New York The manhunt for the two escaped murderers from New York prison entered a breakthrough as their DNA was found from a cabin near the jail, police said yesterday. Richard Matt, 49, and David Sweat, 35, escaped 17 days ago from a maximum security jail close to the Canadian b
New York
The manhunt for the two escaped murderers from New York prison entered a breakthrough as their DNA was found from a cabin near the jail, police said yesterday.
Richard Matt, 49, and David Sweat, 35, escaped 17 days ago from a maximum security jail close to the Canadian border.
Police said they had a "confirmed lead" following a search in the remote Owl's Head area, around 48 kilometers west of the Clinton Correctional Facility in the village of Dannemora.
It is the strongest lead in the investigation since the pair cut through their cell walls using power tools, and crawled their way through pipes to emerge from a manhole before dawn on June 6.
"We have developed evidence that the suspects may have spent time in a cabin in this area," said New York State Police Major Charles Guess told reporters.
He said "specific items" had been recovered from that cabin and sent to laboratories. "We run conclusive tests, which include DNA and anything and everything we can send to laboratories," he said.
