Convicted murderer recaptured in Florida after being mistakenly released

OCOEE, Fla. (CBS, KYMA/KECY) - A convicted murderer who was mistakenly released from prison in Georgia was captured Friday in Florida, according to the U.S. Marshal's Office.

Kathan Guzman was apprehended in Ocoee, near Orlando, by the U.S. Marshal Service Florida Caribbean Fugitive Task Force, authorities said.

Guzman will be booked into the Orange County Jail before being extradited to Georgia, according to officials.

Guzman, a trained MMA fighter, strangled Delila Grayson, 19, the morning of August 7, 2022, because she was leaving him to relocate back to Kissimmee. Guzman and Grayson both attended Poinciana High School, according to her mother, before moving to Georgia to "start a new life" in late 2021.

He was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.

Guzman, however, was mistakenly released from the Clayton County Jail, about 15 miles from Atlanta, on March 27, five months into his life sentence when staffers looking at a court document failed to notice his most serious charges, including murder, and allowed him to leave.

The mistaken release left Grayson's mother on edge and she said she feared for her life.