A manhunt was underway Tuesday for an accused killer and a fellow inmate who escaped from the Franklin County Jail in Malone, N.Y.
Ernest Gay Jr., who allegedly killed a Quebec couple last year at their Moira farm about 150 miles north of Albany, and Nicholas Trabakoulos escaped from the jail around 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Police said the inmates, who climbed a fence at the jail, were wearing gray sweat pants. Last month, Trabakoulos, who had been arrested on a felony charge of possession of stolen property, walked out of the Tupper Lake Police Station while in shackles. He was later caught in Connecticut.
A Black Hawk helicopter from the Department of Homeland Security's new air and marine base in Plattsburgh was helping police in the search for the inmates, according to agency spokesmen.