Man, Who Was Mistakenly Released from Georgia Jail After Murdering His Girlfriend, Found in Florida After 2 Weeks on the Run

• Kathan Guzman was "released successful error" from a Georgia jailhouse successful March, following a blameworthy verdict for the sidesplitting of his girlfriend

• He was apprehended successful Florida 2 weeks aboriginal successful April

• Guzman was recovered blameworthy successful 2024 of 1 number of felony execution and 1 number of aggravated battle for the 2022 decease of his 19-year-old woman Delila Grayson

A Georgia man, who was mistakenly released from jailhouse pursuing a blameworthy verdict for the sidesplitting of his girlfriend, has been recovered aft 2 weeks successful a antithetic state, authorities said.

On Friday, April 11, Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen shared a connection connected the sheriff's office's authoritative Facebook account, announcing that the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended Kathan Guzman successful Florida.

"Investigators rapidly gathered intelligence, followed up connected leads, deployed surveillance teams, brainstormed ideas, and utilized a assortment of techniques to constrictive down Guzman’s location—which was determined to beryllium extracurricular the authorities of Georgia," the connection said.

"Once I contacted the U.S. Marshals and turned implicit each the accusation gathered, they began their work," Allen continued.

According to ABC News, which cited the U.S. Marshals Service, Guzman was taken into custody successful the metropolis of Ocoee, wherever helium was "arrested without incidental astatine his mother's residence" by the Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. He was booked into the Orange County Jail and volition beryllium extradited to Georgia, per WSB-TV.

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PEOPLE has reached retired to the U.S. Marshals Service bureau for comment.

Guzman was "released successful error" from the Clayton County Jail astatine astir 4:49 p.m. section clip connected March 27.

"The origin of the merchandise is nether investigation, and disciplinary actions are pending. Once the probe is complete, it whitethorn effect successful the termination of employees wrong the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office," Allen said successful his statement.

He added that Guzman's "inadvertent release" was discovered connected April 8, 2025, astatine astir 1:47 p.m., erstwhile "the District Attorney’s Office of the Clayton County Judicial Circuit contacted maine straight inquiring astir Guzman."

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The Clayton County District Attorney’s Office confirmed the "erroneous release" successful its ain statement.

According to the Clayton County Sheriff's Office, erstwhile the incidental occurred, Guzman was awaiting transportation to the Georgia Department of Corrections, wherever helium was slated to service his beingness sentence.

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Guzman was recovered blameworthy of 1 number of felony execution and 1 number of aggravated battle successful precocious 2024 for the August 2022 decease of his then-19-year-old woman Delila Grayson, according to a prior press release from the Clayton County District Attorney’s Office.

"After strangling Delila to death, the suspect moved her assemblage to the bathroom, closed the door, near the apartment, and did not interaction instrumentality enforcement for 10 positive hours," the property merchandise said.

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