Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies are seeking the public’s help in finding a murder suspect who was mistakenly released from jail after being convicted on a double murder in Opa-locka.

Deputies say 60-year-old James Edward Daniels is behind the December 2020 murder of two people in the area of 18th Avenue and Service Road.

According to detectives, Daniels had already been caught and was serving time for the crime. However, at some point over the weekend, he was released from jail.

MDSO deputies learned he wasn’t supposed to be released and is now locating Daniels with the help of U.S. Marshals and the FBI.

In a statement, the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department cited “a procedural error” as the reason for his release.

The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation D

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