the hunt has been going on for a few days. for the two escaped prisoners from the new york state prison where police are following up on hundreds of tips. >> the biggest breaks so far have come from right in the community in the shadow of this prison. abc's gio benitez is there. >> reporter: the first convicts to break out of this maximum security prison are on the run two days and counting. convicter murderers richard matt and david sweat serving up to life in prison now gone without a trace. police now at this home, an officer in an unmarked car asking us to leave. awe the woman who lives here, prison employee joyce mitchell. sources telling abc news she has been interviewed by investigators about the weekend prison break. her neighbors frightened. >> me and her were scared. i want to find out what is going on. >> reporter: officials say the two men were last seen in their adjoining cells at 10:30 p.m. friday night for bed check and reported missing the following morning at 5:30 a.m. leaving this note behind. their empty beds stuffed with clothes to make it look like someone was asleep.