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A Louisiana man with a long rap sheet accused of abducting two children and killing one of them in a possible human trafficking case admitted to his crimes — and said he deserved to die.

“I did it,” David Callihan, 36, told reporters of 4-year-old Erin Brunett, who was found dead Thursday in Callihan's car in Jackson, Miss. Her 6-year-old sister, Jalie, was found alive nearby.

“I have no reason for what I did,” Callihan said. “All I know is that I was sober and only on Lexapro and on Lexapro, and I've also been diagnosed with multiple personality disorder.

He made the confession to reporters outside police headquarters Friday in Jackson.

“I've told them everything I did and I've agreed not to fight it,” he said as he was being placed in the back seat of a Rankin County sheriff's deputy's vehicle. “For what I did, lethal injection is the easiest for me.”

Callihan was charged with murder and sexual assault for kidnapping the Brunett sisters from Louisiana and bringing them across state lines to Mississippi, WDSU reported.

Callihan added that he was “not pretending to be crazy.” I am certified. I've only been out of the nursing home for two weeks.”

The girls' mother, Callie Brunett, 35, was found dead days earlier. Callihan is also a suspect in her death.

The girls found themselves in a terrifying scene in a place that contained a petting zoo.

Callie Brunett's blood-covered body was found June 13 at her home in Loranger, La., about three hours from Callihan's current home in Jackson. Callihan had been engaged to Callie Brunett, WDSU reported.

The FBI has now taken the lead on the investigation.

An Amber Alert was issued for Callie's missing daughters after her father discovered her body inside her trailer.

Callie had last been seen on June 11th.

Calihan said he will not fight the charges and is cooperating with police.

An alleged accomplice in Thursday's murders, Victoria Cox, was also arrested, police said.

Callihan has a lengthy criminal record, according to Tangipahoa Parish court records cited by WDSU.

The record includes eight arrests since 2008 on charges including burglary, theft, grand larceny, simple burglary and simple assault.

He “terrified” neighbors, Amite, La., residents told WDSU.

Callihan sometimes lived under a bridge and sometimes in a mobile home, they said.

He was sometimes seen naked with a crossbow, once set fire to a shed and had broken into different homes, neighbors claimed.

Darci Heck said she lived across the street from Callihan in Amite.

“I mean, I'm glad he got caught, but I'm terrified,” Heck said.

Heck's 12-year-old daughter said she got scared every time she saw Callihan in the area.

“It hurt so much to think that he belonged there. It could have been us. It could have been anybody,” Laci Beetz said.

Jackson Police Chief Joseph Wade described the scene as “horrific” and “tragic.” He said he believes the area where the girls were found may have been linked to human trafficking.

Jackson police had no additional information about the alleged human trafficking when The Post called Saturday.