NEW YORK — The NY State Police have found DNA of escaped killers inside of a burglarized cabin at a hunter’s camp in Owls Head, New York in Franklin County.
Investigators found prison-issued underwear and fingerprints from at least one fugitive inside the cabin that’s owned by several correction officers, according to reports.
The DNA samples were confirmed from both suspects from some kind of food found at the camp, likely peanut butter from a spoon.
The discovery has re-energized the two-week-old search for the convicted killers, who staged a movie script-worthy escape from Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6 and haven’t been seen since — at least not by authorities.
However, a witness on Saturday spotted someone running into the woods near a cabin in the Mountain View community, only 20 miles from the prison, according to acting Franklin County District Attorney Glenn MacNeill.
Investigators think the figure spotted Saturday could have been one of the fugitive prisoners, MacNeill said.
From ABC7: — “Authorities say the two may have been staying in a house in the camp that had shotguns in it and may have been forced to quickly leave after being discovered.
One may have fled without shoes. Prison-issued underwear was also found in the cabin.
The forensic evidence recovered confirms they had been there within the last 48 hours of being located.
Investigators and military trucks converged on Mountain View, a hamlet in Franklin County, late Sunday. Just hours before hundreds had searched two towns more than 350 miles away, following an unconfirmed but credible report of another sighting.
Acting Franklin County District Attorney Glenn MacNeill told WPTZ-TV Sunday that a person had been seen fleeing from a hunting camp in the area. Much of the county is within the Adirondack Park.
Sweat and Matt broke out of maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6 and up to 800 law enforcement officers have gone door to door checking houses, wooded areas, campgrounds and summer homes.
Officials vowed to search “under every rock” and “behind every tree” on Sunday as law enforcement officers combed through a rural, mountainous area near the Pennsylvania border dotted with sheds, trailers, summer homes and other potential hideouts.” —
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