TATTNALL COUNTY, Ga. – A child rapist serving multiple life sentences was released from prison in error. As a result, a manhunt in Georgia continued Monday for the convicted pedophile who was mistakenly allowed to walk away from incarceration last week, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement.
Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, 31, was released “in error” from the Rogers State Prison in rural Tattnall County at about 11:30 a.m. Friday, the department said in a statement.
*Press Release* Inmate Escape / Release in Error–> https://t.co/PfDoGg2JP1 pic.twitter.com/X6VEAVAujm
— Georgia Corrections (@GA_Corrections) October 28, 2019
“All resources are being utilized to ensure the rapid apprehension of Munoz-Mendez, including the Georgia Department of Corrections Fugitive Unit and US Marshals,” the statement said. It was unclear what circumstances lead to his release, according to news reports.
Munoz-Mendez went to prison in April 2015 after receiving three life sentences for the rape and aggravated child molestation of a girl under the age of 10 in Gwinnett County, Atlanta’s WSB-TV reported, citing court records.
The convicted child rapist is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, has brown hair and eyes and weighs around 186 pounds, officials say.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact GDC officials at (478) 992-5111 or by email at [email protected].
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Update: Munoz-Mendez was taken into custody in Fort Thomas, Ky., a suburb of Cincinnati about 6 miles from the Ohio border, around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) said.
GDC Director of Public Affairs Joan Heath told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution her department is involved in an ongoing, full internal investigation into the details surrounding Munoz-Mendez’s release.
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