A convicted killer who was mistakenly released from jail is caught 2 weeks later
ATLANTA AP The U S Marshals Institution stated Friday that a convicted killer who was mistakenly disclosed from a Georgia jail has been caught two weeks later in Florida ending days of anxiety for the victim s family outside Orlando who feared he might harm them over their role in the trial Kathan Guzman was supposed to spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting he strangled his girlfriend -year-old Delila Grayson who was determined dead in a bathtub in August Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen notified WSB-TV However jail employees in the county south of Atlanta mistakenly distributed Guzman late last month because they didn t read paperwork precisely failing to see that he d been convicted of murder and assault by strangulation the sheriff revealed Guzman stated someone after being freed that God is good and he inferred it his release was the consequence of a higher power the sheriff explained WSB The victim s mother Christina Grayson wasn t stated her daughter s murderer was on the loose until Tuesday after the district attorney learned of it The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shared I feel like I m a sitting duck Grayson stated WFTV-TV in Orlando Her family was sleeping in shifts so that someone was awake at all times she explained the broadcaster and deputies in Osceola County patrolled her neighborhood as the search continued Guzman was arrested without episode Friday at a residence in Ocoee near Orlando the U S Marshals Organization mentioned Booking records exhibited he was being held in the Orange County Jail At present we tracked him down and got him in custody declared Michael Sonethavilay deputy commander of the agency s Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force The agency s Southeast Regional Task Force based in Atlanta did chosen digging and determined chosen information that he may be in Florida Sonethavilay noted They got in touch with the Florida task force which worked with the Orange County Sheriff s Office and picked him up On Tuesday the Georgia Office of Victim Services had discovered it couldn t locate Guzman in the corrections system and notified the prosecutor s office Clayton County District Attorney Tasha Mosley reported in a comment Mosley announced her employees then checked the jail s computer system which appeared to show Guzman had been let go so they instantly notified the sheriff All appropriate paperwork was sent to the appropriate people I have no idea why they issued this man Mosley stated the Atlanta newspaper We are just as disappointed and pissed off as everybody else As of Friday morning the Clayton County sheriff s office had not issued any citizens notifications about the mistaken release or Guzman s doable whereabouts A sheriff s spokesman stated The Associated Press that the agency was preparing a message that would be sent to residents through the Nixle alert system which would also include a photo of Guzman Source
