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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ariana Baio

Jail locks down after convicted killer goes missing for 12 hours. Then cops realize they forgot him at the courthouse

Julian Brooks Deloach was left overnight in a courthouse holding cell in Clayton County, Georgia, after officers miscommunicated about who would take the inmate back to jail - (Clayton County Sheriff's Office)

The Clayton County jail in Jonesboro, Georgia went into lockdown after officers could not find a missing inmate who was convicted of murder, only for cops to discover they had left the inmate at the courthouse holding cell overnight.

For about 12 hours, Julian Brooks Deloach was missing from the county jail where he was on loan from the state prison due to a recent misdemeanor. Deloach, who was convicted of murder in 1984, was granted parole in 2010.

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