A 20-year-old Washington State man wanted for murder was mistakenly released from a California jail while awaiting extradition proceedings, authorities said this week.
Isaiah Jamon Andrews was busted on “local charges” in the Golden State last week but was “accidentally” released on Oct. 22 — despite an active warrant for a Seattle murder just one week earlier, officials said.
In fact, Seattle cops were already on their way to pick up Andrews at the lockup in Martinez, California, when they were told that the fugitive was now in the wind, the Antioch Herald reported.
Isaiah Jamon Andrews, 20, was wanted for murder when he was busted in California — and released by mistake. Contra Costa County Office
Now, red-faced cops, who told reporters Andrews was accidentally released, have been forced to launch an all-out search for the accused killer they let slip away.
“The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the release of an inmate identified as 20-year-old Isaiah Jamon Andrews of Kent, Washington, from the Martinez Detention Facility,” the sheriff’s office said in a release.
“He was released on October 22, 2025,” the release said. “At the time, Andrews had been held on local charges, a juvenile warrant out of Sacramento, and an out-of-state arrest warrant for homicide.”
The Contra Costa County sheriff and the US Marshals have launched a manhunt for Isaiah Jamon Andrews.
According to the San Jose Mercury News, the sheriff’s office waited until Monday to come clean on the blunder, and said deputies searched the area around the jail when they “realized” he was free.
Cops in Seattle are seeking Andrews in the Oct. 15 fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man in a hotel parking lot in the city’s Northgate neighborhood, KING-TV News reported.
Details on the Sacramento juvenile warrant were not released.
Meanwhile, the US Marshals have been called in to help local cops with the search for Andrews.