By Pat Culverhouse

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the murder trial of JonConner Joiner who stands accused of the 2016 beating death of his father.

JonConner Joiner, who was 22-years-old at the time of his arrest, was charged with beating to death his 57-year-old father, Billy Jack Joiner, Jr. at the father’s Sibley residence.

Joiner was arrested by Webster Parish detectives in Bossier City on a second-degree murder charge only hours after the murder was reported. During questioning, he reportedly confessed to the detectives he had killed his father.

Billy Jack Joiner, Jr.’s body reportedly was discovered by a Sibley police officer who had stopped by the residence to notify him that one of his animals was loose.

Joiner’s trial will be held in 26th Judicial District Court in Minden with Judge Parker Self presiding. Assistant District Attorney Hugo Holland will be prosecuting the case. Joiner is represented by attorney Mary Ellen Halterman.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.