Convicted murderer captured after accidental prison release

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A convicted murderer from Alpharetta who was accidentally released from a Tennessee prison last month has been captured in Atlanta.

Tennessee Department of Correction spokeswoman Dorinda Carter says a clerical error allowed 35-year-old Edgar Bailey Jr. to leave South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tenn., on April 22.

The error was not discovered until Thursday, and the Alpharetta, Ga., native was soon added to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation's Top 10 Most Wanted list.

Carter says he was released because of confusion over a court ruling.

Bailey had been convicted on two different murder charges for killing Anthony McAfee in Chattanooga in 2001. On appeal, one charge was overturned, but he still faced a life sentence for the other charge.

According to a news release from the TBI, Bailey was apprehended at his father's house early Saturday morning.