It was around 6:30AM when the phone at the 911 dispatch centre in Dickson, Tennessee, buzzed. On the other end of the line was a man. He said that his autistic and non-verbal son had “escaped.”
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“Joseph Ray Daniels Murder Trial Day 1 – Jessica Donnerstag, Anthony Longtin & Chelsea Lampley”
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CBS – 11 WJHL, 4 April, 2018 – “TBI Issues Alert for Missing Boy”
Associated Press, 6 April, 2018 – “Police, Volunteers Search for Missing Boy”
The Advocate and Democrat, 7 April, 2018 – “Father of Missing Tennessee Child Charge”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 7 April, 2018 – “Father Confesses to Killing 5-Year-Old”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 7 April, 2018 – “Search Continues”
CBS – 5 WKRG, 7 April, 2018 – “Father of Autistic Boy Accused of Killing Son”
The Daily Herald, 7 April, 2018 – “Officials Searching Through the Night”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 9 April, 2018 – “Pastor’s Daughter Plans Memorial”
CBS – 17 WNCN, 9 April, 2018 – “Shock and Grief After Missing Boy’s Death”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 9 April, 2018 – “Mother of Missing Tennessee Child Arrested”
Associated Press, 10 April, 2018 – “Both Parents now Charged”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 10 April, 2018 – “Mother Present”
CBS – 3 WREG, 12 April, 2018 – “Abused Dogs Abandoned”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 14 April, 2018 – “Where is Baby Joe?”
Associated Press, 11 May, 2018 – “Volunteers Needed”
CBS – 12 WJTV, 20 May, 2018 – Massive Search for Baby Joe”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 2 June, 2018 – “Official Search for Baby Joe”
CBS – 3 WREG, 4 June, 2018 – “Father Doesn’t Want the Public to Know”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 29 July, 2018 – “Community Members Celebrate”
CBS – 3 WREG, 18 October, 2018 – “Missing Autistic Child Still Alive”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 23 October, 2018 – “Letter Sent to Baby Joe’s Grandparents”
Associated Press, 24 October, 2018 – “Father Charged in Son’s Death Found Competent”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 27 November, 2018 – “Judge Agrees to Outside Jury”
CBS – 13 WBTW, 23 July, 2019 – “Blood, Hair Found on Shovel”
CBS – 3 WTKR, 13 February, 2019 – “Tennessee Mom Recants Critical Statement”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 6 August, 2020 – “Attorney for Joe Daniels Apologises”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 3 June, 2021 – “Videos of Joe Clyde”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 5 June, 2021 – “Nobody Did Anything to Him”
CBS – 3 WREG, 6 June, 2012 – “No Physical Evidence to Show Baby Joe is Dead”
CBS – 11 WJHL, 7 June, 2021 – “He Threatened that he Would Kill Me”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 2021 – “How’s That for Child Abuse?”
CBS – 18 WHNT, 9 June, 2021 – “I Just Want Him to be Happy”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 10 June, 2021 – “Closing Arguments to Begin”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 10 June, 2021 – “I Ripped up our Marriage License”
Associated Press, 12 June, 2021 – “Tennessee Man Found Guilty”
The Tennessean, 11 June, 2021 – “Joseph Daniels Trial”
The Tennessean, 8 June, 2021 – “Seen on Bridge the Night of Disappearance “
The Daily Herald, 23 June, 2021 – “DA, Sheriff React”
The Tennessean, 15 September, 2021 – “joseph Daniels Gets Life Sentence”
The Daily Herald, 7 February, 2022 – “Joe Clyde Daniels Act Bill”
CBS – 19 WHNT, 5 April, 2022 – “Where is Baby Joe?”
