Reports: Bloodhounds Pick Up Scent of Escaped New York Murderers
Bloodhounds have picked up the scent of the two convicted murderers who escaped from an upstate New York prison earlier this week, according to law enforcement officials who spoke with ABC News and CNN. The scent was detected in Dannemora, the town that houses Clinton Correctional Facility, and has reportedly has led authorities to an area where Richard Matt and David Sweat bedded down after their jailbreak.
Dogs picked up a scent about three miles from the maximum-security prison, according to a state official and another source briefed on the investigation.
Investigators have found an imprint either from a shoe or boot, as well as a food wrapper in the area, one of the two sources said. They are trying to determine if this an area where the escapees bedded down and how long ago they were there.
At a press conference yesterday evening, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin said the fugitives may have fled into his state. At the same conference, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico confirmed that police were interviewing prison supervisor Joyce Mitchell, who allegedly helped the convicts escape.
“She befriended the inmates and she may have had some role in assisting them, but I’m not going to go into any further details,” D’Amico said, according to ABC News.
