April 4, 2018
One of Joseph Daniels children came to tell him that 5-year-old Joe Clyde had urinated on the floor, according to TBI investigators.
In Joseph s later admission to TBI agents, he said, “I then told them to get their (butts) in the bed. Baby Joe started laughing. So I beat him. That’s when he ran out the front door. Baby Joe ran to the road. I saw a car drive by. I ran out and got him back in the house. I beat him some more. That’s when I killed Baby Joe.”
Joseph Daniels, who was 28 at the time of Joe Clyde s disappearance, also later told investigators, That night, I got into my car and drove down McElhiney Road, and I got Baby Joe out of the trunk. I had my wife s cell phone in my left hand, using it as a flashlight, and Baby Joe was over my right shoulder.
The jury for the trial of Joseph Daniels, who's accused of killing his son Joe Clyde Daniels, will be selected out of Hamilton County. Jury selection is set to begin next Tuesday.
Chattanooga Jury To Hear Dickson County Murder Case Tuesday, May 25, 2021
A Chattanooga jury will be selected to hear a Middle Tennessee murder case.
Jury selection will begin on Tuesday at the Courts Building in the case in which Joseph Daniels is charged with killing his son, Joe Clyde Daniels.
It was decided to bring in the outside jury due to pre-trial publicity.
It is expected the jury will be selected by Wednesday and taken to Dickson County for the trial. The panel is to be sequestered in a hotel.
The trial is expected to last about a week.
May 30, 2021
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