TN JOE CLYDE DANIELS: Missing from Dickson, TN - 4 April 2018 - Age 5 *GUILTY*

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 affidavit says.

Young Joe Clyde died at his residence along Garners Creek Road. Daniels told authorities he put the kindergartner's body in the truck of his car and "disposed" of his son's body in a remote, rural area. As of Monday morning, Joe Clyde's body still hasn't been found after authorities searched through the weekend.

Daniels called 911 to report his son missing.

Dad beat autistic son Joe Clyde Daniels to death, hid his body in remote area: affidavit

LIVE UPDATE: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

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Joseph Daniels pens letter claiming Joe Clyde was killed by his mother

The father of Joe Clyde Daniels, Joseph Daniels, confessed to killing the 5-year-old autistic boy, but he's now pointing the finger at someone else - his wife, Krystal Daniels.

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Joseph Daniels pens letter claiming Joe Clyde was killed by his mother

The father of Joe Clyde Daniels, Joseph Daniels, confessed to killing the 5-year-old autistic boy, but he's now pointing the finger at someone else - his wife, Krystal Daniels.

It's one of a couple of new developments in the case. Joseph Daniels is currently charged with homicide in the death of his son -- mostly based on a confession that Joseph has since recanted.

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

With appeals exhausted, the question remains: Will Joe Clyde's father reveal the location of his son's body?

Joseph Daniels has lost every appeal, and the US Supreme Court is not expected to hear his case. With that said, some wonder if he will ever reveal the location of his son's body.

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With appeals exhausted, the question remains: Will Joe Clyde's father reveal the location of his son's body?​

It's the end of the road for Joseph Daniels, but the question of whether he might reveal where he put his son's body remains.

A jury convicted Daniels of murdering his son, but the remains have never been found.

The Tennessee Supreme Court and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals both denied Joseph Daniels' request for a new trial.


Since then, every appeal has been denied, talk of the Innocence Project becoming involved has gone nowhere, and Lockert said there's no indication at all that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case.

Daniels was convicted with no physical evidence, but he did confess.

So now facing the certain prospect of spending the rest life behind bars, one big question remains for Daniels: Will he ever reveal the location of his son's body?

In the past, he's taken police out to search, but never led them to the remains.

Lockert said he doesn't believe Daniels knows the location of the body.

Authorities think he does, but doubt he'll ever say where.

It's a tragic prospect for a child who deserves a proper burial.

Technically, Daniels, 35, would be eligible for parole after 51 years.

But under a new state law, his parole can be denied because he refuses to reveal the location of Joe Clyde's body.

 

[GrandmaBear]

A good state law. More should enact such.

Proper burial or not, this child is in a better place. I believe that. Despite the monster that ended his life.

 

[Mel70]

With appeals exhausted, the question remains: Will Joe Clyde's father reveal the location of his son's body?

Joseph Daniels has lost every appeal, and the US Supreme Court is not expected to hear his case. With that said, some wonder if he will ever reveal the location of his son's body.

www.newschannel5.com

With appeals exhausted, the question remains: Will Joe Clyde's father reveal the location of his son's body?​

It's the end of the road for Joseph Daniels, but the question of whether he might reveal where he put his son's body remains.

A jury convicted Daniels of murdering his son, but the remains have never been found.

The Tennessee Supreme Court and the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals both denied Joseph Daniels' request for a new trial.


Since then, every appeal has been denied, talk of the Innocence Project becoming involved has gone nowhere, and Lockert said there's no indication at all that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case.

Daniels was convicted with no physical evidence, but he did confess.

So now facing the certain prospect of spending the rest life behind bars, one big question remains for Daniels: Will he ever reveal the location of his son's body?

In the past, he's taken police out to search, but never led them to the remains.

Lockert said he doesn't believe Daniels knows the location of the body.

Authorities think he does, but doubt he'll ever say where.

It's a tragic prospect for a child who deserves a proper burial.

Technically, Daniels, 35, would be eligible for parole after 51 years.

But under a new state law, his parole can be denied because he refuses to reveal the location of Joe Clyde's body.

Parole should not be an option. Ugly mug! Evil!:

 

[Mel70]

A good state law. More should enact such.

Proper burial or not, this child is in a better place. I believe that. Despite the monster that ended his life.

Exactly. Him dying knowing his father is killing him. I really despise him!!!

 

[GrandmaBear]

Exactly. Him dying knowing his father is killing him. I really despise him!!!

Easy to despise a despicable "man" like him. I feel the same. At least he did go to prison but the sentence is way too light for what this boy went through.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Joe Clyde Daniels' killer is again asking for a new trial

Joseph Daniels is serving a life sentence and his efforts to challenge the evidence that proved he killed his son Joe Clyde have failed. Now he is appealing arguing that his lawyer failed him.

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Joe Clyde Daniels' killer is again asking for a new trial​

A jury convicted Joseph Daniels of murdering his 5-year-old son Joe Clyde. It is a story so many of us have followed and boy's body still has not been found.

Daniels is serving life and, so far, his appeals have failed. But there's a new effort to get this convicted killer a new trial.

Joseph Daniels has already lost appeals challenging the evidence against him that he killed his son Joe Clyde.

But now he's making the case that his lawyer did a lousy job.

That would Jake Lockert -- a well-known and respected attorney in Middle Tennessee.

He took on the Daniels case. Five-year-old Joe Clyde had disappeared from his Dickson home in 2018.

His body was never found.

No physical evidence, but Lockert told this reporter before trial he had a client who talked too much and confessed.

"You know the only reason your client is charged with homicide right now is the confession? Oh absolutely," said Lockert.

Daniels later recanted the confession to no avail and Lockert argued that Daniels had been coerced.

"If you have a person who is very suggestible and has mental health issued then the techniques police use," said Lockert.

Lockert said it all added up to a false confession.

Beyond that, Daniels -- against Lockert's advice -- also made several phone calls from his jail cell -- all which were recorded.

"When your client made the initial confession and then continued to make phone calls and ride with cops and try to tell them where the body is and write letters and make calls from prison it was making it extremely difficult to defend his case," said Lockert back in 2022.

Considering all that you wonder, what is the basis for Daniels' latest appeal?

In a nutshell, that Lockert did not do enough or call the witnesses needed to challenge the prosecution's case that he beat Joe Clyde to death and disposed of the body ...

Remember, there was no physical evidence -- just the confession and a circumstantial case.

Lockert will be called in the near future to answer question raised by the appeal in court. Joseph Daniels is currently serving a life sentence.

Joe Clyde's mother Krystal is about half was through a 13-year sentence for aggravated child abuse.

 

[noZme]

IMO Joseph Daniels was found guilty for good reasons. Now he is just clogging up the courts