Mistakenly released double murderer captured in Georgia
REYNOLDS, Ga. (WPLG) - The search is over for a convicted killer who was mistakenly released from a Florida jail.
James Edward Daniels was recaptured by law enforcement in Georgia on Wednesday.
The 60-year-old convicted murderer was mistakenly released Saturday from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County.
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Investigators called his release a “procedural error” and initially warned Daniels could have been armed and dangerous.
Daniels had been sentenced to life in prison earlier this year for his role in the December 2020 kidnapping and torture of three men from an Opa-locka tow yard.
Prosecutors said Daniels then took the victims to an abandoned house and executed two of the victims; the third survived.
He was convicted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Florida and sentenced, but Daniels was moved last week from federal custody to the county jail.
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Daniels only spent three nights in the county jail before mistakenly being allowed to walk free, sparking the intense manhunt.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office issued a reward of up to $30,000 for information leading to his capture.
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On Wednesday, detectives say they learned Daniels was in communication with Tamea Price, a councilwoman in Reynolds, Georgia.
After making contact with Price, U.S. Marshals found them both at a home and took them into custody.
Price now faces a felony charge of hindering the apprehension of a criminal. Daniels is awaiting extradition back to Florida.
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