A convicted assassin and skilled MMA fighter is on the unfastened after he was mistakenly launched from Georgia jail when employees weren’t paying consideration on the job, officers mentioned.
Kathan Guzman was solely 5 months right into a life sentence within the Clayton County Jail — positioned about 15 miles from downtown Atlanta — after he was discovered responsible of felony homicide for strangling his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend Delila Grayson in August 2022, WSB-TV 2 reported.
On March 27, Guzman walked free from jail over what Clayton County Sheriff Levon Allen known as a coaching failure and jailers not paying shut consideration to Guzman’s file.
Allen mentioned that employees checked out a court docket doc that confirmed a movement to not prosecute however didn’t notice it was for under one of many fees he confronted.
Guzman, 23, was charged with necrophilia in connection to Grayson’s homicide, however the cost by no means caught and appeared on his file because the movement to not prosecute.
The staffers at Clayton County Jail didn’t look additional into his recordsdata the place he was charged with felony homicide and aggravated assault and allowed him to go away the jail.
“It just shows negligence on the part of the sheriff’s department,” chairwoman of the Clayton County Fee Alieka Anderson-Henry instructed WSB-TV 2.
Jailers solely realized that Guzman had been freed when the state known as to have him transferred to a different jail, a supply instructed the outlet.
Clayton County District Lawyer Tasha Mosley mentioned her workplace was notified {that a} assassin was mistakenly launched two weeks in the past at round lunchtime on Tuesday, 11 Alive reported.
“I am not happy about this mistake made by a sheriff’s office employee,” Mosley mentioned. “My staff worked hard to get justice for the victim’s family and to make our streets safe and we are just disappointed.”
The Clayton County Sheriff’s Workplace has but to launch an announcement to the general public about Guzman being on the unfastened as of early Thursday morning.
“Sheriff’s office said they haven’t informed the public because they don’t want Guzman to know they’re looking for him,” 11 Alive reporter Cody Alcorn wrote within the feedback of a submit of his article on Fb.
The Submit has reached out to the Clayton County Sheriff’s Workplace and US Marshals for remark.
The mom of Guzman’s ex-girlfriend, Christina Grayson, instructed Alive 11 that she bought phrase her daughter’s killer was mistakenly launched on Tuesday — and mentioned she’s now fearing for her personal life.
“How does this happen?” she mentioned. “I am petrified for my life. I mean, obviously, a life didn’t mean a thing to him.”
Christina mentioned that Guzman’s launch and his whereabouts, that are nonetheless unknown, ought to fear not solely herself but additionally the general public.
“Considering seeing what he did to Delilah, I would say that the public is in imminent danger,” the mom mentioned.
“He would have gotten away with taking her life if it wasn’t for the neighbors beneath them coming out and taking a glimpse of him.”
Christina additionally instructed Fox 5 Atlanta that Guzman is a skilled blended martial arts fighter.
“We’re talking about somebody that is trained in MMA,” she mentioned.
“He is a trained killer with his hands, and he looks nice and friendly. No one is safe. The public is not safe.”
She additionally condemned the sheriff’s workplace for not realizing he was mistakenly launched sooner.
“It’s scary to know that someone could just be released because of a mistake,” Christina mentioned.
“And then we wait for two weeks. We don’t alert anyone.”
