Dad beat autistic son Joe Clyde Daniels to death, hid his body in remote area: affidavit
Violent details have been released in the murder of 5-year-old Joe Clyde Daniels.
According to an affidavit, Joe's father, Joseph Ray Daniels, confessed to police that he beat his non-verbal, autistic son to death at their Dickson home on April 4.
Daniels told police that he "struck his son...repeatedly in the body, upper torso, head, and face with closed-fist until his son was deceased," the...