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New York Escapees Manhunt Focused on Woods Near Prison
By newsmax.com
Published: 06/12/2015

The search for two upstate New York prison escapees was refocused on a heavily wooded area just a few miles from the maximum security facility where they broke out last week.

Convicted murderers Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, escaped from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora through underground pipes and a manhole. They were discovered missing early on Saturday.

More than 500 law enforcement officers, along with sniffer dogs and aviation units, were involved in the manhunt, along with the FBI and other agencies, Reuters reported New York State Police as saying.

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