U.S. Marshals have captured a convicted killer from Chattanooga who accidentally was released from prison on April 22 by the Tennessee Department of Correction, officials said this morning.

Edgar Bailey Jr., 36, was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in the metro Atlanta area early today, officials said.

He had been serving a life sentence at the South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tenn., after being convicted of first-degree murder in connection with the June 2001 death of Anthony McAfee.

A task force with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement searched for Mr. Bailey.

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