Overview

• James Edward Daniels, 60, was released on September 27 from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and remains at large after being transferred to Miami-Dade custody two days earlier to face additional charges.
• The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department says a procedural error led to the release and has launched an internal affairs investigation focused on policy failures and accountability.
• Miami-Dade deputies are working with the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI to locate Daniels, and authorities are urging the public to call Detective C. Santos or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers with tips.
• Daniels was sentenced to life in March 2025 for a December 2020 kidnapping and torture at an Opa-Locka truck yard that left two victims dead and one survivor; co-defendants Patrick Eugene Rudolph and Herbert Barr were also implicated.
• CBS Miami reported the Marshals Service was notified a day after the release, highlighting a potential delay in communication now drawing scrutiny.