearby, police said.

Isabelle 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.

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.

Isabelle allegedly admitted to police in Memphis that he ‘lured’ Danielle Hoyle  and shot her in the head

Police found Kennedy’s car seat abandoned in a Walmart parking lot

Kennedy weighed just 6lbs and was 17inches in height when she died, according to police

Police quickly identified Isabelle as a suspect and brought him in for questioning.

Kennedy’s devastated maternal grandmother, April Campbell, said at the time that she only got to hold her granddaughter once for 10 minutes, reported WLOX. She asked that her daughter and grandchild’s suspected killer brought to justice.

‘I want him to suffer like he made my baby suffer,’ Campbell told Action News 5. ‘I want him to hurt. I don’t want it to be easy for him… why would you hurt a baby?’

Hoyle worked at FedEx and was survived by another daughter.