Joseph Hinson

Name of Accused:
Hinson, Joseph Edwin

Date of Arrest:
08/30/2024


Charges For Arrest:
Murder in the Second Degree
Cruelty to Children Criminal Negligence/Causes Excessive Physical/Mental Pain 2nd Degree (F)
Officer’s Narrative:
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On August 30th, 2024
, I, Deputy Greenway, Deputy Worthan, and Deputy Childers were dispatched to [100 BLOCK] Village Dr. in reference to CPR in progress. Upon arrival, Fire and Metro were already conducting CPR on the patient, Juvenile [REDACTED]. I spoke with the complainant, [WITNESS ]. [WITNESS ] stated that she was awoken by a loud thud. When she went to investigate, she found her daughter, Juvenile [REDACTED], laying in the hallway, bleeding and not breathing. [WITNESS ]’s dad, [WITNESS ], and son, Joseph Hinson, also found Juvenile [REDACTED]. [WITNESS ] stated that she called 911 while [WITNESS ] and Joseph started CPR.
I had [WITNESS ] tell me everything that happened from the time she got from work the night prior, August 29th, to when she called 911. [WITNESS ] stated that she got around 1830hrs and ate dinner. [WITNESS ] stated that she had approximately 4 shots of liquor with dinner. [WITNESS ] stated that everyone went to bed as normal around 2100hrs. Juvenile [REDACTED] sleeps with [WITNESS ], along with the two dogs. [WITNESS ] stated that Juvenile [REDACTED] is known to climb on things and wander around in the middle of the night. Due to this, [WITNESS ] and [WITNESS ] installed child proof locks throughout the house on the doors. [WITNESS ] stated that there is a child proof lock on her bedroom door near the top. [WITNESS ] stated that she believes Juvenile [REDACTED] climbed on a chair and unlocked the child proof lock. [WITNESS ] woke up to a loud thud. When she went to investigate, she saw Juvenile [REDACTED] laying on the hallway floor. [WITNESS ] stated that she thinks Juvenile [REDACTED] fell and hit her head. [WITNESS ] and Joseph started CPR on Juvenile [REDACTED] till Fire and Metro arrived while [WITNESS ] called 911.
Metro transported Juvenile [REDACTED] to Paulding Welstar. The scene was turned over to the Juvenile Investigation Division Corporal Cross and Deputy Massey.
The incident was captured on county issued mic pack attached to S190. At some point during the incident, my mic pack died and I used Corporal Hoskins mic pack.
[End of Narrative]