GA Convicted Killer Freed By Mistake Captured In FL

ORANGE COUNTY, FL — A man convicted of murder who was mistakenly released from the Clayton County Jail this week was caught in Florida, according to a media report.

Clayton County prosecutors say Kathan Guzman, who was convicted of murder in October 2024, was released Tuesday from jail in an error.

The U.S. Marshal's Service on Friday arrested Guzman in Orange County, where he is awaiting extradition, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Guzman's conviction was in connection with the death of ex-girlfriend Delia Grayson, 19, prosecutors said. The AJC reported Grayson died in August 2022.

She was found strangled to death in a bathtub at a Webb Road home, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

The Georgia Office of Victim Services discovered the mishap, unable to find Guzman in the state penal system, and alerted Mosley's Victim Assistance Unit, she said.

Prosecutors checked the county jail system, where they found Guzman had been released from custody six months after he was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole, Mosley said.

Authorities told the AJC they were determining how Guzman was released.