GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The manhunt for a convicted rapist mistakenly released from a Georgia prison is now over after the man was recaptured in Kentucky, authorities said.
Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, was convicted of rape and aggravated child molestation in Gwinnett County, according to Georgia Department of Corrections records. He had been in prison since April 2015 and was serving three life sentences, records show.
Breaking: Tony Munoz Mendez is in custody. The georgia inmate mistakenly released by georgia prison guards on Friday was tracked by US Marshals to a suburb of Cincinnati . Found at a house in Newport, Ky within last 15 minutes . Mendez was serving 3 life sentences . @wsbtv pic.twitter.com/zCnyXyHbt9
— Tony Thomas (@TonyThomasWSB) October 31, 2019
Munoz-Mendez was released "in error" from Rogers State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia, about noon Friday, Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lori Benoit said in a news release.
It is not clear what led to his release.
WSB-TV's Tony Thomas learned late Wednesday night that Munoz-Mendez was tracked by U.S. marshals to a suburb of Cincinnati.
Munoz-Mendez was taken back into custody in Newport, Kentucky, late Wednesday.
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