belongs, behind bars. at first i couldn t believe it that the guy just said, i m who you are looking for. reporter: the officers chased the killer-turned escapee right into a snow bank. he wasn t disrespectful by any means. he was fairly polite, actually. he said, hey, i m the guy everyone is looking for. he didn t try to give any false names. asked him his name and he told us who he was. reporter: michael elliott is no stranger to law enforcement in michigan. he was serving a life sentence for killing four people and then setting their home on fire. prison officials say elliott stole a kitchen uniform and is believed to have used his bare hands to get through two prison fences. it s obvious there were some flaws in our security and that we need to assess what those are. reporter: in less than 24 hours on the run, police say elliott stole as many as four vehicles, including this jeep. its driver says elliott
park are police found the car they believe was found by a convicted 34rder and sparked a nationwide manhunt beginning over the weekend. they have not found this man yet. this is michael elliott. police told people to avoid the area where his car has been discovered. i should tell you schools in that area are now on lockdown. correction officials say elliott escaped in michigan last night. then he abducted a woman according to police and took her car. she managed to escape. she locked herself in the gas station bathroom and called police. elliott is serving not one, two, but four life sentences for killing four people in august of 1993. phillip seymour hoffman s career earned an oscar for playing tortured souls. now with his death, we are getting a richer picture of the