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A Tennessee man accused of murdering his missing 5-year-old son returned to court Thursday – even as the body of the boy who's been presumed dead by authorities remains missing three years later.
Joseph Daniels, now 30, told a 911 dispatcher on April 4, 2018, that his autistic and nonverbal son – Joseph "Baby Joe" Clyde – had escaped from their home in rural Dickson County, Tennessee, WKRN reported.
"My son has escaped. We cannot find him," Daniels is heard saying on the call. "He must've unlocked the door. He got out."
Law enforcement and volunteer search crews scoured the area, as then-Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe described both a mental and physical toll on the community that the child hadn't been recovered. But then shocking news came just four days later – when it was announced that Daniels allegedly confessed to beating his son to death and disposing of the body and was charged with criminal homicide.