COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) - Authorities in Mississippi say a man charged with murder was mistakenly free for days due to a clerical error.
The Commercial Dispatch reports 26-year-old Malcolm Hill was found Foley, Alabama, five days after being released from a detention center in Columbus. A Lowndes County sheriff’s statement issued Monday says Hill was back at the center Saturday, and the employee responsible for the error no longer works there.
Hill and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Victoria Slayton, are charged with capital murder in a 2018 slaying. Hill was on parole for burglary and larceny at the time and initially held on a parole violation. The statement says a detainer wasn’t placed on Hill for the new charge. It says jail officials are now reviewing other cases to ensure proper detainer documents are filed.
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Information from: The Commercial Dispatch, http://www.cdispatch.com
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