DICKSON COUNTY, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – On Thursday, May 21 the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at the residence of Joe Clyde Daniels as part of an ongoing investigation.
Joe Clyde “Baby Joe” Daniels was reported missing by his parents on April 4, 2018. At the time, hundreds of law enforcement and the community gathered to search for the boy.
April 7, 2018 Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe made the announcement that Joseph Daniels had been charged with criminal homicide in the death of his son.
According to the arrest report, Daniels admitted to striking his son “repeatedly in the body, upper torso, head and face with a closed fist” until his son was dead.
It went on to say “Daniels then placed the body of his five-year-old son in the trunk of the car and disposed of his son’s body in a remote, rural area.”
In October 2018, Daniels was found competent to stand trial after a mental health evaluation.
The child’s mother Krystal Daniels was arrested two days later and charged with aggravated child abuse.
Trials for both Joseph and Krystal Daniels are still upcoming.