from cedric slater's mother, the mother of one of the victims. she went to the state attorney's office wanting to know why her son's killer was free. the state attorney's office notified the florida department of law enforcement and the department of corrections. slater's mother showed cnn the letter she got from the department of corrections notifying her of the release of her son's killer. the assistant state's attorney said -- >> i did not sign that order of release and someone must be forging names. when he said that i almost went into shock. >> reporter: and both men within days of their release went to the orange county jail, filled out what is called a compliant registry form and were fingerprinted. two murders who scammed their way out of prison now following the letter of the law. >> we're going to get reaction from the panel in a moment on that. let's get back to nick valencia on new details. what do you know, nick? >> reporter: i just got off the phone with the u.s. marshals service in washington. they gave us details surrounding the a

. >> reporter: this is the mother of cedric slater who was murdered by fugitive charles walker. she got this letter from the department of corrections notifying her that walker had gone free. outraged she showed the letter to prosecutors. >> i said, how could this be that somebody master mind this through the court system and no one there knows anything about it? >> reporter: stunned officials launched a state and federal man hunt interviewing friends and family and setting up stakeouts. >> all of the information we have at this time indicates that the individuals are here in our local area. we just need to find them at this point. >> reporter: prosecutors have been searching their records to see if any other inmates got out early using phony paperwork. that almost happened with another inmate whose planned early release was stopped by an alert detective checking files. today the department of corrections announced that from now on, all orders for early release must be verified. ann? >> mark potter, thank you. >>> back to washington and the other big story there. the government

he was serveing a life sentence for the 1999 murder of cedric slater.jenkins walked free, september 2th. he was serving life for the '98 murder of roscoe pe pugh, a father of six. >> people are very creative. people spend time trying to break out of jail and there are various ways to break out of jail, and guess what? this was one enterprising way to what? break out of jail. >> reporter: that was judge belvin perry. he probably looks very familiar to you as he was the judge in high-profile casey anthony murder trial two years ago and his signature, which is on these bogus court documents is all over the web, helping to make it that much easier for whomever helped these murderers get out of prison early. jenna? jenna: so fascinating and disturbing at same time, phil. interesting they got out of prison on different days. hatched the plan together or were they trying to escape together or no? >> reporter: well they both do hail from the same county, orange county, outside of orlando. they were both serving murder sentences at the same florida panhandle pri

he was serveing a life sentence for the 1999 murder of cedric slater.as for the other killer, joseph jenkins, he walked free on september 27th three weeks ago. he was serving life for the 1998 murder of roscoe pew, a father of six. >> somebody had to help them. they alone could not do this in franklin ci. >> so in the jail some one you think helped them? >> i think someone outside helped them. >> reporter: that is the chief judge in orlando, orange county's judge, belvin perry, whose signature, perfect signature was on the bottom of both documents which, appeared to eminate from the state attorney's office. both of those documents went through orlando's courthouse. the orange county courthouse, the clerk of courts office, which then went to the department of corrections, which then, somebody thought they looked valid and set those guys fr jamie? jamie: let me ask you then, phil what is the connection for the killers then to the orlando area? >> reporter: well both of these men do hail from orange county, florida, up in central florida. they grew up ther