DICKSON, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – The father of a missing autistic boy has been charged with criminal homicide.
Joseph Daniels was booked into Dickson County Jail Saturday morning on a $1,000,000 bond.
Joe Clyde Daniels, 5, is non-verbal and autistic who went missing from his Garners Creeks Road home on Tuesday.
A news release issued by TBI Saturday stated the following:
On April 6th, at the request of 23rd District Attorney General Ray Crouch, TBI Agents opened an investigation into criminal conduct. During the course of the investigation, and after a three-day search, it was determined that the child’s father, Joseph Daniels, intentionally killed his son sometime during the night of April 3-4, in their residence and then hid his son’s body.
On the morning of April 7th, TBI Agents arrested Joseph Ray Daniels (DOB 10-16-89) and charged him with one count of criminal homicide. Daniels was booked into the Dickson County Jail on a $1,000,000 bond.