A Dickson County, Tennessee judge has scheduled a trial to get underway June 1, 2021 for the father of Joe Clyde Daniels. The date will be contingent on the state allowing jury trials to resume. As of now, it cannot take place until at least April 1, 2021. Joseph Daniels is currently jailed at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.

Joseph Daniels and his wife, Krystal are both charged in connection with the 2018 killing of their five-year-old son, Joe Clyde Daniels.

Court documents allege Joseph Daniels reported his son missing, but later confessed to fatally beating the boy, who had autism and was non-verbal. Krystal Daniels reportedly witnessed the assault and did not help her child.

Investigators said Joseph Daniels admitted he dumped Joe Clyde’s body in a remote area, but the boy’s body has never been located.

A trial date for Krystal Daniels has not been set yet.

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