Joe Clyde Daniels' Aunt Was Home During Murder

CHARLOTTE, TN -- The search for the body of Joe Clyde Daniels is nearly into its second month, but the Dickson County Sheriff says he's not giving up.

Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe told WKRN he's had teams out three times in the last weeklooking for the body of the slain 5-year-old, but teams have yet to find any evidence or indication where he might be.

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The station also reported that Joe Clyde's grandmother's sister - a woman known as Aunt Joyce - was at home the night he was killed and in fact put the boy to bed; however, Joyce is very hard of hearing, the sheriff said, and told investigators she didn't hear anything. It's not yet known if the boy was killed in the house or elsewhere.

The little boy was reported missing by his parents from their home in rural Dickson County northwest of Nashville the morning of April 4, launching a massive search utilizing hundreds of volunteers and law enforcement officers. The boy's father, Joe Daniels, was arrested April 7, charged with beating his son to death and hiding his body. His mother, Krystal Daniels, was arrested two days later, charged with aggravated child neglect.

Joe Daniels reportedly admitted to the murder and to hiding the body, but as yet has not told investigators where it is.

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